- Course is set on a large piece of property that is devoted to disc golf. There shouldn't be any interference during a typical round.
- A large amount of holes are set in densely populated woods, with lots of trees to force lines and punish errant shots. #1 is a dog leg left off the tee, with a long tee that is tucked hard left behind dense woods and low branches. #5 finishes left, can play straight or flexed off the tee. #6 is better suited for a RHBH anny, and has a tough basket placement behind a steep pit. #7 is a big downhill hyzer shot, with the basket amongst a sparse grove of trees. #8 is another straight shot that finishes hyzer, with the basket in a clearing past an opening in the woods. #9 is a monster dog leg left with a pinch point before the turn, with a diminishing fairway to the basket. #10 and #11 are both downhill straight/hyzer shots with baskets out in the clearing. #15 is a long, tight shot that eventually hyzers out with a protected basket. #18 is a long, multi-shot hole that can play as a hyzer or flex off the tee, with a large patch of woods that splits the fairways halfway through, getting to that point and choosing which way to go is a smart play.
- While there are a lot of hyzers present in these holes, the different tee pads make a HUGE difference on what kind of shot is needed just to get down the fairway. Lots of pads almost force a layup shot or a perfectly executed flex shot to avoid various gaps, pinch points, or kinks.
- Other holes play in more open parts of the course; still with trees and woods, but not nearly as much. #2 is a shot out of the woods that has to clear a large swamp, the hyzer is taken away for the most part (except for laying up). #3 is the most open hole, with hardly any trees to worry about, although it's 720' from the middle tee. #4 is a downhill shot into the woods, that finishes with a hard left turn to an elevated basket. #12 is a longer downhill shot with the pin tucked in the woods, and #13 is a straighter downhill shot in to the woods as well.
- Overall, an excellent mix of length and difficulty from hole to hole, especially depending on which tees are being played. A large amount of holes play VERY differently from the short/mid/long teepads, though none are too easy. No matter what, there are going to be tough lines, good length, plenty of challenge, and lots of opportunities for rewarding golf.
- There isn't a large amount of water here, but it is used very well! Hole #1 has a swamp on the right hand side of the fairway close to the tee; definitely in play on a shanked drive. It also has a decent-sized creek running through in front of both the short and long green. Definitely in play to snag short shots. The swamp on #2 is present off the tee and on the approach, clearing it from the tees is not a gimmee. The small pond on the right side of #18's fairway is also in a dangerous spot, and must be avoided at all costs.
- Elevation changes are present throughout the course, mostly in the form of downhill tee shots. #4, #7, #10, #11, #12, and #13 all have pretty severe downhill slopes, lots of fun to all of these shots. Some are open, some are pretty tight, and most are long enough to see the disc fly for a long time. #6, #9, #14, and #16 play uphill; with #6 and #14 sloping up by the basket, and #9 and #16 off the tee. Good challenge.
- Great baskets, and absolutely fantastic teepads. Ridiculously top notch. The built up wooden platforms and walkways are fantastic. Wow. No tee signs as of right now, though there are lots of signs for navigation. A map and a scorecard is a good idea though.

- Probably the only drawback that I can think of is the abundance of hyzer shots and left-turning fairways. While there are different lines off the tee to manage, so many holes either start, continue, or end with a left curve. #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #13, #15, and #17 all fall into this category. Can make a few holes feel a little similar.

- This is a serious course, with some serious holes. What more can I say that I haven't said already? Bring your A-game to this course, and don't miss those lines. Beginners might want to stay far away from this beast until some experience is gained.
- I'm giving it a 5. I could play this course forever.

