Van Buren State Park

"Half the course is worth it. Around hole 11 the holes go into a quagmire which appears the this hole was figured out when it was dry. Agree with others that it is now hard to navigate and became longer to walk. Course was perfect on windy days and one of the better ones around. The new Tee pads are 4x6 precast cement and run up is non existent. This course was a 4 star prior to this change. RIP 2023."

"Navigating the course is hard to do, fairways from different holes cross each other, too close to private property, wooded holes are muddy and have lots of thorn bushes— overall this course is poorly designed."

"Hard to navigate. Smart layout is nonexistant. Poorly designed, lots of holes share fairways and are too close to the campground and roads. The chains are... Rough. The wooded holes are garbage. Needs 100s of hours. I will give it a 2.5 because it has 18 holes. But this is not a course I will recommend to friends."

"Lakes up but we've have ton of rain. Wooded holes looked slick but underwater "

"Muddy and couldn’t get to a few in the woods"

"Course was recently updated and is incredibly hard to navigate. Signs rarely give you distance and never give you the par. New holes is the woods are practically underwater."

"Course has changed needs updated on the app! New course is pretty nice but tee pads are short. 👍🏼"

"The new layout would be great if there was longer teepads. Ain't nobody want to stand still and throw. At this point the original course was better hopefully over sometime we can have better teepads and trimmed up pathways. Would not recommend this course if you have shoes. You will leave buried in mud. All in all biggest complaint is the teepads they are just terrible on the current date of February 6th 2023. "

"Hole 4 is missing. Would be nice to have numbers on the baskets as well. Otherwise, this is a nice course. Update: course is now garbage. The tee pads are way too small and set too high above the ground. Somebody is going to break an ankle. Around basket 10-14, everything is either under water or way too muddy to even be playable. Very disappointed. "

"Back 9 lack of tee boxes. Altogether challenging course, had a great time."

"Poor design layout, hope 7 you throw over a paved parking area . Trees have not been trimmed or maintained for course fairways. Several holes play close to roads. Several baskets are broken, hole 9 is a joke no pad or fairway. Only reason to play here is if your so call camping here in an RV. Lol"

"Needs proper mapping, tees, and signs.. some holes have it all some you dont even know which basket you’re really throwing at since the UDisck map is inaccurate here "

"This is a horribly designed course. Picnic tables in fairway and drives along the road. Just pass on this one. "

"Unique course with good variety of shots! Hopefully, the tee pads are added next year for the back nine! Very soggy when wet! The holes follow the contour of the park nicely with cool landscape and scenery (maybe a little too close in some areas to water and roads?!) Overall, go play and have fun!"

"Challenging course with plenty of interesting holes. The back nine needs tee pads and hole 9 doesn’t seem to have a sign at all. With the road, lake, and trailer park all close by several holes, there’s one too many hazards for my liking. Still a good mixture of short and long holes with potential to be better if the pads and signs are fixed up. Muddy out when it rains."

"Missing a couple signs, mostly grass tee pads with a couple cement ones. Lots of water hazards probably a lot of discs in the lake. "

"Good variety of shots. Can be very challenging if you play too aggressively.. water and trees all around. I think hole 4 is marked wrong in udisc though"

"Back 9 don’t have paved tees"

"Fun course overall. Some holes don’t have concrete pads and most holes border water. Just be cautious and it’ll be fun!"

"9 still missing signage for tee pad. Grass tees beyond 8"

"water/woods scary, safe throws rewarded with par. don't throw into the trailer park. red paint on basket points to next tee pad"

"A couple holes need tee pads and 9 needs to be more direct in where the tee pad is. Overall great course"

"Nice course. Map needs update. 5th hole is off. "

"Needs maintenance, trees trimmed. Most holes are grass tee pads. Hole 9 not labeled. "

"Good course- lots of trees. Need low shots, good for forehanders"

"Poorly designed and difficult to navigate. There’s no signage for 9, 4 isn’t probably maintained, the back nine doesn’t have pads just grass. "

"Wish there were more tee pads but over all good course with some unique features "

"Good course with a variety of obstacles. Has some unique short 3 par shots through the woods. "

"Don't waste your time driving here. This is litterly the worse course I've been to. The layout and hole placement is not clear. We spent a lot of our time looking for the holes. Couldn't even find hole 9 so we left. "

"Entire course is sort of confusing. Baskets have no clear distinction of what number they are unless you can see what they put on the pole from a distance. You'll spend a lot of time walking around trying to find pads. Which some number four, aren't marked. Wife and I did not even finish our round. Once we got past the whole eight and the smell of septic became so overwhelming we couldn't even stand in the area anymore, we decided to just call it. Better courses in the area."

"Pretty crazy course. Lots of anhyzer or side arm shots. Some cool short holes. A few missing signs but you can figure out where to throw. A few holes to lose discs on. Probably not a summer course as there is a campground right next door and you can tell that's what the course is for. Also can be muddy at times"

"This course gets worse ratings than it deserves. That being said it’s not that great either. There’s no tee pads on the back 9, it would be a great Improvement if there was considering how muddy it gets after rain. The baskets aren’t great, but they’re not the worst. Has some challenging holes, has some easy ones. Not terrible. "

"Challenging course. A little muddy in spots, but its winter so expected. Layout is a bit confusing, I had a real hard time finding next tee. An arrow on basket which way to walk next would help big. Beautiful scenery, fun course."

"Needs some upkeep "

"Least favorite 18 hole course I’ve played in ohio"

"They are in the process of updating the course, so the correct layout is not on UDisc yet. Most tee pads have freshly dug posts for signs, but only some have signs on them yet, so most tee pads don’t have the hole number or par on them. But the baskets are labeled so it’s not too hard to follow. And a lot of the holes have long and short tee pads now, so the course should be decent once they finish. Except holes 10-13, which are essentially in a swamp. No idea why they put them there. "

"Back 9 doesn’t have tee pads "

"Loving the new layout. The longs provide different shots and the chance to really develop a well rounded game. Yes, the tee boxes are short. Yes, more work needs to be done. But definitely my go to course right now!"

"Something of a mixed bag of hole layouts, some very nice, others head scratchers. One is missing an official marked tee location but not impossible to assume a spot to tee from since the hole is very short requiring only a stand still drive. Too many lovely holes to totally dismiss this course. It will challenge skill and patience to the point of seeming unfair but give it a chance."

"Hole 9 is in bad need of tee! "