Tower Park occupies a large, hilly, wooded piece of land right in the small city of Greenville, MI (which happens to be the birthplace of the Meijer grocery store chain). The paved Fred Meijer Flat River Trail winds through the park. The park is a ski/sledding area in the winter, but at other times of year it looks like the main activities here are walking/jogging the trail and disc golf. The holes mostly play well away from the trail, and it is labeled as OB on the holes where it could come into play.

Tower Park DGC has mostly tight but fair wooded holes - which is very common for courses in this area. There are a good mix of left-turning, straight, and right-turning holes, which will force you to shape your shots. Again, not uncommon for this area. What sets this course apart from most of its wooded peers is elevation change and length.

Let me start with the elevation. After a fairly flat first three holes, the elevation really starts coming into play on #4. It's a 396' par 4, down a steep wooded valley then back up, ending higher than you started. From there it's up or down or up and over or through more valleys for most of the remaining holes. The baskets are well placed, creating several risk/reward opportunities.

#7 is another memorable hole. It's a 231' throw that plays up a steep hill, with a sharp turn to the right about halfway through. #9 is probably your best chance for an ace, but beware. It's a slightly downhill 174' throw with a below-average number of trees between tee and basket - but overshoot or fade too far left and your disc is going down a steep incline. You'll be lucky to make it back for par, and may not even find your disc if it fades well left.

This course also has more variation in length, and more length overall than many courses in the area. Five holes run in the 400' range or greater, with three of those being legitimate par 4s. The longest hole here is #13, which plays 550' but feels more like 700'. It's not as steep of a slope here as on some of the other holes, but a steady uphill grade from start to finish.

After 16 wooded holes, you'll finish your round throwing up the ski/sledding hill for #17, and back down for #18. The openness of these last two holes adds a little more variety to the overall course and provides a chance to really air out a couple throws.

The tees here are fantastic. Large, new concrete tee pads and color graphic tee signs displaying hole layout, hole number, distance, and par. Trash cans at many tees as well.

The baskets are Chainstars and all in good shape, although they can be tough to see in the woods. There is a practice basket next to the first tee (not at parking lot).

Kiosk between the parking lot and first tee, displaying a copy of the same map uploaded here. Take a photo of the map or download the one here in case you need it.

There are Next Tee signs at many baskets/between holes pointing you to the next tee and also naming what hole number that next hole is. This turns out to be important, see Cons.

The biggest con here is the layout/flow. I appreciate the effort to create fantastic holes all around the available space, but there is a LOT of walking between holes here. The longest walk is between #6 and #7 - I would estimate this trek at somewhere between 750' and 1000'. If you park in the main parking lot (roughly at the center of the course), you will also walk across the road you drove in on four different times. Holes #1-3 are on the east side of the road, #4-12 on the west side, #13-16 back on the east side, and #17-18 west side. I'm not too concerned from a safety standpoint - it's a 25 mph road and not particularly busy, and well away from all baskets. Also, I want to be clear that between the map and the Next Tee signs navigation isn't that challenging. I think that given the layout they chose, the designers did a good job with the signage and navigation - but it's just a lot of walking. A couple more Next Tee signs to kind of reassure me that I'm still on the right path would be appreciated.

Between traversing the hilly holes and the paths between them, this course is a solid workout. That isn't a con in itself for me, but something to be aware of. A few benches at tees would be a nice improvement.

Hole 6 is an awesome downhill throw, but it's a little bit dangerous. There is a trail crossing the fairway maybe 100' off the tee. I don't think this is the main Fred Meijer trail but it seemed like it could be populated, and it's kind of a blind throw across it. Also there is private property behind the basket that an errant throw could potentially find (would have to sail through quite a few trees to get there though).

You could play holes #4-12 to get a shorter 9 hole round, or #1-3 and 13-18 to get a longer 9.

With the addition of benches and maybe a slight redesign of hole 6, this course would be basically maxed out for the land available. I don't feel this course quite has the true "wow" factor to be 5.0 level, but regardless it is a gem! The people of Greenville are lucky to have this right in their backyards. It is worth the 30-45 min drive from Grand Rapids. If you are visiting the area you should check this place out!

Update July 2021: No change to 4.0 rating. I updated some of the verbage above, and added the bits about the practice basket and hole 6's safety issue (both of which I did not notice/appreciate previously). I just played this course on a Sunday afternoon, and did not see another disc golfer. I also haven't heard many local players talking about this course, and there don't seem to be any regular DG events here. I'm not sure if it's the lack of other courses nearby, or why else this course isn't more popular. It may be one of the area's best-kept DG secrets. My recommendation: PLAY IT!

Very nice cement T pads with nice new graphic hole layout signs. Also new arrow signs pointing to the next T pad locations have been added. There is a great mix of wooded terrain with some very neat technical shots, with plenty of opportunities to use your forehand shots.

