Fitzgerald Park is a multi use park that has baseball fields, pavilions, abd walking trails. The park is stated as pay to play, but when I went there was no one at the entrance area.

Baskets - A few of the baskets are a bit wonky but these are mostly in good condition.

Tee signs/pads - most holes have a tee sign (I think one or two were missing) that has a small map with distance and basket locations. Cement tee pads on all holes. They are thinner than normal but should work for the most part.

Signature Holes - hole #6 is 400+ feet up hill with OB on both sides. Really dug this whole and it did a good job of using the land in place. Hole 16 had a weird hill in the middle and a pit as OB too. That is another hole that stood out to me.

Mixed play style - the first 6 holes are pretty wide open and the rest are in some tight wooded lines, and ends with two more pretty open holes.

Multi Use Park - the first 5 holes are in areas where people are walking and sitting. While I was here I had to skip a few of the holes or stand around waiting for people to get off a path. I think on a few you even throw over walking paths which could be problematic.

Shot verity - a lot of turn overs or FH shots here. It's nice to get a change from all hyzers, but it can get fairly repetitive here.

Extras - for a pay to play course there were no trash cans, no benches (besides maybe one hole). Normally this isn't a huge thing but I feel like on pay to play courses these are a bit more needed.

Navigation - even using UDisc the navigation here is awful. It's hard to find stuff and they are kind of scattered around. My wife walked this with me and even made the comment "do they normally have this much walking between the holes"

Over all the disc golf here is good and fun. It's got a lot of fun tight shots and some wide open bombers too. The park itself is fairly busy so can cause the first five holes to not be fun or having to wait a lot.

I used to play the old lay out a lot and I don't remember the difference a lot but I remember never having a ton of issues with people. If I. The area its worth checking out.

Really nice property with variety in terrain and course uses the elevation changes well, requires some effort at times but not too strenuous. Overall maintenance is good.
Good Tee pads and baskets.
Mainly a technical course, accuracy and smart choices (line/shot/disc) are necessary.

No Map, No directional signs/indicators. No hole information. Thank goodness for Udisc!
While I'm on the NO list, no benches and no trash cans. Maintenance does a good job keeping the course/park looking good but more trashcans would make it easier on all.

Actually a really fun course once you find your way around (or have a local show you the way). Pretty easy to find a wayward disc though the ravines may make recovery a bit strenuous.

I don't believe a Pro player would get much challenge here but beginners and casual players can definitely work on their shot selection and accuracy.

Fitzgerald Park is very clean and well maintained. New Tee pads are in and old rusted baskets have been replaced.

All shots are needed to play this course! 3 of the 4 new par 4's are in the first 6 holes. 7-16 are in the woods with straight, left and right holes proportionately. Hole #11 (Charlotte's Web) racks up more bogeys than any hole in the Lansing area under 200 feet. Hole #15 (Tiger Pit) is an easy deuce if you can get to the pit and make a 20 foot putt with the basket above your head. 17-18 finish back in the open with a hyser/anhyser option on 17. The road on the left, right, and over are O.B. 18 is a 290 foot gimme deuce for any right hander who can forehand. Backhanders beware of the road and concrete slab O.B.'s.

Still waiting for new tee signs. May 2017???

No water hole(s).

Park does not supply maps or scorecards so first timers at the park must pay to get lost or follow a group that knows the layout .

Park does not put trash cans on the course because they would have to empty them. There is one on Hole #1 and Hole #17. WE are the trash picker uppers so Carry Your Crap Back Out With You!!!

This is the first review since upgrades in 2014.

-A good variety of shots, will test your finesse and strategy.
-Very nice area; this course is on some beautiful land.
-Many holes good for beginners

-Very difficult to find your way around, course "map" is almost useless.
-No actual tees, just painted rocks (sometimes) marking where you should throw from
-Some baskets appear to be in poor condition. A good portion of these look like they were built in someone's basement.

I was a bit disappointed that a park charging admission didn't have a better course.

The map was very difficult to understand, and my group ended up missing holes 11-15, which was a bit disappointing. I did enjoy hole 1, 3, 4, 8 and 18 for their variety or openness; but the rest of the course seemed very crammed in.

Compared to other courses in the area, this is poorly executed. However with some investment in new baskets, better tee markings, and a new map, this would be a much much better course.

Great use of elevation- Holes 3,8,9,10 all utilize the park's hills quite well. I really like throwing hole 3, because the hill allows me to finesse a disc near the basket nicely. Also, hole 8 allows for the same sort of finesse with a forehand throw.

