-Decent Baskets
-Good use of space
-Working around trees adds to the interest
-Parking is good, loops back OK
-Quick round

-Gravel filled boxes for tees
-Backyards come into play on #3
-Fairly basic tee signage
-New walking path comes into play on #3 and #5

Quarry Ridge DGC is located in a nice city park on the east side of Mount Vernon, IA. A relatively short course that is decent for beginners, but has some interest for the more intermediate player working on more technical shots. The vegetation comes into play more these days than the pictures show, especially on #2, with a wall of trees and bramble just to your left. A new walking path comes into play on #3 and #5 (put down in 2020, I think). Overall, the course gives you a chance to work on more technical shots and there are choices to make on lines around trees on most holes. I do agree that pars are generous, but that gives a little boost to the beginners or rec players. Overall a quick playing course, in a nice city park, worth a play, if you're in the area. I will play again.

- Built up tees, filled with sand and dirt
- A short and fast 9, that's easy to play
- Tight layout, but easy to follow
- An easy course to get birdies and aces
- Mostly wooded course

- Very small space, took less than 20 minutes to play
- Holes are all short, don't remember one over 300 yards

This is a short, fast, but ultimately fun course. It sits in a small wooded park with just nine holes, squeezed together like 9 sardines in a can. The result is a lot of very short lanes. How short? On one I only used my putter.

The designer of the course tried to make it more challenging by putting tree groupings between the tee and the baskets. So I found myself throwing lots of high and hard left tosses to get around them. It's a good practice course, great to work on the detailed elements of the game. Probably good for beginners but it would offer them some small challenges.

The course sits in a small wooded park on the south east tip of Mt. Vernon. The 1st tee sits across the road from the other 9 and it should be the first one you see from your car once in park.

- Ample parking, right in the middle of the course.
- Pretty easy to navigate, you can pretty well see the whole course from any one point. I did use the course map on my phone though.
- Decent signposts with number and distance.
- #3 is the longest hole on the course, and the basket is tucked nicely into a little stand of 3 or 4 trees. Guarded, but still accessible.
- #5 tee is neat, from on top of a little mound throwing through a line of trees. Really doesn't add difficulty, but adds a great feel to the hole. Well done.
- #8 is a great shot down a little hollow. Most scenic spot on the course, great use of space.

- Tees marked by INNOVA tee markers. All were in place except for one missing on #5. Mostly flat dirt pads, with some remnants of woodchips. Not really running up for any drives on this course though.
- There was a map/scorecard holder at tee #1, but nothing in it. Really not needed though.
- #1 is not only short, but it's an awkward, hard turning R to L shot around trees and into the timber. Unless originally there were less trees, and you could drive through them. My least favorite hole on the course, and unfortunately not a great starting hole.
- #2 tee is overgrown, nearly unplayable straight through the trees. Even if the bushes and undergrowth were trimmed, it's a very tight window, even for a 120 ft hole. Nice idea though, certainly adds variety.
- There IS a line on #6, but it's very small. Short hole without very many options, not my favorite.

- I find it quite amazing how 9 holes got packed into this small park, without overlapping or causing major safety concerns. Yes, it's a very short course, but bravo! I think that decision was better than making it a longer 6-hole course.
- There are not very many "beginners" courses that teach new players the value of hitting precise lines. In fact, I don't know that I'd ever played one until this course. Wooded golf is frustrating to new players, but this course can teach those skills without being disheartening. Wonderful!
- For a beginner course, this gets a 4.5/5. In comparison to all other 9 holers, 3.75/5.

Easy course to find with parking close to first tee. Lots of details went into this course. The teesigns are merely hole number and distance, but are in excellent shape and each one faces towards you after completing each hole. Thus, navigation is pretty easy. Though there are lack of teepads, there are nice Innova teemarkers on the ground that indicate tee area. Baskets are Innova Discatchers in new condition. Large and small trees throughout the course that come into play on every hole. It is easy to see how well thought out this course is. Though the holes are short, it makes great use of the elevation and trees to make for some fun shots. An excellent course for beginners to learn on. Experienced players can just take a putter and work on their short game and go for aces. The park itself is clean and well mowed. Fairways are easily defined and it would be difficult to lose a disc here.

It is difficult to really speak of any cons for this course. It is designed as a short 9 hole course for beginners. It does that well. Teepads are dirt/mulch that could become muddy, but minimal run up is needed anyway.

This is a great course to bring a new player into the game. Easy short holes with just enough challenge that will keep everyone happy. Although I didn't get an ace, it was fairly easy to hit metal on many of the baskets. One of the best beginner courses I have played.