AMBOY – The Amboy City Park will have an additional attraction this spring.

Rock River Disc Golf and the Amboy Lion’s Club have partnered to build a nine-hole disc golf course on the east side of the park.

“I didn’t realize how widespread disc golf is. Rock River Disc Golf has put two or three courses in Dixon,” said Jim Travi of the Amboy Lion’s Club. “They’re running tournaments and they get people from all over, even other states, coming to Dixon to play disc golf.

“In February, Rock River came to our Amboy Lion’s Club meeting to talk about the course. I invited the aldermen and the mayor. The association did an outstanding job talking about what they’d like to do at the Amboy City Park.”

The presentation, which featured a blueprint of what the course would look like since Rock River had already walked the city park for brainstorming, not only added to the interest of the Lion’s Club but to Amboy Mayor Frank Stenzel and the aldermen.

At the March Amboy City Council meeting Stenzel talked about the disc golf course and how it will be beneficial to the community as it will add an in-town activity.

“Realistically, we have nine holes the Lion’s Club is going to sponsor to get it going,” Travi said. “We sold holes to businesses and organizations for sponsorship. Within 24 hours, we had all nine holes sponsored and spoken for. The sponsorship money is the funded to have the course built. One of the holes is sponsored by the Leake family, which is the family who donated the property to the city for the park many years ago. They liked the idea of the disc golf course and wanted to be part of it.

“Rock River Disc Golf have some flags in the ground now where they’re tentatively going to put the baskets, or the holes for the disc golf course. We could have it up and running by the end of April or the first part of May.

“It could be up and functional soon.”

Rock River will install the disc golf course and the Lion’s Club has offered their labor assistance.

The idea for the disc golf course began in December when Roger Wittenauer and Travi listened to a Rock River presentation at an Honor Flight meeting.

The speech sparked Wittenauer and Travi to bring the speakers to the Lion’s Club meeting in February and the groundwork has been full blast since then as the course could be fully functional within three months.

Additional note, the course is laid out where if another nine holes is needed, wanted, and funded, it will be possible to add on without interrupting park functions at the shelters or equipment.