You are out in the country. Next to the park entrance is a house with pigs in the front yard. A few chickens were strutting along the road, perhaps preparing to cross and continue a very tired joke. But with the country comes space, and there is plenty of room here.

The terrain is gently rolling, mostly open, but with a few holes in the woods.

Holes 1-6 are pretty open, 7-11 are in the woods, 12-16 are in a wide open back part of the park, and 17-18 are back in the woods.

Holes 5-7 have the most character, playing around the perimeter of the pond. Hole 5 requires a shot across with bailout options (I lost a disc on a truly poor throw). Hole 6 is a kind of ace run anny shot between two pines. Hole 7 is the most intriguing on the course. Straight ahead is a "safe" shot through the woods with a tricky approach to the basket after a good drive. But off the tee there is a risky but very doable path to the basket over the pond with a big forehand or anny. You could lay up before the pond and attempt an approach from there, or a huge arm could go for the very risky birdie. Great design.

Hole 17 is another good one, a wide open 530-foot downhill shot that requires you to hit a gap about 425 feet in. So you have to gauge how much you want to add distance at the risk of accuracy, possibly leaving yourself with an awkward angle into the gap. Adding to this is a natural hump in the ground where - if you end up behind it - will be very frustrated.

There are tee signs showing the distances but nothing else.

No tee pads. This should be fixed quickly if possible. Rubber mats are perfectly fine if you are tweaking the design, but the grass was in rough shape on a lot of tees and will only get worse, especially with the mud.

There were several fairways that hold a lot of water. Holes 4, 12, and 16 were really sloppy. I doubt this is a temporary issue. I wouldn't be very enthusiastic about tiptoeing through this muck frequently, and there is no way to avoid it.

The later holes are pretty wide open and a little underwhelming. I'd like to see more of these play into the woods, if possible.

I've spent more time in the boonies east of Rochester than probably most Rochester residents, so I'm glad to see a course out here. Put some tee pads in and I'll bump this up a notch. It's a young course but worth the drive to check it out.