Pros:
- free to play, ample parking
- quality baskets, numbered
- concrete tees
- tee signs
- easy to follow layout
- beginner friendly, cart friendly layout
- well landscaped terrain
- easy to find your drives in the woods
- bathroom on location
- nice transition from open to wooded fairways half way through the course
- lots of shade on the second half of the course
Cons:
- flat course
- short tees
- beginning and end of the course is close to other park activities
- some fairway overlap in the woods
- not a lot of shot shaping, mostly straight fairways
- no multiple pins, tees
Other Thoughts:
Creola city park is an open park style course with relatively straight forward fairways. The first couple holes begin near a playground type area, they're some of the more open holes on the course. Right around the halfway point through the course is where the fairways started transitioning into light woods, parallel to the park soccer fields. These holes required a little more touch, as they were tighter with a lower ceiling, and required more precision than the first half of the course. It felt a little packed in the woods, though. There were a couple overlapping fairways as a result.
Having concrete tees was nice, however, they were a little small. Another thing I disliked was that more than a couple holes played close to potential pedestrian activities like a playground, soccer fields, and a baseball field. It was not an issue when I came to the course, but conflict is enviable if there are other events on the premisses.
Still, this short course had an easy going vibe to it and required a decent variety of shot proficiency. Birdies or bust is more or less the theme, as pars are fairly easy to come by at Creola. #17 was probably the only unreadable birdie for me.