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MrFrosty
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 31 years 764 played 386 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Saw'yer Ludwig ,,, And Liked This Course ! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 31, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Sawyer Ludwig is a nice park in Marion , Ohio that has the whole front of it dedicated to an 18 hole disc golf course . Parking is close to the building , bathrooms close to long hole 1 and in the back of the park near the softball fields .
THE EQUIPMENT -- There is a nice kiosk with map near the parking lot . There is also a putting basket on that side of the building . There are 2 tees for each of the 18 holes . Both are cement , 3' X 7' . For the long tees , the signage is on a white pole with hole number and distance on it ( unsure if the distance is always correct ) . The shorter AM tees are a nice looking burnt wood with a plastic coating , showing hole number , par , distance and flight path .Very unique . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers . I think that there may be some alternate tees , because I found a few basket holes in the ground . I don't know if they switch some of the holes up for tournaments , rotate them , or if they were just replaced holes . There are some benches at the short tees .
THE LANDSCAPE -- The course was trimmed and mowed when I played here . The course is pretty spread out . The first 7 holes deal with some slopes ( Holes 3 and 4 carry downhill ) , #2 is slightly sloped down . There is a creek that you have to carry over on #3 . After hole #8 the course goes flat . The holes go from open ( 1 , 2 , 5 , 8 ) to semi wooded ( 3 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 15 ) to wooded ( 7 , 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 ) . There is what looks like an oval woods section of this park where the last 9 holes either wrap around it , go into or come out of , or go through it . So , you get park style with a good dash of woods . This park isn't what I would call Scenic , but it looks like what a disc golf course should .
THE HIGHLIGHTS -- Lots of solid holes here . #2 ( 252' , 397' ) is a more open drive to a pyramid-stepped elevated basket . #5 ( 290, 396 ) is a slowly turning left to right fairway that slopes down midway to the basket tucked in some woods #7 is short ( 233' , 284' ) , but a woods hole that doglegs to the left on a tightening fairway . #8 is your open bomber hole ( 616 , 729' ) where you can open up your arm . #12 is a tight fairway ( 239' , 299' ) drifting left to right in a narrow tree lined fairway . #18 finishes you off with a tight woods S shot . At 291' , 367' the basket sits behind 2 mature trees guarding it . The nicest thing about the longs is that besides adding length , it changes angles and some paths altogether to the basket .
SIGNATURE HOLE -- Hole #3 . ( 194' , 290' ) , an S shaped fairway that slopes down in the middle , and over a creek . Trees define the fairway . Nice bridge crosses the creek .
THE TIME -- It took me about 75 minutes to play . A group of 4 can finish in a little over 2 hours , depending on playing the longs or shorts .
DISC RISK - Moderate to low . The course is clean .and discs that land in the creek on 3 can be retrieved . There is just a small amount of overgrowth , but since there are some blind shots , and plenty of trees to ricochet off of , there is always a chance to lose one if you don't take turns spotting .

I am assuming that the reason that the course is in good condition is because the local club or the recreation department looks after it . I'm impressed . This course is popular . There were several groups out here on the Saturday afternoon that I played here .

Cons:

For the score I gave , I thought there was more to pick at , but not much .
#1 Equipment-wise . I think that the tee pads are way too small for a course that boasts 6700' + from the longs . Also , if the great signage on the short holes could be added to the longs , along with the benches , it would show marked improvement .
#2 Navigation -- The course flows well , but you can miss #7 without the map , and be confused after hole #8 , seeing baskets and tees in a couple of different spots . Use U disc , or print the online map .
It might get muddy here after a good rain because of the flatter areas ( 8-18 ) . You might want to avoid this course after a hard rain .

