This course is in a beautiful park and traverses some amazing land. It is a real challenge and has the set up to be an amazing course.

Several very nice holes on the back 9 as you play around the river.

Looooooonnnnnnnnggggggg Transitions. Dear lord I feel like I walked the length of a Par 4 between each hole and that was from longs. This could be due to an unseen obstacle but it definitely takes away from the course.

It seems that the shorts were not really planned for logistically. If I were to play them I would finish at a short basket that was several hundred feet from the long basket, walk to that basket, and then I'd have to walk the crazy transition to the next hole as well.

Unfinished: There were still drag piles under baskets and in fairways and the course is pretty old at this point. Also navigation was very difficult. Some holes have signs leading you towards the next hole but many have either fallen down or never existed.

Design wise the course has many holes where fairways and greens are full of random small trees. It brings out a feeling of "I need to get lucky to score" in many places instead of "If I hit my line I'll be rewarded". The Par 4's and 5's can tend to be relatively tweenerish. I found myself several times when I threw a not so amazing shot still only having a standstill flick to the basket to scramble for a birdie.

This course has the feel of a course that could be absolutely amazing with some finishing touches and a few tweeks.

However I found myself disappointed throughout the round with the shape the course was in and in the lack of execution when it came to design.