Macomb, IL

Everwood DGC

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AHagglund
Experience: 16.9 years 77 played 19 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Perfectly Adequate 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 7, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) No obvious flaws--it is decently maintained, has quality and functional infrastructure, good if not spectacular layout, okay scenery, good shot variety, and it "puts up a fight" with reasonable, if not overwhelming, difficulty.
2) The course has quite a few 400-500' downhill shots, which are always fun.
3) Related to point number 2, the course's strong use of elevation in general is probably the best thing about it.

Cons:

1) The antithesis of what I wrote in the "pros" section is that while there isn't anything wrong with the course, there isn't much spectacular either.

It is reasonably maintained, but could use some trimming in spots.
The equipment is fine, but not top-of-the-line.
The layout is solid but not amazing.
There is variety, but other courses require have more. It poses a decent challenge, but every hole is a par 3 for most players (most people that travel the country playing disc golf, anyway)

2) On a couple holes, power lines seemed to cut directly through the airspace I needed (9 and 14 I think?)

Other Thoughts:

Everwood is representative of the type and caliber of course that you find in a town of Macomb's size. It's the type of course that if I lived here, I would play a lot But if I was driving from out of town, there are other courses I would prefer.

I don't mean to be overly negative--the designers did a good job with the land (and presumably budget) that they had, and at the end of the day I enjoyed myself.
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nevets4433
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.2 years 62 played 60 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Wide Open Spaces drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 19, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a very nice park in typical Illinois style open fields, yet there are a few well placed trees and shrubs that actually create a few doglegs and interesting flight paths that make for fun throws.

There are a fair variety of right and left doglegs. Very minimal major trouble make for ample birdie opportunities for novices while more realistically keeping advanced players shooting for a 2 or 3 on every hole.

Nice park office where scoredards, maps, pens, and rental discs are available for free.

Grounds are well maintained and tee boxes are ample and paved with hole posts with bag hangers to make navigation a breeze.

Cons:

There isn't too much variation in hole length or style. Other than hole 12, most all are pretty open. While 12 is heavily wooded and perhaps my favorite hole, it does lack a well defined path and could benefit from selective tree pruning.

Grounds were a bit uneven, it was easy to step in deep holes due to the leaf cover. I imagine this would be less of a problem had I played in spring or summer.

Par is far too generous for any but novice players.

Other Thoughts:

Overall for a fairly fun track. Not terribly difficult but a fun and enjoyable walk. Well maintained park especially for such a small community.

Review updated to correct typo.
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Innovadgfan1
Experience: 8.8 years 53 played 9 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 14, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Very spacious tee pads in that are in great shape
-Front 9 is tight and technical, Back 9 is longer and more open, allowing players to get a good sense of both styles of golf
-The course does a good job overall of using the natural features of the park
-Trees force players to throw shots other than a simple backhand hyzer
-FOR THE MOST PART, the course has a pretty decent flow and is relatively easy to understand

Cons:

-No real good place to park your car. If you park by 1, you have a long walk from 18 and vice versa.
-The front 9 and back 9 are played on two separate parks that are divided by a road. The tee pad of hole 10 is a straight shot from 9's basket, up by the shelter house.
-The course does virtually nothing with the small pond that is located on the course.
-Some gaps may be just a little too tight

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this is a great course that has elements of tough technical golf and wide open bomber golf.

The course is not too busy as most of the WIU student's attention is given to the 9 hole course on campus.

Some holes, such as 5, 11, and 17 may need to have the branches on their trees trimmed up to give players a more realistic chance of executing their shot. The course has been described as "Let me throw this shot and see if I get lucky to get my 2"

The first time I played the course I downloaded the course map off this website and had no issues following the layout.
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Bpaulsen1
Experience: 13.7 years 12 played 8 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Everwood 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 24, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Holes vary in length.
-Holes range from straight to curved as well as uphill or downhill and as well as tight and open.

