+ Long, flat and sturdy concrete tee pads.
+ Big, reliably consistent and detailed tee signs.
+/- Balance of open fields and tree cover tilted towards open fields.

- A largely flat course makes for a bland session.
- Rare 'next tee' signage.
- Rare player conveniences in the way of benches, trash cans, bag hooks, and so forth.
-/+ A mostly open course makes for an underwhelming round.

For me, the star of the show here is hole13. With its narrow tunnel of tall shadowy pine trees, that is the best one to play for its accuracy demands. Plus, I greatly enjoy the sight of brown pine needles on the ground beneath towering evergreens. My least favorite hole here was hole9. There is a parking lot in the fairway. It was mostly empty during my visit, but I can imagine many players would skip this hole on a busy day in the surrounding park.

Woodmere is a good place for new players who are ready to graduate to something a bit more serious while still keeping its challenges approachable. The distances are longer than a beginner's course. There is nothing shorter than 200 feet. Average length hovers around 330 feet. The fairways are mostly open to accommodate for the increase in distance.There are definitely trees here, but Woodmere's main focus is to challenge a disc golfer's driving skills. The most obvious example of that is hole18's wide open 531-foot fairway. Its sign has that as a par3, though...? That's a long par3, guys.

It's not all straight-forward and wide-open. A nice example of Woodmere's wooded features is hole4. After a generously spaced tunnel, the hole sucker punches you with a sudden uphill putting area. Hole2 has a pleasant divided fairway with trees that force the player to pick a path to the basket. And I've already mentioned hole13 with its picky tunnel.

But if it's hills you're seeking, this course won't satisfy. The hilliest it gets is hole10's little valley and hole11's downslope tee off. On a larger scale, I would not classify this course as adventurous at all. It is approachable, easy-going and straight-forward with distance being its strongest challenge.

That's the whole point, though, right? Like I said earlier, this course is for the ambitious beginner who is serious about stepping up their game. The distances are attainable with practice. The tree cover isn't too crazy but still requires effort. It's not the most stiumlating course, but there are plenty of nearby courses for that.

In closing, think of Woodmere as a training ground. Everyone could use a refresher course every now and then.

The Woodmere DGC has abundant parking and a wooded start, boasting technical shots on holes 1 and 2, slightly longer control lines on 3 through 5 (watch out for the drop off behind that basket, and for the steep hills on 4 & 5), which transition to some longer field crossers (7, 10, 16 & 18). One characteristic of the course I noticed is that the basket is often JUST 'blind' from the tee, but you can get a bead on it from just a few steps off the tee. They only had a couple of places to incorporate elevation here, and took the advantage they could.

The amenities include very well done, very informative signage, excellent, level, 10' long concrete tees (the first hole has a brick paver look), and triple chained baskets with deep cages. The park here is really quite huge, and has activities for others usually (see cons) well away from the flying discs.

The play seems to be geared toward upper recreational to intermediate skill levels, and the design gives you some breaks: for instance, after a tight release out to an uphill, longer hole out in the open on 10, you are rewarded by a downhill (rhbh) fade ace run on 11. This almost seemed a theme. There is some variety of shot selection, but in general, I'd say an intermediate to advanced player with 350' of control could really rack up some deuces on this course. Evansville has some more challenging courses at Mesker Park, but Woodmere is a solid 18 that gives folks in the area a little change of pace.

There are a couple of holes (14 & 15) that play too close to the soccer fields, one (hole 9) that literally plays over a parking lot, and one (hole 3) where overflow parking from the baseball field (blind, around the bend left) might come into play. Since the disc golf course already covers ground from one end of the park to the other, I would imagine there are opportunities to redesign in such a way as to replace these with similar challenges, and maintain the flow. As a personal preference, I prefer a more compact layout. This design has a couple of long walks (11 to 12, 13 to 14, and 15 to 16) that I'd love to see eliminated somehow. We played on a sunny, humid day, and I noticed there's no shelter or benches near the practice basket and start 'hub' between holes 1, 9, 11, 12 & 18. It's something the course needs.

My buddy Troy & I came from Cincinnati to Evansville to play in the Indiana Senor Games, and got to play Woodmere for that event, taking home a gold and a silver medal, so the visit was memorable and fun. We did play during a pretty rainy spring, and hole 4 was extremely swampy and buggy, and the mowing couldn't get done before our event. Not a con, but an observation that you might want bug spray during some seasons.

