Austin Ridge Bible Church - First Day of Summer

I played a quick round this morning at the Austin Ridge Bible Church with Steve and his friend Mark.  The weather was warm, cloudy, humid and very little breeze.  Mark played this course when he was in town last year and his distance has really improved.  The course was a little overgrown and we all hit our share of trees.

I had a pretty good front nine and not so good on the back nine.  A few holes turned into disasters.  Steve did not have one of his best rounds either.  Mark had the shot of the day!  On number 18 he threw a laser drive right at the basket, hit the chains and bounced out.  So close to an ace.

Only three birdies were made today:  Steve(1), Mark(1) and Rob(1).  No discs lost, no discs found.

Steve getting Mark's disc on hole 3

Mark putting on #3

Mark driving on #5

Steve driving on #5

Mark driving on #11

Steve with a birdie attempt on #17

Mark putting from the cattails

Mark and his near ace.

Scorecard by Steve

MetCenter - Father's Day

Today was Father's Day and we played the MetCenter DGC in southeast Austin.  Today's group was comprised of:  Lif, Dave, Steve, Bob, Keith, Brian and me.  Keith had to bail out after #12 to drive to San Antonio.  The weather conditions were sunny and warm with a fairly good breeze. The course was not crowded at all, maybe three other groups out there, a refreshing change from last week at Searight.

Lif had the shot of the day with a 90 foot shot to save par on #6.  Dave almost matched Lif's shot but his disc bounced off the chains.  A total of five birdies were made today:  Steve(2), Brian(2) and Rob(1).  I started out slow but finished with a string of 6 pars.  I was not throwing long drives but my approach shots and putting were working today.  I made a long putt on #18 to make par on that hole for the first time.

Brian had the most improved score, 14 fewer throws than the last game on April 20.  It was even more impressive when you consider that he was playing with an injury today.  

No discs lost, although we did hit the water a few times.  Two discs found, Steve and Brian, both in the open, on the first two holes.

Gumby made an appearance today!

Warming up

Steve starts us off!

Me trying to picture the shot

Steve with body english

Heady driving on #2

Big Dave letting it fly

Keith reaching back

Heady from the sandbox

Brian with an uphill putt

Keith with an uphill putt

Barefoot Bob

Moment of impact

Heady with his birdie putt

Keith going for birdie

Dave sizing it up.

Bob from one knee

Steve driving with intensity!

Keith on #10 fairway

Lif putting, a little short

Brian flicking on #11

Steve on the 11th fairway

Lif got into sticker burr patch.  I think those socks are beyond hope.

Bob getting a disc from the murky water

Walking the fairway on #13

Bob retrieving his disc while Lif watches

Brian with a birdie on #16

Steve's birdie on #16

Lif driving on #17

Brian with a flick drive

Lif stuck the landing

Steve on the 18th fairway

Bob posing with Gumby

Bob does the Gumby pose!

Official Scorecard from the Bob Accounting Firm.  Data collected by Steve.

Mary Moore Searight Park - Two Rounds

Today a small group of us played the very crowded Mary Moore Searight Park, the group was:  Steve, Bob and me.  This course is always crowded and today was no exception.  I got there at 9:05 and there were about 30 guys, and their dogs, standing around the first tee box.  We decided to start on hole three to get around the crowd.  This turned out to be a wise decision (except I made a Frosty).  We played the round so quickly that we decided to play another.

The last time we played here was back in December when it was cold and muddy.  Today the weather was warm, mostly cloudy, mostly calm and very humid.  A brief, but intense, rain shower hit us on hole fifteen.  Just enough to soak our clothes and make the ground a little muddy.  

Other than the crowds, I really like this course.  It has mostly short to moderate length holes.  Mostly tight fairway shots and some elevation changes.  If you make one bad throw you can still recover to make par.

None of us played our best but we played good enough. Only four birdies were made for both rounds:  Rob(2), Steve(1) and Bob(1).  No discs lost, no discs found.  Bob did find something that was "very interesting".

Bob driving on #6

Steve reaching back on #8

Steve flinging

Bob putting

Steve with a long drive

Heady with a not so long drive

Rob getting around the corner

After the rain, got a little wet!

Steve with a big fly

Heady flicking on #1

Heady driving on #2

Steve on #2

Heady with a putt to save par

Steve on #3

Steve trying to go top shelf

Heady with a birdie.

Second time around

Bob leaves his feet for this birdie putt on #14

Rob save par!

Bob putting on #17

Steve making par

Official Scorecard of both rounds