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Living Waters Church reviews
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Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Dec 27, 2023
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
--Easily accessible from I-35
--Free to play
--Concrete tees/new-ish Prodigy baskets
--Free to play
--Concrete tees/new-ish Prodigy baskets
Cons:
Nearly featureless piece of open land
Other Thoughts:
Great courses typically flow over epic landscapes, capitalizing on craggy hills, towering hardwoods and pristine lakeshores. Living Waters starts with none of these advantages.
Formerly a golf course--think Augusta or Pebble, and then imagine the opposite of that--this is now church property, and an unpretentious pole-shed church at that. To the north sprawl Amazon and Fed-Ex distribution centers. Tree lines to the east and west set the borders, but don't keep out the aroma of nearby fields fortified with cow manure. A construction company forms the southern border and small aircraft buzz low overhead from the airstrip less than a mile away.
Inside these boundaries stand a few dozen trees that offer context for the layout, but not much strategic obstruction. I spoke to a staffer who said they just lost 5 big ash trees to the Emerald Ash Borer. I should have picked his brain about future design elements, but with no sign of other plantings and the concrete poured, my guess is that it will stay roughly as it is. I'd estimate the plot of land at roughly twenty acres, and flat as a pancake? No, good friends, this is Minnesota...the yardstick of flatness is lefse. LW almost nails it.
The church could have tried to jam a lot more holes in here, and they are certainly not averse to cramming in various other elements: a putt putt course, basketball courts and a playground. They ended up building 12 holes. The space/hole ratio and the lack of encroaching features allow for average length of 385 per hole (Blues). There are 4 par 4's ranging between 500 and 600 feet, and the longest par 3's are just over 400, both playing somewhat "down lefse". The shortest hole (217) requires roughly 150 feet of carry over a cattail pond, but the wary can just play around it.
Overall impression? It's a free course and a pretty good place to work on your form. Go ahead and throw 10 discs off one tee. You'll find all of them even if your precision is somewhat lacking. It's close to the freeway, and reasonably close to my house. I think I'll play here again, but there are far more interesting options starting just an exit or two up the interstate, and nearby Kenwood Trails is quite good for a freebie. Historically churches have been tax-exempt since the founding of our country on the basis that their existence serves the Public Good. If they want to invest the time and sweat to put a disc golf course on it without even the slightest attempt to proselytize those taking advantage, I'd say they are serving the Public Awesome.
Formerly a golf course--think Augusta or Pebble, and then imagine the opposite of that--this is now church property, and an unpretentious pole-shed church at that. To the north sprawl Amazon and Fed-Ex distribution centers. Tree lines to the east and west set the borders, but don't keep out the aroma of nearby fields fortified with cow manure. A construction company forms the southern border and small aircraft buzz low overhead from the airstrip less than a mile away.
Inside these boundaries stand a few dozen trees that offer context for the layout, but not much strategic obstruction. I spoke to a staffer who said they just lost 5 big ash trees to the Emerald Ash Borer. I should have picked his brain about future design elements, but with no sign of other plantings and the concrete poured, my guess is that it will stay roughly as it is. I'd estimate the plot of land at roughly twenty acres, and flat as a pancake? No, good friends, this is Minnesota...the yardstick of flatness is lefse. LW almost nails it.
The church could have tried to jam a lot more holes in here, and they are certainly not averse to cramming in various other elements: a putt putt course, basketball courts and a playground. They ended up building 12 holes. The space/hole ratio and the lack of encroaching features allow for average length of 385 per hole (Blues). There are 4 par 4's ranging between 500 and 600 feet, and the longest par 3's are just over 400, both playing somewhat "down lefse". The shortest hole (217) requires roughly 150 feet of carry over a cattail pond, but the wary can just play around it.
Overall impression? It's a free course and a pretty good place to work on your form. Go ahead and throw 10 discs off one tee. You'll find all of them even if your precision is somewhat lacking. It's close to the freeway, and reasonably close to my house. I think I'll play here again, but there are far more interesting options starting just an exit or two up the interstate, and nearby Kenwood Trails is quite good for a freebie. Historically churches have been tax-exempt since the founding of our country on the basis that their existence serves the Public Good. If they want to invest the time and sweat to put a disc golf course on it without even the slightest attempt to proselytize those taking advantage, I'd say they are serving the Public Awesome.
