East Metro Park - Manor

A small group of players, Steve, Dave, Keith and Rob turned out to play the East Metro Park Disc Golf Course in Manor today.  The weather was perfect, temperatures in the upper 70's, plenty of sunshine and no wind to speak of.  Course conditions were good, a little dry, lots of gnats and the ragweed was in full bloom.  Clouds of pollen would be released when our discs hits the plants.  Very few other players were on the course.

I played about average today, I think I could have played about five strokes better.  I missed a couple of putts and my approach shots were not that accurate.  Steve had a very good round, ending up +3 for the day.  Keith had some problems with his putting, very unlike him.

All of us managed to keep it in the fairway today so we did not spend a lot of time looking for discs in the rough.  I guess we are getting better.  The roughs on this course are the most punishing roughs I have ever seen.  They are very thick and everything has thorns.

Only two birdies were made today:  Rob(1) and Keith(1).  No discs lost and no discs found.

Keith starts us off

Dave's approach on #1

Steve splits the uprights

Steve with a birdie attempt

Keith on the #3 fairway

Steve with a long putt

Keith with a rare flick

Steve getting his disc down

Dave with an approach

Keith with a birdie attempt

Artwork

Steve driving on #8.  He made par on this hole.  Good job!

Dave on the #8 fairway

Steve putting on #10

Steve retrieving his disc from the muddy water.  Watch the poison ivy!

Keith putting on #11

Steve with a long putt attempt

Dave going over the tree

Steve lets it rip

Keith driving on #18

Steve finishes on #18

Official Scorecard. Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob

Austin Ridge Bible Church

Today we played the treacherous and challenging Austin Ridge Bible Church disc golf course.  Playing this course is a hike, in the heat, in the hill country, with randomly placed baskets.  Today's players were:  Steve, Heady, Dave, Lif, Keith and Brian.  Sunny skies, temperatures were a little warm in the upper 80's, moderately humid and an intermittent breeze.  Course conditions were a little overgrown and only one other group playing the course.

We all started out with a healthy, hearty breakfast of Macho Tacos that Steve picked up.  Despite the good breakfast we all played poorly today.  Bad drives and bad putting.  Lots of discs hitting trees.  We all missed easy putts.  Brian did make a very nice 40 footer on #8 to save par!

Looks like four birdies were made:  Keith(2), Dave(1) and Brian(1).  No discs lost and no discs found.

Steve setting up the Macho Tacos!

Waiting on the first tee for the group ahead of us.

Steve starts us off!

Dave from the creek

Lif gets across the canyon on #2

Brian driving on #3

Keith on #4 fairway

Dave drills a putt

Steve's drive on five

Keith reaching back

I don't know who the shirtless guy is.

Dave driving on #6

Keith with a tap in birdie. 

Brian driving on #11

Keith putting on #11

Lif driving on #12.  Starting to get a little warm

Dave driving on #13

Steve reaching back on #14

Brian flicking on #17

Dave goes for in on #18

Lif plays it safe

Dave gets his birdie!

Brian gets his birdie!

No birdie for you Steve!

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob

North Town - Beautiful Day

The weather was perfect for disc golf this Sunday at the North Town DGC in Pflugerville.  Temperatures were in the upper 70's, lots of sunshine, very low humidity and only a slight breeze.  Today's players were:  Lif, Dave, Brian and myself.  Course conditions were very nice, the rains last week greened up the place.  The course was crowded, a tournament was being played so we had to wait around a lot.  It really broke up the rhythm of the game.

It seems that I can never have a good game here.  I love the course and the layout but I still have not figured it out yet.  Dave had a very nice round and an exceptional back nine.

A total of five birdies were made today:  Dave(4) all on the back nine and Brian(1).

Two discs lost in the pond on #12, Heady and Lif.  No discs found.

Lif starts us off!

Brian putting on #3

Lif putting on #4

Lif with a birdie attempt

Brian and Lif at risk, looking for my drive

Dave driving on #9

Brian driving on #9

Lif's putt sails over the basket on #9

Lif's had a putting adventure on this hole

Brian makes it across the water

Lif did not

Dave getting his drive on #13

Dave's birdie on #13

Dave driving on #14

Lif's drive on #14.  Straight across the pond

Brian's second shot on #14

Dave's birdie on #16

Dave with a very nice, long drive on #18

Dave with a tap in birdie on #18

Official Scorecard.  Recorded and Compiled by Rob.