Bertha Brock County Park

Pros: Hilly and wooded. No open bomber shots, pretty much all technical but def some distance too. Many holes have interesting pin placements that make you shoot for par and not want to go for birdie. Has an even amount of left and right holes. The course has promise to be great in the future. The signage was probably the best ive seen. Seeing the elevation change on the sign was really cool. I never felt lost, the tee signs showed where the next tee was and the baskets usually had some bl ...
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Pros: Hilly and wooded. No open bomber shots, pretty much all technical but def some distance too. Many holes have interesting pin placements that make you shoot for par and not want to go for birdie. Has an even amount of left and right holes. The course has promise to be great in the future.

The signage was probably the best ive seen. Seeing the elevation change on the sign was really cool.

I never felt lost, the tee signs showed where the next tee was and the baskets usually had some blue tape pointing to where the next one was.

The baskets are great and just sucked my discs right in, no spit outs from these chains.

The course was cheap at $2 to park. It's relatively close to Lansing too, about an hour west.

There is a practice basket.

Hole 10 is right by the parking lot so you could start on 1 or 10. Layouts like this always please me.
There are other good courses near this one which could make for an excellent day trip,
Fallasberg and Hastings.

Even though the course is rough I had a great time playing this course! Thanks for making this sport grow with another great course!


Cons: The temp tee pads all have a barrier at the end that wont allow you to follow through on your drives. Ontop of being uneven and about 5 feet too short. They were about 2 steps long which is 1 step and a follow through too short.


Since the course is so new there are dead hanging branches everywhere. Some of the holes are so thick with trees it feels like there is no line, just throw it down the "fairway" and hope it doesnt hit a tree or some dead branches.

I noticed some of the signs seemed a bit misleading as to what the hole actually did, I think it was only 1 or 2 of the holes that were off. Hole 18 being one of them.


Other Thoughts: We left and there were 9 cars in the parking lot including mine. So this place is getting some publicity already.

In a few years when its edges get cleaned up and cement pads that allow a full three steps and follow through then this course will be at least B+ in my book and I will definitely edit my rating and review at that time.

Some of the hills are extremely slippery right now because the ground is just cluttered with leaves.

Hole 18 Really reminds me of either 12 or 14 at The new burchfield course rivers edge. It goes straight, then 90º left for about 60 feet, then 90º back to the right for another 135-175 feet. I actually liked this one better than burchfields hole.

Even when this course gets cleaned up the only holes I see being aceable are hole 9 and the hole that goes down hill for 230 feet (14?). So that means this course is tough and will probably stay tough even when it gets cleaned up. Thats a plus in my book, it gives the course replay value.

There was a sign that said there is a Gun Range close by and they practice on Wednesday after 4pm. This causes half the course to be unplayable on Wednesday nights, which means I just wouldnt even go there on Wednesday.

If you like seeing raw challenging courses go play this course before it changes!
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Pros: Very beautiful park with great views and rustic terrain. Easy to find and cheap to play. Great land plot for a disc golf course. Equal amounts of righty lefty holes The design of the course was good, I felt they used the land well and I never felt lost or had no idea where the next pad was. LOTS OF POTENTIAL. Cons: Tee pads were short and dangerous. Hardly any lines. Lots of throw and hope holes witch involve more luck than skill. Some of the pars were a little questionable in my ...
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Pros: Very beautiful park with great views and rustic terrain. Easy to find and cheap to play. Great land plot for a disc golf course. Equal amounts of righty lefty holes The design of the course was good, I felt they used the land well and I never felt lost or had no idea where the next pad was. LOTS OF POTENTIAL.

Cons: Tee pads were short and dangerous. Hardly any lines. Lots of throw and hope holes witch involve more luck than skill. Some of the pars were a little questionable in my book. I felt on some holes I was just throwing at a basket in the middle of the woods with no clear line. I was very excited to play this course with all the hype but felt disappointed when I was done.

Overall: I understand this is a new course and sometimes new courses just need to be broken in. I do see lots of potential to be a great course. In the current state I feel a C- is proper. With some work on tee pads and clearing fairways (lines) I feel this WILL be a great course. I understand u don't want to make the course easy but make the player make a decision on the tee pad and reward good drives with good looks at the basket.
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This is a great layout for a course. If you are looking for a course with lots of elevation changes this is the one for you. One problem that I see is the continual care of the fairways will be difficult , no mowers here , all weedwackers . So in turn it is getting incredibly overgrown. Many holes there is no fairway or defined rought other holes there is a clear line. The signage is good although the tee signs are suffering from moisture . This is also a very nice park with other activities and ...
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This is a great layout for a course. If you are looking for a course with lots of elevation changes this is the one for you. One problem that I see is the continual care of the fairways will be difficult , no mowers here , all weedwackers . So in turn it is getting incredibly overgrown. Many holes there is no fairway or defined rought other holes there is a clear line. The signage is good although the tee signs are suffering from moisture . This is also a very nice park with other activities and places to picnic or bring your kids. Well thought out holes with good flow and hyzer, anhyzer and straight down the middle . I especially like hole 18. All this course needs is some more trees removed and some trimming and cleaning up . Great course in the future.
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i give this course a c only because of its incredible potential. Bertha could be amazing if there was a lot of work done on it. Courses need fairways and Bertha has maybe 2. It is very hard yes, and if that was the sole intent then the creators succeded. However I think a course needs to have clearly defined fairways that are navigable. You dont see whole holes in ball golf made of rough or greens the size of a medicine ball do you? I dont mean to put down bertha because it has a great deal of ...
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i give this course a c only because of its incredible potential. Bertha could be amazing if there was a lot of work done on it. Courses need fairways and Bertha has maybe 2. It is very hard yes, and if that was the sole intent then the creators succeded. However I think a course needs to have clearly defined fairways that are navigable. You dont see whole holes in ball golf made of rough or greens the size of a medicine ball do you? I dont mean to put down bertha because it has a great deal of untapped potential, but I think we need to better evaluate what a good course is and what a hard course is and understand that the two do not always correlate.
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The challenges of this course daunting to say the least, the tight seemingly impossible lines on a majority of the holes challenge your mental game on every level. If that wasn't enough the terrain and elevation changes challenge your physical game to its limits. The course was clean and there were signs of maintenance that had been recently done. The tee pads could use some improvement, but each has great signage showing the layout and elevation changes. I don't mind the turf pads but they shou ...
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The challenges of this course daunting to say the least, the tight seemingly impossible lines on a majority of the holes challenge your mental game on every level. If that wasn't enough the terrain and elevation changes challenge your physical game to its limits. The course was clean and there were signs of maintenance that had been recently done. The tee pads could use some improvement, but each has great signage showing the layout and elevation changes. I don't mind the turf pads but they should be level. I realize that presents a bit of a challenge on a few holes but it would help. I also think a few areas where the hills are extremely steep could use better footholds, make shift stairs, or something along those lines. All in all it’s a fun course that doesn't yield easily.
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