Yes, there are a lot of conflicts with other park users. It's my least favorite aspect of that course by far.
That said, it's not too hard to find times to play it that are more quiet. Also, there are still something like 14 other holes on the course that are tucked away in the woods, and don't conflict with the rest of the park at all. And those holes are all quite good.
If it really was just 4 holes, I would say I was off base in my assessment.
By my count 13 of the current 18 holes have one or more of the following problems:
- Throw immediately next to or over the road (0, 3, 17, 18)
- Tee area is on a sidewalk immediately next a busy main road (6)
- Tee area is on a sidewalk that is in the park getting heavy use by walkers, joggers, etc. (10, 15, 17, 18)
- Throw over/into the sidewalk or walker's path (8, 15, 18)
- Holes interfering with each other or the walk to the next tee (4/5,11/14,15/16)
- Throw blind into an occupied area of the park (8 long, which I did not throw, but could not see what the landing area was like until I got to the short tee and we had to ask people to move off the fairway).
It's also hard to overstate how absolutely packed the place was, including the course itself. I think it's likely going to be that way every evening and weekend, given the number of facilities there. You certainly weren't going to be skipping around to find holes that weren't busy.
I'm wondering when this park isn't in heavy use? Google seems to think Tuesday evenings are fairly typical traffic for the park.
Also worth noting that I think the local club are redesigning some parts of this course, which may improve some of these issues. I don't know the exact details of what they're considering.
If they are redesigning the course in part to address the issues, that would tend to lend weight to the idea that these are actually issues, I would think?