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Naperville, IL

Knoch Knolls Park

3.355(based on 13 reviews)
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davetherocketguy
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.8 years 114 played 105 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Another Knoch in my bagger belt 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2021 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Couse set in a multiuse park and smartly separated from other park activities.
- This course used to be 9 holes years ago and that was the last time I played here. Now with the 18 it is a completely different experience.
- Really liked #6 with the view of the river next to the fairway. The water here doesn't really seem to come into play at all but it makes for a pleasant setting.
- I like the alternate pin locations here on the course. Making use of the old baskets is a great thing.
- The Veteran baskets catch great. I'm not a big fan of the red, white and blue color combo but who cares so long as they work great.
- There were some challenging holes here. 18 with it's uphill and left dogleg was an interesting challenge.
- Looking forward to coming back and seeing the progress on some of these holes. There is obviously a lot of work in progress here and it seems like whoever is putting all of this work together has a clue as to what they are doing.
- Everything is landscaped (or in the process of being landscaped) and is pleasantly mowed. It's just a really nice park setting.
- I really liked some of the elevated baskets and one of which had nice limestone blocks around the base.

Cons:

- The biggest con for me was the lack of challenge. A lot of these holes are going to be deuce or die kind of holes for anyone with a 880 rating or better. I scored a 54 and 55 on my two rounds and I wasn't even trying very hard. I feel like some of the challenge could have been turned up a bit on some of these holes.
- A few holes were rather bland and pedestrian. I think it was #2 that was rather uninspiring.

Other Thoughts:

This is the kind of course that could easily hold a B or C tier here. Its interesting enough for the more skilled players out there but finds a nice balance so that beginners won't be frustrated. With a lot of the flat area next to the river I can tell that this course might be a sloppy mess on the front few holes during heavy rains or early in the spring so keep that in mind. While it may not be a spectacular course it is really nice and certainly worth playing a couple of rounds. Gotta give kudos to whoever is responsible for what is apparently the ongoing work. You're doing great and keep it up.
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goatchedda
Experience: 11 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very pretty and decently challenging course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 26, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very pretty course alongside river. Came across a doe feeding on the brush. Holes have good variety and course is intermediately challenging with some holes requiring distance or accuracy around trees or through brush into wooded baskets. Only played about 6 courses so far coming from inner city Chicago, but this is pry my third favorite and will definitely be back.

Cons:

Can be little confusing where next tee is sometimes but UDisc helps.
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uncrandr
Experience: 16.9 years 65 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

It's growing on me 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

>>Nice mix of open/wooded holes
>>Nice mix of long/short holes
>>Several technical holes that require some control
>>Direction markers at every hole so you can find the next tee pad easily

Cons:

>>Following light or heavy rains the course is a big swamp. On some of the early holes like 3,4 &5 if you make an errant throw, you could be wading through a foot of water just to get to your disc. I've even seen the tee pad on hole 5 completely submerged in water.
>>Like most courses near rivers, the mosquitoes get pretty bad. You'll definitely need potent bug spray in the summer.

Other Thoughts:

I like this course because it allows me to use nearly every disc in my bag and use a variety of shots in order to get the job done. But the swampy holes and the skeeters can be annoying if you're not prepared for it.
You should play this course if you're in the area.
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dmsfun
Experience: 44.9 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

New redesign now in 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 19, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The Parks Dept. approved the redesign, the contractor came in this week and it is mostly completed as of today. None of the old 9 are used now, new flow with longer holes, a few with 2 teepads. Tees are all fixed and manicured, flush with ground, Until signs are up the flow may be confusing on some holes. Nice venue now, no longer a pitch and putt, and more improvements to come with new signs, benches, garbage cans, and many new trees to be planted. This is part of a major Park complex redo, with hike/bike path, and new Nature Center across the parking lot that will now sell discs. There will be a grand opening ceremony on Saturday June 27 at 10 am. Free disc to the first 100, putt for pies, etc..
Update 9-1-2017 Fantastic condition, mulched greens, walkways, flags and reflectors on every basket, and the grass is perfect, even barefoot player seen yesterday.

Cons:

No garbage cans, and trash is already piling up. They are aware and will be adding cans and benches.
High grass on sides of fairway on 17 swallows discs, and also off fairway on 18. Watch errant throws until it gets mowed.

Other Thoughts:

UPDATE; 5/24/2016 5 and 17 are now dried out, the course is freshly mowed and the Parks Dept. has been putting in new trees and evergreens all around the course during the past week, and many more will be put in.

The Parks Dept. will continue to improve the redesigned course, and many new trees will be added on the newer holes to the west of the original 9.
The previous reviewer played the old redesign, It is now challenging and fun. 14 is now long, and the basket is past old 5, so it is a long bomb, also with a shorter tee to the left Hole 18 is the signature finish hole, up the hill (old 2 fairway) and on top in the opening behind a tree. If you can deuce this one, hats off.
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quazzi
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

New and Improved! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 13, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Newly redesigned into an 18 hole course
More challenging than before
Some long holes
Some tight finesse shots
Fairly well taken care of

Cons:

A surprising amount of golfers there have no etiquette. I've been thrown at, people put sticks in the fairways blocking shots and waiting on slow golfers who don't give you the chance to play through. Lots of the time it's kids

Other Thoughts:

Really fun course overall, not worthy of a road trip but still an extremely fun course.
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