Literally plays in the Mississippi River

Feels like three different Loops of 9:
1-9 is maybe the Newest holes, mostly Wooded with some more Distance than the Middle Holes
10-18 feel like the old course, a more Wooded but shorter older Design
19-27 plays the Airout parkstyle DG among huge Oldgrowth Oaks, Cottonwoods, and Maples. You know you're on the River out here and the course finishes with 27s Basket on a Fairway Peninsula

Concrete Tee at each Hole, with Good Teesigns, and Blue Prodigy Baskets

Many of the Wooded holes have the old Mach Baskets in Alt sleeves, which makes a second round even more worthwhile

Parking Lot available at 10 12 16 18

Course in YearRound

Flat 2 dimensional Dg

Packed on weekends, at least the few times I've been

No Signature Hole, nothing Awesome about Pettibone besides it resides in the Mississippi

Pettibone is a Fun Dgc. Seems to be getting Local Love. And I sure do like a Birdiefest

-Nice location by the river
-The woods layout on the first time holes makes it a little more challenging
-The last nine holes allow you let loose and is good for less skilled golfers

-Whenever the river gets high, it's sure to be flooded
-Lots of poison oak
-The grass gets really high before getting mowed
-Its RIDICULOUSLY buggy (several rounds have been cut short because I was getting eaten alive)

It really is a fun layout, bur the course just isn't kept up very well. I think it would be a little less buggy if the grass was mowed more often, and I wish they'd take care of the giant patches of poison oak found on the front nine

Good diversity of shots. Great course to learn on and improve your game. It is very easy to shoot well under par, but the course has it's challenges as well. Very well known for 18's water hole, which as a beginner is very intimidating, but as you improve will be a very easy hole.

Bugs in the heat, stinging nettle. Gets flooded easily. Baskets are very worn, you will chain out.

Level ground

Besides the front 9 that go through the woods this course doesn't really have an exciting appeal to it. After played a few times I was left with a blah feeling. I play it because it's close but if I can get people to go out of town with me I'm always game.

Quit leaving your beer bottles laying around ya drunks. Can't go anywhere in this town without being reminded of how bad an alcohol problem we have here.

+ A solid 9 holes has been added, making it the only 27 hole course in the area
+ layout utilizes the land available extremely well
+ Challenging enough to stimulate advanced players, yet not too overwhelming for newbies
* Distances are decent W/ a few challenging ace chances (17 not as challenging...)
+ Front 9 provides a wooded course feel, while the back 9 opens up to a mowed and well-maintained park course feel. The new third 9 is nicely wooded as well.
* Several mature (i.e. huge) trees come into play throughout the course
+ Great, large concrete tee pads
+ Baskets (Discraft Mach III) are in fairly good shape, with an exception or two
+ Requires a variety of shots, in fact a good roller can do wonders on the back 9 especially
+ Plays directly along the mighty Mississippi
+ New additional 9 holes in wooded area. (As of 4/22/18, does not yet have concrete tee pads)

- Often suffers from flooding and saturated conditions in the early spring and sometimes even through early summer (This year (2014) the course was unplayable from May until about mid-July. This year the flooding season was longer than normal, however.)
- The signs posted have not been updated (they are the original signs for the old layout - the front 9 is now where the back 9 used to be and vise versa) ***as of 4/22/18 the signage has improved, but there are still some holes with missing tee signs
- Trash laying at nearly every tee pad - although there are not trash cans at most holes, the root issue is lack of respect from certain players/groups **** As of 4/22/18 this issue has improved greatly! There are now trash cans at most holes.
- No elevation change throughout the course
- No monster-long holes for bigger arms (the longest is 421 feet), however, only hole 17 is largely deemed a gimme deuce
- Still much debris (sticks, stumps etc.) on the front 9 that will hopefully be cleared out over time *** As of 4/22/18 the maintenance of the course has improved as well.
- As is the case with most courses in the area (as opposed to northcentral WI) every hole has only one tee pad

Considering that a complete course redesign was necessary (resulting from the removal of over 400 Ash trees to prevent Emerald Ash Borer invasion) the new layout turned out great. In fact many who played the old course regularly believe the new layout to be significantly better. I never had the chance to play the old course in it's prime, but am more than content with the new course.

There are surprisingly few courses in the La Crosse area, so this course is a blessing for the frequent player. Rowe Park is fun, but very short; Justin Trails is great if you want to spend 5 hours playing a round; Twin Creeks is decent if not flooded; and Winona has a great course if one is willing to make the drive. Although Pettibone is not perfect, I am glad to have it nearby.

•Big, beautiful concrete tee-pads.
•Variety: half tight, wooded fairways, half open with mature trees.
•Signs at every tee with map and distance.
•Beautiful setting near Mississippi River, views of downtown La Crosse.

•Lots of trash at every tee-pad.
•Map is all wrong. The course has been redesigned, but it's up to the user to figure that out. Many of the nice signs at tee pads are wrong as a result.

I can't complain too much about the shortcomings of Pettibone, it is such a beautiful spot. I enjoyed the variety this course offers, with short wooded holes on the front nine, to longer holes in a setting of randomly spaced, mature trees that offer some great shot shaping opportunities.
Overall it is a pretty easy course, which I don't mind. The wooded holes are short ... some are really short.
You will want to bring a variety of discs: I play LHBH exclusively, so I had my Saint for distance or fading shots, Underworld for left turns, of which there were a lot (this might be the first course I've played that favors right handers). I used a Pain for several shots that were too short for a driver but too long for a putter. A couple holes were short enough to drive with the Swan 2. The guy I played with is RHBH, and the Ace Race 2013 disc was money on this couse.

Overall, a very fun early fall afternoon of disc golf, and well worth a visit.

Good basket layout, back 9 holes were nice to play and to see.

First 9 holes had stumps and debris due to it being a new course. Dont throw your disc in the woods due to the stinging nettle and the poison ivy. Once the first 9 holes are broken in and cleared of debris it will be much more enjoyable

Needs to be broken in (paths will be cleared, permanent garbages, stumps will be maintained)