A quick 9 nestled at the back of Platte City, Riverview has plenty of character to make an interesting round even with such short holes.

Nine good DisCatchers and a course sign at the corner of the parking lot.

Elevation is used well, big downhills on 1, 3, and 8, uphill on 2, but it's the milder changes that make the course really stand out. The rise in the land where you'd like your shot to skip on 4 making things difficult or the land falling away more sharply as you go further down the fairway of 5 making the ace run risky. It all adds to the challenge.

Wooded lines are the other highlight, the shaped fairway of 3 and 4, the dogleg to the pin on 6, and the short lines on 8 and 9, the woods force control on what would otherwise be easy holes.

The tee signs pictured are all gone. The posts for most of them are still there so hopefully replacements are coming but it doesn't look like a priority. I couldn't find the tee post of 1 so I played from the concrete next to the bleachers. The tees have some mulch, but with use there's a lot of mud around, too.

Hole 7 probably used to have a line, but it's long gone. The best option is a righty backhand around the pines and over the baseball field and hope for a putt.

Some funky navigation spots, finding 4's tee from 3 is a trek through some pines, and 6's tee doesn't give much indication that you're supposed to turn around and throw back through the opening you just came through.

Plenty of parking even if the shelter, course, and soccer fields are busy

With so little room and an average hole distance of 199ft, you wouldn't expect such a good course out of this land. However, they've pulled it off quite nicely, offering challenge for forehands and backhands alike, and punishment for missed shots. If you're craving more golf in between St Joseph and Kansas City, this is the spot for you.

There is a great variety of shot paths, including the open holes and technical holes. Holes 1, 6 and 7 are right to left, while 3, 4, and 5 are left to right. The other 3 are pretty straight. 10/10

The tee pads have nice hole maps that direct you to the hole. The first pad is missing altogether, but the first basket is visible from the parking lot so after you pick a spot to throw from it's fine. 10/10

Navigation between holes is easy after the first hole. Hole maps have an arrow pointing to the next pad. 9/10

Fairways were well mowed, brush isn't too thick to find discs in. Bathrooms on site but no water fountains. No trash cans on the course. Missing tee pad. Course maintenance 7/10

Obstacles are used pretty well here. There is not much room at this park so several holes are short trails through the trees. Some of the holes have the same feel, like 3 and 7 or 4 and 5. 7/10

There is good variety of openness on the holes. The first few are a little longer (220-280) with a few trees to guard baskets or force a ceiling. Four of the last five holes are shorter (150-200) and very technical. 7/10

No alternate hole positions 0/10

Only a couple of holes require deicsionmaking, the most significant of which is 6, which is an interesting shot with a ridge of trees between the tee and the basket. 2/10

Not much variety in distance. I only threw driver on hole 2 and for a spike hyzer on hole 7. Most of the rest feel about the same since the longer holes are a little downhill. 2/10

I had trouble with the footing on the gravel tees, they were pretty slick. The baskets are pretty good discatchers though. 3/10

Grass was pretty well mowed in the fairways. Brush isn't too thick on the ground but there were tons of spiderwebs as the course does not get much traffic. No benches but at least it's short and there's some shade. 3/10

Not too much elevation present after the first 3 holes. They do a good job with what little they have. 3/10

Discs weren't too bad to find in the brush except maybe around the edges of the park. The cedar trees will eat them like crazy though, I had one stuck in about 5ft up and I almost couldn't get to it. 3/10

This is a good course for beginners to work on their accuracy without worrying about distance. Experienced players can practice their approach shots on tight holes, but the open holes won't challenge them at all. Challenging all levels 4/10

Overall Challenge - 2/10

I was pleasantly surprised by this course. It was a fun little course to practice approach shots of all kinds. Open and tight, left to right or right to left.

Easy beginner course. Short holes. No need for a big driver here. Mid-range and putter are all that are needed.

Easy to see the basket from the tee box. Tee boxes have new pea gravel.

Hole 9 is through a narrow S opening. Most holes (except #2) are down hill from tee to basket.

Muddy through the woods.

A easy 30 minute play, unless you throw it in the woods like I did.