Disc Golf

Location

Lincoln Drive Park
120 Euclid Avenue
(13th Avenue South and Lincoln Drive)
*Open to the public (some restrictions may apply).

Becoming a very popular sport in Grand Forks and across nationally, the Grand Forks Park District developed one of the first disc golf courses in the state of North Dakota. Our 18-hole course is located in Lincoln Drive Park and is free to use. Discs can be purchased at local sporting good stores. Playing disc golf is a great way to spend an afternoon with friends or family.

Disc golf leagues are now available for anyone interested in joining! This sport is great for all ages and abilities. Participants are placed with others of their same ability/experience level. The disc golf course will be available for league play only on Monday evenings.

* During Disc Golf Leagues, one of the two courses will be closed for league play. Please check the bulletin board on the 19th Hole Shelter to see which course is being used for League Play and which will be available for public use.

When: Monday evenings at 5:00 - 9:00 PM (weather permitting) throughout the summer
Where: Lincoln Drive Park - Disc Golf Courses
Contact: Travis Hagen (701) 740-1544
Secondary Contact: Grand Forks Park District, 746-2750

History of Disc Golf in North Dakota

In the early 1980s, the Grand Forks Park District added a popular, but untried recreational activity known as disc golf.  Little did they know that they tapped into an international sport that is played by all ages and skill levels.  But why?  How?  By bringing to Grand Forks the inventor of the modern day Frisbee and disc golf, steady Ed Hedrick.  Ed’s Mach II’s was installed under his guidance in 1979 at Central Park.  By the late 1980s, Grand Forks, Bismarck, and New Town all had 18-Hole Disc Golf Courses.  Soon local players saw the need for a new course.  After the devastating flood of 1997, disc golf was swept to a new park.  Hedrick, now deceased, recommended names to the Grand Forks Park District of regional designers who would assist in a championship disc golf layout.  Tim Macky, a Senior Designer, World Master Champion and World Recorder Holder, was brought to Grand Forks to help create the newest 18-hole course at Riverside Park.  As years past after the Flood of 1997, the City’s Corps of Engineers upgraded the dike in Riverside Park and it interfered with the disc golf course.  Lincoln Drive Park was then chosen to home a new 18-hole disc golf course.