Pros:
- Well maintained park setting with moderate woods that provide decent shade.
- Plenty of parking.
- Pretty easy to navigate, even without a map.
- Good mix of distances among the holes.
- A number of fairly open holes where you can bomb it off the tee with only moderate risk for being off line.
- Way less busy than the Regular course here in Lincoln Park.
Cons:
- Wind likely to be a challenging factor 9 out of 10 visits here, like virtually every course in the region.
- #17 is more or less at an unfair level of difficulty even for most intermediate players, with it's water carry over a really soupy marsh and sheer dropoff down into the Red River immediately behind the hole. I've played courses around the nation which have very diverse terrains, density of woods, and style of water carries, and #17 here is hands down the SCARIEST hole I've played. Go long, and your disc is gone for good; go short, and pretty much the same problem. It could really use a mesh fence on the riverbank behind the hole to help catch your disc if you happen to go slightly long off the tee. Only play this hole if you're really confident in your distance control.
- #18 is a fun, risky double water carry that requires distance off the tee, but having the basket on such a steep slope right next to the water hazard means you're likely to end up in the mud (or water) thanks to a typical roll or a missed putt from above the hole (I have twice, trust me that the mud sucks).
- Could use some next tee signs, especially from #20 to the tee for #21. It's a long walk back toward the parking lot and on the field side of the road, and without a map it took a while to find it the first time I played here.
- A few tee signs are damaged, and the one for #3 is missing.
Other Thoughts:
- Think of this course as a longer, more challenging big brother of the Regular course at Lincoln. If you enjoy modest shot shaping with some good distance to bomb it on a lot of holes, you'll enjoy this course. Tough to shoot par thanks to the wind and use of slopes around some baskets, but you can also earn a couple birdies too with well-controlled tee shots (#15 is probably your best chance).
- #19 is a fun and somewhat scary par 4 challenge: It's placed on a downhill slope dangerously close to the retention pond, but with a well-controlled low approach shot it's still birdie-able.