This course plays through a beautiful rolling park, with plenty to offer everyone who plays.

There is plenty of elevation in play, and not just up a hill and down a hill - they make great use to wrap around hills to leave for blind greens and the need for shot placement.

There is great use of the available trees in the park to offer obstacles and challenges further than throwing in an open, hilly field. Some of the baskets were placed deeper into the woodline than just being next to a tree, really giving some of the holes a more technical feel.

I enjoyed having water come into play on so many holes, the creek provided enough of a mental battle to make me really work on shot selection while the winds of the day picked up.

This park is definitely maintained on a regular basis, the grass felt absolutely amazing and played fairly fast (albeit wet from the dawn dew - my shoes were soaked). There weren't any errant branches around the fairways or park, trash was non-existent, and the Rose Garden area is a nice spot to take a break and enjoy the aesthetic of Frankenmuth.

Plenty of the tee signs have been ripped off their posts, making it difficult to navigate the fairways as well as from hole to hole (even with the course map). Finding hole 6 after hole 5 was difficult.

I wasn't able to find any trash cans, other than near other park amenities (stage, ball fields, dog park).

The GPS coordinates put you in the Rose Garden parking lot, you want to park in the lower lot near the dog park.

This park is in Frankenmuth, a fun little German town where you can get some of the best chocolate and cheese I've had in my life.

If you're on a trip and need to pick one course over the other, pick this one.

Lots of variety here with distances, obstacles and elevation. Baskets and tee pads are all in good shape.

The course had massive sections of thick mud that were impossible to avoid. It looks like it is always muddy because the mud patches were easily recognizable by the extremely tall grass. A few of the tee markers are missing and only one hole actually has a sign pointing out the next tee. Numbers on the baskets would also help navigation. Hole #12 should have a better fairway cut through the woods and hole #18 should be stretched a little longer and made a par 3 instead of a 150 foot par 2.

The hills and length make this course physically challenging, could be too much for some. Even with good shots, you'll be dealing with mud on lots of holes so be prepared.

-Great holes. This course is awesome because it allows you to throw shots you want to throw. Line-shaping is one of my favorite things in disc golf, and there are plenty of opportunities for it here. There are so many holes that you can attack a variety of ways.
-Open, but not boring. You get to air out shots without always worrying about clipping a tiny branch here, which is a ton of fun. Wonderful, diverse hole design always keeps the shots interesting, but workable.
-Course makes great use of the elevation changes here. Courses with actual elevation are nonexistent around this part of Michigan, so this course is a huge breath of fresh air.
-Great use of hazards without any real danger of losing discs. The creek that runs through the course comes into play on a ton of shots, and forces you to throw a shot that accounts for its presence.
-Course is very well-maintained
-Generally not very crowded

-Several tee sign distances are completely off for some reason. Numbers 9 and 11 are listed as 60+ feet shorter than what they actually are.
-The course has crappy cover bands come in and play smack in the center of the course every Sunday in the summer. Thousands of people flock in hours in advance, and being mostly senior citizens, people are almost totally oblivious to disc golfers and will walk right in front of you, set up lawn chairs, and even drive their car right in front of you to park on the course instead of just walking from the parking lot. It's extremely frustrating and obnoxious, and it really doesn't matter how early you play on Sunday because people will be doing this all day. People will even pick up your disc and pass it around to their friends wondering what it is, and you basically have to yell at them to put it back.
-That said, it's obviously a multi-purpose park. There will always be people walking around with no clue what's going on.
-The creek is actually pretty deep and very hard to access due to steep banks in some places, so you may have to do a little work to get your disc back if you throw it in there.

This is the best course in Mid-Michigan by quite a margin. I know my con list is pretty large, but it mostly revolves around the Sunday obnoxiousness. Other than that, this course is phenomenal.

This is a great course, lot's of hills, well manicured. Baskets are in great shape. Nearby city has lot to offer. This course is in a public park. Hole lengths vary and also some challenging wooded shots. Not a lot of hazards to lose your discs, but definitely still possible. I recommend this course for beginners.

