Hutchinson, MN

South Park

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discslinger
Experience: 98 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 24, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Fun shots with forgiveness to errant throws. It has a very nice layout for what the space has to offer. The course gets a good amount of play. Easy to navigate with nice signage!

Cons:

The tee pads are made of brick. They were great at one time I believe but now they are quite run down. They have shifted on a few holes and are loose. Be careful not to step wrong and get hurt. The toe boards at the end of the tee pads have all but completely rotted away.

Other Thoughts:

A great little week night course or local course to play. It would be great for young kids to start playing as it is beginner friendly yet offers a challenge. It is in need of some tender loving care as some tee pads are falling apart. A couple tee pads have sunk in in spots.
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generalgrant7
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
2.50 star(s)

decent course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 8, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice park, good signs and tees.

Cons:

Busy park, only 9 holes,

Other Thoughts:

Nice for a quick 9 if you are in Hutch. Going mid day is best.Not a lot of variety.Good for beginers to learn on or more advanced players to work on there short and mid range games.
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Badgerman
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Experience: 20.6 years 550 played 62 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Good Intentions, Boring Course. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 19, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Good Signage. I knew i was at a disc golf course the second i got to the park. The tee signs have hole number, distance, am/pro par, and a mini map.
2) Very nice tees, secure landscaping bricks, looks professional.
3) There is a good flow to the course, you always know where you're going next.
4) Some elevation change but not much so it's not a challenge, but at least it's not flat .

Cons:

1) Not much variety, whether in hole length, obstacles or throwing style, this course falls flat.
2) Hole 3 is missing basket(s)
3) Dual baskets, sounds nice, right? Wrong, there's a lot of guessing what position they are in, which in turn affects how far the hole is by up to 40 ft.
4) I hate throwing to or along the road and this course makes me do it on 5 holes.
5) For all the space and the long(ish) fairways, this course feels cramped and rushed.

Other Thoughts:

Not a course i will go out of my way to play again but the only one around the Hutchinson area for miles.
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Money_Shot
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.8 years 125 played 39 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Good for beginners.

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 23, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Fairly nice city park, great for a stroll through the park while playing.
-Nice course to bring the young children out to, there is also Park Elementary playground nearby so you can convince the kids to throw a round to get to the playground.
-Grass is mowed reasonably and in general the park is clean.
-Concrete tees.
-Baskets are all quality.
-Scattered, large trees make it just enough to have something to throw around.
-slight elevation adds to the challenge on some holes.
-Good course for those of all skill levels. More advanced players and those with more experience in general, however, will likely have a bigger appetite than what this course will offer.
-The course flows well enough to keep groups moving, resulting in rare occurrences of waiting around or having a gallery of people behind you.
-Design - I feel the designer did a great job of utilizing all the land to add distance to some holes, have some ace shots on other and in general to make a decent course out of a basic park.

Cons:

-Not a ton of challenge out here. Fairly straightforward park course, but in general the land was used well.
-There are a few concrete pads out here that are extremely slippery, even when not wet. By no means a concrete expert, but I'd have to assume this was in how the surface was brushed before drying or something. Hole 1 pad in particular has darn near put me on my ass on a few occasions. I thought maybe it was just my shoes, but had this point verified by several other people.
-No water to throw around or over, just trying to pick out little details but not putting much teeth into this one.
-Fairly basic course, containing sporadic trees and some hills.
-Replayability out here isn't that high, the course utilizes the land about as good as it can, but in general there is only so much you can do to put up a solid course out here. I don't believe I've ever put in more than a few hours out here before feeling a bit....bored i guess.

Other Thoughts:

I love to disc golf but this course leaves plenty to be desired in general. Great course for a beginner in a clean park, but a more experienced thrower will likely find this course more casual practice than worth going out of the way for.

All said and done, the course is missing a "fun factor" for me. There may be plenty of people who enjoy this course, I just think in general most those people have limited course experience. For most in the area, if you aren't willing to drive 45 miles to Annandale or Wilmar, this is the best within anything closer so it is what it is and will continue to get its play until they put up a course at a county park or something in the area.

