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Greendale, WI

Root River Parkway DGC

3.025(based on 24 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20 years 1008 played 579 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Disjointed course along the road. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 24, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The first 5 holes play shorter and more wooded than the rest of the course. These add a bit more of a shot shaping aspect compared to the rest of the course. All five of these had black rubber mats for tee pads. The chainstar baskets were all in great shape and caught well. With how disjointed this course is it could be confusing the first time but it's always busy so there's almost always someone to ask or follow. That or follow the trampled down grass that leads to the next hole. They had a few garbages and benches throughout the course. There is a decent mix in different distances here too. Hole 18 actually ends near hole 1.

Cons:

The number one problem in my opinion here is how close it plays along the road for probably half the holes. I accidently landed on the road twice and had my disc ran over 3 times. This is really not a safe design whatsoever. They had signs up saying the course is already in danger of being pulled. That's not a good sign with how new the course is. All the holes along the road seem pretty much the same. The last 2 holes may be harder to find for new players. Either the group of 2 in front of us and the group of 3 behind us didn't know about them or they just skipped them. It was dry when we went in late august but having grown up along the root river I imagine it'd be very swampy for most of the spring and into early summer. Also I could see the mosquitoes getting nasty at times too.

Other Thoughts:

It's another course but it seems like they just kinda slapped some baskets down. Milwaukee needs some more quality courses and while this is a start it needs lots of work if it has any chance of remaining there.
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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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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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