(3.154 Rating) A lightly wooded ball golf conversion course with mass appeal.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - One of Dineen's best features is its ability to please a wide segment of the player population. There are two layouts here. A long basket layout and a short basket layout. The longs are going to be great for both MA1s and some MA2s. Not much in the technical department, but the long placements here average over 340-feet long, all Par 3s. Wowza. Meanwhile, the short basket layout is going to be ideal for MA3s, with blend-over appeal to some MA4s and some MA2s. That's a lot of satisfied customers.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Not a perfect new player course, it's a little long, but there are only a couple places to get into real trouble. This would be a good course to begin and improve on in general in my opinion.
- AMENITIES - Dineen, like many courses in the Milwaukee area, is blessed with high quality equipment and some extras. Two practice baskets and a beautiful course map near tee (1). One large well-built concrete tee per hole. High quality benches behind every tee. Two pro 28 DISCatchers on each hole. To nit-pick, I do wish they had color coded the baskets to match the tee signs though. Also, an enclosed pavilion, restrooms, playgrounds and a kiddo splashpad.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - In addition to the amenities noted above, Dineen's tee signs are top notch. All the required info is on them. The tee sign on (9) even added a directional narrative, "long walk, take path, veer left." The great signs, along with the course map, makes this course super easy to follow. Unfortunately, there may be some minor vandalism going on. The tee signs for holes (4), (5) and (12) were all missing for my visit.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I scored this aspect 60 percentile. The park seems to be well maintained except for the fringes. There's lots of mild sloping terrain, a small creek and a pond. There's even a few spots where the park has dropped extra money for things such as flower gardens, large rocks and mulching around baskets. The drawbacks are trash on the park edges, and the openish feel of several holes.

A solid course lacking exotic charm.
- BALL GOLF CONVERSION - Dineen is one of the nicest ball golf conversion courses I've played. But, like all of the prior ones I've hit, the gameplay dynamics just don't speak to me. Lots of lightly wooded holes with wide fairways. I made some really poor throws and I was rarely punished. The tee throws here just didn't get the adrenaline pumping enough in me to fall in love. The power factor is here, but robust engaging cerebral elements are not.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - Walking paths can come into play on horrible throws on several holes. Players may need to wait on occasion if they have a tendency to grip lock-em. I thought the design did a heck of a job orienting play in a way to avoid conflicts.
- LAYOUT FLOW - Four holes are in a different section of the park. This is holes (6) thru (9). Most first-time players will need to peak at their photo of the course map to make the transition to and away from this hole grouping. A super minor issue.
- PAY TO PLAY - 5 dollars to play all day and 40 dollars for a season pass. Considering how well-kept this course is, I'd say it's worth the money once for non-locals and also worth the $40 for locals.
- TRASH - Most of the course was in great shape, but wow was there a lot of trash along the fringes. (12) looked terrible. It almost seemed like someone emptied a half dozen full garbage bags along the left side of the fairway. The park is in a medium density urban area with apartments on two sides.

Dineen is a really well-done course. It's a big homerun for locals and an appealing relaxing play for visitors alike. It's a good to very good course through and through, and I'm sure I'd play here often if I lived near by. The reason I'm not elevating this course to my 3.5 level of rated courses, is because of the lack of exotic dynamics. Those that prefer lightly wooded bomber courses are likely going to rate this one higher than I have. It reminds me of courses like 65th Infantry Park in Orlando, Dallas Island in Chattanooga and Katherine Legge in Chicago. Not destination worthy in my opinion. Perhaps those that dig ball golf conversion courses will find it so. To those visiting Milwaukee, I personally have this as my 3rd highest rated course as of this review. Note, I haven't thrown, Estabrook, Madison or Brown Deer yet. I have it well behind Drezka and a sub-atomic particle behind Root River. Considering what I've read about the other 3 that I haven't played, Dineen would likely project as my 5th top Milwaukee area course. Unless, metro area outliers like Johnston Park and Heritage Trails are included, then I would kick Dineen out of the top 5 grouping. Again, fun relaxing well-done course. Two thumps up on the design and delivery.
- TIME PLAY - I logged 56 minutes solo at the break of dawn.