Great use of small space. This course has limited space being between the river and some apartments. With that space it's opening holes have open pad to pin views. You won't be airing out your arm if but for the above average player it's easy 2 or 3 par holes. After hole 5 it gets into some woods and it gets tight. On a first play through the challenge is knowing the basket location and best flight. Some low canopies on some short holes require very finessed shots. The course is being actively worked on I'm assuming by a club. Hole 9 has what appears to be a new umbrella and bench to take a beer break. There are also a few extra holes 10a and I think 13 have A pins. They seem to be caring for some oak growth and developing the course to become the best it can in this space. The grass was cut recently and there are buckets and bins all around to help keep it clean. Hats off to whomever maintains this.

Some of the baskets didn't have tape indicating the next tee location and so we did get a bit turned around. A bit better definition on the "fairway" edges may help with first time players of the course knowing the pin directions. That would really just require more work from the club and it's really just being overly critical on my part.

If I lived nearby this course it would absolutely be one I played regularly. As im an hour+ away it may be some time before I get back. Well done local crew I hope to be able to give this a 4.5 soon as I can see the dedication it's definitely better than other courses in the area.

- 18 holes tucked between the Calumet and I-80, this semi-wooded course tries its best to be a secluded oasis in an otherwise bustling and noisy cityscape.
- The course starts with the grassy park area, huge mature oaks dotting the first several fairways. Hole #'s 1 & 2 each have a mando: keep an eye open for the arrows. Hole #'s 3-5 play back to the wood's edge. Hole #'s 6-8 are cute short little hobbit holes. Short putter shots with stonework on the paths and tees. Brick flower garden beds and similar touches show someone cares.
- Hole #9 starts airing things out with a longer wooded hole and the rest of the course plays through varying lengths and shapes of technical wooded golf.
- Signs, bag holders, benches, trashcans, reasonable mixed tee pads (brick and rubber mostly). Good intuitive flow to the course.
- Good use of the little wrinkles available, but mostly flat. Unless you go down one of the steep riverbanks to the water. Speaking of water...
- ...staying dry should be easy for all but beginners along the river. Hole 18 throws over a small creek, but this too should be easily avoidable.
- Technical lines through the woods needed to score well, even on the shorter holes.
- A lot of good work has gone to transform this course from the old layout to this new full 18-hole design. The course is well-groomed and maintained.

- A pleasant enough round in a nice little pocket of nature tucked away near a loud, noisy freeway. The constant sounds of city detract from the nature vibe, if that's your thing.
- Just not enough in this sliver of wilderness to make this course stand out. The designers certainly did a good job teasing out a very good 18-hole design from the available land.

- Club chill-out area near the parking "lot"...
- Not really a "parking lot" per se, but rather a "parking alongside the roadway" kinda dealio.