St. Peter, MN

St. Peter Riverside Park

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harr0140
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Experience: 15.3 years 1508 played 480 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Dont stray from the fairways!!! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 18, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Nice easy to find posts and very nice signs with hole layout on each hole.

2) Dual gravel pads (althought they could use some levelling and upkeep)

3) Easy routing on most holes except when the holes cross the recreation trail that weaves through the course.

4) Nice large parking lot and port o potty at the beginning of the course.

5) A few holes shove up next to the river although it never should come into play unless you have a bad bounce off a tree that was supposed to be out of the way (I Came within 20' of going over the river bank down 50' to the river)

6) Bring all your shots because you will need to work your discs around corners risking punishing shule. If you get in some of it your only way out is back to the fairway or a tamahawk.

Cons:

1) Tee pads could use some levelling and a handful of them have all sorts of stuff growing into the gravel.

2) 20-30' fairways and then you are in deep shtuff on the sides. There are some wicked plants and I am sure poison ivy and thistle so be careful. Very punishing shule and can eat up discs!

3)Not beginner friendly because of distance combined with the deep shtuff. A wide open course of this distance would be beginner friendly but because it forces throws beginners will struggle mightily.

4) Sign on #14 shows two fairways (yet only one is mowed. DO NOT THROW LEFT OF SCRUBBRUSH UNLESS YOU HAVE A CANNON AND KNOW WHERE THE BASKET IS!

5) The look of these holes is a little boring. There are a few good holes but the rest although average seem about the same.

Other Thoughts:

This is a similar course to a handful of courses I have played. They mow down a fairway through some densely shuled lowland. This isn't prairie style because discs are easily lost 5 feet off the fairway where prairie grass courses are more forgiving. Also there is scrub brush and mature trees in the shule forcing you to follow fairway lines. It is an average course because of maintenance needs. But it is a bove average for forcing your shot making skills.
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Guurn
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Experience: 37.9 years 90 played 40 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Late doglegs 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 31, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course plays near a river and all fairways are sandy with thin vegetation on them. Even though it would seem hard to find discs off any fairway because the vegetation is thicker there it actually wasn't for me. However I did use a spotter on a few holes.

This course has 18 holes and uses Innova Discatcher baskets. I found the flow to be reasonable with the use the park sees helping quite a bit in finding the next hole. The signage was of good quality, showing both distance from each teepad (most have 2) and the basic layout of the hole.

Most holes were not aceable even with the most amazing shot possible due to late doglegs. Now this really doesn't bother me, but I mention it so readers will know what to expect. It seemed to me that course management would be the trick. Many fairways seemed to have landing areas for initial drives and occasionally for chips. The trees off the fairways are mostly of the new growth variety, 20 -30 feet tall.

I would call it an advanced intermediate course that will play well for all except for beginners. If you can't control the hyzer this isn't your course.

Cons:

Teeboxes are sand. I would often look next to the box to see if I could find firmer footing. I did have trouble finding a hole once (going from 14-15). Hole 2 was kind of ridiculous. 480 feet with a hard dogleg right after about 330 feet and then a hard dogleg left 60 feet later.

Other Thoughts:

Has a parking lot near hole 1. Hole 18 finishes near it as well. There is a biffy in the parking lot. I'm pretty sure hole 17 isn't 380 feet. Probably closer to 480.
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mndiscg
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Experience: 15.9 years 483 played 478 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Alright 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 14, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Full 18 holes, nice placement of pins. Dual tees for every hole. Nice course map. Adequate parking. Hazzards of river and dangerous rough. Signs on every hole showing distance and hole location. Local college has club that plays in the warm season. Easy to find, right off major road.

Cons:

Keep your disc out of the ridiculous rough and small trees, fairways are usually pretty small and hard to get out of. Very flat. Gravel tees are uneven and slippery. Many chances to lose discs on almost every hole. I like blind shots but playing from the back tees and you have every single one is a blind shot. Hard to navigate unless you have played before. Hole location shown on map isnt always the best, sometimes hard to see since they are all blind approaches. Most holes seem to be straight then a left dogleg (i throw RHFH), more variety of doglegs needed.

Other Thoughts:

No baskets in winter, just metal poles. Interesting course, nice use of public land that may be flooded by MN river which borders course. I will play again when in the area but I dont think I will make any special trips to go there. I played in winter, while there wasnt alot of snow it still might be a different experience in the summer.
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