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Ina, IL

Rend Lake College

1.55(based on 5 reviews)
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PastorofMuppets
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Experience: 4.9 years 150 played 118 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Like A 2nd Grade Science Fair Project

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 30, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

WHAT TO EXPECT: Disc Golf Baskets set amongst the backside of a college courtyard. Zero elevation change, minimal trees, and you'll probably have the course all to yourself.

AMENITIES: Ample Parking. No water or bathrooms available.

TEES/SIGNAGE/BASKETS: Tees are natural grass with no indication of where the actual tee pad is supposed to be, most are situated in a ditch or on uneven ground and make no sense. No course sign, tee signs exist but do not face the direction of the basket which leaves you guessing as to which basket you can see you are throwing to. Practice basket, but doesn't indicate that it is a practice basket, so it stays in the back of your mind if it's one you should be throwing to at some point. Baskets are old 18 chain Mach baskets with no placard or numbers indicating which hole number basket it is for.

DESIGN: I'm struggling very hard to find a positive to place in the design section. I'll say this, the designer gave you plenty of opportunity to air it out.

EXTRAS: The grass is immaculately kept by the college.

Cons:

WALK BACKS: The first three holes play diagonally to each other, in the same direction with fairways overlapping. So you play a 500 ft par 4, then walk back down the fairway 400 ft to the next tee, play a 350 ft par 3 back down the same fairway, walk back 300 ft and play a 400 ft par 3 back down the same fairway. Add in Hole 7 which is a 997 ft par 5 that plays out away from the school that you have to walk all the way back to the tee after holing out to play hole #8 which is directly perpendicular at a 90 degree angle from hole #7 tee pad...

DAY CARE: The course is broken up into 3's. The first three play behind the school on a large mildly wooded lot between the school and the road. The second set of 3 holes (4-6) all play directly at/around a day care facility. I can't imagine these holes being the least bit playable during operating hours. The last three holes play down the exit road from the school in wide open strips of land between two roads roughly 45 wide the entire way. The same hole 3 times in a row with only the distance providing variation.

TEE SIGNS: Faded and useless tee signs. While they provide hole number and distance, they do not help you locate the basket at which you should be throwing to, and they are turned in weird directions that doesn't help matters. You literally have to guess which basket you should throw at, find a suitable spot on the grass to tee from, and send it. I've seen more informative signs on truck stop bathroom stalls.

DESIGN: One of the absolute worst course designs I have ever come across. There are multiple par 3's over 400 ft, a 1000 ft par 5, and a couple 550 ft par 4's. While I won't complain about distance, these are all wide open holes with no variety, and the people who would be playing this monstrosity are not throwing those kind of distances. Navigation is an absolute nightmare even with U-Disc helping.

Other Thoughts:

When I pulled onto the campus, one of the campus security vehicles pulled up to me and asked me what I was doing. I told him I was going to check out the disc golf course. He laughed and said "enjoy" in an obvious sarcastic and warning tone. Then he drove off. It didn't take me long to understand he knew how bad things were. I felt a lot like Pizza God, playing the bad ones so you all don't have to. There are baskets and it resembles disc golf I guess.
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