Disc Golf

Living next to Elm Creek Park Reserve offers plenty of outdoor activities. One of the newer activities offered at the Park is Disc Golf.

Many courses are 18 holes as is the Elm Creek Park Reserve course. The sport offers exercise and a chance to walk thru the trees and the park's scenic landscape.

In frisbee golf, the object is to "tee off" by throwing your frisbee as far as you can down a fairway. To answer the question my wife asked, no you don't want to use your Frisbee from the garage.

As in golf, there are drivers, putters, etc. used to get to the green.
In Disc Golf, there are various weights and sizes of discs you use from the tee to the farway to the rough to the green. The different discs make a HUGE difference as you traverse the course.
The green is a basket made of chains as seen in the lead-in picture of this article and the goal is to get the disc into the basket to complete the hole and move to the next.

The holes at Elm Creek vary from 211 feet (par 3) to 778 feet (par 4)


The Elm Creek Park chalet has a pro shop but they are only open on the weekends (10 a.m. to noon).
For discs, you can also try:
- Gotta Go, Gotta Throw in Golden Valley
- REI
- Dick's
I spoke with Charlie at Gotta Go, Gotta Throw (763-593-7690) who was very helpful with recommendations on disc selection which he said will vary quite a bit from user to user.
Most beginner discs cost around $7-15 each and you'll probably want 1 or 2 discs to start with -- a mid-range and/or a putter.

Cost to play:
$3 for a day pass or $35 for an annual pass.

Elm Creek Park Reserve
Other courses in the Twin Cities:
http://www.discgolfdirectory.com/minnesota.php