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Forest City, IA

Forest City DGC

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3.445(based on 8 reviews)
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rhettro
Experience: 23 years 37 played 17 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Poor Planning but nice attempt 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 21, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Very nice tee signs, and most of the harder to find tees are marked at the previous pins. I read some reviews that the tee signs wont hold up, that is true but someone is actively replacing them, they were quite fresh and clear.

- first course i have ever played with fully stocked free score cards at tee #1. big plus.

- good mix of holes, wooded unwooded, long distance and short shots, a tad bit of elevation, waaaay too much water.

-nice chainstar pins.

- well mowed fair ways

- three tees for the majority of holes. very nice

Cons:

- do you like water? Do you want to play all day with wet feet? this is the place for you!

- This course was altogether poorly planned. From what i gather from previous reviews and ppl in the area, the first 9 holes are playable for perhaps 1 month a year. Water is everywhere, some times it a few inches deep, sometimes its a few feet, all together unplayable.

- the back 11 have very thick unforgiving brush, so thick it is a bit more of a hazard then the water.

- i think there was one trashcan at hole 17. so prepare to carry your trash for a while.

- there is maybe one hole that wasn't partially submerged, a seasonal thing yes, but still they could have made better use of the land with the knowledge that this is easily flooded.


Other Thoughts:

This course was highly rated here so i made the trip very excitedly. I was altogether disappointed between the first 6 holes being unplayable and every hole after that being a swamp. I will say that this course would be a lot of fun to play without all this water. there are a lot of tricky shots that put your discs at risk, shooting over ponds and streams, i love those holes. the back 10 or so has a really fun composition, i really liked a lot of the hole layouts.
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