Other Thoughts:

Most courses that I visit are graded out as overrated . After playing here , I couldn't believe that the present DGR rating was 3.20 . It either tells me that players are not over-impressed , or the course is updating and improving . I chose the latter . The design is good ( shout out to designer Ken Rollins ) , course has lots of variety , and above all , looks to inspire a lot of play . I grade harder than most , and almost felt guilty not moving the needle up to 4.0 . This would be my kind of home course if I lived within 30 miles of here . I wasn't WOW'ed here , but I had a great time and feel this course is solid .
MY RECOMMENDATION -- The short tees provide challenge for the newbie through the local . Families and intros might want to play down the road at Battle Creek . Locals will want to call this course " Home " , and intermediates and AM players will be entertained from the long tees . Even pros will be able to work on their game . The heavy peak traffic might keep travelers away that are looking for a leg stretch , unless staying or visiting in close proximity . This is not a fast play for the Course Collector , but a quality round and combining it with Ohio State -Marion , Battle creek and the 2 courses in Delaware State park will enticing . The course deserves better . if anywhere near RT-23 , or local , PLAY IT !!!
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nwitter90
Experience: 10.7 years 71 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Sawyer Ludwig 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 7, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Cement Tees for Long and Short. Some holes have an alternate tee that is used for Tournament and/or league play. These are cement as well.

The long tees are well marked with a long white post at each one.

There are a few holes with multiple pin placements

Good mix of shot type and hole design.

The "basket on a pyramid" on hole 2 that is not currently pictured in the hole images is a very nice addition to an otherwise wide open hole.

Cons:

All of these cons are livable. I am just pointing out a few items that I noticed

The distances on the white posts for the long tees are not always accurate. This is likely because a pin is moved in a different position or the hole was restructured but the signage not updated. Hard to say really. The baskets were easy enough to find, though.

If playing the longs, at times the short tee sign had to be referenced for where the basket was since there is no hole map at the long tees.

There are a few areas of the course that can get slippery when wet because these areas are low and retain water after rainfall.

Other Thoughts:

For nearly every hole, the land was used well. There are a few wide open holes that I think could have been done better but all in all, I don't see any issues otherwise. The paths in the woods are well defined.

The course is mostly fair aside from two holes where there are trees peppered in the fairway with no extremely obvious line.

The long tees were challenging and fun.
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Levis2896
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course For Many Skillsets 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 22, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Sawyer-Ludwig has a great mix of wooded technical holes(back 9) and longer open holes with mature trees(front 9). Trash cans and benches on most holes. Nice quiet park atmosphere and plenty of parking near the front and back nine. The course flows very well without signage but has it just in case you get confused. The local organized group hosts doubles most Sundays and also occasional tournaments. The same group does a great job maintaining the course and keeps it in almost perfect condition. The front nine ends close to the parking area as well as a back nine giving you the option to play either. Course uses creeks and paths as OB and uses shule as a great natural OB to punish bad shots without adding penalty strokes. Has at least two tees on every hole and also has many alternative basket locations as well. The tee signs show distances for the short basket locations. Holes 3 and 4 have large downhill shots other than that most everything else just slightly changes in elevation. On hole two an elevated platform was recently added making what was once one of the easiest holes into a more challenging one.

Cons:

Their are not many cons to this course in my opinion but no course is perfect.
1) Tee signs only show distances and locations of short baskets
2) Many spots on this course that make discs disappear
3) The back nine is very difficult if you are a beginner or novice
4) Tee pads are a little short
5) If you like large elevation changes you'll be disappointed
6) Occasional trains try to razz you on the first two holes

Other Thoughts:

Overall the course is one of my favorites and is a good place to play at many different skill levels. The front nine is far easier than the back nine but both are challenging in their own way.
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DustyDog
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great variety 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 15, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Two sets of tees.
Open and wooded holes.
Course always maintained.
Challenging and confidence building holes.
Trash cans around course so you can throw away trash easily.
Ample parking

Cons:

I think some holes were moved and signs weren't updated...I could be wrong though
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sisyphus
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.6 years 397 played 383 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Well designed variety 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 30, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

When I started out on the Sawyer Ludgwig course, I was worried that they'd be only using the fairly open park land, with its mature trees and only slightly rolling elevations, but I got a little excited to find out that hole 7 hinted at the woods lines to be found from holes 9 through 18. And there really is some variety here, depending on whether you choose the long tees (averaging 371') or the short (281'). The course has DisCatcher baskets and tremendous signage at the short tees (basic post signage at the longs). There are next tee arrows under the baskets where needed. Really well done, large, level, flush concrete tees are in place on almost all of the 36 locations (only a couple yet to be installed).

