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Whitehall, MI

Nestrom Road Park

3.385(based on 4 reviews)
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apdrvya
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Experience: 14 years 350 played 299 reviews
3.50 star(s)

This is why we can't have nice things 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 8, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Aesthetic - Although this course has been a hot button of controversy over the past six months, this course plays through a mostly deserted multi-use park on beautiful Duck Lake in Northern Muskegon County. Very rare that you would see another person out here. BE RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORS. They do not want you in the park, don't give them reason to attack!

Teepads - beautiful teepads. Seriously brand new and just rough enough for grip. Watch the leaves but other than that, great stuff

Teesigns - In great shape. Descriptive and easy to spot!

Baskets - Innova. Nice and bright in the thick woods. You will be thankful for the yellow bands!

Routing and nav - A couple of tricky spots (up and down the hill mostly) but the map will help you and it will be easy.

Overall vibe - This course is secluded to some degree. It is a very quite area with few neighbors (see aesthetic) but you will rarely run into many who aren't discing here.

Cons:

Neighbors - See Aesthetic

Challenge - The challenge here is mostly in the density of the woods. Other than that, the holes are relatively short and aren't of the super technical kind.

Other Thoughts:

Please, for the love of god, take care of this park. It's a fun place to play and we don't want to lose her. Keep your voices to a minimum and pack out your trash. Keep Nestrom Beautiful!
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Mark R
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.9 years 115 played 89 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 24, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Despite being a short course in terms of length (about 4350 feet), this course still has some challenge due to to the very narrow, heavily-wooded fairways. Some of the high points include Holes 1, 7 and 10, which take advantage of the steep 40 to 50 foot hill along Duck Lake. Hole 14 is the best tunnel hole of the bunch. Hole 18 gives you a fairly-open shot to get you back to one of two small parking lots nearby. The course sits at the eastern shoreline of Duck Lake, with a beautiful vista of the undeveloped lakeshore and distant dune exit to Lake Michigan. Technically this is a free course, but there is also a donation box on site. Well-done cement tee pads, and good signs with distances posted. Limbs placed on the ground create paths leading to the next tee, aiding navigation.

Cons:

Though many of the holes have perhaps too-narrow fairways for entertaining play (similar to portions of the back nine at Whitehall), there has been some careful cutting of some smaller trees. However, there are also quite a few sheared-off small stumps to whack your feet and ankles on. Can have some occasional navigation hiccups for the first-time player. This course is slightly lacking in diversity with a near totality of tightly wooded holes, but this also makes this course more viable in high winds, which can be present given the close proximity to 'the big lake'.

Other Thoughts:

A pretty, remote rustic township park. A good choice if you're in the area or in the mood for a pleasant, scenic but shorter round with moderate levels of difficulty. A solid course worth a look.
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Mllamie
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

trees, trees, trees 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 9, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Newer course, new baskets, concrete tees. Nice clean park.

Cons:

Every hole but one is thru closely spaced trees. Most holes are fairly short. Baskets are not visible from tee on most holes and the signs are not much help. Just any arrow pointing straight or left or right. Also hard to find the next tee on some holes.

Other Thoughts:

Decent course if you like this type. Accuracy is what you need here. Not many oppertunities to take a chance and let a long drive go.
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tangerinewarehouse
Experience: 9.8 years 98 played 34 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Addition to DG Mecca 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 9, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Easy to find and simple to navigate
Nice signs showing direction and distance
Great use of elevation changes and well designed fairways
Secluded feeling even though it's right off the road and by the lake
Forces you to shape many lines both left and right as well as straight
Beautifully wooded course with only one wide open shot really

Cons:

Come prepared for bugs but this year was bad
This park is pretty cool but I guess you could say alternate pin locations and stuff but that's not really a con
All these shots are tight tunnel shots but again, not really a con

Other Thoughts:

What kept going through my mind was that this course felt like Henderson lake's little brother. A lot of the shots in the woods feel very similar bouncing back between back hands and flick shots off the tee making use of a lot of different shots and discs. There are three shots that use mass elevation changes, one open shot and the rest are tightly wooded fairways that require pin point accuracy. This course was fun to play because aspects of the landscape remind me of both Henderson Lake and Whitehall Township which are both really close to this one.
Compared to the courses in the area this course is just average/good and that is not a slight to this course or it's designers in any way. However I'm from Wisconsin so I'm rating this course from an outsider perspective.
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