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Interlochen, MI

Green Lake DiscGolfPark

3.755(based on 2 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.1 years 1009 played 580 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 9, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Green Lake DiscGolfPark is the first DiscGolfPark in MI. The course was designed by Avery Jenkins. The course plays through a flat, entirely wooded track.

The baskets are the DiscGolfPark Pro's. These are top of the line targets. Look and catch excellently. These are easy to spot on this fully wooded course. The bands really pop in the shadows of the trees. Currently only baskets for the gold positions. Not sure when, but eventually there will be a basket for all the short positions too. There's appears to be one pin location for each of the baskets on all holes. The baskets also have a circle with an arrow on it welded to the bottom of the basket pointing you to the next tee location.

The tee pads are an artificial turf. These are fantastic. I've only played on this stuff once before, on a 9 hole DiscGolfPark course near Chicago. Can't remember the name right now, but I liked them then I remember. I really like these now. One tee pad per hole.

The signs are nicely done. They have a nicely detailed hole map, par and distances for each basket position and hole number. Really solid, well done signs. There are also next tee signs for every hole on a nearby tree. Navigation is super simple here. No map required.

There's a solid mix of distances and pars here. The holes range from just below 300' to a pair of 900'+ hole par 5's.

The course will test the skills of advanced players from the gold tees and looks to still be challenging for intermediate players from the blue tees.

The course is free to play and permanent. They have a course map by the parking lot by hole 1 and a port o potty on the opposite end of the parking area. Pretty large gravel parking area.

Cons:

The course is totally flat and has no water in play. Because of this it's just kind of a bland round. It's mostly straight tunnel shot after tunnel shot. Some drift to the left and some to the right slightly toward the end. But it starts to feel really repetitive after the front 9. I understand that that's what they had to work with but it just doesn't really have a high replay value.

The course is still a little rough around the edges as far as debris in the fairway and stumps and whatnot. This is obviously because of the newness of it, but worth noting.

Not really a con, more of a thought. I wonder how these turf tees will hold up over the years? They're absolutely fantastic right now and I have no experience with these. If they don't last these might become problematic. I have no idea, was just curious.

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun course, don't get me wrong. But it's way above my skill level from the golds. That's all I was able to play however, and I can tell you this is not a beginner friendly course. It'll probably still be frustrating for beginners for the short pins due to the distances just by looking at the tee signs.

It's a great addition to the area it seems and I'd play it again (if they get baskets for the blues). It's a solid 3 to 3.5 course and nothing more or nothing less in my opinion.
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