wide open field - very difficult to lose a disc

practice/test a variety of shots you normally don't throw with no obstacles

No real challenge beyond distance

Might be difficult during wet conditions - there are a few low spots & wetlands. If you live north of the metro and are just staring the sport, this is as good a place to throw your arm out as you'll find.

The baskets on the course are in pristine condition and the grassy field that the course plays through was maintained well though this could be that the grass has not grown enough this year to require any maintenance. There is a tee sign at each tee area that shows a depiction of the hole and lists the distance and par. Hole 2 and Hole 9 are the two holes that are interesting to play and create some fun holes. Hole 2 is set in a clump of trees across a large grassy area and is heavily defended by the trees. There is no path from the right or straight that can reach the basket and if a disc lands in the either of these areas at least an extra stroke will be incurred. There is an opening to the left of the trees that can be reached with a backhand or a forehand and from there it is a relative easy approach to the basket. Hole 9 requires you to choose immediate off the tee if you want to take the right line or the left line around a set of electric poles. Either path is possible. The problem with this hole is that the first electric pole is about three feet in front of the tee and the hole would be much better if the tee was set back ten feet or so. Other than these two holes the course is rather bland and repetitive.

The course was uninteresting to play. 7 of the 9 holes were simply throw far and straight in a wide open field. While there was not much to work within the land this course still felt very uninspired. There was no real reason to shape shots and accuracy was not much of an issue. Hole 8 required a little accuracy since there are out of bound lines bordering on either side of the fairway though the fairway was about 100 feet wide so even a poor shot could land in bounds. While the grassy field was well maintained at this time I could easily see the course turning into a disc eating machine during the summer months if the field was not mowed regularly.

The tee areas were some of the worst I have ever seen. The idea of using large chunk gravel has replaced wood chips on my list of least favorite tee surfaces though it still has a way to go to catch my absolute least favorite of the rusted iron plates at Ninigret Park. Unlike a previous reviewer's experiences, the gravel is now packed downed. The problem is even when it is packed down the surface is no fun to throw off of. The large chunk gravel creates an uneven surface with sharp and hard pieces of gravel sticking up higher than the rest of the surface. In addition even packed down large chunk gravel is extremely slippery. After the first couple of holes I stopped using the gravel tees and started throwing from the grass next to them. In my mind, it would have been better if they had just left the tee area as natural instead of using large chunk gravel.

The course is fairly far out of the way and is not the most interesting or inspired course to play. It would seem to be a good course to work on distance without having to worry about accuracy though this would only apply if you lived nearby since there are better courses closer to the twin cities where the same thing can be done.