Austin Ridge Bible Church - Seven Hole Lunch

Today at lunch I played the first seven holes at the Church.  My drive on #1 went a little too high and faded left and landed by the #3 basket.  I had a problem getting through the trees and wound up with a bogey.  My drives on #2 through #5 were all straight down the fairway.  My fairway shots were all long, well placed and avoided the trees.  My approach shots for every hole were right on the basket and I made all my putts.  On #6 my flick drive curved around the trees and ended up six feet from the basket for an easy birdie. On #7 I had to throw a mulligan after hitting a tree.  My mulligan went straight down the fairway, flew next to the basket and ended up about 15 feet past the basket.  I made the putt for birdie.

I wish I would have played this well last Sunday, it would have lowered my score by five strokes.

#1 - bogey
#2 - par
#3 - par
#4 - par
#5 - par
#6 - birdie
#7 - birdie

Austin Ridge Bible Church

A group of eight played the Austin Ridge Bible Church today:  Bob, Keith, Lif, Heady, Steve, Mark, Micah and Dave.  Mark and Micah had never played the Church before but they had heard stories about it.  It is a very difficult course, extremely rugged terrain, heavily wooded and requires precision shots.  There are also water hazards, especially on number 18.  The temperatures today were in the upper 80's, a slight north wind and partly cloudy skies. 

Two discs lost today, Keith and Lif, both in the pond on #18.  Two discs found today, Micah and Lif.  Considerably fewer birdies were made today than last week:  Steve(2), Heady(1), Bob(1).  It should be noted that Bob also made a birdie on Bonus Hole B which is not on the scorecard. My birdie on #18 was from a 70 foot flick.  Steve had a great drive on #12 of about 400 feet.

Micah starts us out on #1

Dave putting from the dry creek.

Steve driving across the canyon on #2

Climbing up.

Steve driving with perfect balance

Lif driving on #3

Big Dave on the fairway on #3

Getting a disc down.  A certain Joe Rosenthal quality to the photo.

Dave putting on #3

Blob putting on #3

Steve knocking out the disc Micah found.

Heady driving on #5

Steve driving

Micah with a nice drive.

Walking down the fairway

Heady on the faiway

Big Dave driving on #6

Lif driving on #7

Steve on the fairway on #8

Steve holding the limb that Dave sawed off with his drive.

Bob on the fairway on #9

Lif getting another disc down.

Keith lining up a putt.

Steve with a follow thru on Bonus Hole A.

Keith throwing uphill

Steve and Keith take a rest stop.

Group shot on Bonus Hole B

Mark driving on Bonus Hole B

Micah driving

Bob's birdie putt on Bonus Hole B

Mark with a wedge shot.

Lif driving and posing for the Heisman!

Micah driving on #15

Keith driving on #16

Micah driving

Walking the fairway on #16

Keith putting

Bob driving on #17

Lif is flickin

On the fairway on #17

Steve on the hill

Micah on #17

Keith driving on #18, watch out for the water!

Official scorecard prepared by the Bob Account Firm!

Wells Branch Disc Golf Course

Today we made a road trip north and played the new and improved Wells Branch Disc Golf Course.  A nice neighborhood course, we started at 8:30 to avoid the tournament that started at 10:00.  The last time we played this course was February 3 and they have done some improvements to the course.  The course is along side a small creek with lots of large pecan trees offering shade.  The creek had water in some places and a few discs got wet.  Watch out for those snapping turtles! Very nice tee pads and benches and a very clean course.  I did not see any trash at all.  You did have to be careful to avoid the poison ivy that grew almost everywhere.  Most of the holes are short par threes, a couple of par fours.

We all played very well today.  We could not ask for better weather, temperatures when we started were in the upper 70's, a slight north wind and plenty of sunshine.  A small group played today:  Bob, Lif, Dave, Steve and myself.  Keith is in New York City this weekend.  The weather was so nice that Steve, Bob and I played most of a second round.

Lots of birdies today:  Heady(6), Steve(5), Dave(5), Bob(4) and Lif(3).  One disc found(Steve and Bob), one disc found and returned(Steve), no discs lost.

Wells Branch Disc Golf Course

Big Dave starts us off on #1

Steve with a nice putt

Heady getting an assist from Lif

Heady finally getting his disc out of the tree

Bob driving with style

Steve winding up

Heady grip it and rip it!

Pondering the next shot

Me on the fairway

Snapping turtle, watch your fingers!

Steve and Lif fling and ching

Bob getting out of a ditch

Bob with a nice putt!

Steve driving in B&W

Big Dave reaching back for something extra

Lif driving in style

Bob throwing around the bush

Me with a putt attempt

Crossing that bridge when we come to it

Steve with a long putt

Steve getting Bob's disc and one other

Bob helping Steve.  Watch out for that snapping turtle!

The official scorecard provided by the Bob accounting firm.