Roy G. Guerrero - Wet Saturday Morning

It was a warm and wet morning to play disc golf at the Roy G. Guerrero course in east Austin.  Today's players were:  Steve, Dave, Keith and Heady.  A strong thunderstorm passed through early in the morning and dropped more rain on the already saturated soil.  There was a lot of standing water on the course, the fairway on #7 was a small lake.  Large, hungry mosquitoes were a nuisance.  We saw only one other group on the course. 

This is a very challenging course, with very long, heavily wooded holes.  The actual length of the holes is significantly longer than those posted on the tee pads.  The Disc Golf Review web site has the actual, laser sighted distances. 

This was Steve's first game in over six weeks, he had to go to Malaysia for his job.  The time off did not seem to affect his game very much.  He still had the distance on his drives.  We all manged to hit a few trees.  Once you hit a tree all hope of making par (or bogey) is lost.  If you hit more than one tree then the hole can be a real scorecard buster.  As I found out.

I missed a few putts today that I normally make.  I felt good about them when I threw them but they came up just a little short.  Keith and Dave had several putts that either bounced off the chains or skidded off the basket.  Keith and Dave did nail some long putts, some of the shorter ones caused them some problems.

No birdies today.  No discs lost.  No discs found.

Dave starts us off

Steve's first throw in over a month

Steve driving on #3

Keith on #5 fairway

Steve slams his putt on #5

Keith on #7 fairway

The flooded fairway on #7

Dave with a nice toss

Dave with a putt attempt on #12, thud.

Keith with a putt attempt on #12, clank.

Crossing the creek to #13

Keith driving on #17

Walking the fairway on #18

Official Scorecard Recorded by Steve

Austin Ridge Bible Church - Practice Nine Holes

Today was one few day in the past few weeks that it has not rained in Austin.  I squeezed in a quick nine holes at the Austin Ridge Bible Church just to get some practice.  I did all right today, my putting was on and my flick was working.

I almost made an ace on #6.  I threw my Tern with a forehand flick and thought it was going to hit a tree when I released it.  The disc flew through the branches and faded right towards the basket.  It landed just short of the pin, skipped up and hit the underside of the basket.  Easy tap in birdie.  I made a birdie on #7 and ended up +2 for the front nine.

My dive on #6.  Almost and ace.

Patchnose snake with an attitude on #8

Circle C - Saturday Afternoon

Since everyone is busy for Mother's Day tomorrow, a few of us got together this afternoon for a round at Circle C.  Today's players were:  Dave, Keith and Heady.  We've had heavy rain this week and even had a strong shower this morning.  Course conditions were a bit muddy but we've seen worse.

We all had about average day; however, every one of us sucked at putting today.  We each missed about five putts that we normally make.  It was  a little breezy but I can't blame the wind for all of the missed shots.

Only two birdies were made today:  Keith(1) and Dave(1).  No discs lost and no discs found.

Keith starts us off

Keith with a birdie attempt on #2

Dave with a birdie on #4

Dave putting on #18

Official scorecard recorded by Dave

Keith and I played a few bonus holes.  He makes birdie on #5.  He allmost made an Eagle.  On his third throw, the disc skipped on a rock before the basket and hit the pole.

Williamson County DCG, Leander

We took the trip up north to play Wilco, we haven't played it since January.  It really is a pretty course after it greens up.  Weather was perfect, 68 degrees when we started, sunny skies and light breezes.  Today's players were:  Dave, Lif, Keith, Brian and myself.  Course conditions were very good, there were several other groups on the course but I wouldn't call it crowded.

I had a fair day, my backhand drives were not flying very well, I did flick a lot.  I missed five 20-25 foot putts,  made my anger shot each time.  My approach shots are what saved me today.

Only one birdie made today:  Lif on #4.  One disc lost (Dave), two discs found (Dave).

Lif starts us off

Keith and Dave with a delicate extraction

Dave with a tomahawk

Keith driving on #18

Dave putting on #18

Walking back

Official scorecard recorded by Rob