McLouth, KS

Rose Park - Old Layout

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bigreddog
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Experience: 12.2 years 195 played 63 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Best 9 hole I've played 2+ years

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

Pros:

This course has a lot of doglegs and forces you to throw every path of shot. 3 holes have left to right and 2 have right to left. Also some holes are tighter so they encourage lower shots than the open holes 10/10

There is a large variety of openness on the holes even though there are only 9. There are two that are almost but not completely wide open, some that are tight only closer to the basket, some only near the tee, and two tight the whole way. 10/10

Newly opened and nicely mowed fairways but the rough isn't too thick. There are new tee signs and several benches in good condition throughout the course. A couple of the wooded holes are a little rough around the edges but more foot traffic should fix it. Course maintenance 9/10

Baskets are brand new and tees are concrete with no cracks. The tees are a little small, but they're still concrete. 8/10

Navigation between holes is pretty easy because most have a trail mowed from one basket to the next tee. There is one confusing part after hole 4 because the 4 basket is close to the 8 basket so the trail to 9 looks like it could be the trail to 5. Overall 8/10

Even though there are lots of obstacles, there isn't much deep grass so discs are pretty easy to find except for the third hole and possibly the eighth hole if you miss on the wrong side. 8/10

Benches and shade make for a comfortable round. No water fountains or bathrooms that I saw but I didn't look that hard. 7/10

This course would be able to challenge players of most skill levels but may be frustrating for beginners on the more wooded holes. 7/10

Navigation on the actual holes is pretty good but there are a couple of tricky spots. From the 4 tee you can see the 8th basket too and also from the 5th tee you can see the sixth basket about the same distance away. 6/10

Cons:

No alternate hole positions, but this is a very new course and that could change in the future. 0/10

There isn't much elevation present. there are 3 holes that are slightly downhill but none that are uphill or with much slope from the side. Hole 5 does have an elevated football field to the right that makes for an interesting shot. 2/10

Most holes have only one way they can be played so they don't require much decisionmaking. Holes 1, 7, and 9 do have a couple of possibilities but overall it's not the best. 3/10

There isn't a large variety of distances on the holes. Hole 5 is significantly longer than the rest but is more wide open. 6 is shorter and also wide open and 8 is shorter and requires a window shot on the drive. Other than that though most holes are right about 300. 5/10

Other Thoughts:

I wish there were 18 holes on this course because the 9 that were there were really fun. I'm sure that only having 9 holes will cause this course to be rated down but I don't think that's something a course should be counted down for.

It's kind of a long drive from Olathe for only 9 holes but I can't wait to go again once I'm back in Lawrence.
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