This course was designed and built over a decade ago, and, aside from the occasional mow, dead tree clearance and emptying of the trash, not seriously maintained since. However, for those that don't mind gravel (or grass or sand or dirt) tee offs or other less than perfect conditions, this course offers a technical challenge that is great for in-form intermediate and advanced players. It will reward players who can shape and place their drives, and have variety in their game.

-Many technical, relatively tight, but playable fairways. This demands variety in drives, players will have to lay up, hook right and left, drive low and occasionally high.

-Good length, there are a few straight birdy shots, but 7 of the holes are ~320+ and many others have large doglegs. No true open field shots, though a few fairways near the end are straight, wide and long enough for some bombs.

-The DISCatcher baskets are almost all in great shape, however, a couple are slightly bent and 9 is about six inches off the ground.

-Short tee's on the long holes for beginners/birdy runs (not that I'd say this is a great beginners course overall due to the very thick rough and many narrow fairways).

-Never crowded.

-Great views of the MN River on the front 9. Though the river is nearby, it is never really in play so don't worry about losing discs that way.

-Lots of wildlife including deer, turkey, bald eagles, blue heron and other small critters.

-A decent map at the entrance of the parking lot (if it's your first time through it might be good to take a pic with your phone as there are a few tee signs missing and one or two tee boxes may be tricky to find).

-Though holes 9/10 aren't near the parking lot you can travel from 6's green to 15's tee or 8's green to 12's tee (just cut inland) for a shorter round.

As I said before this course has not been seriously maintained since it was built in '04. It is in the flood plane of the MN river and has been completely flooded multiple times (the most recent in '14 put it under 12+ feet of water), this has washed away tee boxes and a few sign posts and added a bit of sand.

-A mix of dirt, gravel, sand and grass tee boxes (when there is a box, otherwise it's pretty easy to tell where people are going from). Post rain many are muddy.

-Extremely thick rough, make sure to place your drives or else you will be spending time looking for discs. All different kinds of brush/weeds/tall grass. If you're new to the course you may want to use a spotter on a few holes.

-Bugs, when it's mosquito season mid june-mid august, they're here, bring some spray.

-A few holes long tee boxes have mostly grown over leaving a long tight tunnel to start 10 and throwing into what are now very tall trees on 17, most players will prefer the short tee's on those holes (or throwing from the base of the hill into the fairway on 17 as a medium tee, the short one is grassed in anyway).

-Hole 14 is supposed to have a right and left option, but the dogleg right half is almost completely grown in (sorry lefties).

-Flat, there are a couple holes with some minor elevation changes, but almost all are virtually flat.

-There are a couple holes that have grown in a bit and could really stand for a bit of tree trimming to widen a couple bottlenecks and/or allow room for more than low drives (2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 if anyone working for the City is reading), but for those looking for a challenge maybe this is a plus.

This is not a well maintained course, however it's technicality and variety make it a diamond in the rough. If iffy tee pads, searching for a disc or two in thick rough, mosquito's, and some missing sign posts will ruin your round, don't come here. If you don't mind roughing it, this is the best course inside of a 40 minute one way drive for those in the Mankato/St. Peter area (or much much further if you live to the west or south) and well worth the stop if you're passing through on 169.

Plays best in the spring and fall when tree branches aren't full, the rough is a bit easier and the bugs aren't as bad.