Although not listed as a pay site, disc golfers are encouraged to leave a donation of $1. Not a huge con for sure. During the summer and nice days, the park fills up with people, making you cautious to ensure you know where they are and not hitting them.

I've enjoyed playing this course and will continue to play it regularly.

Beautiful City Park, in a Year-round Christmas-Bavarian style tourist town, Walk thru the Rose Garden between two holes, Lots up/down, reasonable trees, challenging enough for everyone in our group, Course map on line and onsite. Bathrooms were spotless, drinking fountain at bathroom. Great elevation changes, good layout

Could use one more drinking fountain at tee 12 let's say, or at the Rose Garden since irrigation is already there, I am nitpicking here folks. Could use some anhyzer/sidearm holes, I threw backhand on every tee. Oh, and they ask for a buck donation to play....

Good date getaway, Disc with your partner at day, ride the horse carriage for a romantic outing at night. You want her to like disc don't you? .

It's so much fun to play a course that is well thought out, has an interesting variety, and is well balanced. This course has all three, plus the signage and tee pads are well done.

No 2 holes stood out to me on this course as being alike and no hole was boring either. The terrain, water, and trees were used to keep holes and shots interesting. Still technical but not intimidating. The water is there and you have to pay attention to it but never in the fear of losing discs.

The $1 donation is happily given for a course of this calibur.

Multiple tee locations, for women and youth, would make this course spectacular. Would also suggest a map/scorecard sheet at the starting tee. It had everything else.

Whew! # 13 was a killer for me. Took 3 shots just to get into putting range. I'm not a long thrower so that was my least favorite but that's just my preference.

Ran into a few other players on the course and was struck by how friendly everyone was. Made it all the more enjoyable.

This is a MUST PLAY course if in the area!

good use of hills
in a clean park
some longer holes
good tee pads
aceable 18th hole
good tee signs

people may be walking on paths near some pins
cant go long on some holes

some really nice holes and good amount of elevation change. a good drive will be needed to score well here not many short holes. It's a well done course in a quiet park and I recommend this course. Will play again soon

As others have said, excellent use of the elevation. Not a lot of it to be had in most places out here but this park had huge hilltop throws, uphill throws, and everything in between.
Props for the friendly locals too. We were approached in the parking lot and offered a tour guide. He ended up in a match for plastic but we got some good tips.

No real cons that I can think of. I will comment though, that this course heavily favors RHBH throwers. This worked out well for me because I am a RHBH thrower.

Worth a trip to play this one. We were camping up at the tip of thumb and this was the closest course with a good rating. We drove almost two hours to play it and it was worth it.

Aesthetic-- plays through a very very large multi-use park. I can imagine that this park is crazy busy during peak times.

Baskets-- discraft with orange reflective tape... all in great repair, who could ask for more.

Teepads-- from what I could see through the snow, the teepads are super nice. tapered to the follow through zone nice and level and in good repair.

Teesigns-- excellent. map, par, distance (accurate) and next hole...seriously, who could ask for more.

Routing and nav-- not bad with the map on here. I would seriously say to either bring a map or take a pic of the one at the kiosk.

upkeep-- the kiosk is super nice, the map is big and clear and the donation container is a really nice touch. I can't say that I donated but I had zero cash...

challenge/risk v reward-- the use of elevation is pretty amazing here. every ounce of elevation available is utilized. the creek is the focal point of the course, winding through and over many of the fairways.

Variety-- Yep. I have to say the overabundance of left fades got old really fast. kind of a yawn in the variety department. the elevation and water keep it interesting though.

proximity to other amenities-- course comes close to bridges, paths and parking lots. errant throws could be an issue.

the negatives are really nit-picky. this is a gem of a course that I surely will play in the spring/summer to see what (if anything) I missed.

Great use of elevation. The designer(s) should be commended with how they took the time to look at the property and use it to make it the best.

Some of the best concrete pads in the state of Michigan. If Flip City had these pads, it would be a 6!

Beautiful course. I saw one piece of trash and it probably blew out of the trash can. The course couldn't be better maintained. Trash cans, picnic areas, beautiful green hills were all throughout this course.

