MetCenter - Wednesday Afternoon

 It was too nice of a day to stay inside and work.  I met Lif and Chis in the afternoon to play a round at the Met Center.  Temperatures were in the 80's, sunny skies, low humidity and hardly any wind.  Perfect conditions.  Course conditions were excellent and we pretty much had the course to ourselves.  

We all had some good throws today.  Chris was getting some really good distance on his drives.  Lif was pretty accurate on his approach shots.  We all missed a few putts.

 Only four birdies today:  Lif(2), Chris(1) and Heady(1).  No discs lost and no discs found.

 

Lif by the logs

Lif buried his disc

Chris laying up

Lif with an easy birdie on #8

Lif driving on #18

Official Scorecard

 

 

North Town - Been a Long Time

Because of COVID-19,  January was the last time we've played North Town in Pflugerville.  Today's players were:  Steve, Keith, Lif, Bob, Dave, Chris and Heady.  Temperatures were in the 70's, cloudy skies and the wind picked up during the back nine.  Course conditions were good, a little muddy.  There were lots of other players on the course.

I played about my average for this course.  I hit about my average amount of trees and missed a couple of putts.  Bob is getting more control on his roller shots.  He inspired me to try a few.  Actually worked out for me.

There were 17 birdies today:  Steve(4),  Chris(4), Dave(3), Bob(2), Heady(2), Keith(1) and Lif(1).  One disc lost by Lif in the pond on #12, one disc found by Chris in a tree on #17.

Getting ready for the big round!

Bob starts us off!

Keith makes good use of the mulligan

Lif and Dave fishing

Keith from the edge on #4

Dave with an easy par on #5

Bob and Chris with a successful recovery

Lif from a knee

Keith driving on #9

I should have had this one!

Namaste Lif

Lif says a tearful goodbye to his disc

 

Turtle chillin' out

Chris with a difficult birdie on #16

All eyes on Keith

Steve with a power drive on #18

Heady gets the hook!

Official Scorecard

Roy G. Guerrero

 It was a beautiful morning for disc golf at the Roy G. Guerrero park in East Austin.  Today's players were:  Steve, Big Dave, Lif, Bob, Keith, Chris, DD and Heady.   It was a pleasant 65 degrees when we started, sunny skies and calm winds.  Course conditions were good and there were lots of other players on the course.  This course was recently reopened by the city after being closed for COVID-19, so a lot of people were playing and walking the course.   Because the bridge is still out we started on hole #2 to avoid having to scale the cliff.

I thought I played better than my score indicated.  I got off to a good start but I made too many mistakes on the long holes.  My approach shots and putting have improved.  Congratulations to Chris for the low score of the round.  He drove in from Florida the day before and got in around 1:00 AM.  Dave had the shot of the day with a 100+ putt on #1.  Bob has been working on his roller throws and is showing some results.  Bob made long clutch putt on #17 from the rough to save par.  

No birdies made today.  No discs lost and two discs found by Steve and Chris.

Waiting to start

Steve gets us going

My approach on #18.  Pin high and about 3 feet to the left.

Starting the long walk back to #1

Chris getting some long distance on his drives!

Lif with extra style points on #1

Official Scorecard

Ferry Park - Fort Walton Beach, Florida

 Chris and I played a round in Fort Walton Beach at the Ferry Park disc golf course.  We played a couple of days after hurricane Sally passed through.   There was still a considerable amount of water on the course and the ground was littered with leaves and broken branches.   This was fun course to play, every hole is a par 3, most holes are pretty technical.  The trees and lush vegetation give the course a unique character.  I really like the mix of palm trees and pine trees on the course.   Water does come into play, a small creek meanders throughout the course.  The course has concrete tee pads, good signage, Discatcher baskets and plenty of benches.  A few locals were on the course and were helpful in getting us started.

Chris and I did pretty well for the first time playing this course.  We were each a handful over par and we each had a birdie.  Chris was robbed on one putt, hitting the pole dead on and bouncing off and out of the basket.  I missed about four putts, three off the basket and one off the ring.  I came close to ace on #4, my drive skipped off the top the basket.  I missed my birdie :( 

Chris with a tap in birdie.  Awesome flick drive!

Big turtle