Garfield Park

Grand Rapids, Michigan     1 course · 18 holes     Driving directions

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-  +5 votes  + John Gomez › November 8, 2023
A+
Back in the day (summer of 1977 ) Me, and this park attendent name Tee, he came up with this ideal of stapling paper plates on the trunks of the trees in and around the park we used those 141's and 165's that was all we had. Thats all we had to throw .This is before they had the current course that you see today . Back in the day this was the place to play and hang out at the picnic tables...for those of you ( O.G's) original golfers out there then you know what iam talkin about.Garfield is th ...
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-  +2 votes  + Nick Bosovich › October 17, 2016
B+
The new design is very nice and utilizes all of the available park while still leaving room for other activities to take place. Fun layout with different shots.
-  +2 votes  + Tom Wagner › September 20, 2021
B+
Lightly wooded and relatively flat mixed use city park course with nice variety. No hazards except for a couple holes near streets. Cement pads and baskets are still in decent shape. Tees have maps and next tee directional tape on baskets aid navigation.
-  +1 votes  + MARK HASSELBRING › November 13, 2016
A
-  +1 votes  + Josh mumme › August 2, 2017
A
-  +1 votes  + Jason Ponchahar › August 21, 2016
B+
Very nice use of the land available. With the hopeful addition of concrete pads it will be a great play!
-  +1 votes  + David Burkholder › August 13, 2016
A-
-  +1 votes  + Marvin Buitendyk › May 30, 2013
A+
-  +1 votes  + Aaron Goofy Mitchell › October 2, 2016
B
Cool fun course with low ceiling shots at times..
-  +1 votes  + Tom pless › March 11, 2017
A+
You are correct Mr Gomez I've been playing there for 27 yrs and I still love that place
-  +1 votes  + Steve Simison › January 14, 2017
B
Nice relatively short course in a city park. nice use of the trees make for some challenging holes
-  +0 votes  + Brian O › October 27, 2010
B+
If you consider the fact that this course was designed to be played with big plastic, it's a great course. Play it with a mid or a putter and you'll have a great time.
-  +0 votes  + Randy Shreve › May 25, 2013
C-
ok course posts for holes nice chance to work on putting and approach shots.
-  +0 votes  + Josh Bickel › October 11, 2020
B
-  +0 votes  + Jacob B › July 17, 2019
B-
-  +0 votes  + Scottie Reslock › May 29, 2018
B
-  +0 votes  + Jim Jean › August 22, 2011
B
-  +0 votes  + Ducks Lawn Care & Landscape / Course Design › August 3, 2017
B-
Love the layout, like the fact that it plays to both left and right handed throws. My dislike is the trash and the two holes that go across the family areas or picnic area just a safety issue that in that area creates hostilities if not very careful.
-  +0 votes  + Steve Hatter › March 18, 2017
B-
Challenging to navigate in some areas as you see quite a few baskets in certain areas. Found it quite fun.. Few long shots, few short.. R to L and L to R. I could see where it might be a bit "dangerous" in some areas if there were a lot of people playing at the same time but we were 1 of 2 groups so there wasn't any risk. Enjoyed it. Quite muddy and a bit icey on the pads.. they could use some form of permanent alteration in the future
-  +0 votes  + Mack Wimbush › May 21, 2012
C
sick of the poles. want the chains and baskets.
-  +0 votes  + Alex Hull › September 26, 2016
B
-  +0 votes  + Bryan Earvin › August 10, 2016
B
This review comes after the redesign and the addition of baskets to this course.
It is a technical course with trees a major factor on most holes. Few long holes, but most fall in the 200-300 range. Lots of low hanging branches, so keeping shots low is a must. I found it challenging. A great beginner course! I will be back frequently.
-  +0 votes  + John B › September 9, 2012
C
Garfield is a super quick play, I like it due to the fact that I can ride my bike to the park. It is a stick course, this may turn some players away. I like taking a walk through the park while everything is going on around. I have never been slowed down by others playing. If you see others playing they tend to be solo or doubles.
-  +0 votes  + Forrest Omland › March 19, 2017
B
-  +0 votes  + Alan Moll › January 29, 2018
A-
-  +0 votes  + Cory Whitten › March 23, 2023
B
-  +0 votes  + Brandon Schmuker › December 7, 2016
B
-  +0 votes  + Doug Smith › May 13, 2018
B+
-  +0 votes  + Marc LaFleur › June 28, 2013
B-
I love this old pole course , this is the course I cut my teeth on when I started playing disc golf way back in 1978 before golf discs and baskets even existed. I played with world class 165 and 141 gram ( big platter discs ) those big platters were also great to use as plates at pig roasts and back yard parties , yes that was a different time that's for sure. So the next time you play one of these old courses appriesiate them because these courses are the birthplace of what we have today.
