I wanted to go disc golfing over Labor Day Weekend. For some reason I feel the high heavens had other plans.
the plan was to get to the course around 10 am so the heat wouldn't be too much of an issue. struggling with the motivation of a stubborn brother, we arrived at the course at 4:15 pm. dinner on the other side of town was supposed to take place around 6:30 pm.
brother had never played before, so the plan was to just play 18 out of the 24 holes which meant I would not be able to check out the entire course. this was a sacrifice I was willing to make, but not necessarily enthused about.
we get brother set up with a nice little innova disc package from Dunham's (apparently one of the few disc golf retailers that could be found in p-town).
the course directions that were obtained from pdga.com were clear, concise, yet not so much about the "park is 1 mile down on the left..." If you've driven a mile and still haven't seen the park on the left, just drive farther. I would guess it's about 2-3 miles... but hey, I wasn't keeping track of the exact mileage.
The course itself was very clearly marked, in fact, they even labeled the pro tees and the am tees and listed the distance to the basket.
first hole: heavy brush and rough on one side, mini island of trees on the other. In order to get to the basket, you have to hook around go beyond the brush a little, but miss the tree island. brother did not execute the hooking. straight shot right into the brush.
After a half hour of educating brother that you can't just give up looking for your disc after 5 minutes (the first hole of your first ever game) and that the one he lost was in fact the best of the bunch, I found his disc and we could continue the debasement to come.
the holes are all pretty short compared to the other courses I have played.
if you are not a skilled player and you don't want to spend half your time in the rough fishing for your discs, I highly recommend trying one of the other courses in the area... read more
