Oronoco, MN

Caryl Cowden Park

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bradcrc
Experience: 33.9 years 13 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

I Like it. Good Beginner or Casual Course drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 30, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

You'll probably have the whole park to yourself.

Good tree cover on hot sunny days.

Close to Rochester.

Decent signage that is fairly easy to find once you understand what you're looking for (white numbered arrow signs nailed to trees at each tee, and a brick at the tee spot)

Park is maintained and mowed, no weeds and not muddy.

Cons:

Homemade plastic bucket baskets don't work like the real thing, and will likely add a stroke or two to your game score.

The course is packed into a small area. If there were others playing at the same time, it could be awkward. Most likely you'll have the entire park to yourself, so this won't be an issue.

Because the holes are close together, it is easy to get confused about which goal you are aiming for. First time through may be a bit confusing until you understand the layout.

Definitely not a pro-level course. If that's something that is important to you, this isn't for you.

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun little course in my opinion. If you are just looking for a casual round, and especially if you don't take yourself or the game too seriously, you'll probably have a nice time here.

If you fancy yourself as a professional or get angry if things are a bit different than usual, you won't enjoy this one, avoid it. The homemade goals and smaller area might annoy you more than it should.

My expectations weren't high, but I really liked this course and will definitely be back. It's quiet, the holes are fun to play, and it's close to Rochester.

Look for the white Arrow signs nailed to the trees for the tees, and the cement pavers to mark the tee spots, and you'll have a nice quick round here. The homemade goals don't work like professional ones, but if you can think of that as a different added challenge it just adds to the fun.

Certainly not in the same league as million dollar professional courses, not even close, but it's a nice little wooded area where you can have a fun game. We had fun playing here, and I hope you do too.
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mndiscg
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.9 years 483 played 478 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Funky pitch and putt to homemade buckets 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 15, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

+The layout actually isn't too bad considering the tiny size of this park. All holes are ace run opportunities and some of them are quite wooded. Stop by with your putter and run some homemade chains.
+Tees are marked on the ground and on the tree.
+Nothing else going on here but disc golf.
+Park seemed to be reasonably well maintained.
+Porta potty by small parking lot.

Cons:

-Homemade baskets. Not really good ones either. You could have a great ace shot bounce out due to the lightweight chains/construction of the baskets.
-Super short. Like accidentally overthrow with your putter short.
-No signage beyond holes #s
-Natural tees.
-Very small piece of land. Even 9 holes of super short disc golf and a small parking area are crammed in here.

Other Thoughts:

+One of the shortest courses that I have played.
+Can get a round done in about 10 minutes. Good for course baggers.
+Probably should have bought some baskets and tried to get a 6 holer in here.
+Not a lot to say about this tiny course tucked into a neighborhood. Try it with low expectations and you might have a little fun.
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mjz22
Experience: 18.9 years 9 played 9 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Kiddy Homemade Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 1, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

if I had to come up with something it would be that the grass is green and the trees are alive

Cons:

very short distances (150' avg.) - more like a putt-putt course, homemade pvc baskets (warped and lightwieght), basically flat terrain, no obstacles (other than some mature trees), no water

Other Thoughts:

This seems like another attempt of a city trying to give the community something nice and in the process disappointing the disc golf community. The full course is crunched on a 2 acre vacant lot in a residential area.
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