1) Excellent infrastructure for this pay to play course. A nice large parking lot welcomes you, and a clubhouse to be used during tourneys and such will give you a nice place to sit down after your round.
2) Massive trapezoidal concrete tees with a fall-a-way area at the end of the teepad. This is the first time I have ever seen this and it makes great sense. You need to release the disc before the square area at the end, but can fall forward onto this area after you release. Much safer than mulch, eroded soil, lannon stones, like you see on most other courses.
3) Red powder coated DGA baskets are awesome. The number plates also face the hole, so it makes it easier to know where you are going. They are red and are fairly visible in the woods. There are better colors for the woods, but red is better than just the standard metal color.
4) Alternate pins are always appreciated to alter up the course from time to time.
5) 3 sets of colored tees, if I remember right . . . Black, Orange, Red, I thought maybe another color too. Some of these tees are shared between colors, but there are always at least separate tees per hole.
6) Incredible property with a nice variety of trees and density. There are a few really tight fairways, some that allow you to air them out and watch the disc glide around the scattered trees, and then even a couple prairie holes thrown in there. I love it when you get a little bit of everything on a course.
7) Water is in play on a couple shot on this course. Depending on the season, there may be more or less water in play. I know the springtime, the course holds water, but I am unsure of what water is considered casual and what water is considered to be OB.
8) Incredible basket locations, look at #1, that is just awesome. There are plenty of other baskets that are unique, challenging, and fun to go for.
9) There are some really unique features on this course. I like the basket that is slightly set over the apex of a hill with stumps in front of it. It will make a skip ace virtually impossible, but it will also knock down a slightly low upshot or putt. You have to know how to play that shot for sure.
10) #1 long basket location reminds me of Idlewild in Kentucky, and that cannot be a bad thing because Idlewild is my second favorite course in the country (that I have played). DGCR agrees with that sentiment.
11) Directionals help you find which tee you are looking for when they are not on shared tees.
12) Scorecard is available near the clubhouse on your walk up from the parking lot.
13) There is a pay box located where the scorecards are, I suggest paying the $3 minimum, I gave him more, because I think the course warrants more $, and the quicker they get money the quicker the course can be improved and finished!!!
14) Excellent use of terrain and rolling fairways. Rollin' Ridge is certainly accurate, because you go up and down up and down and then you finish each 9 on the ridge!
15) Distance variation is incredible with a wide variety of distances, this forces different shots, different approaches, etc.
16) The elevated tire basket is unique and a nice touch to alter things slightly.
17) Underbrush is pretty decent except in a few places. You can easily hit a tree and kick 50' to one side of the fairway, but for the most part, recovery shots are possibly.

1) Even though there are multiple tees, I would say this course is not super beginner friendly. Each hole is very challenging for one reason or another. I can't take this course down much for this because it is clearly designed for the serious tournament level player and not the casual beginner.
2) The worst thing about this course is probably the fact that it can become unplayable under heavy precipitation periods. I came a week after some really heavy storms and there were 4-5 holes that were completely unplayable due to 12 inches of water covering the whole low areas. I am unsure if there is the potential to run drain-tile, but to me it looks like some of the wooded area is in flood plain.
3) Tee signs are not in place yet, but they do provide a scorecard at least.
4) There is some compaction and erosion happening in the woods. Some of the sidehills are packed down and will eventually erode away.
5) When I first played here, I was afraid for my life because I literally saw large branches falling down out of the trees . . . in all fairness it was blowing 70-80 MPH that day last fall. I would hope that the dead stuff has come down, and only healthy trees remain, but it is worth mentioning.
6) There seems to be some thorny stuff in a few areas on the course. I would be careful if you miss the fairway because you might get all scratched up. It is not all over the course by any means, in most of the course is pretty clean of underbrush.

This is a private pay to play course and is so worth the money! The baskets were donated by a local who won all 18 baskets in the drawing at the Am Worlds that took place in Milwaukee. The property is just incredible and it has all the features that make for a top level course. I think this one could ascend into the nationally ranked courses, maybe not top 10, but definitely top 50. It is still a little work in progress, but they are putting the infrastructure in to make it the best. They are putting money and materials in to their landscaping like so many courses do not do. They had to build an extremely long bridge (which actually houses two teepads, and they didn't skimp here, they actually inlayed pavers into the wood boardwalk. How awesome is that!!!
The only other thing I can say about this incredible course is . . . get out there and play it now, so that when it is finished you will appreciate all of the hard work and $ that has been put into the course. It is going to be outstanding in my opinion! I just hope the neighbors don't mind the traffic and the zoning allows for this to be setup the way it is. Best of luck everyone, I will be out there a couple times a year for sure!

