Flying Armadillo - Fun Day

 

 Several of us met up at Macho Tacos in Manchaca before heading down to San Marcos to play the Flying Armadillo.  We had a large group today:  Steve, Lif, Dave, Keith, Chris, Darden and Heady.  Temperatures were in the 70's, cloudy skies with thunderstorms in the area.  There was hardly any wind.  We did get rained on a little but it was not bad and did not last long.  Course conditions were good.  A little wet and slippery in places.

We played the short course first to warm up.  It was a lot of fun and there was much  jocularity.  They've updated the course since we last played it and there were many improvements.

I played pretty well today.  My drives were long and mostly straight.  My putting was very good.  I choked on one short putt but made several long putts.  My approach shots could have been better but my putting saved me.  I got some tree love on #14 which kissed my drive closer to the basket.  I birdied #14 and #15.  

A total of five birdies were made:  Heady(2), Lif(1), Dave(1) and Darden(1).  No discs lost and no discs found.

The group before we started

T. Rex

 

From the tower

Ride the snake

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign!

Thru the vortex

Lif got bit by a land shark!!

Chris took a break to think things over

Lif with his big gun

Shot time

Steve finishes it up

Small Course Scorecard

Big Course Scorecard

Flying Armadillo - The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

Most of the group met up at Macho Tacos at 8:00 for a delicious breakfast before heading south to San Marcos to play the Flying Armadillo course.  We haven't played this course in four years and that's too long.  Today's players were:  Steve, Lif, Dave, Chris, Keith, Darden and Heady.  Temperatures were in the upper 50's, skies were sunny and the wind was blowing with gust up to 25mph.  Course conditions were good and there were only a few other players on the course.

I played alright, considering that I was contending with a serious hangover.  Many of the fairways on this course are little tight and it is easy to get caught in the rough or behind a tree.  I had some really good drives on the back nine, finally getting some distance with some accuracy.  The wind was a factor and we all hit our share of trees.  I think I only missed one putt.

This really is a fun course to play and we should play it more often.  Too bad we didn't have the time to play the short course.  There were five birdies made today:  Steve(2), Darden(2) and Lif(1).  No discs lost and no discs found. 

Darden starts us off

Darden on #2

Gird up now thy loins like a man - Job 38:3

Lif helping me get my disc down

Taking a little break

Keep your eyes focused on what is right - Proverbs 4:25

Lif relaxing on the carved log

Steve with a tricky putt in the wind on #9

Sculpture

Mid round refreshments

Turn and gurn

Course artwork

Steve getting his disc down.

Darden with an impressive birdie on #12

Lif with a birdie on #15 with style points

The course cat

Darden finishes is up on #18

Steve is awarded the coveted Crystal Weasel Trophy

Official Scorecard