Norrie Park DGC is a 9-holer in Ironwood, MI. It is roughly in line with nearby Mt. Zion DGC as the westernmost course in Michigan. It is so close to Wisconsin that you could probably throw a disc across the Montreal River and land there (fortunately - or unfortunately? - the course is not laid out this way).

This is a mostly well-executed course in a multi-use park, with some interesting holes. The first hole plays only 120' across a flat open field with no obstacles. It's not a risk-free ace run though! Right behind the basket the terrain slopes down to the river. You could easily lose a disc here if you aren't careful.

The second hole plays along the river as well. Later holes make use of various trees and also man-made structures, some of which are marked as OB. None of the holes are tightly wooded, but most of them have at least a couple obstacles between tee and basket.

A couple of the later holes were nice as well. Hole 6 plays 340' across the park, with a few old-growth trees scattered around to force you to think about your line. Hole 8 is a little more open, but stretches the distance out to 500'.

The infrastructure here is decent. The baskets are DGAs that are numbered and catch well. The teepads are some kind of rubber/plastic board. They were a little small but in good shape, and I didn't have any slipping issues on them. The tee signs are simple black and white laminated pieces of paper that show a map of the hole with any OB areas, hole number, par, and distance. They do the job.

No practice basket, but there is a vault toilet near the parking lot. A pavilion with picnic tables and trash cans is located near the lot as well. A nice course map and other DG-related info are pinned to a fence in front of the pavilion.

This course has a few safety issues. I didn't like hole 7, which has you tee off over the park road. The road is in front of you off the tee and curls off to the left. Your shot should curl off to the right, but novice RHBH throwers have a good chance of landing in the road. At least it's not a blind throw. Hole 9 is also concerning, with the parking lot in play along the left side of the fairway.

There isn't a ton of distance or challenge here. I think it is adequate for this type of course, but bigger arms will only really be able to air it out on a couple holes in the middle of the round.

The course is flat.

There aren't any "Next Tee" signs. They aren't really needed on much of the course, but there are some longer walks between holes 5-8 where a couple arrows would be nice.

I am not sure where the park boundaries are, but it seemed like there might be room to add a back nine in the woods behind the main park. A few tighter woods holes could increase the variety here and force more shot shaping. That said, this course as it stands today is a nice option for beginner to intermediate level DG'ers looking to practice or get a round in. It is a nice contrast with Mt. Zion and its tighter wooded, hilly holes.

I enjoyed my round at Norrie Park. I played at the end of the day on a Monday in late September, and shared the course with a couple of other groups. If the layout could be tweaked to stay further away from the park road and parking lot, I might consider increasing my rating to 3.0. Norrie reminded me of one of my favorite 9'ers, Heritage Park near Grand Rapids. This is by no means a destination but if you are in the area and have half an hour, it's a fun place to get a quick round in!

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2022: Stopped by the course again today. No change to my 2.5 rating. I believe hole 4's basket was moved a little closer to the woods than it was before, which turns it into a nice right turning hole. A couple of the tee signs were missing. More permanent tee signs and concrete pads would, I think, cement this one in as one of my favorite 9'ers. If I were local, I would play here all the time.