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Fargo, ND

Iwen Park - North

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ThrowBot
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.9 years 323 played 23 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Big Challenge, Big Fun! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 26, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Real solid design. Long course with a number of legit par 4's, but it never seems like there's distance added "just because" to make it longer. The longer holes are well thought out to work with the landscape and offer mostly clear shot shapes and landing zones. Good use of the terrain: mix of forested river bottom, sweeping meadows, some densely treed highlands. Good bit of elevation in play but never too steep. Water comes into play a few times, most notably on some tricky greens. Nice variety of shot shapes and distances that work with and around the abundant natural features of the property.Course infrastructure is solid: baskets in good repair, nice concrete tees with adequate signage, a few garbage cans and benches scattered throughout. Navigation is fine with the map. A few long-ish walks from basket to tee, but that provides safe distance from a group behind you throwing in. Once you get away from the parking lot and road, the course has a nice secluded feeling to it. We saw a few cyclists cruising past, but otherwise it's just a spacious disc golf course with plenty of nature to take in.

Cons:

A few spots felt like poke-and-pray without an obvious intended line or gap, just stabbing through some foliage and hoping to get through clean. It was really only about 3 places that felt like that, but enough to take it from a "very well thought out" course to just MOSTLY well thought out. This is a seasonal thing, but a few tees were muddy when we played. Obviously that comes with the territory. But worth keeping in mind if you are planning to play in the spring or early summer.

Other Thoughts:

This is a long and challenging course. Bring water, insect repellant, and sturdy footwear. It's a fun round but if you don't come prepared you may get chewed up and spit out.The first few and last few holes share some tees and targets with the shorter 9-hole course. It's not a big problem with the map available. Something to keep in mind if you start scratching your head on the navigation, or seeing people throw to other baskets. The 9er itself is a fun round, too. Shorter but not just pitch & putt. Good warm-up before the 18, if you've got the time.
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UFM82
Experience: 13.9 years 20 played 20 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Brutally fun! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 6, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very challenging, very technical, long course that will challenge you at every turn. Whoever designed this course is a sadist. Trees as mandos at many tees, long holes, nothing easy but wow is this course fun. I've not played a course quite like this. Tee pads are great and flat. Interesting course in that there is a route to every basket if you can throw it. This course will test you and your disc selection. I played the course with my son and we both used every disc in our bags. If you have the chance, do it. You'll like it.

Cons:

Signage is funky and it's really tough to figure out the first 4 holes. Iwen North and Iwen South share baskets and it makes it hard to figure out what is what. The sight lines are bad and i don't like throwing to baskets i can't see. Crazy long with multiple holes over 500 feet and one almost 800. It's not a quick round.

Other Thoughts:

Played this once but was here dropping my son off for a college job. I'll never get to play here again and that is a shame. If you are in the area you need to step up and play this course.
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bukosknr
Experience: 8.9 years 59 played 16 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Awesome drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 28, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Very fun
-Pretty Easy to follow
-Right in the wilderness
-Nice run down the river.
-Hole variety and challenging.
-Teepads are marked and good.

Cons:

-Beginners may throw a lot as the course is pretty long.
-A couple spots were hard to follow to the next hole

Other Thoughts:

One of the best courses I have played so far. I really liked the way it played and the pace. There were nice long runs and a few shorter ones too. I brought someone who was brand new and she didn't have as great of a time because she was throwing so much.
The scenery and the quiet really made this a fun and relaxing course.
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TEDIUM
Experience: 10.9 years 54 played 16 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Bring Your "A" Game 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

The most challenging course in the area
Most baskets (except those originally a part of Iwen South) are in great shape
HUGE course
Very scenic
Not busy
Extensive fairways are kept in good shape.
Good use of elevation for the area

Cons:

Signage seems incomplete and and sometimes confusing with the shared North/South tees. (poles exist, and someone pencilled in hole numbers on them)
Challenge is a bit intense for newer players, very long holes
Several opportunities to lose discs to the river

Other Thoughts:

Wow! This course is GREAT! navigation can a bit confusing the first few times, but all the poles do have the tee numbers hand-written on them, and I'll bring a sharpie next time I play. The holes are very long, with lots of trees, so be ready for both distance and precision on your drives. A few holes are downright sadistic in this regard (15 & 16 especially). I played Iwen South & North back to back and had a GREAT afternoon of disc golf, definitely on of my favorite courses, yet most people don't even seem to know about it.
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