Scenic Park- The grand river has carved a beautiful park with nice elevation changes, and the disc golf course weaves through it nicely.

Nice variety in hole length- Two holes under 200 ft, ten holes 200-300 feet, five holes 300-400 feet, and one hole +400 feet.

Good mix of wooded and open holes- The course starts and ends on open holes, and the majority of the middle holes play through the woods. I like this because the first few holes warm up the arm nicely before you start the finesse shots in the woods.

Hard to navigate- as the other reviewers stated, it is hard to find your way around the first time you play the course.

Tee pads suck- The tee pads are marked by painted rocks... sometimes. Other times you are left guessing by the worn in spots others seem to have thrown from.

Once you learn your way around this course it is a very fun course to play. The hole variety is nice, but the course will not wear out your arm. With only six holes over 300 feet you will rely more on finesse throws than power throws, but the terrain and foliage make even the short holes challenging.

Aesthetic-Beautiful locale. I have loved Grand Ledge for a long time (since I lived in Lansing) and marrying two of my loves in one day was kind of cool.

Variety-There was quite a bit of variety here. wide open, tight wooded, short, long, up, down, water.

Baskets- Ugh, most of the baskets seemed to be single chained homemade junk, rusted all to hell and without any sort of consistency. Varying heights and low visibility were thoroughly annoying.

Routing/Nav- even with the map, this course is damn near impossible to route on. I managed to play all 18 but was tempted several times to quit because I spent so much time trying to figure out where to go. the maps provided (while it's nice it's provided) suck. they DO NOT MAKE ANYTHING EASIER!! also, the arrows spray painted on the rocs DO NOT MAKE ANYTHING EASIER!!

Lines-some of the lines here are insane. number 8 (down the sled hill) and 9 across the sled hill are stupid. 9 sticks out to me as particularly odd. you throw from the road (by the water treatment) across the sledding run over a barracade and down in a little bowl clearing.

Teepads/signs-or the lack thereof. finding them was hard enough, but the disappointment of the ruts and roots that covered the teepads was depressing to say the least. Teepads are marked (sometimes) with spray painted rocks or little orange flags that were usually knocked over. #16's teepad was on the concrete top of something marked with an orange line. #15's was just a little indent in the woods.

I was glad to finish this one up, that was the only thing I felt accomplished on this course for doing, making it through 18 holes here.
the potential here is phenomenal but the execution is so poor, it's wasted.

Beautiful scenery - woods, river, ravine.
Variety of shots and difficulty. Some holes to the right, others left. Long and short holes. Every hole has trees to contend with (except 18), making it challenging.
Great upkeep and wise course changes from past layout. They've modified it so you no longer play through park walking paths or near playgrounds.
Score cards and course map provided.

Course needs clear markings for tee boxes, rather than painted rocks or worn foot paths (especially 3, 6, and 8 - 16).
They've made quite a few course changes lately, and I constantly see people throwing from old tee offs. I don't even know where to tee off for #16.
Some of the thick woods holes (12, 13) are ridiculously difficult and only luck will get you through.
Sewer smells - the water treatment plant is in the park.

They've made a lot of great changes over the years and I'm hoping the progress continues. I enjoy the difficulty and challenge of the holes (with the exception of (12 & 13). If you're planning on going by yourself, be sure to ask a local where to go for some of the holes. The map on the scorecard isn't the best guide.

-Nice variety of shots.
-Fairly little foot traffic.
-Pleasent scenic atmosphere.

-Occasional events / Construction block holes or have pins removed entirely.
-Easy to lose discs on several holes due to water.
-No pads.
-Hard to navigate, even as a local favorite of mine, because they keep changing it and don't update their maps.

I'm mainly reviewing this course to update the new changes. Once my favorite local course, now it's a decent round at best. Old 3, 4, and 5 are gone. All great holes. Old hole 6 (now 3?) had the 'pad' and pins moved, no longer the unique line it was. New 7 plays over a road, don't drop your disc in it or the water treatment people will 'break them in' with their trucks. Old 13, the signiture 'Down the cliff' hole is gone entirely. One pin is missing on New 11. New twelve and thirteen are in the woods and offer little to no playable lines. New 17 and 18 are a joke. One plays dead parallel with the park entrance road around a straight line of pines, play the line too close and its tire fodder. The other plays over in open field. Both fail to make use of the hill many locals use for drive practice, even though its dead center between one pad and the other pin. Epic fail.