New Market DGC aka Sweeney park is an 18 hole course that plays along the west side of the park and doesn't really come into contact with any park activities other than the walking trails that weave through the park. The course plays more on the open side but there's still enough trees and elevation to make things interesting. The lake and a pond you need to throw over on hole 8 add some water challenge. The lake isn't REALLY in play but could be with a terrible shot. The pond absolutely is though.

The tees are natural. Just grass/dirt. All were still in solid condition. Nothing rutted up or unusable. At least when dry. One tee per hole.

The baskets were all Mach III's. All in good shape and caught pretty well. As well as Mach III's do at least. One basket and pin placement per hole.

The flow of the course is OK. Pretty easy to follow for the most part. A map is recommended just in case, but it's totally doable without one. Starts and ends near the parking lot.

There's 4x4 posts by each tee. A few of them had tee signs, many to most did not. The posts have bag hooks on them which was kinda cool.

The course plays in a mostly prairie type area. This is my least favorite type of course. I played it in late fall so the rough off the fairways wasn't too bad. In the summer months this course will be awful. Expect lost discs and/or lots of time searching in tall brush. The thing I hate most about this type of rough is the lack of landmarks to note. It all looks the same.

The tee pads and signs aren't great, or even good. The tees will be terrible after any kind of rain. The signs serve mostly as a marker for where the tee is located.

The design is suspect here. Hole 12 is a joke. One of the poorer designed holes I've seen in awhile. Hole 15 we flat out skipped since there's no actual line. Just walked it and I'm glad we didn't waste our time throwing it. Hole 2 is so overgrown it's not even funny. The play is basically some type of overhand shot and hope for the best. Hole 6 is stupid too. Probably only the fourth worst hole on the course, but also probably the fourth worst hole I've played all year. The top three all reside on this track.

You need to walk halfway back up hole 4's fairway to get to the tee for hole 5. Errant shots from 3's tee could endanger players on 4's tee. Potential conflict on holes 6 and 7. The design is horrendous out here is what I'm getting at. Just bad.

This one wasn't good. There's not much good to say about it. Honestly, probably the worst designed course I've played all year. Safety issues, unrealistic lines, terrible rough, you name it. The twin cities have so many great options. While not technically in the twin cities, it's pretty close. I wouldn't bother even considering this one. It was doable, albeit frustrating, in late fall. It'd be a nightmare in the summer. Very disappointing course. I'll give it a passable grade, barely. D minus.