Pros:
Love the layout. Great use of elevation, woods, and water. Baskets were in good condition. 2 tee locations per hole and 2 pin locations per hole.
Cons:
Only 12 holes. Teepads were marked by old golf course tee markers. Hole distances were written by a permanent marker on a stick post pounded into the ground. Navigation between a few holes were semi difficult.
Other Thoughts:
This is a very young course, but has potential to be one of the best in the state. I spend some time talking to the property owner, Steve, and learned he lives on the property. I briefly spoke with his dad, who also lives on the property, and learned the current course is played on 20 acres. There are an additional 80 acres and might be utilized for future holes. While we were there, Steve had a course designer come out to review the property. I can only imagine where it will go from here.
Like I said, this is a very young course. The property is beautiful and some of the holes were absolutely world class. Hole 10 was my absolute favorite. From both tee pads you throw out of the woods and the basket is left and dangerously close to water. From the red tees you can throw a semi stable mid range and try to foat it over the waters edge and hope to miss 4 trees to the right of the water. If you're a lefty or have a forehand, you can dare to fly over the water to avoid the trees, but the basket landing zone is more narrow if you want your bird. From the longs you don't have a choice for a forehand, but I threw my most stable Firebird and got a great skip to park it. It was the only hole on the course I got a birdie from the shorts and longs (we played the course twice in a row as we came from Indianapolis). This is should be the hype hole for the course in my opinion. If you play it safe you have a death putt back towards the basket with water behind. Dang - so cool.
While this is a young course and still developing, I truly do believe it will be the premier course in the state once more work is put into it. Steve is obviously doing what he can and everybody who plays here should appreciate him and the course. Do some course maintenance while you're playing and toss a few $ his way if you can afford it. I think rubber tee pads would be the best option for this course because there's lots of trees around, so grip matters. Marking the next tee location will help navigation. And clearing out the fairways on the wooded holes just a little bit more will truly make a huge difference. I love this course and plan on making the hour or so drive several times next year. Maybe 1-2 more trips this year, just depends on the weather.
Add this course to your wish list. You MUST play this course if you're driving within 45 minutes of it.