MONROE - The possible development of a disc golf course in the city is gaining interest, according to City of Monroe Park and Recreation commissioners Wednesday.
"It sounds like everyone is enthusiastic about it," President Bill Bethke said.
Disc golf is similar to regular golf, except players use a small, Frisbee-like disc tossed into a tee, which is similar to an elevated metal basket.
The commissioners will "continue pursuing this," Bethke said.
Commissioner Brain Saugstad said he also is being approached by people asking about the course.
The pursuit of a disc golf course "would be worth it," he added.
Recreation Supervisor Marge Klinzing will continue to research courses in other communities for costs and other information.
At a meeting of the commissioners Wednesday, disc golf enthusiast Chris Morris and Wisconsin's current disc golf tour champion Chris Heeren, both of Monroe, said they walked Twining Park to determine whether it would be a good location for a course. They came up with a 12-hole course.
"It's best to have 18 holes," Morris said. "You can always expand, but if you have the means to put in 18, that's the way to go."
Klinzing said their proposed course includes the less used areas of the park and starts right at the main parking lot.
At the meeting, Terry D. Miller, owner of LifetimeDiscSports explained the equipment needed and possible costs for a course, and Judie Heitz, President of Monroe's Kiwanis Club, said her organization was interested in helping with a "good chunk" of the costs to develop the course.
The total cost of a course depends upon the number of holes that can be installed.
Miller said each hole needs about 1 to 2 acres of land; a basket costing about $400-475 each; a tee sign, about $25 each, or creatively made; and preferably a 5-feet by 10-feet cement tee pad, about $100 each.
Twining Park is about 46 acres. Park Supervisor Paul Klinzing said his biggest concern is the amount of activities already taking place in the park.
Miller said his company is sensitive to sharing space.
"We co-exist in every other park," he said.
All communities do something a little different about paying for the course, Miller said.
"There is an unbelievable mixture of organizations" sponsoring courses and the games across the county, he said.
Miller several donors including, parent and youth organizations holding fundraisers, individual business sponsors, especially potential retailers of the discs that in return receive some logo or text on tee signs, and many community organizations that sponsor disc golf courses and host competitions.
Heeren, who moved to Monroe just five months ago, said he uses a course in Janesville, where he works, to practice. The nearest course from Monroe is in Freeport.
"It sounds like everyone is enthusiastic about it," President Bill Bethke said.
Disc golf is similar to regular golf, except players use a small, Frisbee-like disc tossed into a tee, which is similar to an elevated metal basket.
The commissioners will "continue pursuing this," Bethke said.
Commissioner Brain Saugstad said he also is being approached by people asking about the course.
The pursuit of a disc golf course "would be worth it," he added.
Recreation Supervisor Marge Klinzing will continue to research courses in other communities for costs and other information.
At a meeting of the commissioners Wednesday, disc golf enthusiast Chris Morris and Wisconsin's current disc golf tour champion Chris Heeren, both of Monroe, said they walked Twining Park to determine whether it would be a good location for a course. They came up with a 12-hole course.
"It's best to have 18 holes," Morris said. "You can always expand, but if you have the means to put in 18, that's the way to go."
Klinzing said their proposed course includes the less used areas of the park and starts right at the main parking lot.
At the meeting, Terry D. Miller, owner of LifetimeDiscSports explained the equipment needed and possible costs for a course, and Judie Heitz, President of Monroe's Kiwanis Club, said her organization was interested in helping with a "good chunk" of the costs to develop the course.
The total cost of a course depends upon the number of holes that can be installed.
Miller said each hole needs about 1 to 2 acres of land; a basket costing about $400-475 each; a tee sign, about $25 each, or creatively made; and preferably a 5-feet by 10-feet cement tee pad, about $100 each.
Twining Park is about 46 acres. Park Supervisor Paul Klinzing said his biggest concern is the amount of activities already taking place in the park.
Miller said his company is sensitive to sharing space.
"We co-exist in every other park," he said.
All communities do something a little different about paying for the course, Miller said.
"There is an unbelievable mixture of organizations" sponsoring courses and the games across the county, he said.
Miller several donors including, parent and youth organizations holding fundraisers, individual business sponsors, especially potential retailers of the discs that in return receive some logo or text on tee signs, and many community organizations that sponsor disc golf courses and host competitions.
Heeren, who moved to Monroe just five months ago, said he uses a course in Janesville, where he works, to practice. The nearest course from Monroe is in Freeport.