Disc Golf Journal: July 2013

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Roy G. Guerrero

A small group played Roy G. today, Keith, Steve, Bob and myself. We must have just missed Mark, he got there a couple of minutes after we left. When we walked to the first tee there were about twenty people standing around, getting ready to tee off. We decided that we did not want to play behind such a large group so we skipped the first hole. We came back and played it later along with #2 thru #4 again until Bob and I bailed.

The weather was a little warm but not really too bad. Lots of humidity from the recent rains, a slight breeze and a mostly cloudy sky. Other than the large group we saw at the first tee the course was really not very crowded. This course is maintained so much better than the course we played last week at Bartholomew.

This is a very challenging course, some very long holes and an abundance of trees that require you to throw both long and accurate shots. Other than Steve, I think we all had a below average day. I was inconsistent on my drives, just could not get the throws off like I have been the past few weeks. Keith had problems throwing too low on the fairways and the trees gave all of us problems. We all had some good throws but it was not our best game today. Maybe we missed having the competition from Lif, Dave and Parker.

Two birdies made today, both by Steve. One disc found (Bob) on the way back after we bailed out. One disc abandoned. Steve forgot to pick up Mr. Pink somewhere along the way.

Steve with a birdie attempt.

Steve getting his disc out of the tree.

Keith with a power drive.

Bob in his motion

Steve winding it up on the fairway

Me on the fairway

Steve's drive on #8. He made his birdie putt!

Heady with the flick drive on #9

Steve putting on #11

Keith with a fine putt

Keith's approach shot

Heady with a flick approach

Heady driving with small style points

Walking away from #14. Keith made par.

UFO or Keith's disc?

Keith on the fairway

Steve with perfect balance

Bob with orange color accent

Keith playing #3 again.

Today's official scorecard provided by Bob

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Bartholomew Park

Today we played the last major disc golf course in Austin that I have never played, Bartholomew Park. This is a fifteen hole course in Austin located near the old airport. While most of the City of Austin courses are well maintained this one is a bit neglected. That is really too bad, because with a little effort this could be a very nice course. For a short course there are a lot of elevation changes and a small creek runs throughout the course.

The tee boxes are really bad, they are dirt and are uneven. Lots of the holes have overgrown vegetation and there are no signs directing you to the next hole. The baskets are in rough shape and there is a lot of trash in the park.

We had a large group today with two new players. Today's group consisted of Steve, Lif, Keith, Big Dave (back from China), Bob, Rob Edson, Steve's friend Donald and myself. We had a late start at 10:00 because Lif's daughter had a slumber party last night. Temperatures were rather warm in the mid 90's and the cooler was depleted by the end of the round. Steve found (collected) two discs. No discs lost. Six birdies were made today: Heady(2), Keith (2), Lif(1) and Donald(1).

I had my flick working today. I used the flick to drive on the second hole and placed my disc within five feet of the basket. I made three long putts with the flick, one was for a birdie on hole 6 from about 70 feet.