Disc Golf: February 2006 Archives

If disc golf is considered a sport, then I picked the right city to live in! I like how their icon is a char. Sitting is not a sport!

So I arrived early to practice. And after a while, I had to go to the bathroom. The problem is that this park is wide open. There are no convienient bushes to use. So I wander over to the baseball buildings and am greeted with this sign. Gah! What am I supposed to do now?

John arrives and gets us to help untangle his disc retriever. He tells us its a new Knizia game.

Which was promptly put to good use at hole 2. On hole 3, I threw a pretty good approach shot which landed 10' from the hole. The trees on hole 4 held John's long range throws back.

At hole 5, John's disc lands pretty far into a prickly bush. Fortunately for John, Rehana volunteers to retrieve it (earning her a disc for her efforts). And on hole 7, both Mike and myself putted for around 30'!

At hole 9, Mike looses his disc high in the trees. And after it is knocked down, John comments on being blinded by the Sun. Which reminded me of my +1 Mike of blinding. And also at this hole, I had a pretty good yoga putt (where I hold on to the tree and bend around it to throw it into the hole).

At hole 12 is my best throw for that hole so far. Certinally within sight of the hole. Our mantra when we throw is "There are no trees." Just pretend there are no trees and throw! It is your mind that causes the disc to fall to the ground...

We also saw this lady who hooked her dog up to this sled like contraption. I wonder what that was about. At least she wasn't riding it.

And whats another water hole without a retrieval attempt?

We had a chili cook-off at work this afternoon, complete with beer. Once beer is in the picture, employees go home afterwards. So, since I came home at 4:30, I decided to head out and do a round of disc golf. It was sunny and some what warm. However, there was a constant breeze. I was surprised that I was able to complete the round in less than an hour. In fact, I had to wait 10 minutes for other golfers in front of me (so I could have done it even quicker). The good news was that I was able to par 4 holes (3 shots) and had 6 holes requiring 4 shots. The rest were worse ;). What was amusing was that I was able to throw it across the lake. But on the next hole, my throw went 45 degrees off course into the water. Sigh. It required some wading to retreive it.

Another round of disc golf for us. This time, it was cold and windy out with high temperatures in the lower 60s. It was also poorly attended with only Mike A, Adam, Rehana, and myself playing. So the teams ended up with the Ms vs. AR. I was a little worried when Mike "Tomahawk" keeps saying "That was conservative... I am going wild with this throw..." I definately need to teach him how to throw it horizontally.

We had one geeky moment. Adam looked up to see Mike throw his disc and was momentarily blinded by the sun. So I joked that Mike had a +1 disc of blinding. Adam then commented that it was intrinsic to Mike so I had a Mike of +1 blinding...

The above picture was my best shot of the day at hole two. This is a straight throw through trees on either side and over a small hill to the basket.

Another amusing moment was on hole 15. Myself, Adam and Rehana threw into the trees from the high winds. So we joked to Mike that he had better amaze us. So he threw it up into the air and it hit the powerlines once on the way up and again on the way down...

On hole 18 was my best putt. Our first throw was way off to the left and into the trees. Our second throw got us about 15 feet to the hole. But we were down at the bottom of a hill looking up to the hole. And I was able to sink it for a tie for that hole!

Another week of disc golf for us. We started out by flipping discs to choose teams. However, after the dust settled and John and Mike were paired, John declares that he wants to play individually instead. So we needed to reorganize. I am not competitive enough to want to play individually yet.

The only major trouble that we got into this week was on hole 8. John had initially thrown bad. So, he takes a penality and throws again. Only this time, the throw went wild and into a house's yard. Fortunately, he was able to retreive it...

For lunch, we all went to Chipoltes. And it was rather difficult to maintain a chain of cars to the restaurant. Only two of us knew where it was. Fortunately Jon and myself were able to successfully play sheep herder and lead the pack to safety. It seems it was easy to get separated in the drive over there.