Kevin Dzekunskas

I have never attempted the pro tees, but they look brutally hard! I will be reviewing the amateur tees only. This course has multiple holes that would be "signature holes" on most other courses. Some pruning is needed but not a lot...#2 safe landing area has become 90% blocked by tree foliage as opposed to 6 years ago when you had a wide open look and an ace try. An apple tree hanging directly on the entire tee prevents use of the tee on 14. Still the biggest problem with this course is the amou ...
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I have never attempted the pro tees, but they look brutally hard! I will be reviewing the amateur tees only. This course has multiple holes that would be "signature holes" on most other courses. Some pruning is needed but not a lot...#2 safe landing area has become 90% blocked by tree foliage as opposed to 6 years ago when you had a wide open look and an ace try. An apple tree hanging directly on the entire tee prevents use of the tee on 14. Still the biggest problem with this course is the amount of fishermen and picnickers that you can expect to encounter on literally HALF of the holes on a nice day. The park is just so popular. Unfortunately you end up skipping more holes than you play because of this. You would be lucky to only have to skip 5 or 6 holes. Im sure if the weather was terrible this problem wouldnt exist but then again you would be disc golfing at a championship course in terrible weather : / Due to the difficulty of the golf course and the high risk of losing discs in the lake this course seems to always have very few golfers on it. In my 2 rounds played here I have seen only one other group. The park sits on approximately 250 heavily wooded acres so you definitely will want to print a map. Tee signs are at Pro tees only but both pro and am have nice long concrete tee pads. Nice Innova DisCatcher baskets with their high visibility yellow rings are nice but many do have rusty chains. Hole 13 is windy and requires two PERFECT shots to reach the basket and I would bet any amateur a dollar at the start of the hole that they will lose at least one disc in the lake on this hole. It is long, narrow, windy and elevated. There are a lot of holes here that offer deuce possibilities. At least six you will step to the tee looking for a deuce with a handful of other holes that are short enough that if you thread the needle it could go in. I am rating and A based on beauty and potential although the amount of people in the way, the need for pruning and the likelihood of feeding your plastic to the lake means that I will not be playing here often.
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I enjoyed the course beginning with the course map posted as you near the first tee. A quick photo with the iphone was all it took to give me the confident feeling to begin my round knowing I wouldn't get "lost". Good use of trees in this moderately wooded course although I had brought my "A" game that day and had many birdies (more than average) due to well placed shots from the tee. The back 9 seemed to get a bit tighter and the birdies began to stop but I found that all holes were par unless ...
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I enjoyed the course beginning with the course map posted as you near the first tee. A quick photo with the iphone was all it took to give me the confident feeling to begin my round knowing I wouldn't get "lost". Good use of trees in this moderately wooded course although I had brought my "A" game that day and had many birdies (more than average) due to well placed shots from the tee. The back 9 seemed to get a bit tighter and the birdies began to stop but I found that all holes were par unless I a mistake. The only knock I could have is that some trees near baskets had overgrown to the point where the branches were drooping to the point where even an 8 foot birdie putt from the front was blocked by numerous small, drooping branches. Multiple pin locations on every hole and wonderful signs at every tee.
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This is a perfect example of what happens when a course is forced into a park where disc golf does not belong. The holes are odd and often weaving thru a playground. Tees are sometimes missing and on about a third of the holes the next tee is nearly impossible to find due to the flow of the course being awkward and poorly arranged. The problem is that the city of East Moline doesn't own a large park so mustering up this 9 hole course where a disc golf course doesn't belongwas their token effort ...
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This is a perfect example of what happens when a course is forced into a park where disc golf does not belong. The holes are odd and often weaving thru a playground. Tees are sometimes missing and on about a third of the holes the next tee is nearly impossible to find due to the flow of the course being awkward and poorly arranged. The problem is that the city of East Moline doesn't own a large park so mustering up this 9 hole course where a disc golf course doesn't belongwas their token effort to keep up with the Jones' (namely the other Quad Cities who all have wonderful parks). The degree of difficulty here is also high so it isn't at all good for families who might benefit from grabbing a quick 9 holes without driving too far. Last thing worth mentioning is that the path on hole #3 is more narrow than it appears and is laden with poison ivy on both sides.
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I enjoyed the course layout except that signs, arrows, markers etc need maintenance. Almost half of the tee signs were either missing or the information had peeled off so finding our way around took some effort. I created an updated course map http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/52775_l.jpg and printing it ahead of time will be necessary if it is your first time. The course has had a moderate overhaul in the past few years so even if you played it several years ago you should rev ...
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I enjoyed the course layout except that signs, arrows, markers etc need maintenance. Almost half of the tee signs were either missing or the information had peeled off so finding our way around took some effort. I created an updated course map

http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/52775_l.jpg

and printing it ahead of time will be necessary if it is your first time. The course has had a moderate overhaul in the past few years so even if you played it several years ago you should review the map. For example, the second tee is between the barn and the pine trees and is marked by paint on the asphalt. Locating it had us lost for a while. Nice open area for practice (3 practice holes). This is a windy location in general as evidenced by the 2 wind turbines visible nearby and the wind really becomes a factor on a few downhill shots. In summary, hilly and windy with quality turf maintenance but tees, signs and baskets could use some TLC. Regardless, if you are getting bored with playing the same old courses in town and wanting to find something nearby that is worth a 20 mile drive this one definitely is!! You will not be disappointed. Elevation, wind, mostly open, well maintained turf, good for families and new players, usually not very busy at all.
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