Risk/reward is great at this course. Difficult but very fair fairways is a huge pro for me. Loved the variety of downhill/uphill and open/wooded holes. The creation of the fairways was excellent, it's amazing how one or two trees not being cleared can effect a hole. Nice wooded bridges were great for low lying areas. This was simply a BLAST to play, I played from the orange tees.

Tee signs would be nice, but I understand it's coming. Having the map was nice so it's not a huge negative. Other than being very wet in some areas (can't do much to control that) I can't find many cons with this course.

I absolutely loved this course, I plan on playing here often. Paying $3 for this course is the best $3 I have spent, worth every penny. The best part is that I live less than 5 minutes away. I haven't played a ton of courses, but I have played most in Northeastern Wisconsin and this is the best course I have played. If at anytime any course work needs to be done send me a PM and I would be glad to help.

1. Variety. Despite the fact that most of the holes seem to favor a RHBH from the shortest (orange) tees, shooting well out here will require a lot of different shot types, especially if you find yourself in a trouble spot (of which there are many!). The course plays through some tight but fair forested land and - as the name implies - over rolling terrain on the more open holes. Great examples of risk/reward abound, such as the swamp shot on #2 (with ample bailout space but with early trouble, unlike the black tee which is much more forgiving off the tee), a basket elevated on a stack of tires on #4, the strategic landing-zone shot required before the 90-degree turn on #9 (one of three legitimate Par 4s out here), and the fairway-splitting island of trees about halfway up the 507'-707' Par 4 finisher (a perfectly placed manmade pond is off to the right, arguably the more popular route, of the fairway-splitting island). Hole #1 has a channel of water draining around the front of the green, requiring some thought on your approach. From the orange tees, there are many chances to run straight at the pin, but not without risk; similarly from the reds, you will have some deuce opportunities, but the focus of the game shifts more to making smart plays as opposed to running at the pin. The woods, terrain, and design mean that you won't have line of sight to the pin on some holes, but it's usually clear based on fairway shapes and the course map where you're throwing. Some scouting ahead will be required if you really want to plan your tee shot. One thing I loved about the design here was that on some holes (like #2, where the black tee allows a much safer landing away from the swamp, while the shared orange/red forced either a nearly 400' drive - mostly over water - to reach the pin, or a very short RHBH hyzer out to the bailout zone for a safer but long approach), the shorter tee was a trickier shot than the longer ones - a perfect way to encourage people to experience all the tees out here, as they truly create vastly different holes, and the shorts are not just the typical "easy" tees.

UPDATE: The variety has been greatly increased out here, in turn justifying my rating change to a 5.0. I have played all tees but not all pin locations (now 3 per hole!), but I can say that they tend to drastically change how each hole plays. There is a new pin position on #7 that sits elevated on a wooden cylinder, and a cool manmade three-tiered green on #14. The pins are changed frequently, and course length now ranges 4525'-6490' for Orange, 5855'-7830' for Red, and 7120'-9204' for Black (though some of the longest tees like #3, which will be on an elevated platform and play 1035' to the longest pin, are still under construction).

2. Distance. True Par 4s are always a cool feature and a welcome change from the "play everything as a 3" mentality (they range the long tees). The orange tees play 5730' in the current configuration, reds 6831', and blacks 7346'. From the shortest tees (orange), fourteen holes are under 350' and seven of those are under 250', allowing plenty of runs at the pin for the average player. From the mediums (red), only two holes are under 250' while nine are over 350', and the longest (black) has one hole under 250' and nine are 400' and above. Something for everyone!

UPDATE: The range of distances is as per my above update. Many of the original distances have changed as the official measurements have been borne out and new pins added, so most of my points in #2 here are outdated, but rest assured that there is much more distance (and distance variety) than previously.