Update: I have since lowered my rating of the course down to a 2.5 because I played a layout that drew many safety concerns as more distance was clearly the objective of the change. Clear example would be hole 8 and 9. Common sense should prevail in most instances so nobody would get hurt, but as we know, not everyone has enough of it and you are inviting taking a disc to the face when you are basically putting a basket in the middle of another holes' fairway. I do think this course is truly about a 2.75 as it sits today.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Enjoyable City Park Course With Friendly Locals! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 20, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice city park course takes up one square city block. The park is built around the town's water tower which is fenced in and serves as an hazard. The teepads are building blocks and work very well. The signs give the A and B lengths and Pro and Am pars. The baskets are DISCatchers but without numbers which really aren't needed here. Most of the holes are in the neighborhood of 300'. Only # 6 is shorter than 267' and # 5 is the biggee at 383'. The designers did a nice job of cramming a fairly challenging little course into this space.

Cons:

The design is pretty straight forward with not much variety in length. I liked this course but there really isn't a signature hole or one that stands out. The park is relatively flat.

Other Thoughts:

A big storm with 80 MPH winds blew through here about a month before I played and uprooted a dozen or more mature trees. They were still down and some actually added to the challenge, especially on # 9.
The locals were having a Tuesday night league ($1 entry) and invited me to play. Thanks for asking guys but I had to be somewhere that night.
If I lived in Hutchinson, I'd play here all the time. The course was perfect for me and my skill level.
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Vetiver1978
Experience: 24.8 years 9 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 5, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

nice use of available space (the designer got the most out of the park as far as layout is concerned)
bathroom on site (open only in summer months. other wise it is locked up)
a relatively quick play (15 to 20 minutes if flying solo and not having to wait for groups ahead of you)
can be on the technical side if your into that (lots of trees but not especially thick like some wooded courses)
probably wont lose any discs here unless you do something crazy off the box on holes 2, 3, and 4 to end up in the locked fence area around the water tower

Cons:

can get crowded. I think that that is because of the lack of good courses to play within the Hutchinson area (Glencoe course sucks, Lake Dale course north of Dassel is laughable. the best alternative is to drive 40 minutes east and hit up the Crown College course just outside of St. Bonni or head north to St. Augusta or Annandale). If someone were to build a nice 18 holer within close proximity to Hutchinson then I think it would help to alleviate much of the problem (plenty of possible locations exist)

in the past I've come to notice that when playing holes 8 and 9 there is a house across the street that often has people hanging out in the yard who seem to have a taste for the wild side. lol. probably not a big deal but at the same time I can't help but to think that there activities might not always fall inline with that of the law (a minor distraction)

Other Thoughts:

the 9 holes in the park provide very good entertainment and will challenge you to throw with distance while trying to avoid trees on the majority of holes (this is especially true on hole 5). hole 6 is your ace hole........PLAY IT!
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blue_wraith
Experience: 16.8 years 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Something for everyone 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 5, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course for beginners. Lots of manageable holes as far as distance but always technical for advanced players. A great blend of variety that caters to any play style and allows for various shots. Very easy to find and accessible; not really any serious hazards to consider except the possibility of throwing over the fence around the water tower near holes 3 and 4.

Cons:

Very heavy traffic. If you're not local, try your luck in the Twin Cities or St. Cloud. Between 3 and 7 pm on weekdays you will be stuck behind large groups. This is my only real complaint about this course, as overall it's very comfortable and not intimidating.

Other Thoughts:

Beginners will find it forgiving, intermediate players a welcomed challenge, and advanced players a relaxing course with a lovely walk and shady grass with a good technical aspect to keep your game up. 6 of the in-laying pins will be moved summer of 2010.
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owlontheground
Experience: 15.8 years 42 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Discin' in a Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 24, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

~ Is a quick play for those in a time crunch
~ Holes are not that long so it is a good course for beginners
~ Holes are well-marked with a map to the pin, directions to the next hole, and pro/beginner pars
~ Convenient to get to course

Cons:

~ Since you are playing in a park that was converted to a disc golf course, there are an abundance of trees and not a lot of variation with the holes
~ The map at Hole #6 does not accurately display actual pin placement, as the map would have one believe that the pin is the right, when in actuality, the in is straight out.
~ Could lose discs inside water tower fence

Other Thoughts:

Overall, a well-maintained course and a decent play in smaller community. The trees offer challenge for more seasoned players while the length of holes makes it good beginner play.

