Giants Ridge
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Course Type:
Seasonal
# Holes:
18
Year Established:
2000
Rating:
(2 votes)
Location Type:
Private Property
Course Reviews
Rated
by Benaskren1 on Sep 5, 2011 at 9:15pm
There are two great things about this course, the amazing views from the top of the mountain and the downhill bomb shots. Other than that I really thought the course was lacking the precision needed to be a top course. Most of the fairways are hundred of feet wide and dont require much accuracy. That being said I would visit this course again because the views are breath taking and well honestly I cant think of many things I would rather do in life than throw a disc off a mountain.
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PROS:
- Some of the most unique and interesting terrain for a disc golf course in the State of Minnesota!
- Passionate, friendly staff with extreme knowledge for the game, along with a small pro shop to purchase discs. Anton's one of the best Northern Minnesota has to offer!
- The views. Simply put, you almost forget you're playing disc golf on a few holes...as the views from the tops of the course are outstanding.
CONS:
- A minor con/complaint, but at least on the day we played it, we ran into a situation where 2-3 baskets were in the "B" position for the hole, but all of the signage (we think) pointed to the "A" position. Which had us teeing off to the wrong point (so different in 1-2 instances that members of our group decided to re-tee). A bit of help knowing which position each basket was in *before* teeing off would have been helpful, and saved us "billy goats" a lot of time/energy.
OTHER THOUGHTS: Probably one of the top 1-2 courses I have ever played. Simply outstanding. A little rough around the edges and plenty of trouble to get into in the rough if one is not careful, but that's what Iron Range disc golf is all-about! Absolutely worth the time/drive to experience that course, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat...if it weren't seven hours away from home.