Circle C

We had a large group today at Circle C:  Steve, Lif, Keith, Bob, Dave, Mike, Parker and myself.  It started out cloudy but the sun came out after a while and really warmed things up.  I think the temperature got up to 86 degrees, which is not bad considering this is mid-November.  Steve had a very good round, he finished the course at even par.  Too bad he missed that birdie attempt on #17.  Big Dave had to bail out after #13 so we filled in the scorecard for what he would have made.

One disc lost today, Steve lost "Prince Charles" driving from the hill on #12.  Parker found a white Volt amongst the white limestone rocks on #9.  A total of eight birdies were made today:  Steve (4), Keith (2) and Parker (2).  I had chances for three birdies but could not convert.  I played better today than I have been lately.  Maybe the round Steve and I played yesterday helped.

This is the first time in a long time that there was water flowing in the creek.  The rains from two weeks ago really must have flooded parts of the course.

Standing around the first tee.  The rock on the right was knocked over by the floods.

Keith starts us off!

Me on the first tee, a decent drive.

Big Dave on #3

Keith with a birdie putt.

Parker with a birdie putt.

Steve getting his disc down.

Lif coming at you.

Big Dave driving.

Standing around the fairway.

Lif with style points!

The sun shines bright on Big Dave

Mike on fairway.

Bob on the fairway

Me with a crappy flick drive.

Steve getting another disc down.

Big Dave putting on #12. Note the water in the creek.

The creek was flowing.

We had to walk around.  Parker waded thru it.

Parker with a flick drive!

Steve grip it and rip it.

Mike trying a flick.

Keith on the fairway.

Steve with a birdie attempt.

Lif making a bridge or a dam?

Keith trying not get his feet wet.

Official Scorecard by the Bob Accounting Firm

McClain Park

Steve and I had a couple of Macho Tacos this morning then drove down to San Antonio to play a course Steve discovered a few weeks ago, Bryan McClain Park.  It only took about 45 minutes to get there from Steve's house in Manchaca. That is about how long it takes for me to get to Wilco from my house.  The weather was warm and breezy, skies were mostly cloudy.  The course was not very crowded.

I really liked this course.  The front nine have some very scenic and challenging holes, lots of elevation changes and trees.  The back nine had a different personality to it, much flatter and a little more open.  This is more of a tight technical shot course as opposed to a wide open distance course.  Most of the holes are short par threes with lots of trees.  There are a couple of par 4's on the back nine.  Hole number 5 is the signature hole on the course with a the basket on top of an 25 foot cliff.

I did not play as good as I could have today.  Missed a few putts and my flick was not working.  Some of that I blame on the wind.  We played the front nine a second time and I did somewhat better the second time around.

It was a very clean course, there were trash cans by almost every tee box.  Nice concrete tee pads, places to sit and decent signage.  Overall, one of the most enjoyable courses that I have played.  Definitely worth the drive!

Bryan McClain Park

Steve on the first tee.

Second Tee

Hole #5 Long Tee

Hole #5 Short Tee

Hole #5

Hole #6

Hole #7

The name of this hole is "Thread the Needle".  I did. Right down the middle.

Threw my drive past the basket.

Steve on #18

Scorecard.

Williamson County Disc Golf Course

We went north this weekend to the land of Williamson County.  Nice weather for some disc golf, temperatures in the in upper sixties, no wind, cloudy skies.  The course was not very crowded except for the very large group that was in front of us on the first hole.  We decided to leap frog them and start on the second hole, saving the first hole for last.

Keith played even though his left elbow was still giving him pain.  He decided to try throwing right handed and by the end of the round he was doing pretty good!  I was afraid that he was going to have better final score than me.  I am still in my funk, my score was worse than the last time we played this course back in September.  I had a fever that day and it was a very hot day.   Big Dave had a very good game today,  low score on the first nine and finished two behind Steve.

Three birdies today:  Steve (2) and Lif (1).  No discs lost or found.  Bob made a very long shot on #7 (I think).

Lif driving

Heady leaning into it.

Walking to the next hole.

Keith driving right handed

Bob letting it fly

Big Dave grip it and rip it!

Keith driving right handed!

Keith throwing left handed.  (I guess he goes both ways).

Steve with his eyes closed

Keith back to throw righty

Lif is flickin

Big Dave is mesmerized by Keith's fairway shot!

Lif with extra style points!

Dave reaching back

Keith is getting good with the right hand.

Lif with a level release.

Dave with a nice putt.

Bob with a long range jump putt!

Official Scorecard compiled by the Bob Accounting Firm.