Austin Ridge Bible Church - Cold and Breezy

Steve and I played a round at the Austin Ridge Bible Church this morning.  It has been two weeks since we played and we both wanted to get out and throw some plastic.  It was kind of chilly when we started, temperatures were in the upper 40's and a stiff north wind was blowing. At least it was sunny.  Overall it was a pretty good day, not the best for either of us.  Only one birdie was made today, Steve threaded it through the trees on number 17 and ended up next to the basket.  I found a disc in a tree while searching for mine, an Avenger distance driver.  Throws pretty good, nice glide, not too much fade.  Last week I found a LS Polaris Long Straight Driver and it performs as advertised.  It seems my favorite discs are the ones I find.

Steve on the short tee on #14

Heady on the same tee.

Steve with a long putt attempt.

Circle C - Muddy Day

It was beautiful weather today for disc golf at the Circle C.  A cold front blew through yesterday, dropped some rain and cooled things down to the upper 50's this morning.  This was the second weekend in a row we had to contend with a muddy course.  I'm not complaining, we definitely need the rain.   Today's group was Bob, Steve, Big Dave, Mike Burko and myself.

I had one of those days when you throw a great drive and end up bogey (or worse) on the hole.  Steve had a similar day.  Course maintenance is still going on, two baskets were missing on holes 10 and 11.  The course started out sparse but got more crowded as we played.  We caught up with a group of six on the back nine that really slowed us down.

I tried to take some "artistic driving action photos" this morning and Bob drilled me in the forehead.  Damn near gave me a concussion.  Totally my fault.  However, I am blaming all of the bogies I made on the back nine on my double vision.  Good thing it wasn't Steve throwing or I would be in hospital now.

Heady starts us off on the first hole.

Bob letting it fly

Mike with a putt attempt on #4

Rob driving thru the trees

Mike fling and ching!

Bob aiming for my head.  Nice shot Bob!

Mike with  a nice drive

Waiting for the group in front of us.

Big Dave grip it and rip it.

Dave on the fairway

Big Dave with his "all out effort" face.

Steve going the distance

Mike on #18

Waiting for the group ahead of us again.

Steve throwing thru the trees.

The official scorecard by the Bob Accounting Firm.

Metcenter - very muddy day - I did not play

 Undaunted by the 3 inches of recent rain, hearty Lumberjacks Steve, Lif, Keith, Mike, and Dave took on the high water creeks and muddy fairways of Met Center on Sunday.  I could not play because I had other obligations.

Sadly, several more of the drought-stricken trees had been toppled by this latest storm, making play that much more difficult.   Other than the slippage of muddy feet and wet disk, the cool temperatures, cloudy skies and light breezes created an ideal day for disc golf. 


Very muddy, muddy day but cool. A new player joined the group, Mike Burko, Susies friend from school.  Steve found two discs--washed out of the creeks.  All the creeks had running water,  a first.  Hole 11 was under water so everyone pared that hole.

Thanks to Dave for for the pictures.

Recent rains made the sand trip on #2 into a water hazard

"New" Mike shows good form on his first trip to Met Center

Big Dave's shoe tells the tale after hole #3

Steve with flair!

"Old" Mike incorporates his version of the Karate Kid  Crane Kick
for extra distance.

Keith cranking up the amps on this drive.

Official Scorecard provided by Steve.

Cat Hollow Disc Golf Course

Today we made a trip north to play the Cat Hollow Disc Golf Course (aka Brushy Creek).  Beautiful weather today, sunny skies, temperatures in the upper seventies and slight breeze.  Today's group consisted of Steve, Keith, Lif, Big Dave, Bob, Parker, Derek and myself.

This is a nice neighborhood course, mostly short holes, only two par fours.  A mixture of wide open shots and tight tunnels.  Even on a relatively calm day the breeze can affect your shots.  A total of six birdies were made today:  Steve(2), Parker(2), Keith(1), Heady(1).  My birdie was a circus shot from about 90 feet out.  Overall I played a little better today, I started out slow but I made par on the final six holes.  No discs lost, no discs found.

At the first tee pad

Parker and Derek finally show up

Parker driving on #2

Cruising the fairway

Lif flicking

Steve's follow thru!

Rob driving

Parker

Lif reaching back

Keith grip it and rip it

Bob on the fairway

Dave's power drive

Steve throwing directly at Bob!

Bob paid the price!

Keith laying up

Dave putting

Lif on #17

Circle C

A small group today at Circle C: Keith, Dave, Bob and myself.  Everyone else had other obligations.  It looks like they are doing some maintenance on the course in some areas.  The baskets for holes 4 and 9 were missing but there were signs saying the concrete was wet.  The good news is that we all made birdies on hole 4 and we all made par on hole 9.  Bob had a problem with the scorecard today so we stopped keeping score after the 11th hole.  Probably for the best.  Several of us almost made very long distance (100'+) shots, they either hit the basket or clanked off the yellow rim.

The weather today was pleasant, temperature in the upper 80s with a mostly cloudy sky and only a slight breeze.  The course was a little crowded.  We got stuck behind a slow group of eight that brought along stools so they could sit and chat on every shot.  No discs lost, no discs found.  Not sure of the exact birdie count, pretty sure Keith had at least 2.  Thanks to Bob for taking all the good photos!

Keith, Rob and Dave

Where the fourth basket should be.

Heady driving on #5

Big Dave on the fairway

Heady throwing downhill

Keith with a follow thru

Heady preparing to throw a mulligan

Bob from the alternate tee box on 12

Rob with a flick drive on 15

Dave with a power drive

Keith driving on 15

Walking down the fairway

Dave with a long putt

Rob driving on 16

Keith driving while Dave and Rob watch

Keith on #18 fairway

Bob out there