Good BasketsEasy to find disksSlight elevation changesEasy to navigate

Rough gravel T-PadsReally short holes

I started playing in April 2018 and this was the first course I played. This course is wide open, and at the time the grass and weeds were not very high so the risk of losing a disc was very low. The terrain provides enough variety to give a beginner an idea of how discs will behave on hills. Distances are on the shorter side so beginners do not feel overwhelmed, and may even get a birdie or two on a good shot. The course has never been crowded so you can play several shots. There have been times where I have set up camp on hole 3, which is 222 feet and perfectly straight, and throw shot after shot to build some consistency at that distance. The course plays a loop with signs on each hole. Navigation is super easy and no map is needed. If you think of this course as one big practice field you couldn't ask for anything better.

If you are a more advanced player looking for a challenging round go elsewhere. If you want a nicely manicured course this isn't it. As of 6/9/2018, the grass and weeds have become very thick and I ended up losing a disc. Searching becomes a tedious process and the weeds will cut up your legs. There are snakes in the grass. By early June the underbrush transforms into a disc black hole and beginners may not want to cross that event horizon. I likely will not be back until fall unless I suddenly have a major improvement in throwing accuracy. There is a multi-use path that runs through the course so watch out for the occasional mountain biker or dog walker, but even the path is not very busy so this is hardly an issue.

Think of this course as an old pair of jeans - not something you would wear to a fancy party but great if you need to get some work done. This course is basic and functional. Great for beginners to learn, great for a quick and easy round, and even more advanced players can benefit by using the course as a big practice field.

-Single use disc park.

-Par 2s to keep your ego in check and your score fair.

-Easily navigable, plays a nice tight loop.

-Decent amount of elevation change

-Located right behind Nordstrom at Flatirons Mall. If you're significant other is shopping, you could play this course faster than she gets out of the first store.

-Very, very few obstacles.

-Gravel tee pads make long run-ups sketchy, not that you'll need many.

-My God. The wind. It's gusty, dusty, and almost always present. Though it can decimate a good shot on 7, the real trouble is 8; where if you hang one up you won't be able to create a 100 foot radius of where it might have ended up.

Part two of my "North Side Double-Down." Quite simply, if you're headed up here from anywhere in the metro area, play this course AND East Interlocken Park. (See Review).

I've been meaning to review this course for awhile, as I've always felt it gets a bad rap on here. Here's why it gets 2.5 from me (for context, I only review courses I deem worth playing, and 3.5 would be about my max rating for a 9 hole). First of all, this is not an easy course to break par on. Again for context, I average shooting even par at Birds Nest. Yet I have never, ever shot below par at Superior (while playing hole #9 as a par 3). The par 2s are a brilliant way to equalize an otherwise boring layout. The first one is an obstacle-free 150 footer that you need to park. Easy yes, but a strange task for your first shot of the day. An ace run could leave you with a head scratching bogey. The other par two plays straight up hill, with a high potential for roll-always. Even if it doesn't roll, if you put it 25 feet out and miss the putt THAT's A BOGEY. The biggest obstacle on the rest of the holes is grass just high enough to screw with any kind of putt that requires an arm swing. It's an infuriating way to miss birdies.

So I guess Superior gets a 2.5 from me for somehow finding a way to make a short, boring course difficult. And of course I view it in tandem with East Interlocken. I'll reiterate one more time: if you have to drive more than 15 minutes to get to either course, play both.

- Baskets, tees and signage are all adequate, navigation is no real issue.

- Plays a nice quick loop

- Fair variety in distances and good use of available elevation

- There's some long grass here which can easily hide some discs

- Some holes are on the reeeeeeal short side, though they're par 2's so it evens out

- Not a lot of variety in the shots-needed department

Superior is, to me, a fun, bare bones 9 holer great for beginners and those looking for a quick round. When you turn onto Honey Creek Lane from Rock Creek Pkwy you'll get to a parking lot on the right, next to a dog park, playground and restrooms. Like East Interlocken, it's situated in an odd place near Hwy 36 and a large business/retail area. That said, it doesn't seem to get the same action as EI so it doesn't have the crowd factor going against it. It's not maintained to the same degree as EI but it has much more fun use of elevation and, while it's a small park, doesn't feel as cramped. Plus, as the posted signs will tell you, you're playing in an active coyote area, so looking for errant discs in the long grass takes on a whole new dimension! I guess what I'm saying is Superior is superior...to East Interlocken. Wocka Wocka.

Easy to follow course
Not crowded
Several holes offer the opportunity for an ace
Wonderful view of the mountains

Not very many challenging shots
Fairly unimaginative layout

Not a great course, but the view was really cool from on top of the hill (hole 7)

This course is usually quiet even on weekends, and most of the holes are short so you can breeze through 18 and enjoy the pleasant views and surprisingly abundant wildlife. Good confidence builder. Good use of elevation changes. Great if you live close by.

The surprisingly abundant wildlife mentioned above includes snakes, angry bees, and plenty of spiders who build remarkable tunnels everywhere in sight. Wear pants and good shoes.
It's often windy as the course is wide open, so don't let the short holes fool you, this course can be challenging with winds coming from any direction. This course could use some hazards or more OBs.

"The Rock" as we call it is close to home and thus becoming a regular place. Play it safari when there's nobody around and you can keep things from getting boring!

Superior Rock is somewhere between a Pitch & Putt and a recreational course. It's set in the high desert brush so it's dry. Somehow the fairways are mowed about 25 feet wide. Keep your eye on your drive as it's easy to lose track because theres often nothing to mark them with, jsut more brown grass. There was a maintenance man out raking the gravel tee boxes. He did a wonderful job. I felt guilty throwing from afterward. #'s 1, 3, 5 and 7 are just easy little ACE runs. because the terrain is hilly, there are a few chances to throw across hillside shots. # 8 is 276' with the basket perched on the side of a hill.

besides the aforementioned hot and dusty, I really feel the designer missed a golden opportunity here by not placing one tee box up higher. After # 8 would have been a great time to have a tee up high and finish on a long downhill bomb. As it is, # 9 is 489' but basically level. It could have been a 650' finishing bomb off the hill.

I'm not much of a fan of these high desert, play in the burnt dry grass and cactus type courses. This is certainly not a destination course but if I happened to live in one of neighboring apartments, I 'd be out here evenings and early mornings.

Also I saw a very cool thing on this course. As I was walking along, something caught my eye. Thinking it was a rabbit, I looked over and it was a big ole hawk probably only 30 feet away. He was pulling something from the grass and more interested in that than me. He finally managed to capture a gardner snake and fly away with it. It was pretty cool to see him from so close!