Newton, IA

Woodland Park

3.315(based on 8 reviews)
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cydisc
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Experience: 28 years 257 played 85 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Rolling park golf 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 5, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Concrete tees
- Decent signage
- Good variety of hole legths
- Nice topography (trees, elevation, etc...)

Cons:

- Hole #1 in illogical place
- Could use some 'welcome' signage to make the start of the course more obvious.
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Other Thoughts:

Upon first entering the park, it's not obvious where to go to start the course. This is in large part due to hole #1 being fairly far away from any parking area. According to the course description, apparently, there will be a parking lot built near where hole #1 is now. But, for now, the locals just start the course at the hole closest to the parking area. (Hint to course maintainers: it might be a good idea just to renumber the holes until the parking lot is built)

Overall, the course is a fun 12-holer with a nice variety of shots required to score well, from short finesse holes to long bombers. The rolling hills and trees featured in the park are utilized well with a good balance of uphill, downhill, left, right and some that give you a choice of routes to the basket. It's easy to navigate the course, as the next tee is readily visible from the previous basket.

At the time of my visit, construction of a large dike apparently wiped out the tee for hole #5, so I had to improvise by throwing from the sidewalk on top of the dike.
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disclover55
Experience: 40 years 23 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

user friendly course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 24, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

a family friendly course, not too long, shady, close to playgrounds. Signs are good, tee pads are long with good traction. Good variety of shots, uphill, down hill, short an long distance holes a good intermediate course, trash cans available, seats available every couple of holes. My grandson and i were able to get a couple of rounds in on a hot humid day with no problems.clean and no vandalism.

Cons:

No course map, no water source, hole one is hard to find.

Other Thoughts:

this course complements other 12 hole parks around the area including madrid and maxwell city parks.
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