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Janesville, MN

Lakeview Park

3.635(based on 4 reviews)
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Money_Shot
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Experience: 20 years 127 played 39 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Play if in the area

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2022 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Clean, "park-like" course that rarely results in uncomfortable search for a disc. Most the course is mowed park grass. The park seems to be well-maintained and cared for, no serious signs of neglect by park maintenance.

-Elevation - There are several holes on the course that elevation plays a major factor, including a big risk/reward put at the end of something like hole 12, then again on hole 16. The course really does have some fun elevation that does result in some extra physical expense, but nothing most disc golfers would have a problem with. Off the top of my head, I cannot think of many courses that I've played that have the elevation play so well, especially with the putts. Pretty fun.

-Baskets - All seemed to catch fairly, our group didn't have any issues.

-Pads - All the pads were brushed concrete but small (see cons).

Cons:

-Signs - I'm not weighing this too heavy because the course is fairly new and there were clear indicators (posts) that signs are a matter of time down the road here. They may even be playing the course out for a while to ensure the layout is what it will continue to be. There was enough evidence for me to assume the next time I am in the area and go to play this course (within the next year) I would assume the signs will be up

-Pads - As mentioned above, the pads are concrete, however the size was majorly overlooked. This was a major oversight when giving the dimensions to the concrete guys. I do not require much room to throw, I do a standard x-step and these pads at best allow you to just barely do that. I had to start with my heels off the back of the pad. Some in my group had to start off the back at least a few feet because of their run-up. These are definitely the smallest concrete pads I have stepped on at a course, and I feel I've played enough courses for that to say something.

-Although I do like the design of a lot of the holes out here, I did notice that the course did not have many holes that require you to end to your right. I'm a guy that will throw a flick when the hole ends right and it's the preferred shot and there was only 1 hole that the flick really made all that much sense to me. The big side of the hill throw required more of a big sweeping anheiser in order for the disc to settle on the hill so I couldn't really even use it on that hole.

-Garbages - What garbages? There are garbages at a shelter about 100 feet from the parking lot on your way walking to hole 1 (before you even likely ever need a garbage) and then there is a garbage on the walk between hole 14 and 15. Due to this, we found someone was just laying there empty beer cans by the pads (not us). Minimally it seems like every 4 holes could at least have a garbage. That's even a bit weak, but at least a guy knows he can dump the empties in a few holes and doesn't have to have his empty beer can dripping in his bag. This is a park, pretty easy to jump on that gator and grab a garbage every so many days.

-Needless walking - There seemed to be a few holes with some lengthy walks, and due to the lack of signs at this time I got lucky I played with someone that had been there before. To get to hole 1 you are looking at a couple hundred feet from the parking lot. To get to hole 4 from hole 3, you have a couple hundred feet around a baseball field. After hole 4 due to lack of arrows, it would be easy to walk the wrong way. From 14 to 15 you have to walk about 300-350 feet around the deer fencing down a hill to get to the pad. If you had never been here before there is a chance you never find 15 and just skip it and go to the much closer number 16 pad. Just seemed like the design leading from hole to hole wasn't necessarily planned out the best, even perhaps the length of holes could have extended a bit to make them meet up a bit more intuitively.

Other Thoughts:

In summary I felt like this was a pretty decent course I hadn't played yet in the state. I was pleasantly surprised and if I lived in the area or within 30 minutes I'd likely play it quite often. That being said, I live about 1.5 hours and can honestly say I wouldn't go too far out of my way to play the course again. That being the case, its questionable if I would ever play it again because the supporting courses in that area just aren't all that attractive to help a guy build the courage to drive there for some disc. Janesville, Mankato and Owatonna discers have a nice course to go and get some variety on. The newness of the course definitely plays into my rating. If they do in fact fix the Tees, put up the signs, slap in a reasonable amount of garbages I could see this course creeping up closer to a 4, maybe just short of 4 caliber. However, due to some of the other limitations mentioned I'd have to really stretch myself to even consider that. If anywhere in the area, go play this course, its one of the better courses in the area, however, the bar for the area isn't extremely high.
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