Pros:
-New Map (loaded on Links page or at kiosk near start)
-3 Tees at many holes
-Cool bridge to 2nd half (back 11) on other side of river
-Concrete tee pads (consistent for all tees on back 11, hit or miss on front 10)
-Decent baskets
-A few benches
-Good overall mixture of long/short
-Back 11 a good mixture of open/wooded, elevation in play
-Good signage to get you around strange transitions in layout.
Cons:
-Front 10 appears very ripe for flooding
-Missing tees (6 Wht/Red, 7 Red)
-No trash cans
-#6 tee (Blue) through heavy brush to blind basket, I can see many lost discs
-#9 Blue plays to its own basket, Wht/Red play to another
Other Thoughts:
Forest City DGC sits in 2 parks on either side of the Winnebago River on the east side of Forest City, IA. The course breaks down into a front 10 and back 11. Make sure you get the current map either on the links page or at the kiosk near the bridge. Many holes play 3 tees, a blue (long), white (intermediate) and red (recreational). Tees are a short post with a reflector of the appropriate color and a small white panel at an angle. At one time these panels had a sticker with a picture of the hole layout along with par and distance. Most of these (especially on the openness of the front 10) have faded and are tough to see. On the front 10, most of the blue tees have concrete pad, many of the white tees also do, most of the red tees are a natural pad. On the back 11, all pads are concrete. #1 plays from just north of the kiosk to a peninsula hole (2 feet wide by 6-9" deep of water), which is kind of cool. 2-5 play flat and straight. 6 appears to shoot straight through heavy brush to a blind basket (although the old map showed a wht/red tee around the corner, I was unable to locate that.) 7 blue is over a small corner of a pond, wht plays just in front of that, I was unable to find the red tee for 7. 8 plays along the pond. 9 blue has its own basket with a carry of about 280' over the pond. The basket for 9 wht/red is to the right, so you stay along the pond, not over it. 10 is open. You cross the bridge and go up a couple flight of steps to #11. Here you get more trees. 11 is mostly open, 12 is down and open. 13,14 are open with a few trees, 15 starts open into an alcove of trees. 16 is down, through a slot in the trees, 17 is open. 18 is straight uphill, 19 down and to the right. 20 a long incline with trees on either side. 21 blue starts by the shelter and is down into a tunnel - red starts at the tunnel. This is another course of 2 identities, mostly due to the selection of park land to use. The front 10, very flat, using water and a few trees (and one big section of brush) for interest. The back 11, using more elevation and wooded areas to keep things interesting. That first hole was fun, you can shoot at the basket without really worrying about losing a disc, even if you hit the water. 7, 8, 9 playing over the pond would take some diving to retrieve a lost disc (unless you know you can carry the pond) I enjoyed the back 11 more overall, plus it seemed more put together. A bit of a hike up 18, but enjoyable even for this novice. Were this just the back 11, I might make a trek to get here, the front 10, other than #1 was meh.... There was some very good signage to get you around strange transitions, a good description on the #10 basket about how to get to #11 tees, another one from the #17 basket to the #18 tee and again from the #20 basket to the #21 tees. Some consistency of tee pads, better signage, and a few trash cans would help this rating overall. The back half is what ups the score as it stands. Overall, I enjoyed my round. I would play here again, if in the area