Duluth, MN

Gnesen Community Center

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wolfhaley
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1.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 18, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has quite a bit of potential to be a solid 2 to 2.5 nine. It's set in a beautiful section of forest 6 of the 9 holes. Very quiet area and seemingly the place would be all yours the majority of the time.

The baskets are brand new Prodigy T-1's, which are nice targets. These have a bold, blue top band which really pops out in the woods. Kind of surprising more courses don't use this color. One pin position per hole.

The tees are just 2 stones painted blue denoting the front 2 corners of the tee. One of these has a hole # painted on it.

The course is free to play and permanent.

Cons:

Hole 1 starts along the road you come in on and the fairway is a gravel driveway until about circle's edge. Then it turns into a concrete driveway until 10 or so feet from the basket. Lovely way to start.

Hole 2 is a sub 200' shot that basically requires a spike hyzer forehand to have any look at a birdie.

Holes 3 and 4 play in the woods and both offer essentially no realistic line to the pin.

Hole 5 is the open bomber hole. There's not really any way to access the pin which is tucked 50 or so feet back into the impenetrable forest. A 3 on this hole is impressive actually. The chances of getting a 3? slim to none.

Holes 6 through 9 all play in the woods again. Same story as before. No realistic lines to the basket on all of them.

No tee signs and many off the tee pad stones were moved.

Other Thoughts:

There's not much to say about this one. good things at least. I will say that it does have potential. But if it's completely neglected like it appears to be, they'd be better off selling the baskets to somewhere that will utilize them. One of the, if not THE, most disappointing courses I've played in quite some time. Don't waste your time here.
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