Update: Played this course on 9/4 and it was extremely crowded with multiple groups of 6+ and youth galore. I am glad to see that kids are playing, but groups of that size are a major hindrance. Also, mosquitos were quite bad so pack your bug spray!
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mcrow
Experience: 27.9 years 27 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Decent local course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 7, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course is located in a park that gets little other use, so it's mostly disc golfers. There are very nice signs with maps and lengths along with nice chainstar baskets.

The course has some elevation change and has good length given the size of the park. The park is nicely mowed and trimmed so losing a disc should be fairly rare (could lose one behind the watertower fence on #2). There are some non-tree obsticles: Watertower fence on #2,bathroom building on #3, and utility building on #8.

The park is wooded, but not heavily so there are enough trees to challenge most players but not so many that you need to bring an axe.

Cons:

Short length for advanced players. The design is pretty basic, it really has no signature hole and there is no apparent design strategy that I can see. Most of the lengths are similar.
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jonas
Experience: 16.7 years 39 played 25 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Decent 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 9, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Fun easy course with a decent amount of trees and obstacles.

Cons:

All holes seem to be the same, there is no really difference in distance and they are mostly straight.

Other Thoughts:

If in Hutchinson, this park is a great place to spend an afternoon.
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mndiscg
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.8 years 480 played 478 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Course Maintenance made this course even better 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 19, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

+This is my original home course. The course where I learned to play with my beat in Pro-D orange Buzz. It was originally installed in 2007 and was great when it was new. Over time, the tee boxes sunk into the ground and became a bit muddy. The wood that marked the front of the boxes rotted away. The bricks became a bit unlevel. Signs got destroyed by UV rays and weren't updated as new hole positions were added. I finally got back to visit family and play again recently and the park looked like new. The layout is largely the same with just some minor movements of tees to get them away from low lying areas. There are more pin positions. It looked great, props to the local club for stepping up and doing wonders with their park.
+Tees are nice and new!
+Signs are some of the better ones that I have seen. Great detail, color, quality materials.
+Very easy to navigate with nice signs and natural flow.
+Practice basket near shelter/hole 1 tee.
+Active local club that puts leagues on Thursdays.
+A bit of elevation comes into play on a lot of holes. Nothing major but keeps it interesting.
+A good amount of very nice, mature trees. By no means is this a wooded course but you will likely hit a tree or two during your round.
+Multiple pin positions will keep this course fresh for the locals. Some of them can be fairly long and challenging and some are easier. When I played today, it was on the shorter side. They move it around frequently.
+Some fun ace runs. Nothing super short or easy. I have gotten a few aces on this course and it is always very gratifying. I would say that the most likely aces are 6,7,9. Maybe hole 1 or 2 in the shorter positions.
+Should be pretty appealing to a wide variety of players. You won't lose a disc here but it's definitely not a pitch n putt. Decent distances with just enough trees to entertain the better players.

Cons:

-Plays on a big square park. You do play parallel to the road on a few holes and towards it on a few more. I have rarely ended up on the road during my hundreds of rounds but it can happen.
-Course can get a lot of traffic in the summer. It is the most popular course for miles.
-A lot of the holes are of similar lengths and I could see how some would perceive it as repetitive. Nothing super short and the longest is <400.
-It's not a real big issue but there is not a way to mark on the sign which one of the pin positions is in. None of the shots are truly blind and it is easy to see on most holes so not a big issue.

Other Thoughts:

+Best course of the 3 in town.
+Course is starting to develop some character.
+Overall, a very pleasant park with a high fun factor for me. I will play every chance that I get.
+As of writing, my review is the only one that reflects the new signage, tees, and pin positions. I think that the course might get a small ratings boost as more people review with the current layout.
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