Great baskets. I think MACH Vs. I enjoyed these baskets the more I played on them.

Good use of road OB and water OB.

Great location that is close to an indoor water park and cool shops.

Being my first time, I'm so glad I met some locals who knew the course and were good disc golfers. Made my round more challenging and fun. They made for competition and really were great with my 10 yr old nephew who was just starting out. Thanks Nate and Kyle!

A few hole were quite long! I love bombers but I like that ace run just as much. This also made for a long round hence I did not have time for another I did play the first few holes and was two down after hole five. Reaaaallly wanted to finish that out.

Lot of backhand righty hyzer. Not complaining but I can see how it would make a forehander or lefty feel.

I really have no other gripes with Memorial. I did not have the long waits that you heard from other reviews.

I heard that during a tournament they had a hanging basket between holes two and three. I would put that basket back, change all the numbers, and make 18 be the current 17. The final hole (18) is a shorty with OB all around it. I would utilize that basket as practice. OR use 18's basket from 17's pad as the final hole. Take out 17's basket and move it near the start and use it as practice.

This course was 1 of 3 top rated courses I played while on my trip. I enjoyed this course very much and was sad I couldn't better my score with a second round (not enough time) I slammed chains on hole 10 and it spit out. Would of been one wicked ace!

This is a great town that now is a must visit with this disc golf course.

concrete tee pads
marked tees
elevation changes
variance of long and short drives
water hazards
park is well taken care of
lots of other local activities to enjoy

other park visitors frequent the fairways causing delays
occasional hole taken down for special events held at the park

This course was started via my Eagle Scout project (Troop 275) where I introduced disc golf to the community via Parks and Recs meetings and a presentation given at the schools, designed a full 18 hole layout, found funding for 4 holes (thanks to the original hole sponsors: Frankenmuth McDonalds, the Zew Crew, Ron Schoen of Bridgeport Mini Storage, and Discraft and the former Dixie Cut Stone for the concrete), and installed holes 4, 5, 17, and 18 (to make for a nice 4 hole practice loop).

Frankenmuth News did a little article on the project and can be found in the Wickson Library archives here: https://www.wicksonlibrary.org/newspaper Newspaper date of 2003-12-17
(obviously some things have changed since then)

It is very awesome to see all of the positive reviews everyone has given this course on here. Makes me proud to have started such a well loved course. it sure has come a long ways since it was started and the additions have seriously made this course one of the best in the area.

- Alex McCallum

+ Always clean and well-maintained
+ Designed with a logical layout with varying distances, elevation changes, and with only minimal tree coverage makes this THE course for learning to control your drives
+ Pin placements make for slightly challenging drives, with the majority of them smack dab in the middle of a group of trees making for good putting practice
+ A creek winds through the course serving as a faithful water hazard
+ A couple bridges and stepping stones also add to the charm of the course.
+ The course is very forgiving; bad shots don't cause much of a problem with most of the holes have a couple decent approach options
+ The only course in the region perfect for night golf
+ Plenty of picnic tables
+ The Lager Mill store is nearby and carries a quality selection of Innova and Discraft discs

- Sports teams/groups practice here during different seasons (late August pee-wee football started practicing in the afternoons on hole #10, which is many people's fave hole)
- Tennis lights stay on too late and ruin hole #11 during night rounds
- Not the place to go for serious short game practice
- I wish #13 had a small gap in the trees for risky RHBH shots

This is my second favorite course in the area (behind Wickes Woods). It's just a fantastic place to play. The moderate elevation changes are very nice; they add the element that Saginaw, Midland, Freeland, and Sanford lack. The hills make for a decent walk, but it's easy to make the round a workout by jogging between some of the holes (uphill/downhill). My favorite thing about this course are the huge trees. Oh, the trees! The weeping willow trees are gorgeous and TREACHEROUS! I love them. The course is also big and spread out. It's so nice that such a big park in a such a small, charming town has a reputable disc golf course.