Feature holes for me were the wooded 'S' shaped fairway (from the long, fade from the short) in the woods on 7, the massive difference in variety on hole 13 (long sweeps through the open air left to right, over a field of rough and into a wooded gap finish, while short plays very tight and technical within the woods), and the two distinctly different lines of attack (long/short) on holes 17 AND 18. I like variety for challenge and replay factor.

The course flow is logical, and the map really depicts things pretty well (exceptions at 9 & 15, see below). There is plenty of parking just a few hundred feet from the limited spaces just between the 1st & 10th tees. There's an exceptionally well done course kiosk sign at short 1 (happenings, projects, contact info, etc.: one of the nicest I've seen), and benches & trash receptacles here and there as you play. In all, the course has all the amenities and variety to host good sanctioned tournaments, with reasonable challenges for all skill levels.

Cons:

The lack of elevation in the region definitely means Sawyer Ludwig won't make you work on that element of your game, but they have done the best they could with what they had. As mentioned above, the map needs updating on a couple of holes: 9 long plays pretty much behind the short tee, and 15 starts much closer to the 14th basket, and through a short tunnel they've created to angle into the woods. I wouldn't want to play the long tee out around the wood line to the left, as it plays over an impenetrable fenced rectangle that looks a little like a dog run. Finally, it's a little difficult to find the long 17 tee: walk back quite a ways to the left from 16.

Other Thoughts:

Reviewer Background as of this writing: 4.5 yrs experience at age 54, not a big gun, and not an impressive rating (Rec to Int skills), but enjoy having played over 250 courses and hopefully shared helpful info about those experiences.
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Nathan04W
Experience: 13.8 years 10 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Enjoyable Round 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 20, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Good Shot Variety(BH and FH)(Open and Wooded)
-Woods holes have some challenge, especially 13 and 17.
-Concrete Tees(Not huge but solid)
-Distance Variation
-Noticeable Lines(Some holes have crazy lines you wouldn't imagine, mainly those who play this daily know them but they are there.)
-Traffic is never heavy, but still a fair share of people playing.
-Friendly Locals(I know about everyone who plays this course daily, I'm one of em, and everyone is enjoyable.)

Cons:

-During baseball season noise volume is loud due to games
-Train tracks across the street can have some interruption
-occasional people driving quads around(due to it being a local park)
-Lack of seating and trash cans.
-Randoms like to tear the signs off the posts, therefore most holes lack signage.
-Bathrooms are always questionable.
-During summer you get midget football practice in the field on 8(Just yell FOUR and wing it, cause that's what we do!)

Other Thoughts:

This is my home course, I started playing here and love to go out everyday regardless of weather. This isn't a top of the line course but if you don't enjoy it well you don't know how to enjoy a round of DG. Maybe and hopefully I'll see you around!!

--I like to update a little about the current condition of the course. If recent rain can hold some water. Biggest flaw and stated above in the cons is the signage. Randoms rip them down every time new ones are put up so sadly it has kind of been overlooked now. Still a course I enjoy almost daily and the navigation isn't bad. Pretty much it follows smooth, 7 is in the woods behind 6 (some people might miss that, there is a pathway right behind basket 6), then heads back in the woods which flows smooth.
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munky
Experience: 13.9 years 43 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

firstcourse 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 29, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-nice mix of open vs. wooded, long bombs vs. short skilled shots.
-duel concete tees.
-trash cans.
-unless it has rained a bunch, the fairways are in good condition

Cons:

-needs benches.
-people need to quit stealing the signs!!!

