Pros:
- A nice, well kept park with new equipment
- Good mix of distances ranging from 200' to 600'
- Enough trees to force some limited line shaping
- Multiple basket locations on about a third of the holes
Cons:
- Almost completely flat and leans towards mostly open
- Some overlapping and overly close fairways and tees near to baskets
- Multi-use park has a few areas of potential conflict with other park users
Other Thoughts:
Forsythe park exists on a narrow strip of land between Wolf Lake and heavy industrial buildings to the west and a residential neighborhood to the east. It's actually impressive the course designers managed to fit an 18 hole course in this park, though they may have been better off with fewer holes as there are multiple points of conflict between fairways, tee pads and baskets, and other park amenities. Those amenities include baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, a dog park, playground, and wind turbine. Equipment includes DISCatcher baskets, concrete tee pads that are sufficiently large, and tee signs that are simplistic but get the job done and list multiple basket locations where applicable (though the current location is not indicated).
The golf style is typical of a Chicagoland parks style course: flat with a smattering of trees and bushes. There are enough trees to actually force some line shaping and require you to hit a gap occasionally, but also plenty of mostly open fairways, some with enough length to let even the biggest arms air it out. I played on a Saturday afternoon in early November, and the course was quite busy. There were numerous occasions where I had to wait for the group in front of me to not only finish the hole I was waiting on, but also tee off or even get to the basket of the next hole as the fairways are so close together I didn't want to risk throwing into them. As others have mentioned, there are also benches in the middle of some fairways, though none were being used during my round.
This is a solid course that I enjoyed playing at the end of my mini northwest Indiana disc golf trip. There are plenty of good holes, if nothing particularly exciting. Forsythe isn't a course worth traveling much distance to, but is a great option if you are going through the area, and I'm sure much enjoyed by the locals.