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Lakeville, MN

Living Waters Church

2.835(based on 3 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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2.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 22, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Living Waters Church is home to a pretty solid 12 hole course on the site of an old ball golf course. Being on an former golf course it's on the more open side, which is to be expected. The design is pretty good though as far as incorporating the edge of the property and the limited amount of trees. Not nearly as open as I was anticipating (dreading) when pulling in the lot. There's a pond in play on holes 8 and 9 to add a little challenge. It will require a pretty poor drive to reach but is still a risk on each. The course is pretty flat overall but the wind will be a factor due to this on every hole.

The baskets are nice, new orange Prodigy's. These are all in great shape and catch pretty well. They're Prodigy's so you need to jam them in there, but they catch when you do. One basket and pin position per hole.

There's concrete tee pads on the long pins and natural tees for the shorts from what I could tell. We played the longs so I can only speak on the condition of those. Nicely sized, level and grippy. None of our group of three had any issues with these at all. Definitely glad to have these over grass from the longs. Two tee locations on most if not all of the holes from what I could tell too. Ups the replay value and caters to all skill levels.

There's no tee "signs" per se. There were blue painted blocks by the front end of each tee pad in the longs the had the hole #, distance and par on them. Hole # and par on one and the distance on the other. Every basket is visible from the tee for the most part so these are just kind of a nice bonus.

Well designed course. I generally dislike this type of course but this one was actually pretty good. The flow makes sense and there's no lengthy walks between holes on the course. Easy to follow and straight forward play. Enough challenge to force some actual shot shaping on a few holes and not just throw it as far as possible. Excellent use of what was there to work with.

Free to play, Most likely never going to be too busy and great for all skill levels, even if you're just making up some shorter safari tees for kids.

Cons:

As much as I praised the design above, it has it's drawbacks too. The main one being how open it is in general. This isn't going to be for anyone who prefers tight, wooded golf. That's not happening out here. That said, it starts to feel a bit repetetive by the end due to this aspect of the property. It is what it is though.

The course doesn't really end by the parking lot. I thought it was going to going into hole 11. Turns out I was wrong. It's not a huge deal or anything but seemed like a weird way to end the round. Either way the last hole wasn't going to be a signature hole. It would make more sense to at least have it end closer to where you parked. The bonus, and maybe intended result of this, was that we had to walk by and ultimately play the mini golf course that's also onsite. So only kind of a con. You won't see me reviewing courses on Minigolfcoursereveiw.com anytime soon though lol.

Limited play time here due to being on church property. Though I'm not exactly sure where the church IS in relation to the course. Just be sure to check on availability before just showing up.

Other Thoughts:

Surprisingly fun little course. I liked the fact that they didn't try to jam 18 holes in here. I also liked that they didn't just make this 9 stupid long holes. Twelve feels just right. I'd actually play this again. Not worth going out of your way for but well worth a look if in the area. I wouldn't compare it to the Preserve even in the slightest, but it's good for what it is.
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