Kiwanis / Rotary Park Disc Golf Course

@chrishahn

16

Here is the situation, the course has had a few layouts over the years, there was a woods heavy layout and as I recall somewhat of a beginner type course… those pads were not torn out, still exist but are unplayable (not that it really matters). There was a revision sometime a few years ago, I hadn’t played it in that time, but, got back into the game. I played the Veterans basket layout several times a week… they had some alternating pins but signage was accurate and reasonably easy to navigate in UDisc for the most part. There is no governing person, or authority on this course. Just recently some baskets were moved around (completely displacing any use for signage) without any consultation from other players or even a professional designer. I have met/heard of no less than 6 people who would consider themselves the course “designer”. Basically the course got overgrown this past summer, there is an upcoming doubles tournament and the baskets were either moved completely (different than A/B) pins or put in the closer pin location all at once. My point being is that this course was decent how it was, and these new placements are not really adding to the skill to scoring aspect of course design, it kind of seems haphazard really. I appreciate the upkeep that has been done recently, but, I feel like there were some missed opportunities with getting the community involved and/or work day sign ups. I definitely had more scratches and thorns in me than I usually did after my round. I hope that this novella, provides some information that is needed to improve the course with the current teepads based mostly on proper brush and leaf clearing and less on basket moving.

@thursty121

2

Short but fun.

@trag2005

15

If anyone has any suggestions on some holes to clean up with mower and trimmers let me know personally I work for the park department and would gladly take care of some of it. We come out once every week so I can try to get to it when we get the chance!! 618-838-3170

@brianphillips

1689

It's a nice course with a mixture of holes. Does need some navigation betweens a few holes..

@abnmikegolf

9

400ft par 3??? HA! Other than that loved it! Great visit to the course!

@eyeambaldman

44

Needs some next tee signage.

@bendiel

The course has recently been cleaned up and is getting worked on regularly. Became much more playable than it used to be and definitely a fun and challenging course, and I recommend checking it out again if you did not like it before.

@dmschmieder

Very nice par 3 course. I would say the amount of trash left on top of baskets is pretty lame.

@chrispycannon

If someone would go do some upkeep on the edge of the fairways, this could be a nice course. Pretty rough condition, though.

@mikeyb1011

Gnats. Everywhere. Lots of dead fish smells. Massively overgrown rough which isn’t bad, but makes finding discs near impossible but with your card spotting isn’t too bad. Ticks and poison ivy are in the rough spots, player beware. Bring your spray! Otherwise, a very fun time with some difficult shot lines!

@dlj529

The idea is nice but the execution is a little lackluster. All the wooded holes are just 300 foot hyzers that if you don't land in a 3-foot wide fairway you're gonna spend 20 minutes digging through thorns to find your disc. Also bring gnat spray they're horrible

@gwayne99

Fairways to narrow need to be cut back only 6 foot wide in spots

@ivanbagels

The course is become way too overgrown. Some holes are nearly impossible to par because of low-hanging branches and overgrowth. Could use a good trimming, but it’s a good course.

@thomason

I lost a disc to the left on hole 14 Is there a lost and found or anything?

@bostonpolston62

Great course. Very challenging. Hardest tees are 4,6,9,13,14,15. Don’t use your favorite disc on hole 9

@oary77

Difficult track. The wind off the lake make a few holes interesting. Love it

@clowtown

The “Long” map is the only active one and is a bit off.The “New Long” doesn’t really line up with anything I could see

@wildeggs

Clean, heavily wooded area and tall brush. Poisen Ivy in places. Really punishes you if you go off fairway. Overall, I'll be back! With big spray...

@emjoesch

Grass is tall in some areas. Not the best marked, and some overgrown brush

@go2wicky

Muddy course, but fun