This is a course that beginners can enjoy learning on because it's not a complicated layout, they won't be losing discs left and right, they can practice big drives and accurate upshots, and putting is fairly straightforward (except #15, *sneer*). #15's pin placement on the hillside makes for a memorable hole It's also great for seasoned players and throwing new discs as almost every hole allows you to really air out your drives. The one really long hole (#13) can be frustrating for righthanders because of the cluster of trees in front of the tee.

I will continue to play this course again and again. I will play it solo, with people I want to introduce to disc golf, and with the rest of my friends who are in love with the sport. This is just a top notch course that isn't trying to be super technical or tight, a great change of pace from the other courses nearby.

Thanks for reading!

This course hasn't quite "got it all", but it's pretty darn close! The designers of this course seem to have gotten the perfect mix of distance/challenge/variety on each and every hole with the longer ones being fairly wide open and the shorter ones being narrower and/or having sneaky pin placement. Big arms and more experienced players will enjoy the distances on the longer holes and will be challenged by the great mix of wide and narrow fairways, constant elevation changes, and creative pin placement; yet less experienced or less powerful players can still enjoy the experience fairly frustration free.

Pin placement is outstanding on this course! Each one is either well protected by trees, sits on a side hill, or perches on the edge of the creek - there are no "gimme" putts or approaches on THIS course.

Every single elevation change in this park has been utilized fully. While that makes for some outstanding holes, it means that course flow stutters in a few places. For your first time here, you may want to print the map on here or take a pic of the map at the kiosk with your phone.

The flat, roomy concrete pads are perfectly sized and textured and their directionality is particularly nice for pin location and course navigation. The tee signs, as well, are particularly nice as are the well constructed bridges that allow creek crossings with ease.

I love that the tee signs and score cards display real-world, recreational-player-friendly pars, ranging from 2 to 5. (Sorry guys. Not ALL holes are 3s!!)

I have a really, really hard time picking a stand-out hole here as there are so many interesting ones, so....

The long blind drive over the hill, between the bushes, along the creek on #1 with pin placement on the edge of the creek starts the course off with a bang.

#3 and #15 look to be easy deuces, but sidehill pin placement with a bad putt could easily leave you with 5s.

The wide open drive to a tight pine alley on #9 may have you begging for mercy if you've got the distance but not the accuracy.

#12 is the ugliest hole on the course with a narrow lane over the creek, through a swampy area, up a steep hill, then a sharp right to the pin at the top. Following this with the huge, huge, huge, wide open drive on #13 really gives you a feeling for the variety and design elements of this course.

#17 leaves you with a choice - go for the ace and risk dropping in the creek if you come up short, or go for the shorter, safer drive and the long putt.

Finally, #18 - the perfect way to end the round with another risk/reward choice.....go for the ace and flirt with the creek and/or woods, or play it safe with a par of 2. You'll want to empty your entire bag on this one!!

Bring your whole family when you venture here....there's plenty to do and there's even a dog park with agility stuff right at the DGC parking lot. Gardeners will enjoy a stroll through the rose garden between #14 and #15 as well. Nice restrooms are available at the top of the hill in the center of the park.

This is a very, very active multi-use park and other users are entirely oblivious to the sport of disc golf. It's a good idea to send spotters on the blind holes (especially #4 and #7 as both have prime picnic table spots right near the pin).

Navigation can be a bit tricky the first time through as the course meanders through and around the entire park and some routes aren't immediately apparent. The course crosses the stream in the park several times and hoofing it through 2 parking lots (to tee #9 and to tee #15). While the route to #15 is fairly well marked, the route to #9 isn't. Just leave the woods toward the parking lot then skirt the edge to your right along the drainage ditch. The tee pad is marked ON the access road directly ahead.

Check your tee sign on #4 as the basket in sight is actually #18. #4 is tucked up in the pines in an almost straight line from the tee. #5 is also a bit sneaky as the pin is in the trees to the left on top of the hill, not the one straight ahead.

The park crew has placed 2 porta-johns directly in the line of fire off the #7 tee this summer but I don't recall them being there last year. Just sayin.

