Pros:
In a really scenic, large park, with rolling, well-manicured, lightly wooded acreage and six holes adjacent to the beautiful Freeman Lake, you get an opportunity to stretch out your intermediate arm a little bit, without usually pressing you to be technically accurate (exceptions on the water-bounded 13, 14, and especially 15!). Excellently sized, level concrete tees and good signage (glance at the next tee arrows before you throw), and slightly older DGA baskets constitute the amenities. There is a good deal of variety in available shot shaping, and hole distances range from the 280's to about 580', so don't here come looking for putter ace runs. For variety, the course signs indicate either alternate basket positions (or dual tee options) about 7 times. For tournament play, there are plenty of opportunities to 'bound' the fairways and greens with path and woods lines OB, but played casually, this course remains a good mid-level challenge, and a pretty nice 'day in the park'.
Cons:
They've obviously had to undergo a couple of redesigns over the years, but the replacement for hole 13 (lost to a path and dog park) mean mostly just another chance to put a disc in the water, as the mid-fairway gap looks to be only about 15' wide, and right at the water line, then there is a park bench in the middle of the approach fairway! I really think the ruined course flow they ended up with in combining old 13 & 14, renumbering from there, adding the uphill 17, and finishing back down and away from parking on 18 is odd. I wasn't clear on the intent of the 'extra' basket out beyond the first tee pad, and near the wood line. Practice?
There were several other places with hazardous interactions with other park patrons, such as the picnic table currently sitting 7' left of hole 14' basket, 16's basket being about 3' from the path, and the strong likelihood of a fading, downhill shot getting away from you on 11 and hitting folks on the drive/path left and long. And I know this is seasonal, but they were installing Christmas lighting displays on the sunny November day I visited, with electrical lines, and 'stay cables' very often immediately beside some baskets and tees. Is the course technically closed for the holidays, and if so, would a local please keep 'course conditions' updated so folks (like me) don't play when they shouldn't?
Other Thoughts:
In all, this course has historically had some higher ratings, probably because it plays more 'open' than some others in the region, but I felt like, when they were forced into a redesign, they could've used more of the woods to add some technicality, rather than creating the overly demanding hole 13 or the flow issue down 18.
Course particulars: After the first open hole, you have a tree to guard your approach on 2, then the only wooded lane shot on 3, followed by the longest hole rounding the wood line and back into a gap on hole 4. Both 4 and 5 technically have mandos to keep you in each of the generous fairways, situated on the north acreage of the park, where you actually may park during the off season, about 100 yards northwest of the fifth tee, in the back corner of the Target parking lot. 6 throws downslope to the wood line, making it more reachable than expected. Then 7 through 9 use scattered trees and rolling elevations to good effect, then you cross the drive to 10 (just past 11's tee and before 18's). 12 is across the driveway intersection, and throws out to a pine-guarded basket. Walk to the path on your right and look at the abandoned tee and the basket over towards the lake before taking the path to the lake side of the dog park, while choosing your sacrificial discs for the next three holes (all of which can easily wind up in the lake). 14 plays dangerously close to the water, while 15 forces a carry to the peninsula. Walk all the way to your right to the bridge, and around, before throwing 16 uphill to the basket literally within reaching distance of the path. 17 is across the path, going uphill, then you finish coming right back down on 18.