McGraft Park is located at the edge of a pleasant residential neighborhood. When you pull up to the course and park, you'll see a large, grassy multi-use area with scattered old growth trees - very typical for an urban park in this area of the world. You'll have the opportunity to warm up at two DISCatcher practice baskets prior to making your way to the first tee, which sits between the parking lot and a softball diamond. The first hole plays about 200' with a couple trees between tee and basket, with the entrance road well off to your left and the softball diamond to your right. After #1, you'll cross the entrance road for holes 2-5 which are longer but have a similar feel. #6 plays slightly downhill with a road on your right, but there is a double mando to prevent you trying to throw a dangerous long hyzer shot over the road. All of these holes are pleasant but fairly unremarkable.

Then you get to hole #7 and everything changes. All of the holes have large concrete tee pads in good shape, but this one is shaped like a pentagon. Once again, there is a double mando to take into consideration - but this one is straight ahead and a solid 300'-350' away. From the tee, you can see a large clearing between the trees that form the mando. It looks like you are throwing straight out of the park. When you reach that clearing, you will see a steep drop off leading down to a large-ish open area. A creek forms the back and left sides of this open area, and the basket is tucked off to the right side near a road. The entire hole is listed at 463' on the tee sign. A memorable and very tough par 3. From there, you will walk along the road to play #8 and #9 (which are located across the creek) before crossing the road to play #10. #10 is a true water hole, running 335' with a lagoon along the left side of the hole and behind the basket. Across the lagoon is a picturesque heavily wooded area, with trees that were starting to change color when I played. After that, you'll walk back along the road to get to the rest of the course - which alternates between tight wooded holes along the creek and a few more through the park (the latter in the mold of #1-6). #16 is also a standout hole. It's another hole that starts in the main park and runs down the steep incline to the creek, but this time you have to carry the creek to a basket tucked in behind some bushes on the other side.

As alluded to above, the variety and hole design here is outstanding. By my count there are seven water holes, with #10 along the lagoon and the creek coming into play on six others. The main park is pretty flat, but the holes near the creek in the back of the course have some elevation and that elevation is used well. There are a couple of baskets on slopes to provide risk-reward opportunity. The pin placement is well done, with at least a few trees between tee and basket on every hole. This course has hyzers, anhyzers, and straight throws to test a variety of shots in your bag. There is good variety in length, from 174' up to 518'.

There are large concrete tee pads at every hole. There are also high-quality color tee signs showing the flight path, par, and distance to basket. Each sign has the basket illuminated in a golden glow - I was strongly reminded of the Holy Grail animation from Monty Python. The tee signs also have text that explains the mandos (when present) and give directions to the next tee when needed. The baskets are getting older but are all present and in decent condition.

My biggest con here is that a couple of the holes have baskets that are quite close to the road. In particular, overpowered throws at the #7 basket (as described above) and #9 basket (213' downhill) could land in the road. The road is probably only 20'-30' behind the basket on both of these holes.

There is a chance of lost discs in the lagoon and creek, and in the thick bushes near them. Also, another reviewer mentioned the possibility of poison ivy in these low-lying areas, and I think they would be quite muddy in the spring.

The course flow/layout could definitely be construed as a con. For me, the walks along/across the road and up/down the creek gully were enjoyable and added to the unique flavor of the course. The road didn't appear to be terribly busy but the noise and walking did detract from the aesthetic a bit. The walk back from hole 18 also crosses hole 15's fairway - be careful here.

On a related note, the navigation is a bit tricky too. I did not see a kiosk when I played - one of these with a course map would help (As an aside, the map posted on here in 2015 is still close to accurate, but holes 12-14 have been renumbered based on the tee signs. The new hole 12 is labeled as #14 on the map, new #13 is labeled as #12, and new #14 is labeled #13. So after hole 11, continue alongside the creek to #12. Then after #12, climb the hill and walk back a bit to #13 tee). Also, even though the next tee directions are written on the tee signs it would still be nice to see some signage after the basket - players may forget the directions while playing the hole.

Similarly, I did not see signs on the mando trees indicating that they were mandos so those would be nice as well.

I really enjoyed this course. The variety was great, every hole here has at least some challenge, and a few (#7, #10, #16) are quite memorable. This course has a unique flavor that I tried to spell out above, but really I think you just have to come play it for yourself.

With better signage and those couple baskets near the road moved back a little bit, I would definitely give this course a 4.0. This is not a destination course in terms of overall challenge, location, etc. but if you appreciate uniqueness this course should be on your bucket list.

Update 7/2021: I returned to play this course again. I am maintaining my 3.5 rating. I removed some verbage about construction near hole 16, which is now complete. I think holes 7 and 15 should be listed as par 4s, but the tee signs disagree. This course has some legitimate Cons as listed above, yet at 60ish courses played it still sits as one of my personal favorites. I'm not quite sure what it is about it. Maybe it's the Jekyll-and-Hyde layout with the flat "mild-mannered city park" holes juxtaposed with the wilder holes near the creek and lagoon. Maybe it's the location in a quiet residential neighborhood. Maybe it's just that I'm reminded of the Holy Grail each time I look at a tee sign. But one way or another, it's a good time.

