Saturday, January 19, 2008

Disc Golf

My golf game is not very good, and I never could toss a frisbee very well, so it seemed logical that I would start playing DISC GOLF.
During my attempts at exercise over at McCurry Park over the summer, I noticed that they had installed the metal/chain stands for disc golf. Also noticed that more and more people were starting to play.
So for Christmas, Kellie gave me a starter set of discs (a driver, a fairway disc, and an approach/putter disc). I never realized it, but this has been a growing sport for several years now.
Before we even started to play the first time, I just had to go out and get more stuff. Play It Again Sports in F'ville has a good selection of discs and accessories. Each type of disc is designed for speed, loft, turn, and a few other aerodynamic parameters. A bag was purchased, along with a few spare discs (like golf balls, I was sure the discs would find their way into the creeks, trees, and snake-dens!).
Kellie and I played our first round last Sunday, and had a blast! Most of the holes at McCurry involve a lot of trees, so we had some funny ricochets and a lot of flying pine bark. Kellie plays a lot of frisbee at KSU, so she had an advantage over me. I was concentrating on tossing straight, so my drives were only going about 40 yards. (Most of the other groups were tossing discs about 70-80 yards, or more).
Had a funny episode on one fairway, where a young lady walking her dog picked up my errant disc and tossed it back to me (quite well, too!).
Anyway, we made it through about 13 holes before the wind through the trees (and a blister on my finger) ended our round.
We were going to play again this weekend, but the snow put an end to that!
There's also a 9-hole course in PTC, so we'll have to check it out one of these weekends.

2 comments:

Fr. Vic said...

We should go play sometime, my brothers got me hooked a few years ago and I have not played in a while, it would be fun.

Ken Miller said...

Sounds good! Let me get in a few practice sessions first. I'm still somewhat weak on my toss!