~ Elevation
~ Water Hazards
~ Woods
~ Ample Parking
~ New Tee Signs

~ Flow / Layout
~ Old Mach 1 Baskets
~ Hazardous trails / Stairs

Snell-Crawford was the second basket courses in the state of Iowa so from historical perspective you would come to expect the course does not stand up to today's disc technology. With this being said there are many issues with the course. First off the baskets are the original targets from 1979 and they have seen better days; most have bent cages or damaged in some way or another. On a couple of holes the original route is very tight, but over the years the locals have made alternate routes. These routes are fairer and better golf shots, but the tee is not pointing in that direction forcing you to throw sideways across the tee. A few holes throw over park roads, one of which the road is pretty much the fairway. For some of the holes you have to walk way out of your way to get to a bridge to cross the creek to get to the pin from the tee. Some of the holes throw directly across another fairway or only a couple of feet from the previous pin. The course has seen better days, including the steps which have become rather dangerous. Overall the course has a terrible design/flow, has some really fluky lines, and is in really rough shape (and dangerous). The day I was there a family was helping their son clean the park as part of his scout project. They installed new tee signs, mulched the fairways and paths in the woods along with the pins and tees, and they painted the edges of the steps with bright construction paint. The work is commendable and I'm glade to see someone step-up and take pride in their parks, but I fear this is not enough to help this course. The land in that park is prime; with a solid re-design it could be an awesome course. For now the course is sub-par and rather unenjoyable.