Old Settlers Park

Today we took a road trip to Round Rock and played the Old Settlers' Park Disc Golf Course.  I've never played this course before but I've heard about it.  The weather was perfect, sunny, calm, maybe a little warm.  This is a long course, it includes three bonus holes, for a total of 21 holes.  Some of the holes are ridiculously long, number 17 is over 1000 feet!  This would be a tough course to play in July.  Not many trees, so shade would be hard to find.   The signature hole on the course is number 16.  The tee box is on the dam and you have to throw over open water.  Everyone made it without losing a disc.

The course is easy to navigate, the tee pads are adequate, and all the tees are marked.  Plenty of trash cans, the course is free of litter.  No benches though.  I was very surprised to see only one other group playing today. 

The players today were Steve, Keith, Lif, Dave, Bob and myself.  Only two birdies were made today, one by Dave and one by Steve.  No discs found, no discs lost, although mine got wet.  I had to use Lif's retriever stick to get it out the water. After we played, Keith, Lif, Dave and I enjoyed BBQ at the Salt Lick.

Old Settlers 

Steve's new motto

Bob tried to catch a disc with his midsection.

Lif starts us off

Bob driving

Keith - Grip it and Rip it!

Lif on the fairway with style!

Keith in B&W

Bob climbs a tree

Lif in B&W

Lif over the fence

Dave aiming for the truck

Steve driving

Keith's follow thru

Bob on the fairway

Big Dave enjoying a walk in the flowers

Steve putting

Keith putting

My drive right before it hits the tree

Lif on the fairway

Keith putting

Bob putting

Dave driving

Steve throwing

Group shot on number 16

Steve preparing to throw

Dave driving over water

Keith driving

Bob driving with style points

Lif keeping it low, not too low

Me driving over water.  We all made it.

Keith next to the lake

Hole 17 over 1000 feet

Me in color accent.

Steve by the lake

Zilker Park

Today we played the Zilker Park Disc Golf Course.  This is a fairly easy course, all the holes are par 3.  Not a lot of elevation change, no water hazards and not a lot of trees.  It is a fun course if you want to play a quick game or two.  We had eight players today:  Dave, Bob, Lif, Parker, Keith, Steve, Mark and myself.  The weather was perfect, even better than yesterday.  Surprisingly, the course was not crowded at all.

Because of the relatively short holes and the perfect weather, a lot of birdies were made today.  I had to bail out during the second round but Steve told me the birdie count was:  Keith 3, Lif 3, Steve 5, Parker 7.  I'm pretty sure Mark had some on the first round.  I had one birdie on the second round (circus flick shot from 40 feet), not sure about Bob.

The group on the second tee pad.

Steve throwing on the second hole.

Dave driving on the third hole

Lif with style

Mark driving

Bob with style points

Keith lining up his birdie.

Parker getting ready to throw

Keith driving

Dave's shot from near MoPac.

Mark letting it fly

Lif driving

Parker putting

Mark in B&W

Steve in B&W

Me putting

Bob goes top shelf!

Keith driving into oblivion.

Lif in color accent

Me driving

Group shot.