Showboat Park

As my local course I've played showboat many times. One thing is for certain the winds are wild. The course never plays the same. One day you're throwing a mid next day or even minutes later you're t ... show more ›

As my local course I've played showboat many times. One thing is for certain the winds are wild. The course never plays the same. One day you're throwing a mid next day or even minutes later you're throwing a driver. With Hazard paths and the river nearby not even a circle 1 putt is safe from a penalty stroke. Hole 14 is my favorite if you don't hit the fairway it's almost a sure bogey. Even the top players in the area have a hard time getting a circle 2 look at the illusive birdie. Hole 9 long pad is a monster but super fun to play ( hope you brought a water disc or two. ) OB right side of road and river left the entire length of this almost 600 foot retailers best friend will leave very satisfied if you get the Birdie 3. The park has plenty of open field for practice throws before your round to get warmed up.

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Showboat seems to have some old rep I’ve heard of for being awful. My first impression was purely the opposite. I love Showboat Park. The layout gives a player plenty of chances to score with well p ... show more ›

Showboat seems to have some old rep I’ve heard of for being awful. My first impression was purely the opposite. I love Showboat Park. The layout gives a player plenty of chances to score with well played shots of all distances. A badly played shot might get you wet. If you are lacking the ability to read wind or simple haven’t any finesse in your game this lil cute park will eat you alive and maybe take part of your bag hostage. As you may have already read their are a lot of tee shots, up shots and even putts that may have water in play. I don’t want to deter you, Showboat is a wonderful free multi-use park that the entire disc golfing family can enjoy. Bring a towel, your bathing suit and plan for a dip in the river to either cool off or find your disc. Local tubbing and river running are available near the park. Not sure where but you’re see plenty of people ending the very clean river as you play.
Lastly, Special thanx to Mike Schiller, local avid disc golfer/ TD for putting in tireless revamping the layout and maintaining the showboat luster. Bravo!

Great first impression of this course. Played really casual to get the feel, I was able to get one birdie with a bit of luck. The layout is nice as I parked at the boat launch and picked up an extra w ... show more ›

Great first impression of this course. Played really casual to get the feel, I was able to get one birdie with a bit of luck. The layout is nice as I parked at the boat launch and picked up an extra water from my car during the walk from hole 8 to hole 9. Easy to play it safe and keep out of the rough spots/hazards, but skill shots would pay off for birdies/aces on most holes. Really didn't care for hole 14 sharing the bike jumps. It felt like someone could come flying through at any time and hit me, but luckily there were no bikers.

Front nine review: Nice course for showboats that display placement skills in an open field around strategically located baskets with OB, the river, foliage, a few trees and the wind factor. Perfect p ... show more ›

Front nine review: Nice course for showboats that display placement skills in an open field around strategically located baskets with OB, the river, foliage, a few trees and the wind factor. Perfect practice for perfecting your game at a non technical course. Park in the back of the lot and follow the orange posts to allow for easy navigation.The upcoming tournament to improve signage will improve this course.

I really enjoyed playing this course for the first time this past Tuesday. A lot of the holes are easily reachable but the added pressure of the water next to each hole definitely makes them difficult ... show more ›

I really enjoyed playing this course for the first time this past Tuesday. A lot of the holes are easily reachable but the added pressure of the water next to each hole definitely makes them difficult to attack. My biggest complaint is the lack of signage. If you are not a local it would be quite the search to find the tee for #10. Some of the holes in the woods on the back nine could be cleaned up a bit but other than that it was a solid course! Might be some of the best tee pads I've seen...especially with the mulch surrounding them.

Really really close to being a great course. Front nine is open and somewhat long on a few holes. Other holes are pretty risky shots at times right next to the river. Back nine seems pretty unfinished ... show more ›

Really really close to being a great course. Front nine is open and somewhat long on a few holes. Other holes are pretty risky shots at times right next to the river. Back nine seems pretty unfinished. The course in general needs way better signage. Overall It was a cool course to check out, and I didn’t feel like any holes were unfair. Add some signage, and maybe move a few baskets to make a variety of left, right, and straight shots, and I think this would be a great course!

This course is very different from almost anything else I've played. The front nine is very wide open, testing your accuracy with a hyper, with a couple flat out crushes. Then, after the hike down the ... show more ›

This course is very different from almost anything else I've played. The front nine is very wide open, testing your accuracy with a hyper, with a couple flat out crushes. Then, after the hike down the road, the back 9 opens up to some more technical, wooded shots. With a handful being grab your straightest putter and just try to throw it as straight as you can. Some of the holes need some teepads as some of them are dirty or just mulch, but once that is remedied this could really become a standout course with some TLC.

Going to be a very nice course and well thought out for the space given. Very neat holes and nice to air out on the front 9. 11 through 15 need work just a simple weedwacker and some clippers with a c ... show more ›

Going to be a very nice course and well thought out for the space given. Very neat holes and nice to air out on the front 9. 11 through 15 need work just a simple weedwacker and some clippers with a couple dudes would solve most all the problem. Just very bushy and overgrown people are going to be getting poison ivy and such on those select Holes. Otherwise very neat course love hole 10!!

This being my local course, I've got a soft spot for it. The front nine is very open and a couple holes really give you a chance to let it rip. Approximately 4 of the holes on the front nine are rig ... show more ›

This being my local course, I've got a soft spot for it. The front nine is very open and a couple holes really give you a chance to let it rip. Approximately 4 of the holes on the front nine are right on the river and if you don't play your shot right, you could end up losing a disc to the water. Not impossible to wade into, but it gets a little deep in some spots.

The back nine is a little more varied in the holes. 10 had a large power pole that you need to navigate around as well as put it up to the basket that is half way up a steep hill. (This basket comes down in the winter since this is a sledding spot for kids) 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are wooded holes. 12 is my personal favorite as it throws from high on a hill in the woods and has to cross a long fairway to a basket tucked in a corner to the right. It kind of overlooks some of the river. Nice hole. 16 through 18 are back out in the open with 17 being along the river through a tunnel of trees.

The park folks are working on adding some things to better the course. There are many young trees around the course that should definitely add some difficulty and change your shot choice as time goes on. There is a need for some tee pads or some wood chips on the wooded shots. Especially 12. This winter/spring, that tee area kind of became a bit of a mess

This course may not be as challenging as some of the more wooded courses, but the design makes use of the area that they had in the park.

This park has been redesigned and is much improved over the solid F rating it was before. It is currently very well maintained and groomed. Nice wood chips around the pads that match them around all t ... show more ›

This park has been redesigned and is much improved over the solid F rating it was before. It is currently very well maintained and groomed. Nice wood chips around the pads that match them around all the new trees. The river comes into play on several holes. Mostly open holes with OB and about 4 short wooded holes. Lots of OB for well placed shots. Some elevation changes. This is now a decent course and worth the play. They put in a new hole 9 which gets you a little towards hole 10 now but it's a bit of a walk and from 18's basket back to the car is even further. They moved hole 10's basket off the hill is my biggest complaint. It used to be the signature hole for sure. And you can now throw into the baseball diamond easily. Other than that, this course went from an F rating to a B- to a B. If 10's basket was back on the hill, it would be a B+. Well done on the improvements.