-Loved the long holes on the back nine, however a round can become taxing so save your energy for these monsters.

Cons:

-there is a sewage pipe that you can smell somewhere coming from the ground and it is potent. It is somewhere in the middle of the front nine.
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ConnorJachino
Experience: 13 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid Course for Macomb Area 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 3, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course is generally accessible to anyone who wants to play. Pace of play will not be an issue, the only potential obstacle will be a few park goers that tend to lay out on some of the holes. Just be polite and they will acknowledge your right of way.

The course itself offers a good balance of holes. The front 9 is the shorter of the two, and offers a mix of birdie chances with tight approaches. These holes are a lot more tree-laden, rewarding accurate drives and punishes wayward tee shots and approaches.

The back 9 is longer and aside from holes 11 and 17 much more open. The length will make it more difficult to shorter throwers, but the overall challenge will make it very enjoyable to the veteran disc golfer.

There are a few water fountains on the course and plenty of shaded areas to make the course comfortable. There are also picnic tables for a snack and the trash is kept to a minimum.

Cons:

The course is not very friendly to novice disc golfers. The tree shots can be frustrating and the length on some holes will make it difficult to find confidence in the game.

The markers on the course are fairly explanatory, so finding your way between the holes is not too difficult. The concrete tee pads are well maintained, and the baskets are in nice condition as well.

Other Thoughts:

Overall this course is a nice blend of everything you could ask for on a disc golf course. For the area, it is one of the best courses to really gauge how far along you have come as a player.
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#19325
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 22.8 years 351 played 175 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Macomb is long. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 24, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The park is a very well kept and peaceful park. It has some minor rolling hills with large trees throughout. There are only a few spots with rough. Hole #1 is pretty hard to find.

It is really long and difficult. 14 holes are over 300 feet. This is an advanced/pro calibur course. You get to go out there and rip some drives.

Solid design with a variety of shots.

Nice concrete tee pads and Mach 3 baskets.

Cons:

Print out a course map. The tees are very difficult to find and this course is hard to navigate.

The walk from #9 to #10 is ridiculously long.

This course lacks really tight shots and rough to warrant a rating of 4.

Other Thoughts:

Make sure you play the 9 hole course in the middle of WIU's campus. It's a great course to play at night.

Check out my Illinois Top 10.
http://discontinuum.org/index...1486.msg68704#msg68704
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BigA31640
Experience: 27.2 years 54 played 15 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Wow 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 24, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a fantastic course that has..... well everything. Wooded shots, open shots, short, long, elevation changes. Concrete tee pads. Great baskets.

I know anyone who vists once will be destined to come back again.

Cons:

Has no signs and is difficult to navigate if you have no map. Hole one was hard to find I ended up starting on 8.

Other Thoughts:

I went to college here back in the 80's and was already familiar with the park. I drew the course layout on a piece of paper and was able to find all the holes. This course has so much room for expansion I wonder what it will look like in 20 years.
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hognosesucker
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 24.9 years 443 played 85 reviews
3.00 star(s)

good, solid 18 that spans 2 city parks 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 8, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

-good change in course style between front nine and back nine. Front nine has some elevation and plays through mature trees with a good mix of shot variety and length, back nine is a bit longer, more open with slight elevation changes.
-A couple of holes here (5 and 8) have trees just off the teepad that take away the obvious rhbh line, which is nice because it makes you think about the shot and choose the best line on the hole.
-A lot of shot variety here, some slight rhbh hyzers and anhyzers balanced with straighter shots.
-Hole 11 is a tightly wooded hole, downhill to a pin on the side of a hill, nice hole.
-I felt like a lot of these holes were weave type holes where you have to throw a nice S curve to shoot the hole correctly; examples 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12.

