Winston Preserve is a large, pretty park. The disc golf course mostly plays through an area made up of scrub trees, bushes and sandy loam soil. The course starts just left of the parking lot. There are garbage cans, picnic tables and a big sign talking about remodeling the course to help with the erosion issues. And stating that the course would be closed for this remodeling.

The course has concrete tees, solid wooden signs and Discatchers with the yellow bands and #s. The first five holes all play in 250' range. Some baskets are hidden, some are visible here. # 7 is only 167' but gets very tight up near the basket. Then # 9 is a short (113') Ace Run as is # 12 being open and just 158'.

I think # 14 is the course's signature hole if only for the very cool basket placement. It's a 134' toss but the basket is set on this small peninsula between two wet areas. This would be a place that I would be doing some erosion work by building a small retaining wall behind the basket. After playing # 14, you come to kind of a crossroads with multiple paths. There is a little gazebo structure there and some disc golfing person has discretely written a couple of next tee numbers in Sharpie. Not bold enough to look like grafitti, just right if you happen to notice them. Thank you Mr. Sharpie!

I also thought # 18 was kind of special. It plays 297' needing a little anhyser action to play through a very pretty, natural looking fairway.

A few chains are rusting and a couple need to be attached better.

Be careful on # 15. Don't play to the longer basket you see, that's # 16.

Pitch and putt challenge or maybe recreational level on some holes.

No airing it out here.

I felt Winstrom Preserve was a fun little course. It's just a comfortable little round. You're not climbing up and down steep gorges nor are you trudging across vast acreages. You shouldn't be spending too much time looking for the next tee or baskets and you probably won't be spending a lot of time looking for your disc. Enjoy it. I did.

The course is in a fantastic location on the corner of Ottawa beach road and 152nd. The breeze is fantastic because it is near the lake. The course has many friendly golfers. It has a little bit more of a tighter course atmosphere witch helps because the holes are small, so it is nice to have a couple of trees to make it more difficult. Concrete tees are a huge pro of the park, and I personally love the innova disc catcher baskets.

A couple of very unfriendly disc golfers go there. There are a lot of sticks and twigs around but they are working to clean it up and since then it has gotten much better. It is nice that they have the tee signs but they are heavily defaced.

There is pretty decent flow a couple of holes are kind of tricky like the walk from 9 to 10. (After the hole walk to the straight right down the path and the tee pad will be on the right.) Another tricky on is the walk from 14 15. (walk back up the fair way that you just came then walk down the paved path and it will be on the right.) I personally like the park it is a fantastic park for bigginers, but it could use a little clean up, and then it would be a fantastic short holed park.

Course was clean. Each hole had a pad to tee off. Trees make for a tight course, but limited underbrush meant discs thrown off course could still be found. All but two holes bank to the right. This can be tough on golfers with a left draw. You don't need to have a strong arm for this course - just be accurate. Shade was nice - stayed relatively cool on a hot day.

Every hole was rated Par 3 - which for the average golfer was not very practical. The sheer number of trees made it virtually impossible to get the distance needed for a birdie shot. My partner regularly shoots under par, but the tight course and bends to the right left him frustrated playing mostly bogie golf. A few holes were hard to locate thru the trees. Could have used a map.

The course has potential. I would play it again, but my partner hated it. The holes need to re-rated so the average golfer has at least a shot at a birdie now and again.

Cement tee pads on all 18 holes. Has a few challenging narrow gaps through woods which provide adequate challenge for intermediate players. Dense trees provide some shelter from surrounding winds. Hole 14 is probably the best hole, with slightly more room for RHBH shots and a pin placement near a small creek. Signs posted on most holes. Decent baskets, low crime area, free admission.

Holes are way too close together, especially on the front nine. Some holes are laid out such that you may shoot at the wrong basket (Holes 7/8/9). Many signs have inaccurate distances posted. A couple of really short holes under 150 feet are a bit mundane. Despite being a very short course in a small area, the next tee may be a fairly long distance from the pin and hard to find (Hole 11), but would not pose a problem after the first few times on the course. Almost every hole is wooded, with a general lack of variety among the various holes. In-your-face 'NO ALCOHOL' sign meant to intimidate in the finest Holland-area tradition (the nicest way to say this), so party-oriented activities are a big no-no, especially with people on nearby walking trails.

It's amazing that the Eastern Lake Michigan shoreline has so few courses, and the ones that do exist don't take advantage of the land available (Beast and Hickory Hills excepted). Skip this course unless you're a local looking to improve your mid-range game, or want to play in an enclosed space to avoid high winds. Basically a 2.0 course with extra points for the cement tee pads.

Nice equipment, tee pads are nice, overall nice park with other amenities.

crazy layout, crazy tight fairways. Its like they wanted to put a course out there, but wanted to cut zero trees. There is a lot of room there, they could have spread things out and utilized more of the open areas. I spent a lot of time trying to find next holes on many of the back holes.

Nice little, short course, could easily be improved with some clearing and lengthening of holes. Looks like there may be a clash with several other sporting events that use the course or near-by facilities, as well as the haunted forest that closes the course entirely in October. boooo