Really neat location at Lincoln Homestead. A decent mix of open and wooded holes.

Really only 9 holes with 2 tees each. VERY poorly maintained. Most tees are just thin turf laid on the ground. Overgrown, and almost impossible to follow the hole progression.

Could be a fun course if it was maintained and laid out better. Probably wouldn't play it again.

Lincoln Homestead uses some nice parkland adjacent to a ball golf course. As the name suggests, you'll find old log cabins, covered bridges, etc from Lincoln's boyhood home steps away from the course. The maintenance is great. There's a nice pavilion that the course loops clockwise around. Overall, there's enough difficulty to where the average player might card a few 4s.

First off, let's call this course a 9-hole'r. There are 9 baskets (with 2 additional practice baskets) and 2 tee positions per hole. Holes 3-9 have some personality.

#4 was a 300ft+ nicely-shaped, grassy fairway with a creek on the right side and tight woods on the left. Right at the kink in the dogleg, there's one tree to contend with.

#5 had a nice lhbh hyzer with a small window down a hill to a basket sitting right in front of the creek.

#8 is a pretty downhill LHBH anny with a nicely trimmed tree perched in the middle right near the turn to the basket.

There are very descriptive course maps near the long tee for hole 1. Grab one, you'll need it.

There's a sense of impermanence here. The tees are merely turf pads nailed into the grass. Most are unlevel and lumpy, which will only get worse with time. The signs are small posts with only hole numbers. At least adding distance would be a welcomed improvement. The MVP baskets catch great but may not be durable enough longterm. Some degenerate already damaged one of the practice baskets near the playground by almost snapping the pole in half!

I really hope the wobbly concrete block steps across the creek are temporary.

The long tee on #1 is right next to the parking lot for about a 175ft stretch. Your car might be right in line with a noob's rhbh hyzer. Also on #1, a practice basket is in the fairway for both tees here. I'd definitely recommend moving it elsewhere.

Navigation is a little rough, with some lengthy walks between 4-5 and 6-7, although you do get to pass through a cool covered bridge between 4 and 5.

I appreciate the effort into making 18 different teeshots, but this is not an 18 hole course. At least half of the holes have teepads that are within 40 ft from each other with only slightly different looks.

I'm torn with the rating here. The course clearly needs more work, which is understandable since it's brand new. There's a decent amount of fun after the first 2 bland holes.

I think the best way to improve the course would be to first admit it's a 9 hole'r. Then choose the best of the 2 tees and improve it. Maybe upgrade to concrete or at least better level the surface under the turf while adding more hole description to the sign. Leave the other tee location as-is for the alternate.

The land is really nice for 9 holes. I think some tweaks can bring Lincoln Homestead to a 3-3.5 rated course.