Other Thoughts:

first course i played. play it a couple times a week. first time i played i was cursing #13 and #17. now these are my favorite holes. the lines ARE there to get birdies, u just have to hit them. like brianmtown20 said "thats disc golf"!! unless its your first time playing the sport, it has nothing to do with luck. see the line, know your discs and hit it.
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kinger
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14 years 101 played 101 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nucourse 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 5, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

~Enjoyable layout, open front 9 and wooded back 9.
~Navigation is very easy and provides good flow.
~Good mix of holes throughout.
~Distances play well for a wide range of skill levels.
~Concrete tee pads.
~Baskets are in great shape.
~Course is easy to find, ample parking provided.

Cons:

~8' tee pads are not quite long enough.
~A few of the wooded holes need more defined paths.

Other Thoughts:

Played this course while in town for a project down the way at the steel mill. Located real close to where I was working and easy to find, it was a great way to unwind. The entire course was wet and muddy, but I expected this since it rained the entire day prior and I was actually pleased with it not being in worse condition. Played my 1st round on a fairly windy and cool day. Nice mix of holes and getting around was easy. All in all this is a very nice course with a real solid layout. I would have no problem coming back here and playing.
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ERicJ
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.3 years 286 played 154 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Big Community Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 6, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

A tale of two courses here: the front nine is mostly wide open and the back nine is tight and reasonably wooded. This gives a nice balance of technical vs. bomber holes. The front nine also loops back to the parking area so you can restock if necessary. Dual concrete tees here give advanced and rec players skill appropriate tee pads. Quality baskets still in good shape. Not a lot of elevation, but the open fields challenge the wind. Ample parking and restrooms available.

Cons:

Posted distance on hole #9 is about 100' short of what it really is. Hole #17 is a ping-pong hole that needs some trees cleared out to make a legit fairway; as it is now that hole is more luck than skill. The tee pads here are just a bit short, I had to compact my x-step or I was falling off the front of the boxes.

Other Thoughts:

Hole #15 could use a Mando through the gap, otherwise the alternate route around the left side makes the hole completely different and easier. Sawyer is a solid Intermediate level course, as you get to the Advanced and up levels I suspect the better players will be bored with the repetitive holes.
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12StonesScott
Experience: 44.9 years 39 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Worthwhile 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 1, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good park setting, with minimal interference between course and other park activities. Nice mix of open holes with enough mature trees to keep things interesting on the front nine (with one tight wooded hole, number 7), and more tight technical holes on the back nine. Course relatively easy to navigate, with just a couple of potential problems. Tee pads in good shape, albeit somewhat short.

Front nine ends back at the parking area near hole 1, making for a true front/back nine experience, though 18 finishes a little ways from the parking/hole 1 area.

Park has ample parking close to the course, adjacent to tee areas for holes 1 & 10, allowing you to start on either the front or back nine. Restrooms beside the parking area. Course map/scorecards at kiosk near short pad for hole 1.

Cons:

Shule is thick to impenetrable in some places on the back 9. Navigation issue of missing hole 7 seems to have been resolved by placing a very obvious sign pointing to it on the trees behind the basket for hole 6, but it's still possible to miss the long tee area (and indeed, the entire long layout fairway) for hole 13 if you don't look carefully at the map -- there's a clear path leading away from the basket for 12, but if you take it you can only get to the short pad/fairway for 13. The long pad and fairway for 13 are reached by heading around a line of small trees behind the basket for 12, in the opposite direction from the visible path.

Hole 13 is unusual in that the fairways for the long and short layouts are completely different -- the short version is a tight line through the woods to the pin, while the long version is a completely open straight shot down a reasonably wide fairway with high grass to the left and thick shule to the right (between the long and short fairways) until just before you reach the pin location, which is tucked well back into the woods on the right at nearly a ninety degree angle. While the long version isn't a bad hole in the abstract, in many respects it's very similar to hole 11, which (though shorter) plays very much the same -- tee from near the beginning of a line of woods on the right with an open fairway and tall grass to the left, to a pin tucked into the woods on the right. Having two holes so similar to one another with only a single hole between them makes the long version of 13 feel somewhat repetitive.