-cool little toboggan shot on hole 7
-long concrete tee pads
-hole 10 is a fun water hole along the lagoon
-excellent signs at tee pads indicating mandos, par (all par 3), basket location and directions to the next tee pad
-2 nice practice baskets by hole 1/parking lot
-nice variety of shot shaping and elevation

-baskets have taken a beating over the years
-hole 8's tee pad area smelled nasty
-course doesn't finish at the parking lot, but it's not a long walk
-hole 16 is a bit overgrown.. I recommend a spotter for that hole

This is a great city course! I would have rated it a 3.75 if we did quarter ratings. I'm confident both beginner and intermediate level players will really enjoy this place. I loved the balance of playing through an oak grove, along water and hill sides, as well as playing through some technical wooded holes. There is also good use of elevation where possible- my favorite being the little toboggan hill going down to basket 7.
Navigation was pretty good overall- it's a little odd at times, but it makes sense and it's easy to follow if you read the tee signs. The bright yellow cages on the baskets makes finding the targets super easy.
One improvement would be some better, permanent, mando indicators (it looks like the locals just taped some ribbon on the trees to show the mandos).
This is not the newest and fancies of parks, but in addition to the 18 holes of dg, I saw 3 toy structures, shuffle board, b-ball hoops and tennis courts.
Well done McGraft!

-Holes are straight forward with little to no blind shots
-Offers a variety of open and wooded holes for different types of play
-Very beginner friendly
-Some challenging holes on back nine for more advanced players.
-Quick to play

-Wide variety of difficulty with front nine being better suited to beginners and back nine being better suited for intermediate to advanced players.
-Can get muddy on back nine
-Tee signs often misleading in direction and obstacle locations
-Possibility of losing disc in water on back nine
-Can be busy on weekends
-Only a couple miles away from Sweet Spot disc golf store, great service from Don and the rest of the family

This is a great course for beginners. The front nine is fairly open with some interesting holes. Large trees offer more difficulty but keep the course easy navigation. The back nine has some open holes and some very tight wooded holes. The back is also much harder overall than the front and has more opportunities to lose discs in bushes and water. The course is nothing special but still can be fun. Sweet Spot is the best disc golf store I've ever been to and it's right down the street from the course.

Course was busy on a Wednesday morning in November, which tells me it's enjoyed by the locals. Talked to another player on another course, who recommended the course to me as an out-of-towner.

As an out-of-towner from San Diego, I really enjoyed the course. It was windy and cold, but not unexpected for November.

I enjoyed the variety of the course, as there were some wooded/tree-lined holes, some short holes, some long holes, some wide-open holes.

As someone that is used to wide-open courses, this course was challenging, and a course that I enjoyed. As I walked the course, I wished my local buddies could have played with me. This is a course that would be heavy in our rotation.

Finding holes, especially on the front 9, was a challenge. The course map is sorely out of date. There were times when I'd throw a hole, to discover I was throwing at the wrong basket, and had to restart the hole.

The distances and pars are not marked. The course map and descriptions here indicate short and long tees, but they don't actually exist for all holes.

Overall, I really enjoyed this course. Being from California, I'm not used to courses like this where I play. I really enjoyed this, and look forward to playing this course again (hopefully before I leave on this current visit). This course would be my "home" course if I lived in town.

The conditions were pretty good, considering the weather conditions. I enjoyed the narrow lanes on some of the holes, and the wide-open-ness of other holes.

The short/long tees are annoying - sometimes they exist, other times they don't. Sometimes, the short and long tees are right next to one another. On one hole (#15), the short tee is about half way to the hole from the long tee. The inconsistancy is bothersome, but didn't really take away from my enjoyment of the course.

I enjoyed having to throw through all the trees - you really have to plan your shots.

Really looking forward to playing this course every time I'm in Muskegon. Did notice an old sign for a nighttime winter league (starting January 2011) - don't know if I'd be willing to try that, but I commend you locals for doing it. Sounds like a good time!

One of the oldest courses in the area. Nice course if your in the Muskegon area. The new cement tee pads really make McGraft park a lot better place to play.

The course is located in a city park so it can be crowded sometimes.

Doubles league every Tuesday $5 tee off at 6

Singles league every Thursday $5 tee off at 6

every hole requires somthing different like a different disc or a different shot. some holes are long and others are on hills and others are short but have trees in the way or is a tight fairway shot. its a fun course to play and a good learners course.

Easy to lose discs in the wooded holes or 16-18. hole ten has a big water hazard to the right so try to throw low or throw a forehand shot so it will go towards the street. hazardos water so if a disc goes into the water.....goodluck.

try not to throw into the trees thinking "oh ill be able to get through" no you won;t because there is always another tree in the way.

Good variety of holes, some were very open with only a few large trees to avoid. Others were tight shots through wooded areas. The pins were in good conditions and the scenery was beautiful outside the park area. It is by a creek and large river. The creek and the river are water hazards on 2-3 of the holes.

Without a map (if you're a first timer here) it will be hard to navigate this course. I will add a map to the links on this courses page. Some of the tee boxes are hard to find, and the course is just a little run down.

Overall I liked this course and I would play it again if I was in the Muskegon area.

Changes from very open to very densely wooded. A couple holes have some very large elevation changes, which are cool.

Hole 16 is very easy to lose discs in, because of a water hazard. Also, all the water you find on the course has hazardous waste signs, so it's not great. About 4 holes are very densely wooded and a shot left or right of target could mean a lost disc.

Really only 2 holes have the nasty water hazard and this is my home course, It's nice to play at overall.