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Greendale, WI

Root River Parkway DGC

3.025(based on 24 reviews)
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metalheaddiscs
Experience: 18 years 101 played 4 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Another Milwaukee coures with a road through the middle. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 2, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Ummm...its another course. Has a couple longer holes and a couple in the woods.

Cons:

Where should I start. Um like I said another course in Milwaukee along the road. Very lack luster course. Hey a couple trees lets put a tee over on this side of it and basket over on this side. I'm sure this place will improve and so will my disc rating but hey guys cut a basket spot into the woods. No real par 4s or 5s.

Other Thoughts:

I was happy to hear of a new course in Mil town but very sad at what I found. Estabrook feel with the road and Dineen feel openness. You think you would want to improve on those places not combine the bad features of both. On the positive great place for chuckers.
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DiscinFiend
Experience: 24.9 years 76 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Decent course...to wet. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 28, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The first few holes are short chip & putt shots in the woods. But most of the following holes are open with only a few trees hindering your shots. It has a couple longer holes around the 500 ft range which is nice. On a couple holes there is elevation change but it is mostly flat. There is a water in the woods on two holds so if you don't stay on the fairway you could end up in the drink.

Cons:

The tee pads were muddy on almost every hole. Under a two baskets were large amounts of water which there was no way of retrieving your disc from the basket without getting your feet soaked. Also it can be a little difficult to find some of the tee pads if your unfamiliar with the course. I didn't like how you have to cross the road quite a few times to get to some tee pads. And I wish it wasn't so wide open that on many holes it really didn't matter which route I took (Backhand, Forehand, Overhand, Hyzer, Anhyzer Ect.) I could still get under the basket will relative ease.

Other Thoughts:

Way to wet
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Iceman
Experience: 22.8 years 37 played 9 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Won't be back soon 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course has enough variety to it to keep you interested enough to finish the round. The first couple of holes are nice, short, and wooded to get you warmed up, and then you go out into the open to rip a few long tosses. Most of the open holes have only a tree or two to navigate around making this a nice course for beginners that just wanna throw hard but might not have their accuracy down. One memorable hole...I think hole 15, was nestled right up against the river; however you cannot tell until you are right up by the pin making for a great surprise for those who think that they have only thrown their disc into the woods. Surprise! There is a river there!

Cons:

The dirt tee pads are very slippery when wet, and the course is right next to a river that frequently floods when it rains, so the ground might be wet quite often. The day that I played, holes 17 and 18 could not even be reached because there was about a 6" of water that you would have to walk through to get to them. The wooded holes have VERY thick underbrush right now making discs really hard to find if you get off the fairway. Once you are out of the woods the holes don't improve much...mostly wide open bombers with a tree or two in your way. The layout is confusing as well, there is lots of road crossing back and forth and lots of distance traveled between some holes. I felt that the river could have been utilized more by the designer; however maybe they stayed away due to the flooding.

Other Thoughts:

I will probably return once or twice a year; however not until the course gets more established. At its current state I would not recommend anyone travel very far to see this new course.
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jmterlap
Experience: 32.7 years 97 played 10 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Short then Long 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 14, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Really great driving holes for 350-450' holes. Great use of the limited elevation in the middle of the course. Threw all types of shots: Short, long, Hyzer, Anhyzer, Tight, Open.. Great risk reward with a few of the two shot Par 4's. Most greens seemed to be in very good locations and had rough on one side so drives/approaches had to be accurate. With better mowing, some of these holes will be great roller holes. Hole 18 was very good requiring a solid drive to stay out of the rough on the right and stand of trees on left.

Cons:

First four holes were very similar, but I think they left room for longer tees on some and moving the greens longer or side to side. Rough is very rough right now on those holes, but with the amount of traffic I saw on the fourth day it was in the ground, that rough will be trampled down quickly.

Other Thoughts:

Course design seemed to allow for much longer championship tees and for much harder greens tucked in the rough as it thins out in the future. It will be very interesting to see if this transforms over the next few years.
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