-Concrete Pads, mostly
-Baskets OK
-Nice Park

-Road in play on many holes
-Holes 7-12 in mostly unplayable marshy area
-Strange routing in areas
-Bathroom building in middle of #18 fairway
-Signage mostly faded

Northwood DGC plays in Swensrud and Hurd Parks on the western edge of Northwood, IA. From a look at the attached pictures, it appears that this was a 9 hole course increased to 18. Frankly, it should have stayed the 9. The original holes are OK. The road is in play, a baseball field is in play, the river could even be in play (slightly). The added holes are mostly a mess. A new #2 was added, it's OK. The current 7-12 (all added) are in a marshy area. This was mostly unplayable on my round. There are wood pallets down some of the "fairways" to walk along showing that this is a normal to be wet. The new #17 and #18 are a strange configuration at the end of the run with a restroom building in the middle of the #18 fairway. Roads are in play on #1, #2, #3, #14, #15, #16, #17 and #18. Looks like the original 9 would have played #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #13, #14, #15, #16. Honestly, revert to this or something similar. With 6 holes unplayable at times and the strange ending of #17 and #18, this would be better as a 9 or 10 (the added #2 was OK, but road in play). Fix the signage, too, for an added rating. I was disappointed in the effort, and after seeing the pics of the the original 9, would have liked it much better that way. Lovely parks with the river winding through and a couple of cool bridges, but would only recommend playing the 9 (or 10). I probably won't play again.