Knollwood Park

Kalamazoo, Michigan     1 course · 18 holes     Driving directions

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-  +0 votes  + Matt "Shmo" Michaels › January 14, 2011
B-
-  +0 votes  + Steve Hedstrom › August 15, 2011
C
Short course and has been cleaned up a lot over the last two years. Ace and Birdie runs on all holes. Swampy water on two holes that you do not want to throw into. Good place to practice some upshots in light woods and putting with trees.
-  +0 votes  + Robert Radtke › October 3, 2010
B-
-  -1 votes  + Josh Ryder › October 5, 2010
C
-  -1 votes  + Wade TF › October 11, 2010
C
-  +0 votes  + VINCENT 25149 › October 20, 2010
B-
-  +0 votes  + Jeremy Wright › October 28, 2010
B
-  +0 votes  + Andy SmithFactory › August 18, 2018
B-
This course has gone through a lot since the last time I was here. A lot shorter then I remembered too. All cement tees now and is a very beginner friendly course. Got my first ace here.
-  +0 votes  + Steve Widzinski › March 28, 2023
B-
-  +0 votes  + Nick Crow › March 28, 2023
B-
-  -1 votes  + Ryan Fern › April 4, 2011
D
good to learn on that is it
-  +1 votes  + Mulligan McGee › April 6, 2011
B-
This is a good course for training new disc golfers. There always seems to be good players and dealers hanging around so you can pick their brains on discs and technique.
-  +0 votes  + Nate Myszak › March 28, 2023
C
-  +1 votes  + Brian Hunt › May 10, 2011
C+
Knollwood is a cool little course. They made some interesting holes out of the land they had to work with. College folk love to get D. Runk here.
-  -1 votes  + Amy Paff › August 8, 2011
A
-  -1 votes  + Jim Jean › May 27, 2012
D+
Trashed course. Needs a lot of cleaning up!
-  +0 votes  + Greg Shankle › August 23, 2011
B-
-  +0 votes  + Andy Engilsh › September 26, 2011
D+
-  +0 votes  + Andrew Nazarians › October 5, 2011
B
love the course, just needs tee pads on all tees. and if only people actually know how to use a trash can...
-  +0 votes  + David Dietz › November 5, 2011
B-
-  -2 votes  + brian phillips › July 8, 2022
D
No tee pads, and a lot of trash from the college children, also baskets are set up at weird different heights ... Baskets are innova pro, not the greatest
-  +0 votes  + Patrick Fulkerson › April 2, 2012
C
-  +0 votes  + chris Rumage › April 2, 2012
C+
-  -2 votes  + Chris Smith › April 3, 2012
D-
This is what happens when you mix a disc golf course with a crack house. I played in a "tournament" here on 4/1 and there were piles of trash and broken glass everywhere. There is no pride in this course, just an old mattress, used tires, and a couple of holes that incorporate a very deep cesspool as a "water hazard". Moving past the filth, the baskets are all at least a foot too high and have a really strange chain configuration, there is only one concrete tee pad, and leave your drivers a ...
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-  +0 votes  + Justin Schultz › May 7, 2012
C
-  +0 votes  + jesse sugden › May 7, 2012
B+
-  -1 votes  + Christopher Jones › December 1, 2013
B-
-  +0 votes  + Nathan Stover › June 4, 2012
D
-  +0 votes  + Robert Davis › June 10, 2012
C
Course isn't very well laid out. Too short of holes, swamp/water everywhere, trash everywhere, and holes cross over other tee pads. I had to dodged like 3 incoming discs.
-  -1 votes  + Bryan Jones › July 11, 2013
C
-  +0 votes  + Jesse Fraim › August 3, 2012
C
-  +0 votes  + Chadwick Vandergalien › August 13, 2012
B
First time playing course. Nice layout some tricky shots, little easy and watch out for broken glass.
