- Tough course, lots of trees to weave around
- Map/marker at each tee
- Brooms for sweeping tee off
- Baskets in good condition
- General direction of pin is marked with yellow tape on trees, definitely helps navigation in the middle of the woods

- Confusing course, with multiple hole numbers for each tee. Played the gold/blue and we spent half the time just searching for the next tee.
- Lots of swap/muddy areas. Luckily didn't lose a disc, but we were very lucky
- No trash cans throughout the course
- The map isn't quite to scale with tee some tee's nonexistent or not easy to find.

Met a couple guys that were planning out future course rearrangement. They said it would soon simplify to just a long/short tee style, not 3 different courses in one. Also plan to make the fairways more easy to follow, cut down trees/shrubs.
This should GREATLY help navigation.

Very scenic park, good signage, overly challenging, no other players (good for me but bad for the course) little confusing to follow so I suggest snapping a picture of the course map before you start. A ton of long good holes....(too much of a good thing can be bad) Ribbons in the trees to help you follow the course....

Tee pads are a little rough, good size but textured poorly. Too big, after playing a couple holes the novelty of throwing several hundred ft on tight lines goes away. Course designer went on a 2 mile hike and dropped 18 baskets randomly along the way, got a little mind numbing after a bit. Thank you though for the accurate map at hole 1. The course needs Some work to open up some more lines, not fun to step up on the tee pad of a 400-1000 ft hole and your forced to lay up or throw hard and pray. (almost every hole) 16 signature looong wooded holes is too much for 1 course. To play this course in an event, the backups would make you want to DNF not to mention ther are little to no chances to score. If you can bite off more then 300 ft on a drive it was luck ( majority of the holes)

Huge amounts of work went into building this course I'm sure but should have gotten help from a more experienced course designer and help with the tee pads. Instead of mixing the am course into the mix the course should have been shortened and 2 course put in. Wouldn't want to play it on a busy day with people out there playing the short course (safety first) can't imagin the backups. Glad I played it though, if you play it bring plenty of snacks and be prepared for a long frustrating round

What a crazy course. Sunny Lake offered me a round unlike anything else that I have experienced, for better and for worse. This is a super tough course in the woods of Eastern OH, incorporating water shots in many different ways throughout the round. There is both an amateur and a pro course that separate early on in the round and share tees at times. This review is based upon the gold course layout.

For the gold layout, the designers were definitely going for a championship-level course. It measures out close to 11,000' and has eight par 4's and four par 5's. I have never seen so many 6's in my score before, so the course succeeded in kicking my butt. The course starts out well with a fun shot that starts out in the open and then hits a tight gap/sharp angle in the woods. Holes 2 and 3 also offer fair but challenging long lines in the woods that play to tight gaps where the basket is located.

Use of water and elevation changes is done well here, with many streams and ponds coming into play. Baskets are thoughtfully placed, often being tucked away among trees or on a slope.

The tees are awesome and the tee signs are very descriptive. The next tee signs are very helpful and without them it would be nearly impossible to get around. This is a beautiful park, and it was very well maintained for the most part.

The main thing I take away from playing here is that it is hard for the sake of being hard. I'm all for playing a championship-level course. Just came back from a trip where I played Nockamixon and loved every minute of it. But I felt that this course is unnecessarily hard, if that makes sense. Hole 5, for example, is a tough water carry and has potential to be a great hole, but there isn't really a clear landing zone at the other end. It's basically, you throw over the water and hope that somehow your disc finds its way through a gap somewhere to get to the pin.

Another example is 8, which is 1,000+ feet. The fairway is a very tight gap that you can't really even use a driver on. I found myself often using mid-range discs on these longer holes because of their super tight layout. Now, some of the holes are done really well, like the first couple and the 2-3, but I felt the majority of the round was over the top. The holes didn't always offer true fairways and clear landing zones. The course would improve greatly if more clearing was done and more trees were taken out.

The layout of the course is definitely confusing. You're often playing shared tees between the two sub-courses, but they are differently numbered holes and play to different baskets. I found my way around ok, but you really have to pay close attention to which layout you're following and which basket you're meant to throw to. I really think they should switch the basket colors, since the shorter layout has orange-coated baskets and the longer layout uses the traditional color. You can already see most of the shorter baskets from their tees anyways, so why not switch to make them easier to scout on the gold layout. This is the most confusing course layout I've had to follow. A guide is highly recommended.

While there are a ton of 'next tee' signs, I still feel more could've been used.

For hole 5, you have to walk through the fairway to get to the tee. 16 is virtually unplayable and seems to often get neglected with knee-high grass.

It's a very long hike and doesn't loop back to the parking lot mid-round. I don't normally mind this, but it would've been nice for a course this grueling.

Since this is a huge park, there are numerous entrances. Make sure that you take Page Road to get there. The designer for this course has done an amazing job in this area, and I appreciate the desire to build a championship-level course. It's still in its early stages, but I think the course would really improve with a lot more clearing. Sunny Lake has a ton of potential and is in a beautiful setting. Like I said, it does have some great holes. However, the layout of some holes and the course in general can be improved to be more player friendly. I would love to return if more clearing is done at some point. Again, highly encouraged to play with a guide.