Hickory Winds

"Beautiful wooded and open course. A bit muddy in places, and the spring undergrowth and tall grass is starting to be a challenge for finding discs, even just barely off the fairway. Play safe or prepare to hunt for discs!"

"Could easily be a 5/5 if it was better maintained. Lots of poison ivy on essentially every forested hole. "

"Concrete tee pads would be a great addition to this course. The recent cleaning up of tee pads area, and fairways is very much appreciated! "

"Tee pads and some love would take it to a 5…"

"For sure a winter only course. Reds were fun and easy to follow on UDisc. Not the most exciting course, but an adventure that keeps things interesting. I would never bother touching this place in the Spring/Summer. "

"No teepads and no hole maps so you need UDisc or you'll never know where to throw. Overgrown to the point where some fairways have poison ivy in them. The land is great but its a pretty miserable execution of a course"

"4 stars in the winter/spring, 2 stars in the summer"

"Great course, in great surroundings! You need app to find the tees and the next hole. Best to play during winter, so you can find your disc. "

"A course that can be as good as a 4.5 in the winter or after a recent mowing… to a 1.5 in the often neglected summer. Just look at the other reviews to figure out when you want to play it "

"Rough is tough but fairways are nice "

"As said there are upkeep issues but it was recently mowed. Awesome layout even from the shorts."

"Real good to play now, in the winter. When it is grown up in the summer you will definitely spent time looking for discs. Some of the long tee markers are difficult to see and the course would really benefit from vertical markers and better tee pads. Very fun and a good variety of shots."

"Teepads not marked "

"This is probably the best, hardest course in Southern Illinois. You need to be skilled and technical. The problem is there is next to no upkeep. The grass is high, they cut a few paths. The brush and the woods are a mess. There are no concrete or turf launch pads. It’s at a golf course and it is a big course. I think it has so much potential. But, this is the rating for right now. This is probably one of the better times to play with brush being lower. Bring a friend or you will losedisc"

"dirty "

"Just mowed down the paths out here it seems but hard to find anything. Definitely wear pants."

"The course has potential, unfortunately it hasn't been mowed in, who knows, how long. Grass up over my knees in the fairway...didnt even finish round."

"Grown over but pretty course. Very tough"

"Good layout, but overgrown and not taken care of. Needs better tees"

"great course would be awesome with concrete teepads "

"Great place to play. A lot of thorns and one hole it is easy to lose ur disc. "

"thorns are bad but fun "

"Needs mowed, not kept up well at all. Won't play here again"

"no secondary cut ruff is four feet tall and no changes of finding if you throw into the thick prairie grass. Wild turkey on seventh hole was aggressive. Woods is uncut “fairways” haven’t been cut in a week or three. There is potential for a good course it just needs some work "

"grass is mowed. Fun course great mix of woods and wide open. "

"Fuck this grass, way to messy. You have a 10 foot fairway. If you miss you are going to lose that disc. But it's the only challenging course in the area. "

"Course is overgrown. Thorns everywhere and the course layout is rather complicated and doesn’t flow very well. "