-  -2 votes  + Corey Nufer › May 13, 2014
A+
Trash is cleaned up monthly by local volunteers, concrete pads were just installed on all 18 tees, and tee signs are coming soon. The poor reviews are from people that haven't been to Knollwood in a long time and do not reflect the current state of the park. One referred to the water hazard as a "cesspool", It is actually a rain water runoff pond that feeds the wetlands on the outer edge of the park, and is home to a rather large and diverse population of turtles. Two holes utilize the hazard an ...
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-  -1 votes  + Angel Gilbert › August 27, 2012
B
-  -1 votes  + Kevin Buckhout › August 13, 2018
B
Small short holes but loads of fun,great night disc golf spot but watch out for the dreaded water holes ...
-  +0 votes  + Matt Johns › September 5, 2012
A
-  +0 votes  + Nathan T › September 13, 2012
D-
Trash every were, unmarked holes, no map, broken basket chains, no course direction indication markers.
-  +0 votes  + Rob Draves › October 3, 2012
B
-  +0 votes  + Adam McDaniel › October 6, 2012
C-
-  +0 votes  + Chris Craft › October 8, 2012
C
-  +0 votes  + Adam Veenkant › October 9, 2012
B-
Good course to start your Fundamentals on. For Ams, just bring your putter and or mid-range!!!
-  +0 votes  + Gerad carrillo Juice Fro › October 24, 2012
B+
-  +0 votes  + G Woody › November 3, 2012
B+
This is my favorite course ever. I lived just down the street so I played at least 36 holes a day when I was at WMU. Its more challenging than it looks and levels the field for people who cant throw a mile on thier drive. I learned to putt and weave trees at this course and its made my short game much better. The only reason I give a b+ is because of the tee boxes (or lack of), the mud in the spring, and the numerous discs the water holes have eaten up on me. I miss playing there now that I no longer live in Kzoo.
-  +0 votes  + Chris Dahlke › April 5, 2020
D+
-  -4 votes  + Brandon Redmond › December 11, 2023
C+
Not necessarily a bad course, but does need improvement and some TLC. Good use of space provided, with all holes being short but technical through tree lines. Lack of signs and posts really can hinder a round, especially in the winter as I played it. Lots of downed trees that could be moved out of the way. Good course to work on short game and angles. In the summer, this is definitely a putter and midrange course, if not just a putter course. Baskets are oin good shape, just older outdated models and mounted much higher than regulation height.
-  +0 votes  + Adam Veenkant › January 14, 2013
A
Little Mud, Little Wind, Amazing day being 54 degrees In January!!!
-  -1 votes  + Joe Rutkowski › April 1, 2013
D
Trash everywhere, dirty, no tee pads
-  -1 votes  + Jason Adams › April 23, 2013
D
Not a big fan of this course. Not very well kept in my opinion. The holes (and routes) aren't very well defined.
-  +0 votes  + Erik Pierson › April 29, 2013
B
-  -2 votes  + Samuel Bernardy › May 15, 2013
C
Played here hundreds of times. Not the cleanest or well kept park, but we do our best. Needs some new tee boxes and signage.
-  +0 votes  + Josh Pena › June 12, 2013
C
Used to play here a lot for quick games, the course has been cleaned up a lot. There are still lots of college age kids that come to smoke weed kick them out and it would be a nice beginner friendly course almost every hole is a simple and takes a shot or two to be under the basket. There are a lot of trees down but that's not Kalamazoo's first priority to handle. The baskets are older but still in good condition. Mid range a regular driver and a putter are all you need if that. If you are looking for a short round knoll wood is a little faster than airzoo
-  -1 votes  + Alan Moll › August 30, 2013
D
-  +0 votes  + Eric Grinwis › June 30, 2013
C
-  +0 votes  + Steven Stafford › July 7, 2014
A-
Could use slight grooming and hole number signs.
-  -1 votes  + Joey Springer › July 23, 2013
C
Course is alright, pretty short. Lots of down trees now.