Other Thoughts:

Front nine rewards throwing far on several holes, without a lot of risk/reward choices -- you can be way off your line on most holes without hurting yourself too much (except on hole 7). Distance matters a lot less on the back nine, where control and shot-shaping are much more critical, and where thick and unforgiving shule lines the fairway on many holes. I'd sort of prefer a layout that mixed things up between these two different styles more, so that they came into play on the same hole at times or at least so that it were less all one or the other on each half, but that might have been tough to do given the available land/space and course flow/navigation considerations.

There was at least one discrepancy between the layout for Am Worlds and the course map here -- hole 17 had only one tee pad, which seemed to be the shorter of the two shown on the map.

All in all, this is a course worth playing if you're in the area; I didn't love it, but I didn't regret playing it.
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culinarywiz
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 35.6 years 305 played 66 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Not as tight as I expected 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 5, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Long and short tees

Nice mix of open and wooded holes

Diverse course

Cons:

Short tee pads

Poor signage

Very little elevation

Other Thoughts:

This is a decent course. After hearing the Am Worlds are gonna swing through here, I planned to hit it this spring. Being another MOOD course, I expected it to be ridiculously tight. It wasn't.
Actually, the front nine to ten holes (with the exception of 6, I believe) are quite open. Uncharacteristic of the other courses they designed. The back nine is much more typical - tight and unforgiving. Throw soft as possible. The lines you need to hit back here are narrow at best.

The front is loaded with deuces. The back is full of chance. Ultimately, its a very balanced course.

Not much to speak of in terms of hazards - just tree's and tight fairways. No water or elevation or mandos or OB factors come to mind.

It's a serviceable local course but not a destination course.
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BrianMtown20
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

The Best to be 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 18, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Well designed course great job Ken Rollins. Trash cans are placed all over the course. I personally made two benches in 09' on holes 7 and 13. Hole-to-hole navigation signs are coming in the spring of 2010. The big navigation mistake is hole 6 to 7. Seven is just directly behind the sixes pin. It is a small trail. Also hole distance and layout signs will be in spring of 10'. THE BACK IS HARD and that is why a lot of people don't like the course but tuff S@*& that's disc golf. Hole 13 is one of the best holes in Ohio because it is hard. I have had birdies on it and I have taken 8's on it. It is very tight. The woods make the course. Hole 7 is a double hyzer and one of the only wooded holes on the front. The course will be worked on alot spring of 2010. I got a group of about 6 or 7 people ready to work in the spring on the course because of the 2010 AM worlds.
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roadtripstuff
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.1 years 286 played 57 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Quiet Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 13, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Quiet
Good Variety
Nice Layout
Newer Tee Pads
Ample Parking
Bathrooms in Park

Cons:

Very Short Tee Pads
Tee Signs (No Map, Distance, or Par Marked)
Small Navigation Issues
No Benches or Trashcans

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice sized and well rounded course. There are a variety of holes that vary in distance. Park can be a little hard to locate, but once you are there, the course is really easy to spot.

The front nine really vary in distance, but are mostly open. The designers did make good use of some matures trees in the fairways and near the baskets. Wind can be a huge factor on the front nine and can really carry your disc, fortunately there isn't a lot of rough and what is there is rather forgiving.

One navigation issues we had, which wasn't really that bad at all, was between hole 8 and 9. When you are at the basket for 8 you can see a tee pad directly to you right, just on the other side of the fenced in area in the park. This is the tee for hole 15. The tee for 9 is more towards the parking lot. Hole 9 and 10 play in the little grove next to the parking lot, and 11 is on the back side of the woods, near the baseball diamond.

The back nine are shorter and play in the woods. What the back nine lacks in distance it makes up for with tight technical shots. The fairways are tight and the rough is pretty hard to recover from. Its not too thick, discs are pretty easy to spot, but the trees can be thick and finding a route back out can be difficult. In my opinion the fairways could be opened up a bit more and a couple don't really have clear enough fairways to make a great intentional shot, in other words a couple "poke and hopes" on the course.