-  +0 votes  + Chris Arnett › May 8, 2020
A-
-  +0 votes  + Jake Machiela › August 25, 2019
B
-  +0 votes  + Tyler Frisbie › August 18, 2016
B-
-  +0 votes  + Scott Stacey › November 17, 2015
B+
-  +0 votes  + Brandon Braisted › March 18, 2018
A
-  +0 votes  + Tino Pena › August 6, 2014
B+
-  +0 votes  + Spencer Gee › April 18, 2024
B+
Great local park style course - no real long or challenging holes.
-  +0 votes  + Jack Bungart › March 25, 2017
C
The holes individually are designed pretty well, but there are a lot of areas that fairways overlap and tons of people just walk right through during play
-  +0 votes  + Andrew Pastoor › March 24, 2017
B+
-  +0 votes  + Jacob Spencer › December 7, 2017
B
-  +0 votes  + Drake Evans › March 6, 2020
C
-  +0 votes  + Jack Szpeinski › April 18, 2017
B
Course needs concrete pads, otherwise a great opportunity to work on your mid-range play.
-  +0 votes  + Jeff C › August 9, 2016
A
Only thing keeping this from the "perfect" rating is the tee pads...the new layout is great and will only get better with use and tee pads. Great mix of difficulty, technical shots and a "let it fly" 15...can't wait to make this course a regular part of my rotation and routine!
-  +0 votes  + Curtis Gardner › March 21, 2017
A+
Very short but also very fun to play, no tee pads, a few mandos. Some distance shots and some finesse shots.
-  +0 votes  + Patrick Westover › July 30, 2017
B
-  +0 votes  + Chris Wagner › February 19, 2018
B
-  +0 votes  + Matthew Jackson › August 14, 2016
B
-  +0 votes  + Jake Martin › August 23, 2016
B+
-  +0 votes  + Ryan Ely › November 2, 2018
A-
-  +0 votes  + Kevin Jenks › March 17, 2018
A-
Decent course. Nice teepads. If it's windy, you might have a bad time. Mostly wide open. Will play again.
-  +0 votes  + Nate Krumm › March 16, 2018
A
-  +0 votes  + Robert "SCRIBBS" Scribner › February 27, 2018
A
-  +0 votes  + Ian Hamilton › July 11, 2017
A-
-  +0 votes  + Caleb miller › August 29, 2017
A
-  +0 votes  + Joseph B › September 18, 2017
A-
-  +0 votes  + Jared Saucedo › March 12, 2018
A-
-  +0 votes  + Bradley Feagans › April 3, 2018
B-
-  +0 votes  + Joshua Hubbard › April 25, 2018
B
Snow melted. The sun was shining.
-  +0 votes  + Quentin Gerke › September 23, 2018
C+
-  +0 votes  + James Reynolds › July 5, 2019
A
-  +0 votes  + Maddie Arnett › July 9, 2023
A
-  +0 votes  + Joel Prince › September 14, 2020
A-
Well-maintained, overall open course. A couple longer holes, but mostly mid-ranges if you get any kind of distance. Several holes with trees that come into play that can make a hole more challenging if you hit them. Especially more than one of them. Like me.
-  +0 votes  + Jack Zimmerman › June 21, 2020
B+
Pretty flat course good sinage, thou you do have to watch along the fences for neighboring yards.
-  +0 votes  + Kirt Stevens › July 27, 2020
A-
Fun City Course, very nice.
-  +0 votes  + Mark Zinck › July 30, 2021
A-
-  +0 votes  + Kylar Mikkelson › July 16, 2021
B-
-  +0 votes  + Jason Yonkers › August 29, 2020
A+
-  +0 votes  + Roman Corneanu › October 25, 2021
B
Fairly open course in a giant field. It's a public park, with a combination of some wooded holes and open.
-  +0 votes  + Alexander Jacobson › July 22, 2022
B+
-  +0 votes  + Ronnie Coriasso › December 29, 2022
B
-  +0 votes  + Ben Slotman › May 23, 2023
C+
-  +0 votes  + Alex R Hansen › September 14, 2023
B+
-  -1 votes  + Jamie Vincent › April 6, 2021
B+
Fun course with a good mix of shots, I really liked the park it was in.
-  -1 votes  + Mark Larsen › November 13, 2018
C
-  -3 votes  + Corey Kieft › February 26, 2012
C+
Post course. Distances on some of the posts seem wrong.
-  -5 votes  + Cody Taplin › September 14, 2013
D-
Poles, commmmonnnnnn. Are we in the stone age? And Garfields doesn't exactly attract the best crowd to disc around. Kind of a joke of a course, I only play it because I live a block away.
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