Cons:

-Navigation was my biggest issue here, there are no tee signs and I didn't print the map out so pretty much I had to wander around around a bit to start getting the flow. Biggest issues were hole 1 teepad, hole 5 teepad, hole 10 tee (across the road up by the playground), hole 17 tee (behind the lookout bench left of 16's fairway.) These weren't huge problems as I've had bigger problems with marked courses before, but it was annoying. Even just putting the hole number on the pad would have helped. Luckily the baskets all had number plates on them.
-Parking is a bit ambiguous, I drove around a bit, trying to find 1's tee, and there is very little parking up by the start.
-I didn't see any bathrooms or drinking fountains.
-A couple of holes 13, 14 were a bit too open, but they had some slight elevation to correct for that.
-It's a shame that the lake wasn't brought into play here, 18 plays along it, but no risk involved

Other Thoughts:

Overall, I really enjoyed this course, a lot of variety here and it's empty so you aren't overrun by college chuckers like you are at the campus course. The shots here are better than a 3 rating, but the navigation issue is annoying enough to knock it down a half disc.
-do yourself a favor and print out the map before playing here, and if you've seen 4's pin (at the curve in the road at everly park) as you are driving around looking for the first tee, you've gone too far, go back up the hill until the edge of the ravine. There you'll find 1's tee. Happy hunting.
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Keokuk Discer
Experience: 17.8 years 53 played 22 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Everwood 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 17, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is set in a nice quiet park. The moderate amount of trees on the front 9 makes this a fun and challenging course while the openness of the back 9 gives the arms a chance to shine. The tee pads are very large and made of concrete. The layout does make you think a little about the type of shot you want to take as well as trajectory of the disc. There are restrooms right off of hole #1 and Hole #9, which is nice for those hot days when you have to drink a lot of water.

Cons:

The layout was very confusing, even with a map. I wouldn't want to try this course without one. The lack of tee signs compounded the confusion factor. I drove right past the first tee, not even noticing that it was there. The walk to tee #10 is fairly long, as is the hike back to your car from #18. I should have listened to Greg Cobra and moved my car.

Other Thoughts:

The first 11 holes were quite fun and was a challenge with the wind blowing at 20 mph (gusts to 30). The last 5 holes were just frustrating because of how wide open and boring they were. The water on 18 does not come into play unless you really shank one off the the right. Also, I'd have given this course a lot better score if it had tee signs.
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Cobra165
Experience: 108 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Great course--but take a map! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 1, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Solid layout with a good mix of shots. Fun course overall. Nice city park. Well-maintained. Far enough away from WIU to be a quiet, pleasant round.

Cons:

No tee signs! The walk from 9's basket to 10's tee is quite long. Holes a bit too long in spots. One or two tees too close to previous basket, which could have been avoided by shortening hole a bit.

Other Thoughts:

First half of the course is in a moderately wooded city park, playing up and down gentle hills. Very nice, and a good mix of short and long. Back 9 is across the street. There's no danger in crossing, but the walk is too long. Move your car, then play the back 9. Back 9 starts strong then plays through a tight, wooded gauntlet (fun contrast) into a less-mature but still well-groomed portion of the park. These holes are solid, but a little less interesting. Overall a good course, but the absence of tee signs is inexplicable. Print out the course map and take it with you or you will leave the course angry. A few bucks spent on tee signs could raise the rating on this course by a full point.
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robthepope
Experience: 20.9 years 49 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 17, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very beautiful scenery throughout a variety of holes that start tight with a moderate covering of mature trees and change in relief and obstacles and finish with some long chalenging open holes with freshly planted trees. Accessable shelters/picnic areas, restrooms, and several water fountains.

Cons:

Space primarily park area and secondarily a disc golf course. Thus poor layout and spacing between holes make navigation difficult without maps. Back half long and wide open, discs susceptible to unforgiving winds that make holes arduous and perceptively unrewarding. Some holes boarder lush forests with poison ivy and thorns.

Other Thoughts:

A hometown gem yet to be discovered by very many WIU students. One of my favorites!
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