Apple River Family Campground DGC reviews
9
0
Only play if very drunk... 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 17, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
+There are baskets.
+Tees are marked
+If you're here, you're probably having a good time drinking on the river.
+Tees are marked
+If you're here, you're probably having a good time drinking on the river.
Cons:
-Unnatural flight paths. Extreme curves cause you to throw dinker shots to corners then throw again.
-Some fairways way too tight for the distance needed on hole. If you can throw straight as an arrow and accurate, you would be fine.
-The rough is rough. Stay out of it as much as possible. Previous reviewer noted barbed wire in the rough.
-Tees are natural
-Baskets are single chain, poor catching beasts.
-Pay to play (don't play here unless you are staying at the campground)
-Some holes have potential to have other campers and/or vehicles in your flight path. Generally, they used the fringes of the property and the woods but some are closer to the action. Be wary.
-Some fairways way too tight for the distance needed on hole. If you can throw straight as an arrow and accurate, you would be fine.
-The rough is rough. Stay out of it as much as possible. Previous reviewer noted barbed wire in the rough.
-Tees are natural
-Baskets are single chain, poor catching beasts.
-Pay to play (don't play here unless you are staying at the campground)
-Some holes have potential to have other campers and/or vehicles in your flight path. Generally, they used the fringes of the property and the woods but some are closer to the action. Be wary.
Other Thoughts:
+The Apple River is a fun place and the land around here is really nice. It could house a good disc golf course. This is not it. This is a low budget way to provide something to do at the campground beyond just eating, drinking, and floating.
+The land used here really is nice and has potential. It just needs some more money, work, and a more knowledgeable designer. If they put some more effort in, they might attract a different clientele than usual. This place isn't too far from the MSP metro area and there's a lot of DGers there.
+The land used here really is nice and has potential. It just needs some more money, work, and a more knowledgeable designer. If they put some more effort in, they might attract a different clientele than usual. This place isn't too far from the MSP metro area and there's a lot of DGers there.
8
0
rhettro
Experience:
23 years
37 played
17 reviews
$3? UMM NO 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 1, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
To be honest with you, none come to mind. If I was forced to say something good about this course I would say that there is a pool nearby. And there is disc rental available with the $3 round fee.
Cons:
-$3 per round, or $5 for a day pass that also allows you acces to the Two pools on the camp ground.
- Not well kept, hadn't been mowed yet this summer.
- Two of the holes are under 120 feet, make it and 8 pin course and toss out those shorties!
- Rusty Barbed wire, explained further in the next section.
- no tees, just 2x4's laying on the ground.
- baskets are the cheapest i have ever seen, you can see them in the photos i posted.
- no tee signs, not an intuitive course design.
- Pin #9 was missing
- you are suppose to get a score card and map with your course fee, nope. people there had one nasty one and couldn't figure out how to use the copy machine.
- Not well kept, hadn't been mowed yet this summer.
- Two of the holes are under 120 feet, make it and 8 pin course and toss out those shorties!
- Rusty Barbed wire, explained further in the next section.
- no tees, just 2x4's laying on the ground.
- baskets are the cheapest i have ever seen, you can see them in the photos i posted.
- no tee signs, not an intuitive course design.
- Pin #9 was missing
- you are suppose to get a score card and map with your course fee, nope. people there had one nasty one and couldn't figure out how to use the copy machine.
Other Thoughts:
This course is fairly close to me and I had played the Somerset DGC 12 many times so I figured I would give it a shot just to say i had played it. Boy was I wrong.
This course was for the most part unkept, it appears that they had pulled all the equipment for winter so the baskets and "tee Markers" weren't in disrepair but the grounds themselves were overgrown and dangerous at times. On hole six I drifted off in the tree line to the left and was inches away from getting my leg in rusted barbed wire, which ran the length of the hole a mere 5 feet from the fairway. The barbed wire was ancient and no longer attached to fence posts so it blended right into the ground, I cant believe no one has gotten hurt yet, Apple River camp ground should be ashamed.
Beyond that the holes are all very short with one exception, and 4 of the 9 are ridiculous dog leg rights. Whoever laid this course out had never played before. I will not return and urge people not to endorse this behavior of charging people to play and properly maintaining the place.
This course was for the most part unkept, it appears that they had pulled all the equipment for winter so the baskets and "tee Markers" weren't in disrepair but the grounds themselves were overgrown and dangerous at times. On hole six I drifted off in the tree line to the left and was inches away from getting my leg in rusted barbed wire, which ran the length of the hole a mere 5 feet from the fairway. The barbed wire was ancient and no longer attached to fence posts so it blended right into the ground, I cant believe no one has gotten hurt yet, Apple River camp ground should be ashamed.
Beyond that the holes are all very short with one exception, and 4 of the 9 are ridiculous dog leg rights. Whoever laid this course out had never played before. I will not return and urge people not to endorse this behavior of charging people to play and properly maintaining the place.
