Course reviews
+7 votes 
Scott White
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September 14, 2010
One of the best courses I've ever played. This is the Beatles White Album of disc golf courses. Each hole is a revelation and influential.
+4 votes
Jay B
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March 22, 2015
Too bad youd have to play 5+ different courses around home to get the same experience as here...awesome course! Probably holding 2nd to flip city as my 1st fav
+3 votes
Ron Jacobs
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June 1, 2021
I wish we had courses like this in Michigan. By far my favorite course that I've played. Can't wait to come back.
+2 votes
Matthew Smith
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May 5, 2012
This is the best course I have played to date. Some of the holes have actual putting greens. Long and wooded holes with some open. Water also comes into play for several holes, but it's relatively easy to get your discs back. You will walk like 3.5 miles playing this course. Expect elevation changes as well. This course is strenuous and challenging, but very fun. They also have bonus holes A-F. Definitely make a trip to play this course.
+2 votes
John C. Worden
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September 28, 2012
It was worth the 5 hour trip from Michigan. Gorgeous fairway and sick island greens. 1000 ft hole is a ton of fun. Can't wait until I can play it again!
+2 votes
Aaron Collins
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March 17, 2013
Epic course with defined fairways and distances of 651 661 and 1001. So much fun
+2 votes
Matthew Hull
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November 10, 2017
Despite the high degree of difficulty, I actually enjoy this course a lot! Every single hole seems to have a difficult feel and in terms of sheer variety, you can't go wrong here. The greens are made of the same substance that you find in regular golf (mini-golf as well) which was a fun touch and the layout is quite impressive! A few holes could be marked a bit better but overall, I can see why Idlewild is one of the "Big 3" near Cincinnati. Definitely play this course if you are an Intermediate/Advanced player!
+2 votes
Kenneth Donaldson
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April 6, 2017
Beautifully designed course. Overall a bit more challenging than I was ready for. I have only been playing for about a year and it was definitely more course than I was ready for. It was very well maintained and the hole placements and landscaping were impeccable.
+1 votes
Vern Lepine
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April 24, 2019
Fun long course to the A pin position, we played 24 holes (19,3),(20,2),(21,5),(22,5),(23,3),(24,5). Pam made a beauty on the longest putt around the trees on the 1000 ft hole.
+1 votes
Michael Wildner
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April 1, 2011
Wow. Tough, beautiful, very well maintained. Idlewild has everything. It would be criminal if the PDGA doesn't have a world championships in the near future using this course. I had not been here since the 2008 Bluegrass Open and I thought it was tough then - some of the pins were actually moved farther back! I cannot think of any negatives about this course - except that may not be good for beginners!
+1 votes
Jeremy Foor
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April 29, 2015
This course is the got to be one of the most amazing courses in the country. Based on most peoples ratings it is. Island greens, huge holes, multi pin placements, super technical holes Elevation. Truely Epic. . Any pro well come back drooling for more. Maybe not best suited for low leveled players. It should get a A+, I'm reserving that for the one only reason that I wass not able to play the course in its full entirety due to dozens of people fishing one of the ponds. I could not play the l ...
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+1 votes
David Hedstrom
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March 5, 2011
Amazing, couldn't possibly be better. Hardest pin placements I have ever played. Perfectly manicured fairways. Perfect tees which are massive. Maintenance of the course is unlike anything I have seen. It is like flip in its overall maintenance but it is at a different level because its not just mowing grass, its building dozens of bridges, gravel paths, walkways, benches, the best tee signs I've ever seen, posts along the creeks to prevent erosion/ maintain the land. The list is endless, the course is amazing and brutal in every way.
+1 votes
Shaky jake
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June 14, 2014
First time playing. Beenjng to play this ever since I started to bad it is far from home.
+1 votes
Ken Mango
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April 4, 2011
Great course. We only got to play the first nine before it got dark. I will definatly make it a point to return.
+1 votes
Larry Bright Jr.
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November 14, 2019
Awesome course! Scenic and a lot of fun to play. Definitely did not disappoint and is a true destination course.
+1 votes
Nick Bosovich
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August 19, 2019
Awesome course, pro caliber, and very technical. Really enjoyed the feel of the park and hard to believe its a free park. Definitely worth the trip from Michigan
+1 votes
Brian Fruchey
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June 2, 2011
Absolutely beautiful course. Love the islandish greens surrounded by the shallow creek. Course usually well mowed, but was overgrown on some fairways and some holes hard to find.
+1 votes
Dan Jones
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October 11, 2011
Believe the hype! Incredible course with an insane amount of care and construction. The raised, masoned greens, walled creeks and bridges create an incredible feel, with amazing use of O.B. areas to add even more difficulty, i was almost happy to throw into the creek approaching 11, just to putt from the sweet drop zone over the creek
+1 votes
mark m
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November 2, 2023
this course is awesome. this course will let you know where you stand as a disc golfer. my course is so very easy after playing here. lol
+1 votes
Timmy Redman
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April 21, 2022
This is what disc golf is supposed to be. Stunning. Hit your lines or be punished. I've never loved getting pars more than here. Mecca. Till we meet again.
+0 votes
Wade Calvert
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July 1, 2014
This course looks like it's in great shape, a few tough fairways but being a lefty I loved it. Also I got lost a little bit on a few holes especially the sign for hole 5 was a little deceiving. Luckily I met up with a local and he set me straight and introduced me to Lincoln Ridge later
+0 votes
Phil "Puttimus Prime" Common
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March 25, 2015
Absolutely sick course. Exemplifies all the qualities of a truly great disc golf course. Epic
+0 votes
Marcus Gresham
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June 15, 2013
Play it, you'll see why it's got a top-5 rating. This one is a bear.
