Golfers must shoot from the elevated tee boxes over a large pond to a decent sized green ten or so yards below the tee box level. It plays short and is easy to birdie. A shot missed short will cost golfers a ball, but one missed long will help because the hill cause the ball to roll back onto the green.

Flint Hills is a hacker friendly course because the fairways are wide and there are only a handful of blind shots. Flint Hills is almost too easy at some points, and there are a couple two or three hole stretches where it becomes a tad boring. There are enough good holes though, to make it enjoyable. The ease of scoring at Flint Hills will benefit the confidence level of lower handicap players. The scorecards have basic yardage charts for each hole and the carts have GPS, which will also make scoring easier.

Moving some of the sand traps would also greatly benefit this course. The traps have softer sand, but most are placed in awkward spots where they don't come into play as they should. For instance, there are a few "green side" bunkers that are ten or so yards from the green, which is a really weird distance to carry from sand.

Flint Hills does not currently have a course pro and does not offer golf lessons. They do however, have several leagues and even offer kids clinics and special season passes to encourage kids to get into the game. Staff here was friendly and knowledgeable and the food was good and didn't cost very much.

The course is in good shape despite tons of summer rainfall. The greens are a tad slow, but consistent. They are also well contoured and pin placements are generally fair.

Flint Hills is fun to try for golfers in the area looking for a relaxing round at an easy course. With a few more improvements, it could potentially be worth golfers going out of their way to play.

Latest Update: 3/16/2011