3. Tees. With three tees per hole (some are currently shared tees, but more are being added), there are options for every type of disc golfer. The pads themselves are amazingly generous concrete runways, and there should never be any doubt which pad you're on - colored (occasionally eccentric when tees are shared) circular indicators on the front left corner not only guarantee you're on the right tee, but are also very aesthetically pleasing. It wasn't clear to me if the "official" tee ends where the first slab meets the second (see photos), with the front-most area intended for follow-through footing (a la Flip City), or if the entire concrete slab is the tee, so our group just used the whole thing, although it wouldn't surprise me if the former is a rule for tourney play.

UPDATE: Yes, of course, the line on the tee is a foul line! One issue that has come up is the longevity of the paint used for the tee indicators - some of these have completely worn off in less than a year. Several new tees have been constructed since my original review, including a new orange tee for #2 that no longer forces a water carry (the current red tee used to be red/orange shared). The concrete is still in great shape on every single tee.

4. Navigation. The scorecards provided near the first tee have a simple but accurate map printed on the reverse side, but honestly I only used this a few times...bright orange wooden directional signs are abundant out here, making getting around a piece of cake. There are plenty of signs indicating where you need to walk one direction for the medium tee, but a different route to reach the long, so you should never find yourself walking towards the wrong tee as long as you pay attention to the signage - and it's pretty hard to miss!

UPDATE: You still have to rely on the arrow signs for navigation, and surprisingly I find myself still relying on them after multiple visits out here, a testimonial once again to the variety here!

5. Seclusion. While the noise from US-10 is prevalent, especially on the open holes #3 and #12, the fact that you are on private land, removed from the "chucker" crowd of the busier free public courses nearby, is a welcome escape and really lets you enjoy your round. Instead of witnessing a bunch of unsupervised brats cussing, littering, smoking, etc., the primary noise out here is people having fun!

6. Baskets. Bright red Mach 3s are perfect for this heavily wooded course and are in perfect shape. The recipient of a past DGA "Dream Course" basket giveaway, Rollin' Ridge is the poster child for how to put this annual prize to use!

UPDATE: Baskets are still in terrific shape.

7. Amenities. A clubhouse between the Front 9 and Back 9 is in the works but incomplete as of this review, and it's rumored that beverage sales and a pro shop will be available in the future...that definitely adds a lot to making this feel like a golf course, especially when you will be spending hours out here, as opposed to your traditional city park Par-3 courses. Scorecards and "Rollin' Ridge" emblazoned pencils are available where you drop your money (and you had BETTER pay!). Trash receptacles are available at many tees (some were close to overflowing, but litter didn't seem to be a problem at all, and probably never will be). The parking area was ample as well. New benches have been added, a welcome bonus on this lengthy course.

UPDATE: The clubhouse/pro shop is within weeks of officially opening, and it looks gorgeous, with several TVs, plenty of space to chill inside and out, a large grill patio, bar, and more! The restrooms here are the nicest I think I've ever seen at a private course (in fairness to well-established courses, these are brand new!). A netted-in driving range (similar to a batting cage) is also in the works alongside the ramp up to the clubhouse. Benches at nearly every single tee on every single hole.

8. Location. Removed from any metropolitan areas, yet totally within reach for the Fox Cities, Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan (less than an hour drive from all of these locations).

9. Pay to play. The $3 per round is a terrific deal, and it's obvious that money will be going back into the course.

UPDATE: It is now $5 per person, but this covers all-day play! This is still a steal!

1. No tee signs. I understand these are forthcoming, so I'm not docking the rating; besides, as mentioned above, the maps and directional signage are sufficient. I'm not sure if the plan is to have a sign at each tee as opposed to one sign covering all tees, but with the distance between some of the tees I'd love to see individual ones. The lack of signage led to a bit of confusion on one hole for our group (and we discovered later that a group behind us had made the same mistake) - at the tee for #6, we shot to #14's basket, as they are both visible and reachable, but the number on the plate wasn't quite readable.

UPDATE: Still no tee signs. This is more of an issue now with 3 pin positions per hole that tend to be VERY spread out, still necessitating a walk ahead to locate the basket. How can this be a 5-disc course when it still lacks tee signs? Well, because between the scorecards and arrows, you have ample information at your disposal, and the minor inconvenience of some occasional scouting ahead is far outweighed by the superb golf here.