Avoid playing here late Sunday afternoons during the summer as they offer Concerts in the Park at the band shelter and it appears the entire town shows up! If you do venture here after 4:30 on a Sunday, be prepared to have tons of people walk right in front of your throw or the basket, picnic in the middle of the fairways, park next to the baskets or on the tee pads, and even try to run you over while you're standing in the clearly marked tee box for #9!!

-Big concrete teepads
-Nice maintained course
-variety of holes
-challenging
-great area
-very clean

dont play in heavy wind. combined with the elevation, your shots may be unpredictable.

One of the best courses I have played at and its in a great location. Will be back soon!

-Beautiful, Clean Park

-Rolling Hills make it very unique compared to more courses

-Will definitely Challenge your distance game

-Huge Hole variety, not one hole is even semi-identical

-Well manicured

-Still manages to have some wooded holes that will challenge placement

-BRAND NEW CONCRETE TEE PADS!
They are very large and have a triangular shape without the tip.

-Terrible to play on when wet because of the slippery hills, not so much the mud.

-Especially for beginners it is mostly distance based challenge

-The park can be busy some days with locals interfering with some holes, but it's almost never dangerous unless the thrower decides to play a hole that they shouldn't be.

I used to hate this course because of the long distances but as I've progressed into a better player, it's definitely growing on me.

I would easily give this course 4.5 stars if it had concrete tees and stairs on hole 12 because of the dirt incline that can become very slippery and dangerous.

Update 4/13/12
CONCRETE TEE PADS ARE IN!!!

Love this course. Long 600 + foot shots all the way down to 140 foot tight shots. Their is elevation changes, woods, and water. This is one of the best courses on the east side of Michigan. Stretch well ahead of the round, hills plus distance will hurt the next day!

No solid pads

First time playing a course in MI, and honestly I think this course ruined me. Coming from CA where summer time means a lot of dirt and dust, relentless sunshine and too many people on every course, my rounds here were a treat. While at first glance, the park seemed like a vast wide open expanse for chucking discs, it was obvious the designers of the course took the time to utilize the green rolling hills in such a way as to make the course not only fun, but fairly challenging. Drives consistently went farther than I was anticipating, yet I still found myself having to make challenging puts to save par. Elevation changes, distance throws, and a few holes where I had to "steer" myself around some obstacles all made for an excellent course. Throw in some unique local architecture and its definitely a must play any time I'm in MI.

I only have 2 gripes -
1. If it weren't for the locals who were playing ahead of us, it was very easy to get turned around (despite having taken a photo of the course layout for reference.)
2. No tee pads.

Overall, this course was a treat to play. Green rolling hills, wide open, long distance throws and unique surroundings made it impossible not to play a second round. It almost felt like playing on a real golf course, except there was no drink cart rolling around the course. Couldn't count on my patented 50' skips, but I found I didn't really need them anyway. I would recommend this course to anyone from a first timer to a skilled pro. You are guaranteed to have a good time...

Very Clean Park. Nice tee pads and baskets. Giant playground on hole nine if you have children to take a braek and let them play. Grass is very well maintained. Lots of parking. Great holes for both lefts and rights.

large groups of people that will not let you play threw. We were stuck behind a group of 12 and a group of 11 they were inconsiderate and would not let the line up of people behind them play threw, has happened more then once.

Besides the large groups this is a fun course. We enjoy our selfs ever time we go.

One of my favorite courses to play, built in a park in downtown Frankenmuth. This course is wide open with a ton of long holes and some place perfectly on hilltops and sides to test a players skill. All holes are grassy and nicely kept.

Maybe a little too many wide open holes, could use a few more trees.

Wonderful course that is very well kept. A large variety of elevation shots and enough water hazards to keep things interesting. A few tough technical shots as well. A great place to practice your distance driving.

Quite a few holes that are too open. It would be nice if there were more trees on quite a few of the holes. No long water shots, just a creek. Lack of tee pads.

Right next to the Frankenmuth Brewery. Nothing like finishing off a day of discing with some great micro brews.