Laurel, MT

First Congregational Church DGC

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brentjacobs
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9 holes on 4 acres 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 8, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- 5 well mounted DisCatcher 28s with the hole numbers(sometimes multiple!) on the bands.
- Cool homemade wooden tees signs on each hole. They have a very basic depiction of the hole, with the distance and par noted.
- A bit of good design to get some of the tees on the parking lot or concrete paths as those are the best teeing surfaces. The rest are just natural rough ground. Not awful but not ideal either.
- Course "kiosk" by Hole 1 has accurate maps with a scorecard printed on the back which also lists hole distances.
- Flare skip opportunities available thanks to the smooth asphalt parking lot. I had some fun with that.
- Designer did a nice job incorporating the sparse trees on the property into the course which made for the best holes out there.
- Very beginner friendly which seems to have been the aim of the designer and, really, just about all the land would allow.
- Disc Golf specific land. No user conflicts.
- Free to play and open to the public 7 days a week.

Cons:

- Only 5 targets for 9 holes. This is necessary to get a 9 holer on roughly 4 acres but it means playing back to the same baskets and, at points, crossing fairways of other holes. More than a group or two and this place would be at capacity.
- Continuing on that vein, many tees are really close to previous baskets. Basket for Holes 2/7 has the tees for 3 and 6 at the edge of, if not in, the putting circle.
- No elevation change. The property may have a slight tilt toward the Yellowstone River but you might not even realize it if you aren't familiar with local topography.
- Natural tees were a bit uneven or lumpy.
- Distances provided on tee signs and map didn't feel super accurate. Some seemed pretty close if not on the nuts but a couple-few felt off by a bit. I'll have much better ace runs if I return to play again.
- In a mostly wide open field, the holes feel a bit repetitive. Just a product of some pretty vanilla land being worked with.
- The property is really close to I-90 so you can hear and see heavy interstate traffic the whole time you play.

Other Thoughts:

Not a whole lot to this bad boy. Beginner level course installed by the local church that's a bit crammed onto a small piece of land. A few of the holes are entertaining with very modest challenges thanks to bringing the available trees into play. On the whole though, minimal shot shaping is required to get at the pins. I think they did a fine job given what they were working with, it just isn't great piece of land for DG. Nonetheless, I'd happily recommend this course to most besides the "competition golf only" types. Great for beginners and anyone above that level will get pretty much all ace runs. At only 3 minutes off of I-90, baggers can easily pick this low hanging fruit as they pass by the otherwise unremarkable town of Laurel, MT.
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