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Long Lake, MN

Nelson Park

1.75(based on 5 reviews)
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mndiscg
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1.00 star(s)

Short course on a long lake

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 16, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

+9 nice baskets. All in good shape.
+Navigation is pretty straightforward, even with being able to see 2 or more baskets off the tee most of the time.
+Signage is solid and gives you everything you need to know.
+Nice little park next to a nice lake. Thankfully, this part of the park is mostly disc golf and the other part near the parking lot contains the playground, bathroom, boat launch, and more.
+Some ace runs available.

Cons:

-The primary con of this course is that the land isn't ideal for a disc golf course. It is a small, skinny strip of land in a popular park in a fairly well populated area. This parcel of land could house 3-4 reasonable, normal shape and size disc golf holes but instead they crammed 9 into this area. This leads to many of the other cons.
-Course is very short yet some of the holes have very tough lines. Like curves or turns that are far too tight for the shortness of the hole. Or hole 6 which is short but has a narrow piece of landing area that is made more narrow by being overgrown by the bushes and wetland plants that are encroaching on the sides of the green. The course is too short for more experienced players but the poor design/technicality of the course makes it really difficult for newer players.
-Many baskets are super close to the rough. Most greens don't have a true putting area. I almost lost a disc here on hole 4 as a very experienced player with good control. There are probably a good number of discs in some of the swampy areas near the course.
-Safety issues abound. I had to short arm some of the already short holes due to other park users. On one of these short throws, I still had someone try to pick up my disc despite only throwing it about 80 feet. There were walkers, a cross country team, people walking to the fishing pier, and more on the course.
-Tees are natural and not great. Thankfully I didn't need a real run up on any hole.
-No elevation to be found here.

Other Thoughts:

+There probably shouldn't be a real course here. There just simply isn't enough land for it to happen and still be safe and fun.
+This course is a quick play as long as you keep your disc in the mowed areas. Nobody will judge you for playing it safe and saving your plastic. Course baggers and locals needing approach practice are the only people that should be playing here.
+Fun factor is low. I don't mind recreationally minded courses that are done well but this one isn't.
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