2. The more open holes where there will be a lot of grippin' and rippin' might lead to discs straying near other fairways/tees. On #3, for example, a RHBH drive that hyzers out early may wind up near #12's tee, or even #11's basket; similarly, on #12, a flipped RHBH could come close to #13's tees (I know because I witnessed both on my separate visits out here).

UPDATE: These exact issues have been addressed with large wooden walls (see the "Course Structures Slideshow" in the "Links/Files" tab) to reduce, possibly eliminate, the aforementioned conflicts. Bravo to the RR crew for taking my review points so seriously (I jokingly give myself credit since I wrote the first review)!

3. The low-lying areas in the woods are VERY soggy and squishy, even with a paucity of recent heavy precipitation, so it appears that this is a more permanent feature of this terrain and one that will hopefully be ameliorated by the obvious clearing that has occurred. The RR crew is obviously tackling this problem with woodchips and boardwalks, but be prepared to get your shoes and discs a little muddy...besides, who DOESN'T carry a towel?

UPDATE: This has also been addressed, as best as can be expected. There are still plenty of soggy areas, but not anywhere near problematic.

4. Although located right on US-10, you need to watch closely for the course entrance, as there is no big flashing sign (and if this was my property, I wouldn't want a big flashing sign!)...the hand-painted "Parking" sign is tucked back a bit from the highway and can cause confusion for first-timers. We actually pulled in the wrong driveway, and the neighbor was actually on her way out to her mailbox; she smiled, waved, and as we rolled down our windows, before we could even ask for directions she happily exclaimed, "Oh, you must be looking for the Frisbee golf place! One more driveway up! Great day for playing!" Hopefully a positive relationship with the neighbors and community will continue to flourish!

UPDATE: There is a large red mailbox that says "Rollin Ridge" in big black letters. Hard to miss.

5. Port-a-potties would be nice, although I'm guessing the clubhouse will provide something along those lines once completed; again, no points off for this.

UPDATE: See above in my update on Amenities in the Pros.

I've been anxiously waiting to play this course for several years, and although it's still a work in progress, it is more than ready for play, including tournaments. From what I understand, it's a year-round course except for deer-hunting week. This is a fantastic addition to the local DG scene, and while the $3 shouldn't be a problem for anyone to cough up, it should be enough of a deterrent to keep the chuckers at home by their free courses. The course is a true test of skills, and while one hole might be particularly punishing if you get into trouble, the next could be very rewarding with a well-placed shot. As mentioned, there is some RHBH bias, at least from the shortest tees, and some people might also be bothered by the fact that several greens have trees within the 30' circle (a feature that doesn't irk me at all). I have played one round from the orange tees and one from the reds, which has given me a pretty good feel for the design (I'll play black when I'm in a more masochistic mood). Steve, the designer, highly recommends playing from the shortest tees first to get a feel for the course, and I concur - these aren't your typical community park short tees!

Everything I'd heard prior to playing led me to believe that this would be Wisconsin's next 5-disc course. While the potential is definitely there, I don't rate courses based on potential. That said, it's spectacular enough to warrant the 4.5 (even though I'd say it currently stands closer to a 4.25). As courses change, so do my reviews, so a 5 definitely isn't out of the question. One benefit I hope to see to the local DG scene is that the attention Rollin' Ridge draws might help Freitag in Forest Junction get up to a playable condition (I still haven't played Freitag, but have heard about its untamed quirkiness); from what I hear, that course coupled with this one would make for a real DG adventure, but for now this course alone is well worth any voyage, from any direction.

UPDATE: Well, I now consider this worthy of a 5.0. I am beyond impressed with the improvements that have been made since the course officially opened. I encourage anyone who reviewed the course last year or early this year to get back out here and update your reviews...I feel that a lot of the 4.5s will be bumped to 5s, and it won't be long before Rollin Ridge busts into the Top Ten! With the recent expansion of nearby Silver Creek in Manitowoc to 27 holes (not to mention the upcoming A-tier involving both of these courses!), many eyes will be on this region as a true disc golf destination.