-  +0 votes  + Landon Satterfield › August 18, 2013
D
Lol
-  +0 votes  + Aaron Goofy Mitchell › August 21, 2013
B+
Nice park when I was first learning Disc in 07 not sure now..Nice up and down course easy to play and follow.
-  +0 votes  + Thomas Jorgensen › October 1, 2013
B-
-  +0 votes  + Zoltan Kocsondy › October 9, 2013
C-
-  -2 votes  + Tom Bos › October 10, 2013
C-
It's not a terrible short course to play if you don't have long... but with all the college students it gets busy, crowded & slow. Not a lot of good parking and you have a chance at hitting a car on about 6 holes or so. There could be better marking for next tees as well.
-  +1 votes  + Patrick Jouppi › April 7, 2014
C+
Ah, Knollwood. What can I say that hasn't already been said? This place used to be a lot worse than it is today, and that's probably due to the effort of a couple of locals that have really taken up ownership of course. A lot of casual players and bros come here. It's the first course a lot of people ever play. It's proximity to the WMU campus brings with it all sorts of issues, good and bad. Honestly the oak trees here are pretty attractive; the course is best played in mid-to-late summer. ...
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-  +0 votes  + Brennan W › April 15, 2014
B+
-  +0 votes  + nathan Simpson › May 27, 2014
D+
-  -1 votes  + Rick Gzesh › May 28, 2014
C+
Fun little course. You can pretty much do the entire course with a putter and mid. No big air holes but plenty of ace runs. This would make a good course to take a beginner or novice player, though the experienced player can have fun pretending the drives are upshots and practicing form.
-  -1 votes  + Cody L Smith › June 29, 2014
C+
Needs some maintinence and TLC
-  +0 votes  + Caleb Bowen › November 2, 2015
A-
This course is good for putter practice and breaking in new throws/discs. You can play the whole 18 in under an hour and there is a nice variety to the course layout. There has been a lot of hard work put into this course by Corey and others (new signs, clean up, tournaments)... really makes Knollwood stand out.
-  -1 votes  + travis horton › August 22, 2014
D
garbage is overflowing everywhere, no tee signs or distances.
-  +0 votes  + Corey Kieft › October 12, 2014
B-
-  +0 votes  + Danny Trayer Jr › March 20, 2015
B-
I enjoy knollwood because it's usually peaceful in the woods, challenging, and has a plenty of ace ops.
-  +0 votes  + James Kahn › April 16, 2015
C-
-  +0 votes  + Chris B › April 29, 2015
B+
-  +0 votes  + Jack Bungart › September 28, 2021
C
Short but technical course. Water hazards. Annoying frat boys on hole 7-8
-  +0 votes  + Brandon Hart › June 6, 2015
B+
Very short course. All in the woods. Its built around a swamp/retention pond. I would say a floating disc is required. Lots of chances for aces at this course. improvements are coming to this course such as signs and new baskets.
-  -1 votes  + Trevor Hofman › July 1, 2015
B
There was a swamp that was smelly and attracted mosquitos; however, the course was kept in good shape and was enjoyable besides the swamp holes.
-  +0 votes  + Scuba Steve › July 8, 2015
A
Great course for beginners. All holes are ace or birdie opportunities. It does favor RHBH throwers but as a RHBH I don't mind of course.
The only thing I don't like is not even the courses fault and that's all the college kids walking past and skipping all the water holes while you play them, so you get jumped in line on a few holes and that can get annoying.
-  +0 votes  + David B › July 10, 2015
B+
Short course. Even when you get stuck in the woods or what woods they do have, there's a good chance of shooting under par. The water can be tricky, but if you walk the course first you won't get fooled by it.
-  +1 votes  + Dustin Morton › September 22, 2015
B+
Cement tee pads are in. New signs(for as long as they last) look sharp. You barely need them because the course is so short--you can literally play with a mid and a putter-- but they are well done. Great course to teach a new player or practice your short game. Expect it to be packed after classes and on weekends.
