FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Tom Knisely

Media Relations Specialist

763/694-7617

tknisely@threeriversparkdistrict.org

DISC GOLF LESSONS

BRYANT LAKE REGIONAL PARK

AUGUST 21, 2013 -- Bryant Lake Regional Park in Eden Prairie is home to an 18-hole, championship-caliber disc golf course. Three Rivers Park District is offering disc golf lessons as a way to introduce the uninitiated to the great sport of disc golf. Reservations are required. Call 763-559-6700 to make a reservation, but hurry spots are filling fast.

Disc Golf Lesson

Saturday, September 14, from 9-11 a.m., at Bryant Lake Regional Park, Eden Prairie. Disc golf is for everyone. Frisbee throwing experience is not required to join us for this lesson. Learn the history of Frisbees and disc golf, practice throwing, play disc games, learn the rules of the game, and play a round on our customized course. After the lesson, you may want to try the spectacular Bryant Lake Disc Golf Course with its many vistas and groomed holes overlooking Bryant Lake. A day pass is included with the lesson fee. Discs are provided for the lesson only. Cost is $7 and this program is open to ages 13+. Reference activity number #423911-02.

Womens Disc Golf Lesson

Saturday, September 14, from noon-2 p.m., at Bryant Lake Regional Park, Eden Prairie. Disc golf is for everyone. Frisbee throwing experience is not required to join us for this lesson. Learn the history of Frisbees and disc golf, practice throwing, play disc games, learn the rules of the game, and play a round on our customized course. After the lesson, you may want to try the spectacular Bryant Lake Disc Golf Course with its many vistas and groomed holes overlooking Bryant Lake. A day pass is included with the lesson fee. Discs are provided for the lesson only. Cost is $7 and this program is for women ages 13+. Reference activity number #423911-03.

About Three Rivers Park District

Three Rivers Park District is a natural resources-based park system that manages park reserves, regional parks, regional trails and special-use facilities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Park District offers facilities for every season, including picnicking, swimming, creative play, boating, fishing, downhill skiing,

snowboarding, golf, camping and sledding; extensive trails for hiking, biking, in-line skating, horseback riding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, as well as program sites for nature, recreation, historic and farm education.

Three Rivers Park Districts mission is to promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education in a natural resources-based park system. The Park District owns and operates more than 27,000 acres and serves more than 9.5 million visitors a year.

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