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Ogilvie, MN

Chains Edge - Red

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Bitter Mouse
Experience: 29 years 92 played 14 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 18, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very technical (I like technical courses) and nice terrain including varied elevation. Fantastic course flow - meaning once you enter onto the course it flows naturally and sensibly, no crossing itself or super long walks. Very easy to navigate.

Very clearly the course is a labor of love, new (with all that implies) but a ton of effort put in to improve the course in flight. It is very playable right now and there are signs it will keep getting better.

My favorite holes were the middle section when you break out of the woods for a few holes and get to change up a bit, but there are no real bad holes anywhere on the course.

The baskets are new and color coordinated by course color, making them easy to spot. I am not super fond of the Prodigy baskets, but these were in fine shape and seriously everyone shoots into the same basket, so no complaints.

The "pads" are natural, but they are among the best natural tees I have used and I never had a problem, which is saying something because I have a stupid long run up on my drive.

The owner and in fact everyone we met was very nice and helpful.

Cons:

The course is very solid and the terrain is great, but the individual holes did blend together a bit. Many similar tunnel shots with the basket straight or slightly to one side or the other.

The pin positions were OK, but none of them were inspired, I never really got a "wow, what a neat pin position" or "that is really mean how it was placed" or anything like that.

Nothing bad about it, but nothing special either.

Similarly each hole had a nice challenging line to throw, but only in a couple holes did it feel like there was more than one possible line.

Maybe once did I have to stop and decide how I was going to attack a hole, which possible path I would try to take. Instead it was "here is the hole and the line, now I have to execute".

Hopefully, as the course matures it will develop and improve, because it is a fabulous piece of land and clearly a ton of work and love has been put into it, but it is not there quite yet.

Other Thoughts:

Pay course, but a perfectly reasonable amount. And for a new course there were plenty of people on the course (which is great), but it didn't feel crowded or anything (maybe belongs in the positives).

It is kind of isolated, and so have food and beverages, and pack in and pack out. Be ready for not many benches or garbage cans (or restroom facilities), but come on all that is pretty normal for a course like this, and the trade off is the camping on sight and the pretty terrain and wildlife in the area.

But be prepared for the bad wildlife. The bugs were horrendous, and according to the locals were much worse the last few weekends. So bring bug spray and whatever else you need to combat blood loss.
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