Reviewer Background as of this writing: played 307 courses and written 289 reviews, via skills hovering around a 900 rating, with folks ranging from age 7 to 87, so I try to write reviews helpful to all.

Woodmere has nice big concrete pads and fantastically large tee signs making it easy to spot the next hole. On the sign it lists the hole number, distance and has a hole diagram. The baskets are brand new Gateway Titans which catch great and there's even a practice basket by the parking lot. Hanging off the bottom catching part of the basket is an arrow pointing you toward the next tee so navigation is relatively easy.

There's a nice mix of open, semi wooded and a few wooded holes here as well as a great range of hole distances. I like that the course weaves in and out of the woods rather than having all the open and wooded holes clumped together. While the park is mostly flat, it does have a few areas with elevation changes and the design of the holes takes full advantage of the elevation. There are a few holes that force turnover shots for RHBH players and a couple more with multiple routes to the basket.

This course is a bit on the long side at just over 6000 feet with only 6 holes under 300 feet. Even though the course is a bit longer, it does an ok job catering to a wide variety of skill levels. More advanced players will like that this is a longer course that has some good, challenging holes. Newer players will like that bad shots aren't punished on many holes despite the length of the course, it's easy to find discs since there is almost no underbrush, and there are a couple short ace runs as well.

There are a couple cool and cleverly designed holes out here. My favorites are hole 4, a gently turnover shot with the basket on top of a 20 foot ridge, and hole 8, a big turnover shot with the pad tucked into the woods and the basket out near the wood line to punish you if you turn it over too much.

There are long walks after holes 11, 13, and 15. Hole 4 and holes 13 and 14 are basically out and back holes.

The open holes are good for newer players but I thought they were a little on the bland side despite some elevation changes on a few of them.

Hole 9 plays right over the parking lot which makes for a good OB obstacle, but doesn't seem very safe to me.

There are mando's on holes 4, 6 and 14 (14's mando isn't marked on the tee sign). I don't care for them because they take away the LHBH & RHFH shot but poorly thrown RHBH shots can still land close to areas where other activities are going on in the park. The mandos were put there to keep other groups that use the park happy and to try to make the course safer which is a good reason to have them.

This is a personal opinion of mine, not necessarily a con. There are a number of holes I would consider tweener holes. Only a very small percentage of players have enough D to potentially get a birdie on them, but getting par is easy since there are no obstacles. Hole 5 is pretty cool with it's big uphill right off the tee and a drop off behind the basket, but the putting green is out of reach for even a better than average drive. Holes 7, 10 and 18 are wide open, bland tweener holes.

It's great Evansville has another course and Woodmere does a great job catering to a wide variety of players with it's diversity. If you're passing by, it's definitely worth stopping for a round here and at Mesker.

It is nice that a town as big as Evansville can finally have two good 18 hole courses. I don't count USI as a course anymore. This brand new course has fantastic teepads, and excellent Titan baskets. In fact I may now like the Titan baskets better than any basket I've played. The signs are fantastic. The elevations used are good, and a good variety of open shots and wooded technical shots are used here. Some good basket locations make putting a tricky endeavor as well.

The course is still rough around the edges. Some steps up the steep hill on 4 and 5 would be a big help to ensure safety. The flow of the course was good at times, and terrible on others. The walk between 11 and 12 was goofy, as well as the walk between 15 and 16. Also, some backtracking and fairway issues may come into play with the flow design. As stated below me, hole 16 does not have a basket yet, they are apparently building an elevated one on bricks that I can't wait to see. Holes 14 and 15 to me are way to close to the soccer fields. On hole 15 they had moved empty soccer goals right in the middle of the fairway. Plus the regulars to this park seem oblivious to our game, so beware of them. One was sunbathing right next to a basket.

The course is a nice and needed addition to the Evansville area. It has some very good parts, but some sketchy parts as well. If you are a visitor, play this course as it is fun. However make sure you play Mesker as well. Mesker is still the best course in Evansville. One more thing: each hole sign has a "tip" for the hole on it. Some of them are informative, but some of them read like a Madden video game. One honestly said : "Throw far for a short putt." Thanks. I was just going to throw a 10 foot shot until I read that haha