Riverside Park

South course is OLD. No date of when this was made. Poles for holes (18) and there are a couple that you just need to be creative and make a target. It is fun though and a good warm up or warm down ... show more ›

South course is OLD. No date of when this was made. Poles for holes (18) and there are a couple that you just need to be creative and make a target. It is fun though and a good warm up or warm down after the Main course. Many people that play riverside don't know about this one. Tee pad for 1 is close to tee for 17 form main course.

This is the best course in the immediate GR Metro area. A true pro style course where distance, accuracy and putting are needed to score well. Use the UDisc app to navigate the course as there are no ... show more ›

This is the best course in the immediate GR Metro area. A true pro style course where distance, accuracy and putting are needed to score well.
Use the UDisc app to navigate the course as there are not tee signs for many holes. The neighbor association didn’t allow for the completion of the course in 2017. So, there are rubber tees on 6 holes. But, if you use UDisc it’s very easy to navigate.

Played this course during lunch break at Pro Master Worlds had to hustle.The course plays through a flat, grassy park with scattered mature trees. Most of the holes have enough trees that you have to ... show more ›

Played this course during lunch break at Pro Master Worlds had to hustle.The course plays through a flat, grassy park with scattered mature trees. Most of the holes have enough trees that you have to pick one of several lines and hit it to score well. Water comes into play on several holes, with a couple water carries (offering safe routes for shorter arms) and a few tricky pin placements that offer nice risk. The peninsula hole is a great risk/reward shot, plenty of room to lay up and leave a long putt with water behind, or go for the park job and risk getting wet on the drive. (got a 2 on this one, be the disc)

When I played, the course was nicely mowed and in pretty nice shape, the baskets show some age but catch fine and the concrete pads are grippy and a decent size. The course flow is fairly obvious and easy to follow(next tee signs were present during tourney). There is a good mix of hole lengths to keep it a little more interesting, with a couple that let you air out a driver. The only tee I had trouble finding was the first one, it's a little walk from the parking lot and hidden behind a bush. Luckily signs were present for the tournament which had distances.

The course feels pretty wide open and flat, there are trees on most holes but not enough to force tight lines or make you pay for inaccuracy off the tee. There are a few spots on the back 9 where holes can potentially interfere with other park activities on a nice day. Beginners might find the water shots a bit daunting, though otherwise it's a forgiving course with tournament length.

YAYYY! New Riverside is awesome and challenging. The length is great and many of the placement of the tees and pins are in spots which cause you to have to throw straight due to obstacles. Holes 1, 6, ... show more ›

YAYYY! New Riverside is awesome and challenging. The length is great and many of the placement of the tees and pins are in spots which cause you to have to throw straight due to obstacles. Holes 1, 6, &18 are nice challenging bombs and hole 15 was a cool little technical shot which stood out in my mind. This redesign is awesome. The Discatchers are awesome. Can't wait to see Worlds on this layout. Grand Rapids area has some legitimately challenging high quality courses now. Well worth the play.

My first time here. Played in the snow, most pads were covered but I was able to find all of them. Great course, I can't wait too see it in spring. Tee signs need to be repaired but pads are the sweet ... show more ›

My first time here. Played in the snow, most pads were covered but I was able to find all of them. Great course, I can't wait too see it in spring. Tee signs need to be repaired but pads are the sweet pyramid style good for rightys and leftys. Lake was frozen but doesn't really come into play unless your terrible. Beautifull course, I don't understand why no one was there??

This course does not offer much of anything I am looking for in a DGC. Granted it's old and not really designed as so much placed tee pads and baskets. very repetitious boring use of land not utilize ... show more ›

This course does not offer much of anything I am looking for in a DGC. Granted it's old and not really designed as so much placed tee pads and baskets. very repetitious boring use of land not utilized. There's a swamp in middle that comes into play on about 6 holes. 3 of these are interesting with a high risk reward routes. Other than that get ready to throw 240-290 straight every other shot. Course is in a populated park along the grand river. Goose poop is terrible on the two penisula holes. Very crowded not appealing. Sorry if you love this course but I do not and wouldn't suggest stopping here if you are traveling far from home.

Pros: Cement tees, descent baskets, Good open beginner course with plenty of nice people at the course. Fun place to bring the family as they have several playgrounds and places to fish. Cons: Gets ... show more ›

Pros: Cement tees, descent baskets, Good open beginner course with plenty of nice people at the course. Fun place to bring the family as they have several playgrounds and places to fish.
Cons: Gets flooded whenever it rains and makes several holes unplayable. Make sure to bring a can of Deep Woods OFF as the mosquitoes are TERRIBLE. This is as to be expected of course next to the water.

This was by far my most played course, but only because it was the closest course to me. This course has a few good holes, but all in all I am pretty sick of playing here. Nearly every time I go, i se ... show more ›

This was by far my most played course, but only because it was the closest course to me. This course has a few good holes, but all in all I am pretty sick of playing here. Nearly every time I go, i see someone fishing for their discs in one of the many water holes, and the water here is disgusting. I have seen three of my friends have to go into the water to retrieve discs and every time they come out smelling terrible! I routinely skip the hole that is placed on the peninsula because there is so much goose poop. I really like playing the front 9 on this course but the back 9 just poses to great of a risk to loose a disc and step in goose poop. Besides the water hazards, and goose poop I do like this course. Just i am realizing that it makes more sense for me to go out of my way to play better courses.

One of the oldest courses in town and one of the most dreaded. fairly straight-forward course with open lines on every hole but half of the holes have water on the left and no hole has water on the ri ... show more ›

One of the oldest courses in town and one of the most dreaded. fairly straight-forward course with open lines on every hole but half of the holes have water on the left and no hole has water on the right. Poor course design and too much pedestrian activity in fairways along with the fact that the course is under water half the year and covered in about 2 inches of goose poop the rest of the year (a favorite stop for birds migrating both ways) make this course barely worth playing and you'd be better off playing the first 10 holes, then making up safari holes on your way back to your car.

well, this course keeps me bitching, and keeps me comming back... fun to chase the Birdies, and the water holes starting at 13 really give a team thats down in the dumps a chance to risk it all and b ... show more ›

well, this course keeps me bitching, and keeps me comming back... fun to chase the Birdies, and the water holes starting at 13 really give a team thats down in the dumps a chance to risk it all and be rewarded.. watching the water discs are always a good laugh if it wasn't "your" shot, the further out, the better... lol, always good people at this course makes it a fun place to show up and see your fellow disc fanatics ;)...