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Ogilvie, MN

Chains Edge - Blue

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wolfhaley
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4.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 25, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Chain's Edge-Blue is the newest of the 3 courses onsite at this excellent complex. The complex currnetly, as of 2021, now has two 18 hole courses ( Red and Blue ) and a 24 hole hole course ( Green ). The course is open on weekends or by appointment during the week. Just make sure to call Chad ahead of time. He's a very friendly host who has clearly put in a ton of work at this complex.

The baskets on the Blue course are a hodgepodge of different types. Well I shouldn't really say that. Almost all of them are Prodigy's, T-1's I think. There's a few other random baskets, but all of them are in great shape and catch nicely.

The tee pads are also mixed. There's a bunch of brick/stone pads which are nicely done. Grippy and level. The rest are natural. These are all leveled off and worked great for natural pads. No complaints on a cold, snowy afternoon.

Tee signs on every hole. These are pretty basic but have enough information on them. Hole number, par, distance and a very simple hole direction arrow. Simple but effective.

Navigation was super straightforward. There are signs by the parking lot guiding you to hole 1 for all three of the courses. They all have nice signs hanging from the bottom of the cage pointing you toward the next tee. In addition to that there's a plethora of next tee arrows on trees on the paths between holes. Our group of 3 had basically zero issues navigating this course. In fact we had no problems navigating any of the 3 courses. Some of the best signage in this regard.

There's a great mix of different shot shapes required here to score well. Left to right, right to left, dead straight. The blue course has the most distance with a few holes over 700 feet. The only open holes on the complex are on the blue course as well. Not more than a handful, but it does open up a bit on this course.

This is a gorgeous piece of property for a disc golf course. It's quiet and out in the middle of nowhere. You feel like you got the place to yourself. It's one of those magical feeling places that you wish there were more of.

Course is pay to play, which is to be expected for a private set up like this one. Camping is available onsite too. $7/person a day for greens fees is more than exceptable though. $15 for 2 days of golf AND camping. Can't be beat at that price.

Cons:

The natural tee pads were fine when we were here. It's was only in the low 40's though, so they may be troublesome in warmer, wetter times. Chad had 3 pallets of tee pad stones by the parking lot that needed to be installed yet. So this seems like it'll be less of an issue in time.

I was told the mosquitoes and ticks can get pretty bad up here. But it's Minnesota, so that should be a given. Just make sure to do a tick check after your round and to pack bug spray.

The course doesn't loop back to the parking lot in the middle. Not a con per se, but the only restrooms I saw were by the parking lot. So make sure you got what you need for the whole round before starting.

Other Thoughts:

This place had been on my wishlist since shortly after it was added on DGCR. And it did not disappoint. I'd recommend this course, er COMPLEX, to anybody planning a trip for some disc golf in the twin cities area. While not technically in the twin cities, It's not too far of a drive north, maybe an hour or so. And with 3 excellent courses onsite it's hard to beat. I'll be back here for sure.

This is probably the second best multicourse (more than 2 course) complex I've played to date. Behind only Highbridge, which is saying a lot. It reminds of a little HB actually. This is currently an excellent course in my books. So a 4 it is. And to think that this one isn't even a year in. Kudos to the work getting put in up here. It's impressive, just like the golf up here.
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