The course is mostly wooded but nothing you can't scramble from. Another positive is it is really hard to loose a disc as the course is well laid out and very clear and clean under growth.

The only real con's I would have is I would like to see some benches added, especially on the holes with the big up hills. Also a few more garbage cans on the interior of the course would be nice.

To me this is one of the best courses in the area. It also has some great hiking and biking trails.

--Very challenging
--tees have signs with #, par and distance
--concrete pads
--garbage cans
--mature woods with little undergrowth so hard to lose a disc here

--Baskets are often hard to see
--numerous holes have no discernible path to the basket. This seemed to get worse on the back 9. Just a wall of massive 100' trees in between a tee and basket and they call it a hole.
--Erosion has impacted basket height and there are some that are tilting.
--lots of walking between holes including multiple street crossings
--limited open drives, trees everywhere

This is a physically challenging course. Almost every hole has significant elevation changes. While this makes for some interesting shots, for the most part, there are just too many trees to make it enjoyable. There's so many holes that have no clear way to make a shot. It's like they refused to carve a fairway due to the big old trees. Everything is in the woods until the last 2 which are up and down the sledding/ski hills. 18 is downhill and wide open so at least it ends with a fun hole.

This course has a little bit of everything, elevation, a few open holes, blind tee shots, hyzers, anhyzers, tight and technical, long holes and a few pitch and putt holes. Beautiful mature hard wood mixed in with huge pines sets the tone to the round. The course plays through out a 44 acres in the city with gorgeous views of Baldwin lake. The course is within a nice neighborhood with little traffic as the park is near side streets not busy roads making it very peaceful. The main parking lot is located in the middle of the park making getting back to your vehicle very easy. There a four different parking lots you can park at to access the course if need be and there are bathrooms throughout the park conveniently located. The layout of the course offers a bunch of small loops that bring you back to the parking lot which is perfect for quick practice before tournaments and leagues or quick rounds if time is of the essence. Not only will this course test skill sets with elevation it will give you a work out doing it. Many of the holes will make you hone in on your strengths and confidence. A lot of the holes play harder than the par or distance make you perceive due to the elevation. Some of the holes offer multiple fairways to utilize your skills making you want to try different shots each round. You're going to implement very shot you have here making it a fun and challenging course.

Its a work in progress, there are a few things that are unfinished in its current state that are in the future plans. Natural tee pads are starting to wear in from constant play. Basic tee signs don't give you the layout of the holes which would help being a heavily elevated course. The park offers multiple amenities throughout making the layout confusing with navigation to a couple holes the first time you're out there.

The city has been very receptive and open to the course and is very helpful with projects and improvements to the course. Along with the city, local clubs are very helpful with upkeep also. Tee pads have been approved for next year, 2018. Along with tee pads there will be professional tee signs and added signage to help navigate new comers throughout the course with ease. Once these improvements are completed this course will be a disc golf destination.

Challenging, wooded course
Requires varied skillset
Spread out enough that one hole doesn't interfere with another
No OB, but not needed due to growth and layout

Dirt/sand tee pads are only marked by pin flags. unsure if they are in the correct location or if someone has moved them to a more advantageous angle/location.
Hole layout not shown on tee signs (some baskets are difficult to see) This is a non-problem after you have played a couple of rounds.

This is my favorite course in the area. With better tee pads and signage, I would have rated 4.5.

Good elevations, cool holes

Horrible design
Cross numerous busy roads to get from hole to hole
I played on a Monday morning and the cars were non-stop
Between hole 6 and 7 you walk a 400 foot path, then hole 7 is a steep uphill anhyzer
Random Holes are right next to each other
Couldn't find hole 5, thought it was hole 18. Couldn't find other holes.
Hole 17? Is the tee pad the angled cement block with a bike rack in it? Where is the tee pad? Where is the basket?
Could go on and on

Signage was terrible
One property had a no trespassing sign near a basket. The house with the no trespassing sign is on a gorgeous lake along the course between holes 6-11. I'd be irritated if I lived there. No respect of the social contract. Bad for disc golf.

Leaves were ankle deep on every hole. Like maintenance was non existent.


Over 20 years golfing, this is the worst course I've played. Needs to be redesigned for better flow

This property has the potential to be one of the best courses in Michigan. Get a professional to help and REDESIGN.

This course is a destination course. This is a very idyllic peace of land for a frisbee golf course. With sharp hills and mature trees to spare this is the dream land for a technical wooded course and Towers certainly delivers on that.

On some courses you can read the distance on the tee sign, take a look at the basket, and throw just as well the first round you play at the course as you would on any other day. This course is the exact opposite and that is what contributes to the draw that courses like this can have. This is a course that you have to play multiple times to get a feel for the distance because the elevation changes and angles force you to hit lines and have great control over your distance. You could play this course 10 times and still be learning angles and shots.

