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Mount Pleasant (Oakland Mills), IA

Riverview DGC - Old Layout

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2.425(based on 6 reviews)
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lazy42
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Experience: 14.9 years 40 played 39 reviews
2.50 star(s)

If your in the area 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 10, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Camping, fishing, restaurant, on or near grounds. Shelter house (I hear they sell custom discs for the course in there) and soda machine up by hole 1. Nice view towards the river. Polite and friendly locals.

Concrete tee pads. Nice signs with good information. Nice defined fairways. Water hole on 6, as there is a very small creek crossing, but depending on rains and river level, could be much wider during those times. A few blind pins. 8 is a tight, almost "U" shaped hole, wish I had a boomerang in my bag. Beginner friendly course.

Cons:

Only 9 holes. No real elevation to mention, maybe a couple of small hills and the land generally slopes towards the river; it's not flat per say, but nothing to be concerned with. Prone to flooding, especially near 5 towards the pin, and on 6. First time I went to play the course, I could only see half of the chains on hole 6. The catching part of the baskets were a little weird, they were too tall and covered a lot of the chains. They looked like normal baskets but squished a little, just a bit odd.

Other Thoughts:

I really wasn't sure what to expect upon entering park, but I wasn't disappointed. Unfortunately, there was some recent flooding taking away some of the beauty of the course, as most of the grass was gone and just dirt and mud remained (as noted above).

A couple of holes that I really liked. #2 was really fun for me, a tree standing mid fairway for you to choose your path, left or right, then just before the pin, was a row of trees and rough, with a small opening you had to sneak through (approx 6' wide). In a few years, that tree in the middle is only going to make the hole more difficult as it spans out. #4 is a nicely defined hole with younger pine trees lining each side, the hole starts open but closes towards the basket, almost point you in the direction. Again, in a few years, when those trees are bigger, you may choose to throw differently (or in my case, get punished for a bad grip lock).

There is a lot of long prairie grass lining the fairways that is used for the rough on the more open holes, luckily when I was there it looked like it was just growing back after a burn, so it wasn't too bad.

For a small course, it does have a pretty good mix of holes, which surprised me. I would definitely play again, but only if I am in the area or driving by, but I don't think I will regularly drive 45 minutes to hit the course.
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