Pros:
18 hole course set up on and around the Yahara golf course, on the east side of Madison.
DGA baskets, all mounted well enough. One pin position per hole. They catch well enough, but are an older model, and they feel a bit smaller, as far as the chain setup goes. They're fine, though.
NIce use of the trees/small hills that abound from holes 5-14. Nothing crazy hard, but they're at least used well enough to provide some obstacles to throw around.
A little bit of water, but being a winter course in WI, it'll usually be frozen over.
Decent variety in distance, but mostly in the 250-300 range. Hole 12 is probably the standout hole, IMO. Nice longish (370 or so) anny type shot around the pond, with plenty of bailout area for the faint of heart.
Plenty of parking, and a nice kiosk at the start.
Cons:
$5/day, or included with the yearly pass. A little stiff for the person that doesn't have a pass.
The tee pads suck. Rubber and lumpy and yuck. The time could have at least been taken to level out the ground below the pads, especially in the disc-only area that houses most of the course.
Navigation is a nightmare for the first timer. If we wouldn't have had a map, we would have been screwed. There are posts in the ground, but no signs attached to them. In the back area, it's decently designed, but there's still a lot of baskets in view from a lot of the tees. Bring your map.
Other Thoughts:
If this were a full time course, it would be a 2.0 all the way. Being it's winter only, in an area that starves for winter golf, it gets a bump. I also assume some sort of signage will get installed, so I kind of give a pass there, as well.
Not a course I'll probably be back to, and if I lived in the area, I'd be at Birds Ruins for my winter golf needs 99 times out of 100. It's not terrible, and at least provides another option for locals.