friendly locals, solid course with a variety of shots, and a good mix of open/tight. Grounds get good maintenance. Restrooms available. Multiple tees, and there's usually an actual difference in the challenge level of the tees, not just making the hole a few feet shorter on the easier tees.

Very hard to navigate successfully without a map or local assistance due to crossing paths and limited signage, as well as the occasional blind A/B pin placement that you have to guess at if you haven't played the course recently enough to know which position they're in.

There's a stretch of shots (holes 13-16, IIRC) that are very similar, and I personally find dull (I skip them most of the time.)

I found the occasional poison ivy patch, but they mostly seem under control. I've heard others complain about ticks, but haven't

There's always a certain challenge in reviewing a course that you consider decent, but not exceptional. The best thing I can say is that it's a solid course. You get a good mix of shots, and while there are few standout holes, there also aren't many holes that you want to forget, either. The stretch of shots I mentioned (13-16) I don't like for personal reasons, not because they're terrible holes (I'm not into long bomb shots. I don't mind distance shots being mixed up with finesse ones, but I prefer to not have a long stretch of them in a row.)

The most notable holes for me were 4 (a sideways-downhill finesse throw), 9 (an uphill throw with an interesting almost-dogleg), and 10 (back down the hill, fairly straight but with tree branches at points making it important to watch altitude).

This course has a nice flow, with multiple elevation changes, some fun elevated pins, a little bit of woods, and a few with decent distance. The course starts to get interesting from 4 on, 10 is a bomb from on high, into the woods for a second, but ends with a wimper of mostly unimaginative holes. I actually love this course, but it feels like a really technical, fun 9 hole course shoved up amidst another 9 that feel like an after thought. I still think its top 3 in Columbus easy, but my other two favorites are Blendon Woods and Community Park, which are shorties, but technical and interesting. I always go for most interesting, regardless of distance, so consider that when reading this review. Simsbury is an awesome backyard course, but could have been better.

Situated in the heart of suburbia, you sometimes have to deal with that scene. I've dealt with too much random trash, frat boys, and even a few kids on 4 wheelers and dirt bikes riding right through a fairway on the back nine that runs next to the back yards of what must be a cul de sac based on the behavior of the precious children that behaved so poorly.

After multiple years playing this course, I'm backing off my original rating, even though they've made a few improvements. The new shed with vending and covered picnic tables is much appreciated, though.