Twin Creeks
This is about a course in the small town of Hokah, MN that underwent a transformation. When I was younger it was a golf course. It didn’t attract any of the serious crowd, and no major tournaments, not even high school, were held there. For me though, it held sentimental value. Don’t call it hokey, call it Hokah heaven.
The course, called Twin Creeks, was mostly flat but surrounded by bluffs. In the summertime the hardwoods grew green, and the fairways grew green. The greens…also green. It made for great ambiance to walk amidst all the greenery in the warm, humid Midwest weather. Many times, we got chased off the links by an incoming thunderstorm. Nobody wants to be waving a metal rod when lightning strikes.
The cool thing for me, and perhaps the reason the pros stayed away, was the length of the holes. They were quite short. Hole 1 could be reached by a chip of the sand wedge. This made if perfect for beginners, and those wanting to mess around. In addition, the owners made a little mini golf course. Sometimes mini golf is more fun than the real thing.
Getting with the times
Change was afoot though at Twin Creeks Golf Course. Probably because they weren’t making enough money and couldn’t maintain the greens, they converted the place into a disc golf course. The first hole was rough, with a creek running parallel. In a group of four, usually two of us would throw the disc down the embankment and into the running waters. Sometimes we’d find it, other times it’d be gone for good.
A pond sat in the way of another hole, and also consumed a lot of discs. For this one though, the owners provided a sort of insurance policy. They said a guy came through every once in a while, with a wetsuit, and dove for the lost discs. If he found your lost disc, and you smartly wrote your phone number on it, he’d call you and return it. So the story went at least. We tested it out by purposely launching one out there. We never heard back.
There was a forested hill in the middle of the course that provided some good fun. At least one tee was placed high with the fairway out below. All in all, the course was solid, and off the beaten path. It wasn’t well known and never crowded. Today it seems it may be way off the beaten path, as UDisc no longer shows it on the map. Perhaps, it is permanently closed. Or maybe that’s just a local scheme to keep the discs flying under the radar.
