Ballards

@pizzagod

2122

18 around 300ft shots through an overgrown area in the cities brush collection site. Read my full review on DGCR

@jclark612

64

Fun course with tight lines. Will be scrambling if off the fairway too far on many of the holes.

@spockthecow

134

I can tell that great things are in store for this course...there's evidence of work afoot. As of now, this is an interesting 9-hole back-and-forth course through slight woods. Signs and good poured tee pads on all holes, and a couple benches here and there, but that's about it for now.

@brianphillips

1942

Over all a solid course nothing fancy.. just a good course

@chainedevil

885

This is a very fun wooded course. You’ll have to be able to sheep shots here in order to score well. The T pads are very nice, and all shots are accounted for here. This is a good complement to a sister course Kiwanis across town. Pretty decent course.

@birdbath72

11

Not designed for players of my skill level but it was fun to try it. A really well designed and challenging woods course.

@cujo93830

296

I feel bad for this review but this not a 4star. It's a shame a lot of resources and time would've gone into building it. Probably needs a full time worker to clear out all the thorns and brush. Many of the holes are not golf lines. I had to throw over the top on 5 of the holes. That's ridiculous. 2 Other hole required flare skips around 90degree dog legs. 2 stars for great signage and the neat area but all in all probably not the place for a course when it will probably be overgrown in a year without help

@pastorpom

33

Enjoyed the round. Can't wait for spring to play both courses with a trip to bricks and brews for lunch.

@kayakpirate

62

I think it's a nice little course but I get confused easy on these shared nine holes but I play again

@rqualls72

47

This is a new & evolving course, so lines are a still taking shape. Very tight & technical. If you like wooded courses you’ll like Ballard’s. Not necessarily beginner friendly, but it is a fun course.

@cprice71

19

More difficult than Kiwanis and it takes some shot shaping to stay in most of the fairways. It's difficult but fun.

@joshharris5

15

Great course design! Beginners visiting the area should definitely check out Kiwanis Park! Ballards is a difficult course with tight, technical lines.

@khanorc

48

Very difficult. Course but fun

@cdracula16

23

Solid course, nice signs and tees, and the scenery is solid and peaceful. Terrible green design and fairways make this course not worthy of being a regular course on my list. Just trees randomly on the green that don’t reward the already tight gaps you need to maneuver through For example hole one is a tight dead straight putter or mid- range with a slight turn that finishes straight; carefully maneuvering a tight 10-15 ft gap the hole way along its 320ft fairway. Problem is if you clear the initial gap about 280 down the fairway there are 15 trees cover the green that would punish you and obstruct any putt. The lay up is clearly better and there’s no real risk reward taken into the design, too much risk to clear a gap and have a 30 ft obstructed birdie put when the two lay ups are significantly easier and will give you stress free tap in and take away the rough and scramble that could easily give you a double or triple. Would like to see better cleared greens and/or better pin placements. This kills the course and it’s just bad design that doesn’t reward clean tight gap hitting shots, which is what woods golf is all about. Woods golf is hard to design but this course has a lot of potential. For now it’s not worth the drive for me unless it’s for tournament play

@bombflick91

31

Some trees are dangerously close to the teepads

@hredmon

52

Awesome course!

@paintballn8

11

Great course to improve your game! Not very cart friendly though. Great job!

@gabeshelton

41

Really difficult wooded course. Bring bug spray!

@leevenson

43

Great technical course. Lots of shot options and shot shaping.

@bryan918

25

This course is gonna be great!