| This beautiful park
promises to be one of the finest in the Midwest. The course winds
along Silver Creek which flows into Lake Michigan between hole number
12 and 13. The picturesque landscape makes you feel like you are
just strolling through the park; golf discs in hand of course. Local
business sponsors were secured in the summer of 2000 and the first
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The design
was started by a group of local enthusiasts and perfected by "Duster"
Don Hoffman, one of Disc Golf's finest course designers. Duster
is one of the leaders of the Wisconsin Disc Sports Association and
also the PDGA Region 6 coordinator.
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Some of the courses'
interesting features include: hole 4 playing over Silver Creek,
6 holes along the creek, a 337' hole on a 15% up hill grade, hole
nine's basket planted at the edge of an 80 foot drop off, multiple
elevations and the creek challenging players at the front nine
practice basket, a second practice basket before hole 10, hole
11 along Lake Michigan's sand dunes, manicured fairways, challenging
wooded holes, up hills, down hills, hump shots, and a future outhouse
as an obstacle in the middle of hole 13. The park itself offers
walking and biking trails, sand beaches on Lake Michigan, playground
areas, picnic areas throughout the park, a large soccer field,
great fishing in Silver Creek, and plenty of room to relax. Photos,
an aerial map and driving
directions are all on-line for you.
The 2005 Manitowalk
in the Park B-tier disc golf tournament will be held on Sunday
July 17th, 2005 for Pro and Advanced players and a non-sanctioned
amateur event will be held on Saturday July 16th, 2005. Sponsorship
coordinator, Jim Van Lanen, reports that the Manitowalk in the
Park IV
paid the pro divisions over $6000 and the amateur divisions shared
over $8500 in prizes. Over 50 tournament
sponsors contributed to this fantastic payout. Both event
dates were stops on the Wisconsin Disc Golf Tour. For tournament
details, visit the on-line tournament page or call tournament Director Jim Van Lanen at 920-629-9997.
You can also written correspondence to: Jim Van Lanen Jr.
4121 Martin Lane - Two Rivers, WI 54241.
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The Manitowalk in the Park tournaments will be hosted by Discover
Eastern Wisconsin Disc Golf in conjunction with the Manitowoc Parks
and Recreation Department. DEW Disc Golf, operated by Wade
Juza, Jeff
Malloy, Tim
Hildebrand, Jim
Van Lanen Jr., Leroy
Stolpa of I Can Putt That and Dave Van De Loo of Flying Fortress, plans to continue promoting Disc Golf throughout Eastern Wisconsin.
The groups numerous projects have included the Manitowalk in the Park tournament
dates in 2001-2004, singles leagues at 6pm on Monday nights and walk on, random
draw, best shot doubles leagues at 6pm on Wednesday nights at Silver
Creek Park, World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend at Picnic Hill Disc Golf Course in Two Rivers, educational events and demos, course improvements at Silver Creek,
Picnic Hill, Volrath, Quarry, Baird's Creek, and Pamprin Parks and
support for new courses in Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Green Bay and
the surrounding areas. Anyone interested in becoming a member of
this group should contact club secretary, Jim Van Lanen by sending
email to discgolf@ discoverwisc.com. |
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