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.

Rob starts us out on the first hole

Donald throwing on the first hole

Lif strikes a pose

Keith with a good drive

Donald driving on the second hole.

Lif showing off his new tats!

Steve on the fairway

Big Dave with a power drive!

Keith winding up!

Heady on the fairway

Lif with a nice putt.

Donald with a flick.

Keith letting it fly!

Me with my long flick birdie on #6.

Steve with a crazy long drive.

Dave giving it a ride.

Steve retrieving his disc from the drainage ditch.  He threw it a long way!

Bob on the fairway

Keith laying it up.

Bob by the water tower.

Lif thinking about his next shot.

Rob Edson with the drive.

Keith on the fairway.

Looking for a lost disc.

Bob with a nice drive.

Lif trying the flick.

Keith with a good throw

Bob laying it up.

Steve's drive put a large dent in the trash can.

Rob Edson with style points

Me driving

Donald with a tomahawk!

Donald using Steve's tool to collect a disc Steve spotted.  He had the longest arms of the group!

Lif putting in B&W

Looking for Rob's drive in the tall weeds.

Keith putting

A well placed shot!

Big Dave driving on #15

Group Shot:  Lif, Heady, Dave, Steve, Bob, Donald, Rob and Keith.

The official scorecard provided by Bob.