I'm not sure if there is an actual limit to where elevation change gets to be too much but this course could certainly make you questions it. There are very few drives on this course where elevation is not a factor in how you are throwing, it is a major feature of the piece of land this course is on and it is used to the maximum extent. Forces you to land discs on different angled greens. Also forces a number of death put situations.

Good mix of right and left turning fairways. Nearly every shot in the bag can be utilized at this course.

Number of memorable holes including the "island green" on hole 9(?) tat features the basket perched on a peninsula of land with steep slopes that could turn into some really nasty roll-aways.

13 is also a well designed hole that plays a righty anny or forehand line off the tee box and a long straight approach through a tree sprinkled slightly uphill fairway to the pin. This hole comes in as a 543 foot par 5..Whether or not it's a soft par 5 or a tough par 4 is probably legitimate debate but either way it is a demanding and well thought out hole.

18 is a great finishing hole after a tough round. This is the kind of finishing hole that makes you empty your entire bag. a 400 foot down hill with a left hooking fairway. This hole has a nice wide fairway as it is used for skiing in the winter. This hole allows you to unwind on your final throws after a grueling round.

While there are a few walks between holes it's not terribly bad for the most part. Good signage to guide discers from hole to hole.

Natural tee pads

Lot of small tree stumps sticking up in fairways and walking trails to next tee pad.

Erosion - While it's not a really bad issues at this moment there are certainly some areas where the ground is pretty loose and footing is questionable. As this course grows this needs to be constantly maintained and it would be wise to address these issues before they become more serious.

This course is well on its way to becoming a 4-4.5 star course. When a few of these loose ends are tied up this course swill be a great challenging course.

This course being as young as it is played incredibly well. The layout, if you're name isn't fatbob (general moron) is not confusing as it follows a clover shape. The use of land that was preexisting was ingenious. Yes it crosses the road several times because it has to. Other than assigning crossing guards to hold your hand I think we are all adults and we can manage to navigate it properly. No brush piles that I could find at all! Fair lines and the rough was clear for up shots. You get plenty of views of the lake too which was awesome. The last hole is absolutely epic.

Being a fat guy like fatbob I can see where his frustrations actually came from. This course is built on a course that is also home to a ski hill. I found myself getting a lot of exercise which is fat guys don't always like. There was quite a walk between one of the holes that could have used one more sign, but as said previously, I'm not a monumental idiot so I was able to find it.

I can't put this in the cons section as I see it is being worked on. You really need better tees. I see that fundraising efforts have begun for cement which will make this course very VERY good. Having built a top 30 Michigan course myself I found myself so jealous of the topography and landscape. It's a beautiful piece of land that was taken advantage of. Congratulations on building yet another great west Michigan course. Also, I was able to cross the road too. Didn't even need someone to hold my hand!

I enjoyed the challenge, playabilty, and layout of each hole themselves. I think they will be really nice once tee boxes are complete.

Overall course layout. Its extremely confusing I recommend printing or downloading the map of you've never been there before. There's no way i would have gotten through the course without the map and it's still difficult to navigate with the map in spots. To much crossing roads also. It took us a few hours to play 16 holes.

I feel it has the potential to be a great course of the course flowed better. 9 holes on each side of the road would have been great or as close to that as possible.

Very technical, heavily wooded course with good distances for the type of terrain. Good baskets, well groomed and cared for. Nice area, beautiful property! Gonna be even better once there are tee pads.

Maybe could have been designed so that you don't cross the road so many times. Wont be going there in the winter when there is snow because of the last two holes being to close to other park goers using the sledding/skiing areas. Just not worth the risk or the hassle of moving holes just to use the sledding hill in my opinion.

Aesthetic-- plays over very hilly terrain in a large multi-use park bordered by a lake. Beautiful setting. Doesn't really play close to park amenities.

Baskets-- DGA. In good shape. no real differences between the baskets from the old Greenville course and here.

Challenge-- the challenge here lies in the physicality. Every hole incorporates some form of elevation.

Variety-- a whole lot of everything. Long, short, left, right, etc etc etc

Teeboxes-- when in their final state, these will be sweet. tees have already been marked and in some areas built but not paved or whatever.

Teesignage-- they recycled the old DGA signage from Davis and there's only 9 signs but I'm sure killer signage is to come

routing and nav-- the leaves were thick but the locals had leaf blown the paths clear and the basket areas to help with nav. no real issues. 4-5 and 5-6 were slightly sticky but the map helps immensely.

Not finished-- this course nestles snugly between the killer workout of bertha brock and the great round of Branstrom. Somewhere between there this course is a great addition to the scene.

Flags-- could seriously use baskets or some form of mark to know where baskets are. This was a big sticking point for me. Not only does the elevation hide some baskets but the thickness of the woods doesn't help.

Not super stroller/cart friendly-- some places are very steep to descend or ascend and it makes it even more physical to traverse with a kiddo in a stroller. plan accordingly.

instant classic. get out here and check it out!!