River Rock DGC a 9 hole mostly park like course in the southern Minnesota town of Owatonna. The park was well maintained, grass was cut and no trash or downed limbs to be found.

2 serviceable concrete teepads at each hole, long and short. Along with a very nice teesign showing shot shape and elevation profile. Baskets were older DGA's. Nice course map provided at hole 1.

The creek with its well constructed banks winds through the park and is an obstacle on holes 1, 3 and 4 where you need to throw across. Could also come into play with a rightward shank on hole 2 or a green overshoot on hole 9.

Most of the holes were pretty straight forward, not much shot shaping required. The long tees of 1,3,4,8 and 9 provided a different angle or challenge rather than just being longer than the shorts. Holes 5 and 6 were straight tunnel shots in the woods at the edge of the park which added variety.

My two favorites were hole 4 which was a slight turnover ~220' shot through a framed gap then over the creek, and hole 9 which was a straight tunnel shot ~270' but about 40' downhill with the basket by the creek.

There are a couple of holes where the teepads are blind to each other. Could be an issue on a busy day especially with kids or newer players (which this course is well suited to).

I played the course around 11 on a beautiful Sunday morning and was not surprised to see several other groups and a single out playing. What did surprise me was that everyone else was playing from the short pads, probably a first for me. In the cities the short pads are usually neglected and overgrown for the most part.

I really like the teesigns done by Customcoursemaps. First saw them at Kaposia and the Valley some years ago and now am seeing them at more courses in Southern Minnesota.