East Metro Park (Manor) - Chilly Start

It was a chilly start today at the East Metro Park course in Manor.  Temperatures were about 40 degrees, fortunately the sun was shining and the wind was not very strong.  Today's players were:  Steve, Keith, Dave, Lif and Heady.  We had the course to ourselves, we saw a solo player when we started and nobody after that.

I got off to a slow start and hit my share of trees today.  My approach shots kept me in the game.  It was so cold this morning we had to break out the gloves.  Steve and Keith wore shorts, the rest of us decided on the long pants.  Wearing jeans is not a bad idea when playing this course.  Just about everything in the rough is covered with thorns. 

A total of six birdies were made today:  Steve(5) and Dave(1).  Steve had a very good round, he made a par or birdie on every hole except for two holes.  He ended up at even par for the day.


No discs lost, one disc found by Steve on #17 in a cactus patch.

Keith starts us off!

Steve splits the trees on #2

Dave putting on #3

Lif on the fairway on #4

The creeks had some water today

Steve with a birdie on #6.  He had to deal with that stump.

Keith driving on the long #8

Steve's follow thru on the bridge

Keith on #9

Steve putting over Roscoe

Steve in the moat on #10

Dave with a nice putt

I was deep in the hole on #10

Keith with a birdie attempt over Roscoe

Lif on the #17 fairway

Dave on #18 fairway

Keith goes around the corner

Steve putting on #18

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve, compiled by Rob

Roy G. Guerrero

Four of us turned out today to play the Roy G. Guerrero Disc Golf Course in East Austin.  Today's players were:  Steve, Keith, Dave and Heady.  Skies were overcast, temperatures were in the 60's and there was no wind to speak of.  Quite a few other groups were playing today but I wouldn't call it crowded.

This is a tough course requiring long and accurate throws.  Many of the holes are very long, longer than what is posted, and they all have trees.  I felt that I played alright today but my score does not really reflect that.  I snapped off a couple of good drives and avoided the trees for the most part.  I think I only missed one putt I felt that I should have made.  Both Dave and I had very long putts go in for par.  They were both from about 90 feet out.  Mine was on #2 and Dave's was on #10.

No birdies today, although Steve had a couple of chances.  No discs lost and no discs found.

The bridge is out!!

Steve starts us on #1

Dave driving on #1

Dave with a putt attempt on #1

Steve with a monster drive on #3

Steve's birdie putt comes up a little short

Keith found this hat on the #7 bench.  It reminded us of Berko!

Keith on the #7 fairway

Keith's first drive on #9

The mother of all ant mounds!

Steve with another birdie attempt

Walking to #16.  The creek was dry today

Dave with a long putt on #17

Dave putting on #18 to finish it.

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob.

Austin Ridge Bible Church

We had a small group for the Austin Ridge Bible Church on Sunday.  The players were:  Steve, Dave and Heady.  It was a little cool when we started, temperatures in the 50's.  Long sleeve weather.  Skies were mostly sunny and a fair north wind.  Course condition were a little slick in places but not as bad as I thought it would be.  The nice weather brought out the players and we encountered several other groups on the course.

We all got off to a slow start.  Blame it on the cool weather.  Steve picked it up on the back nine, making par on the very difficult #10 and almost made birdie on #11.

A total of three birdies were made:  Heady(2) and Steve(1).  One disc found by Steve on #8.  I was standing right next to it and did not see it.  Two discs lost, Steve's drive on #12 went into the thicket, my drive on #18 faded into the pond.

Steve on #1 fairway

Dave reaches back on #2

Dave getting his disc from the creek on #3

Steve lets if fly on #3

Big Dave taking aim on #5

Dave with a nice long putt on #10

Steve makes par on #10

Steve's attempt at birdie on #11.  Never seen a birdie on #11. 

Dave driving on the wet #13

This fairway gets a bit squishy.

Steve's second shot on #16

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob

Circle C - Muddy Day

Because of all the rain we've had it's been two weeks since we played.  Two days ago we had record breaking rainfall in Austin and Circle C was probably the only course around that we could play.  It still was pretty muddy.  Today's players were Steve, Dave, Lif, Keith and Heady.  Lif brought Roscoe the wonder dog along.   He loves to run around and get in the water. Lif had to bail out early for reasons I will explain later.  Temperatures were in the 60's when we started, partly cloudy skies and an intermittent breeze. Only a few other groups were on the course so we did not have to wait on anybody.

I played a little below my average, my drives were good for the most part but I missed at least four putts that I should have made.  We had a little adventure on the #6 tee pad.  Apparently there was a colony of ground yellow jackets next to the tee pad.  We disturbed them when we were driving and they swarmed all around us.  No time for a mulligan today!  Except for me, everyone else including Roscoe got stung.  Poor Roscoe  got stung several times and he was not feeling well at all.  Lif had to leave early, after the 7th hole to take him home.

A total of five birdies were made today:  Steve(3), Keith(1) and Lif(1).  One disc found by Steve in the creek.  He paid the price for it by getting a little wet.

Lif starts us off!

Keith on the first tee

Lif with a birdie on #2

Keith with a birdie

Dave with a long putt on #5

Lif driving with in a wasp storm

Yellow Jackets attacked Lif's bag

Steve with a birdie on #6.  Good job!

The rains brought down a large tree on the path

Lif's neck sting

Steve's arm started to swell

Keith got stung on the forehead

Dave driving on #7

Keith makes a long putt!

Steve short armed this birdie putt

The creek was full and flowing

Keith driving on #13

Steve rips it on #16

Steve finding a disc.  Wish I had a picture when he fell in.

Dave driving on #18

Official Scorecard.  Recorded by Steve.  Compiled by Rob.