The course does have a couple blind shots where you might have to walk at least halfway down the fairway to spot the basket, but not so many that it is annoying. We also had a slight navigational issues once we finished up 18. We followed a huge path that was cut up into the woods that led back to the parking lot, but about 4 feet from the edge of the woods the path ended, and was blocked by a huge pile of brush and downed logs that we had to climb over. We didn't see the actual path out, so can't be much help there, but I can tell you not to follow the huge path that runs parallel to the fairway for 18 unless you want to climb through the brush pile. Another big con for me was the tee signs. All of the tees were marked with a sign, but the map of the hole was missing and no par, or distance was listed.

Overall the course played pretty well. It has a really good variety and plays nicely. If they could clean it up a bit, add some trash cans and benches it would really help with the overall look and feel of the course. The course could really use some newer, well longer, tee pads. Each tee pad was about 5 feet long and it was really hard to get a good run up. I really can't see this happening however because the tee pads are in really good condition. Another great addition to the course would be updating the tee signs with maps of each hole and especially mark the distance of each hole.

If you are in the area this is definitely a course worth checking out. It only take about an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and half to play, so you will have plenty of time to check out some other courses in the area. As I stated before there are no trashcans throughout the course, so please remember to pack out what you pack in.

Update: Apparently we had a bit more navigation issue than we thought. When I was uploading the photos I realized that we missed hole #7 completely. I think that it must have been into the woods behind the basket for #6. From the basket of 6 you can see the tee for #8 right beside you, so we thought this was the next hole.
Update 2: Added some pros to the list.
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bjreagh
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.6 years 350 played 317 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 30, 2006 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

18 hole course in nice city park. Front 9 easy to navigate, the back flows pretty well. Good baskets. It starts out by a creek, but it shouldn't come into play.

Cons:

The front 9 is pretty easy, no real trouble or major length. The back is newer and much more difficult (and needs some maturity to make actual fairways.) The con for me is the extreme difference in the level of difficultly between the front and back.

This course was very muddy all over when I played it so take this into consideration if it has rained a lot.

Other Thoughts:

[Original Review] -> This course was originally a 9 hole open course, and 9 more wooded holes were added later. I feel courses constructed this way just don't have the kind of continuity that a planned 18 hole course has.] -
Update-> I have been informed that the course was designed as an 18 hole course from the beginning, just in two 9-hole stages. However, this does not change my opinion that the front and back are completely different in style, and I personally prefer more of a back and forth mix between open and wooded.

The front 9 would make a great course for newer players or for the whole family. The back 9 had just been added last time I played it (2006).

*2nd Update- This course has apparently matured nicely as they are hosting Am Worlds in 2010. Hopefully I will get a chance to play it again sometime soon.
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Myers
Experience: 18.8 years 94 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 7, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course offers a good variety of shots including technical and distance shots and both Hyzer and Anhyzer. Good flow and newly redisigned which offers some great improvements

Cons:

A couple holes in the woods might be classified as poke and hope especially #13 and #17. Could be improved with just a couple trees removed. The tee pads being installed might be a little short on the open holes but should be sufficient on the wooded holes

Other Thoughts:

Concrete tee pads are currently being installed. Holes 1-5 are complete with both short and long tees. The long tees are very creative on the front nine and will be very fun to play. The long tees on the back nine looks to have just lengthened most holes.
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FrankieG
Experience: 35.9 years 56 played 4 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Marion - Short Tees 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 23, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Course currently has natural tees which in my book qualifies it as a temp course even if the baskets are installed.

Course layout has good flow and no obvious dangerous areas such as crossing fairways or pins too close to tees. Layout was also logical so finding next tee wasn't difficult. Grass areas were well manicured.

Cons:

The front nine is very open not requiring much strategy other than "throw to the pin". Back nine tried to make up for it by having several holes without a discernible fairway. Good scores on these holes was more luck than skill but this could've been remedied with a few trees taken out of each fairway.

Other Thoughts:

Pleasant enough course but probably won't make anyone's Top Ten unless they don't get of the area.

Projected long tees don't look like it will require any more than moving up a disc but am looking forward to having the final tees in.

Will also be interesting to see how short tees play in a tournament. i predict those starting on the back nine will finish much sooner than those on front nine. Once players start playing pinball on the back nine things should pile up quickly.
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