-  +0 votes  + Curtis Skeels › October 7, 2015
C
-  +0 votes  + Mike Megyesi › October 26, 2015
B-
I started playing today, literally. It appears to be a good course for me to start on. Like others, I was disappointed as to how much trash there was there.
-  +0 votes  + Scott Stacey › November 17, 2015
C-
-  +0 votes  + Alan Cox › May 26, 2016
C
-  +0 votes  + Christopher McIntosh › July 16, 2016
C
-  +0 votes  + Jason Ponchahar › September 14, 2016
B
-  +0 votes  + Austin Velasquez › September 16, 2016
B-
-  +0 votes  + Brandon Schmuker › December 7, 2016
C-
-  +0 votes  + Travis Knight › August 21, 2017
B
-  +0 votes  + Benjamin Demory › September 21, 2023
B
Glass on hole 8 is the worst it's ever been. I would help clean up if anyone was interested.
-  +0 votes  + Brian M. McGinnis › October 20, 2017
B-
MAN! Knollwood has changed over the past few years... I honestly couldn't even tell you the last time I was there, but shot a practice round on Monday in prep for a doubles round this weekend. I was FLOORED at how many trees/branches were down and just still laying there. Seems like there is zero upkeep... I "grew up" (as in starting Disc Golf) at Knollwood in like 2004-2005, it has really gone down hill... Unless all these trees/branches fell in the past couple months, the course looks rough... ...
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-  +0 votes  + Eric Frohriep › February 13, 2018
B+
My first time ever playing in the snow. Probably spent more time trying to uncover discs in the snow then playing, but it was a fun course. I will be back when the weather is better.
-  +0 votes  + Scottie Reslock › March 13, 2018
B-
-  +0 votes  + Andrew Byers › April 30, 2018
B
-  +0 votes  + Jaron Mallo › August 1, 2018
C
-  +0 votes  + Max Moross › August 15, 2018
C
Fun little park great for improving your short game. Didn't even pull out a driver longest hole was about 270 .. did have about 6 ace runs first time playing the course.. great beginners course kinda technical
-  -1 votes  + Zachary O'Heran › May 13, 2022
C-
Pros: - Easy to follow course - Cement Tee Pads - Available Layout Avoids Water Holes - Beginner Friendly - Fairways open and mostly fair - Ace Run Cons: - Some damaged pads - One damaged baskets - No parking in the parking lot (park on street and walk in) - Two water holes that eats discs easily (#4 and #11) Course Description: - Wooded - Deuce or Die - Technical Overall Impression: Pretty Easy Course, this short deuce or die cour ...
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-  +0 votes  + Dylan Shafer › March 30, 2019
B
-  +0 votes  + Travis Grube › April 17, 2019
D
-  +0 votes  + Matthew V › July 17, 2019
B-
-  +0 votes  + Tim Hose › November 8, 2019
B+
Shorter course in a wooded park. A couple of challenging water holes. Can get muddy and some trash due to being surrounded by frat houses and college apartments.
-  +0 votes  + Kevin L Powell › November 11, 2019
B+
-  +0 votes  + Kasey Schwartz › January 10, 2020
D+
-  +1 votes  + Ryan Milka › May 9, 2020
B-
-  -1 votes  + Chris Arnett › May 28, 2023
C
Meep!
-  +0 votes  + Michael G › September 4, 2020
C+
-  +2 votes  + Tom Wagner › April 3, 2023
B+
A short fun downtown wooded course with character. Blind water hazards will sneak up on you. Signage is barely negligible. Didn’t notice the litter or broken glass that others have reported on UDisc. Decent concrete pads and older well placed baskets. The parking lot is closed, park on one of the side streets.
-  -1 votes  + Kevin Lehmann › February 19, 2024
D
college campus course, trash/debris, old baskets, muddy swamp
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