+0 votes
Adam Selzer
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June 24, 2014
Unbelievable course! Wish I wasn't 4hrs away or I'd throw there everyday.
+0 votes
ken "sega salt" moote
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March 23, 2014
Don't ever pass this up! One of the best courses I have played if not the best. Absolutely epic and has everything to offer. Definitely the hardest course too, I've encountered. Will challenge all shots.Long, wide grippy concrete tee boxes. Designed to perfection with multiple pin locations on... I believe all the holes, sometimes even 3! All pins were not in. Most were in the long position however there were a lot that had 2 pins in. Multiple tees (nice big tee signs), elevation, trash b ...
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+0 votes
Ed Carpus
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July 5, 2012
Who could ask for anything more. Other than to have this in my backyard. A truly professional course.
+0 votes
Jesse Santiago
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October 28, 2013
This is everything you want in a disc golf course! It's worth a drive for sure.
+0 votes
Colin Hurley
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September 5, 2011
Wow! What can I say about this course... Its the course you love to hate or hate to love. Amazing variety of shots and pin placements. Scenery is beautiful and it is one of the best manicured courses I've ever played thanks to Fred and all his helpers. Its one of the courses I miss the most after moving to Colorado. Go there!
+0 votes
Nick Freiberg
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November 28, 2012
This course is amazing, and definitely lives up to its #3 ranking on DGCR. Beautiful scenery and landscape, as well as an enormous dried up riverbed that serves as OB. The drive from Detroit to this course was worth every minute.
+0 votes
Andrew Tuma
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August 30, 2012
super nice, only got a chance to do the first 9 due to being with family but was happy to play at all. would love to play in full.
+0 votes
Zevon Adkisson
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July 13, 2014
Amazing course, great variety of shots. Beautiful fairways, many astro turf putting greens. Very difficult but so much fun.
+0 votes
DETROIT Duchon
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April 11, 2013
Great Freaking course ! This is a MUST play . Perfect balance of shots , great mix of open and wooded . Beautifully manicured and challenging. After a bottle of Woodford Reserve our five-some was in heaven . Floyd-Eye made the 1001' hole in 3 shots! Good times & great golf ....."Professional"
+0 votes
Tyler J
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May 30, 2013
Most challenging course I've found. Tough to navigate all the trees.
+0 votes
Brian Hyzertron Crouch
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March 27, 2015
EPIC!!!!!!!! A must play if you love the sport of disc golf
+0 votes
Austin Gray
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August 18, 2013
Hardest course I've ever played, but extremely fun and well worth the drive!!
+0 votes
Jerry Amick
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October 10, 2013
LONG,HARD &FUN LOVE the island turf greens.MUST play this course ONCE.and I do mean once LOL
+0 votes
patrick morgan
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October 10, 2013
Amazing course. this course demands everything out of your bag.
+0 votes
Kenny Miller - Team Tilley's
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June 23, 2023
Had a chance to play one week following the idlewild open and it was a blast.
+0 votes
Eric "Downtown" Brown
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June 19, 2023
Played the round with my Daughter “Uptown” Jessica Brown What a fun round! Fathers Day gift came one day early! A top 5 course for me all time! The best free course, I have ever played!
+0 votes
Blake Hohlbein
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December 29, 2022
This has to be my favorite course I've ever played. Amazing elevation and challenge. The property is massive. The only reason I'm not rating it an A+ is that I think there could be a couple of things done to make it better. Altogether, a must-play course.
+0 votes
Mark Fages
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March 30, 2020
Well respected & justifiably so. Pack a lunch cause it’s as long of a course as you may ever play. It’s got everything from an Ace run to the 1,000 foot hole. Fred Salez designed this course and is in the Disc Golf Hall of Fame for course design. He also built up Mt. Airy Forest DGC across the river in Cincinnati.
+0 votes
Keegan Maxwell
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October 8, 2019
It was raining all day, the round took 4h5m for four of us to play, but as always, it was still the most beautiful course I have ever seen
+0 votes
Nick O'Keefe
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December 8, 2020
The perfect combination between difficult and fun. A lot of shots require you to get lucky, but luck is so available on this hallowed ground. Amazing blend of long and short shots, the island greens were so much fun to play, and Hole 12 is the first 8 I've taken where I couldn't wait to play the hole again. Idlewild is something special.
+0 votes
Nicholas Perry
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July 21, 2020
Perfectly taken care of! Would love to live closer and play here a lot more often! Was nice to play my first ever professional level course.
-1 votes
Randy Gallagher
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September 27, 2010
My favorite in the states so far. Worth the drive from MI
-1 votes
Skyler Stoker
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December 28, 2016
Some good some not so great. Some of the lines just seemed hard for the sake of being hard. After playing mt airy just 35 minutes away I was underwhelmed. Not a bad course but not #5 in the USA.
-1 votes
John Johannides
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July 31, 2019
recommend taking picture of course map at hole 1. hard to find some holes there as a first time player.
EDIT: I have now played this course at least 3 times (twice in a Nati Big 3 tourney) and as hard and challenging as this course is, has quickly become a favorite because of the challenge. My course review raised to an A. Can still be hard to find holes though if you have never played it before.
EDIT: I have now played this course at least 3 times (twice in a Nati Big 3 tourney) and as hard and challenging as this course is, has quickly become a favorite because of the challenge. My course review raised to an A. Can still be hard to find holes though if you have never played it before.
