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Belleville, IL

Bicentennial Park

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2.55(based on 10 reviews)
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OldGolfer
Experience: 19 played 19 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Very challenging course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 29, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Tees are in decent shape, although several have broken concrete. The course is slowly getting cleaned up ... and I would imagine that is a big job. Most of the course is heavily wooded and someone had to literally carve this course out of the woods.Signage is good and flow is good. Pins are in good shape and point to the next tee.

It's not a long course, but there play is often uphill and downhill, making the holes a real challenge.

December 2019 I deducted 1/2 disc. Course hasn't changed a bit. Still fun, and very challenging. But the overwhelming number of fairway trees just gets to be a bit too much. I think it would be a mistake to take them down -- it might cause erosion.

Cons:

The one "mando" is silly. The course is challenging enough without having to deliberately throw away from the pin.

Trees are in the fairway ... everywhere. At times it's like playing pinball.

I would think playing after a rain would be difficult. There is probably not going to be grass in the fairways ... grass just won't grow in that much shade. So watch for mud.

Other Thoughts:

I'll definitely play again, although my most recent round was frustrating at times. (One-half me, one-half the course.)

Shot placement is much more important here than anything else. Every hole is a par 3.

I agree with other reviewers -- the lone mando is simply not required on this course -- unless someone felt they just HAD to have one.
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Derred Scheperle
Experience: 14.1 years 97 played 7 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 8, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

First off let me say this course has great potential! The dynamic discs baskets are amazing and still need braking in. The tee pads are better than most and are a good average size. (Large in size) the elevation in shots is great. The tee signs are very nice. And the scenery is amazing! That's about alk the good things I can say.

Cons:

Where to start........
It seems like some one desided to try and make a pro worlds course on two acres.
The walk from the parking area to hole one is ok not abnormal but further than most. The practice basket is right in the middle of the park and could be a pain if the park gets busy. It would have been better if put by hole ones tee pad where there was plenty of room.
Holes one through three were great! But after that whoever was building the course there chainsaw must have run out of gas or bar oil!
The great lack of lines from the tee pads to the baskets is ridiculous!
I understand that the holes are short but trying to make the course harder by not cutting trees down is far from the answer.
There needs to be at least one to two clear cut lines from the tee to the basket for both right and left handed players.
Hole 9s basket had no indicator in the tray like all others had so if you didn't look at the large beautiful map by the start of hole 10 you would have no idea where to go.
That being said the half mile hike from hole 9 to hole ten (from one side of the park the the other) was less than to be desired! Even though the signage clearly shows where hole 10s tee was it could still be rough to be seen from the end of the concrete path with all of the summers groth.
Something else that would be nice would be a working water fountain to fill water bottles on hot days. The closest Convenience Mart is miles away. So make sure you pack plenty of beverages!
Final thoughts a bit of course maintenance would be greatly appreciated the large amount of sticks and branches in the fairways could be a trip or rolled ankle hazard. I know this course is new and it takes some time for these things to be worked out.

Other Thoughts:

This course could be absolutely amazing!!!! It just needs some cleaning up and trees cut down. There is a difference between making a course hard to play and having fairways that are impossible to get down.
I have played many courses in the past eight years and a large number of them were pro stop or some of the best in the United States and I may have high standards . But this course could be absolutely phenomenal! This could be the type of course people would pay money to play and drive hours to play but it will need more work to be in that shape. I really look forward to seeing it in the next couple of years.
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