Old Settlers - New and Improved

We played the "New and Improved" Old Settlers course in Round Rock this morning.  It has been over four years since we've played this course and they recently redesigned it.  I think it is much improved.  Today's players were:  Steve, Lif, Dave, Bob, Keith, Chris and Heady.  Temperatures were in the 50's when we started, the sun was shining but there was a 10-20mph north wind blowing.

We had a hard time getting into the park, all the entrances were blocked  because of a marathon event.  We met up at the old disc golf course and discussed our options over some Macho Tacos that Steve provided.  After a couple of unsuccessful attempts, we finally found a way to access the course behind the Dell Diamond.  We spotted a familiar vehicle, Grateful Ted's Carpet Cleaning, we've seen this guy at several courses around town.

The old course was comprise mainly of long open holes, the new course is much more technical with tight tunnel shots and elevation changes.  Water can come into play on a couple of holes.  The first few holes are located where some of the old holes were, so there still are some wide open throws.  Then it changes to a heavily wooded area which requires some accurate throws.  Overall, we liked it a lot and plan to add this course to our rotation.  It will be interesting to see what it looks like in the summer.

I had some good drives today but I got hung up in the rough a lot and hit several trees.  I don't recall missing any putts.  Keith had an adventure on hole two after a birdie attempt went long as well as several other attempts.  However, Keith did record the only birdie for the day.  Chris had a little trouble with his control at first, but later in the round he discovered that he could throw a flick with accuracy.  Not bad for the first time out in less than ideal conditions.

No discs lost and no discs found.

Eating Macho Tacos and planning to enter the course.

A familiar car, Grateful Ted's

Gearing up

Bob and Ted's big adventure

Big Dave starts us off!

Keith throwing with the wind

Steve with a tunnel shot

Chris driving

Lots of trees to avoid

Walking the fairway.  The trees blocked the wind

Steve with a decision to make.  Left or right.

Beware of  Chupacabras!

Putting in the wind was a challenge

Turned out to be a nice day

Bob with an approach shot

Bob's drive went a little to far left.

Keith rolled down to join Bob

Steve with an approach

Bob trying to get close.

Chris pondering his shot

Keith hit some nice putts

Dave putting on #8

Rob flicking his approach

Bob going for it

Chris learning the tricks

Finishing up!

Bob's Scorecard

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob.