-The course is in a public park and is exceptionally well maintained. Grass is always cut, very little litter. Very clean, no vandalism to speak of.

-DGA baskets are in like-new condition.

-Has a nice mix of wide open holes as well as holes guarded by clumps of trees. Hole 1, 5, and 7 in particular make good use of trees. Be ready to throw some tunnel shot drives on these holes. The course as a whole does an excellent job of making use of the limited space it has. No overlapping holes, picnic benches are located away from any fairways.

-UPDATE: Alternative Tees/Back 9 Tees have been added to the course effectively making it an 18 hole course using the 9 baskets. The back 9 is longer, and much more technical than the front and adds some degrees of challenge to experienced players. More OB and mandatory obstacles in play. Lengths of the back 9 holes range from 260 to 460 feet, meaning players with bigger arms will need to pack their distance drivers.

-While the course appears a little busier than it used to be, very rarely will you need to be forced to wait on a teepad for another group.

-Garbage bins are located at several of the tee areas, and a portable bathroom is found next to the parking lot. A bag dispenser has just been added next to the parking lot for dog owners.

-A reasonable solo golfer can finish the front 9 in around 20 minutes, while the full 18 would take around an hour.

-Practice basket next to the parking lot.

-While the new back 9 variant has added some much needed difficulty and distance, some of the hole layouts are a little questionable. Hole 11 has a wall of trees you are throwing through around 150ft away from the teepad with no real gaps or lines you are really supposed to be aiming for. A roller would seem ideal to avoid the trees, but everything behind the basket seventy or so feet past this tree wall is out of bounds, removing this as a viable play. Your only option is to basically throw a low drive and hope it doesn't hit any trees. If it does hit a tree, it's easy enough to lay up for a par, but getting a birdie comes down to chance (throwing low and hoping you avoid the trees) more so than skill.

Hole 13 is fantastic in concept, but nature makes it less than practical in use. You begin the 400ft par 4 throwing threw a thicket of trees that ends around 100 feet or so off the tee. This works great in the spring and fall when there are clear 10-15 foot gaps you could be aiming for, but in the summer once everything has grown in, you're left aiming wherever the least amount of plant growth has occured and hoping your disc doesn't catch anything, even if you do hit the intended line. This hole could still work year round, but the thicket would need to be kept trimmed in late summer, or even by removing one of the smaller trees towards the end of it creating a permanent 10-15ft gap that lasts year round.

Also, while this is purely a nitpick, holes 13 and 15 do cross fairways close to the tee. While this is not a huge deal as the course doesn't seem very busy, I could see it causing some bottlenecks during tournaments, if it hasn't done so already.

-The front 9 teepads are made up of a loose gravel that makes it very difficult to get good footing while pivoting on a drive. I chose to throw behind or alongside these teepads instead. The back 9 tees are still strictly grass, which is better than gravel for sure. Some permanent concrete pads would be a huge improvement, even if only used for the front 9.

-Signage consists of only hole numbers, no hole maps, or signs showing where to find the next tee. It can be confusing to find your way around the first time you play unless you have a course map or use an app on a smartphone that includes a map. The back 9 especially relies on mandatory obstacles as well as added OB on several holes that remains unmarked. The only way you'd know about the mandos/OB currently is to play with a local. Hole maps would be very beneficial.

-The mosquitoes can be absolutely awful. Wear plenty of bug spray, especially if its wet out.

Outside of the few holes where you are throwing at the trees off a tee and hoping to punch through rather than having an actual line to aim at, the back 9 offers up some needed difficulty to what was initially a solid, but relatively basic course, and I'm bumping my score up to a solid 3.5 (from a previous 3) due to it. I stop by whenever I pass through Yorkton to play it, it's definitely worth it.

However, the gravel tees for the front 9 and the necessity of having a local to explain the back 9 to you due to the lack of signage does hurt it quite a bit. If it were to get some proper teepads, tee signage/hole maps, and maybe a change to hole 11 where you actually have a viable line to attempt off the tee, this course could EASILY be the best in Saskatchewan, and among the very best short courses in the Canadian prairies. Lots of potential for sure.