Cashton Village Park

Pros: + Course designers made fantastic use of a fairly limited piece of wooded land + Concrete tee pads are of sufficient size and well constructed + Great-catching Discraft Chainstar baskets + Well thought-out use of large pines requiring a fair amount of shot-shaping and shot selection + Course designers refrained from placing holes throughout much of the open parts of the park and kept them mostly in the wooded area (as it should be IMO) + Course seemed well-maintained and fairways ...
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Pros:
+ Course designers made fantastic use of a fairly limited piece of wooded land
+ Concrete tee pads are of sufficient size and well constructed
+ Great-catching Discraft Chainstar baskets
+ Well thought-out use of large pines requiring a fair amount of shot-shaping and shot selection
+ Course designers refrained from placing holes throughout much of the open parts of the park and kept them mostly in the wooded area (as it should be IMO)
+ Course seemed well-maintained and fairways freshly mowed
+ For the size of this course (and, again, the property) Some holes are lengthier than one might expect

Cons:
- Due to the tight quarters of the property some of the holes crossed the paths of other ones, which could be dangerous if multiple people are playing the course at the same time; however, it seems this course doesn't get a significant amount of traffic, so it largely should not become much of an issue.
- Unless I am mistaken and shot at the wrong pin (which is entirely possible), holes 1 and 7 share the same basket.
- Tee signs only show the hole and distance, not where the basket for each hole is in relation to the tee pads, flight paths, etc. (this became somewhat frustrating, as when stepping to some tees it is difficult to determine which of the many visible baskets is the one you are shooting for).
- Hole 6 had some vehicles parked just left of the fairway, which caused some concern when I teed off. The green of this same hole was in a lower lying area, which seemed prone to standing water (but a great place for a basket).

Other Thoughts:
Overall, I was a bit surprised by how well this course was designed and how enjoyable it was to throw. A significant amount of rain fell in the days prior to my visit here, so the ground was a bit marshy and had some standing water in spots (see hole 6 approach picture), but this may have simply been an outlier when I visited the course. This course was sort of on my way to play Veteran Hills in Viroqua and am very glad I made this part of the trip.
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