This course was a pleasant surprise, easily exceeding my expectations. If I lived nearby I would probably play here often for a quick but reasonably challenging round.

Each hole was designed thoughtfully, and the course takes full advantage of the limited land available. Fairways have fair lines but accuracy is needed to score well. On some holes fairway trees give you choices to make.

This is a par 3 course except for the long tee on hole 8, which is a 612' par 4. Otherwise hole distances range from 130' to 310', averaging around 250'. Many fairways are pretty straight (probably due to space constraints), but the course does offer an occasional left- or right-turning tee shot.

Bright green Mach 5 baskets were mounted level and caught well. A red "next tee" arrow on each basket helps with navigation. Walks between holes were generally short, except for one moderate walk between holes 7 and 8.

Tees were natural (grass or dirt) with a wooden toe board. Some tees were a bit lumpy so I threw standstill wherever possible. I would expect footing to be slick when wet.

Rough was pretty well cleared out, but there are a few places for discs to hide so watch your drive carefully if you get a bad kick.

The course is dead flat, so no elevation changes to add interest.

I enjoyed playing this course, and appreciated the design and execution throughout. Better tee pads and a clearing out the rough in a few spots would improve the playing experience, but overall it is hard to imagine creating a much better course within the available space. Kudos!

White, hand-written tee signs mounted on a short post list hole number, par, and distance. No hole map on the tee signs, but on most holes you can see the basket from the tee fairly easily.

Park on the near side of the bowling alley parking lot, and then walk back across the entrance road to find hole one.

I thought the hay bale hole was actually pretty fun.

When you park at the bowling alley and walk to a spot on the nearby grass marked with a short handmade sign, and you look to see a basket guarded with stacks of hay bales, you might think this is just a cute novelty course that somebody laid out on a weekend. But starting on hole #2, you're in heavy woods that have been pruned and cleared just enough to make for a short but "real" course. Those hay bales of the first hole are quickly forgotten.


The land is absolutely flat, and the tees are just spots in the dirt marked with sticks across them - so stay away after a rain. But there are alternate long tees on two of the nine holes (#8 doubles in length to a 600' par 4 with a narrow slot to navigate on the drive), and brand new green Mach 5's with arrows indicating the direction to the next hole. The signs are handmade with just the hole number and length, but you can usually see the basket from the tee.


Most of the holes have lanes narrowed by thick woods, but they're pretty straight - and a few are very short - so it would be a push to call this a "technical" course. But the Leisure 9 is more than just a novelty layout or a bagging stop: it makes for a fun warmup for the nearby 18's like Buchmiller, Fairview or Herr, or for a quick round in the woods with mids and putter.