Disc Golf: September 2007 Archives

Today, we had a new guy, Dan, join us who I know from work. He did pretty good for a beginner. His side arm throw is better than mine. And he actually sank a long putt on hole seven.

Afterwards, we ate at Mangia Pizza because they have an outdoor seating area which allows dogs. John grabbed Loco! out of his car. Too bad it was a little too breezy for this card game.

Gravitt was abnormally missing today at Wilco. Which may explain why I was throwing good today. Hole number 3 has a tough first throw. And I made it into the green around the corner. My third throw landed next to the basket making this an easy par.

Holes 5 and 8 were easy birdies as well.

Ugh! My allergies have started to act up and it sucks. I wish plants would stop having sex all over me. I wonder if this is one of the culprits...

The start for today was rather brutal for John. He whacked his hand on a metal pole and caused the disc to fly off course. Where we lost it in the trees. And that was not the only disc that we lost. I lost two. And John lost three. But we came back after the first round was over and were able to spot the disc high in the trees!

The tournament took forever. The biggest problem was that it was played over two courses that were miles apart. We were forced to wait for everyone to comeback from Kyle. Finally, at 3:30 we headed out for the second round.

I kept remarking how it had not rained yet. And the fact that this was the first tournament that I have ever played where it has not rained. But fate would continue along in its footsteps and sprinkle a little bit on us. We were lucky. It rained much harder in San Marcos where we had just left.

Ugh. The tournament took forever to finish. We finally left for home at 8pm...

John and I drove down to San Marcos to check out one of the two courses where the Bobcat Open was being held. There was a map, but it was for an old layout. John and I kind of wandered around and made some holes up. But we eventually found some disc golfers and followed them to figure out the course.

Hole 9 was interesting. It was a short hole on top of a small hill where you had to throw over cars parked for some construction work towards the basket. You cannot overthrow it because some buildings line the surrounding area. I landed close enough for a birdie.

Most of the baskets were older models that were not too visible. However, one seemed rather home made but functional.

I drove down to Circle-R again to take pictures of their second disc golf course before Circle-R closes for some time for improvements. And, boy, do they need improvements! The course is unplayable. With all of the recent rains, the grasses and small bushes have overrun the place. Unless you had spotters, you probably would not be able to find where it landed. The signs were broken and laying on the ground. I got lost a couple of times (even holding a map of the course did not help). And I could not where hole 17 started.

So, after walking around in the sun, I played their other course, Rolling Meadows. I played much better. Getting a couple of birdies. But I lost my records when the stupid phone hung on me and I had to power it off. It seems that someone with the same first name and last initial as I do had a skip ace...

Afterwards, I ate at Estancia Churrascaria. The place was pretty good. I started off with the salad buffet which had items like mozzarella cheese, artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, and sun-dried tomatoes. But I have to admit that the selection was rather small. Not that it mattered, of course. I came here for the meat.

They had many different types of meats to choose from. And most of them were tasty. I am not usually a fan of chicken legs, but the one I had was savory. The lamb was not too gamy. The sausage was not too bad. But the tenderloin was far too overcooked and dry.

There were two sides that I liked. The fried plantains were sweet and creamy. And the mini pop-over muffins were excellent! Certainly the best part of the meal. I will definitely have to try making something like that at home...

Today was the second Blue Skies Over Texas Tournament for me. And the day was pretty horrible for me because it rained. Actually, now that I think about it, it has rained for every tournament that I have been in! In fact, we could not attend our first tournament ever because it rained so much that the course was flooded out.

We arrived early in the morning. It was only just raining a couple of drops. But that would change later on in the day. For the worst. The course was already damp. Damp enough to leave tracks. Like you can see in this picture were a truck or ATV had driven along the course. Fortunately, there was a lot of mulch out on the course. But it was strangely missing in spots.

We had a group of five in the first half of the day. And Damon Neth was in my group again.

Lunch was free. There was taco meats, mixings, and even beer (but it was the low quality Keystone light). John, Jon, and I played 99. However, we ran into problems. With out Adam, we were unable to remember some of the more finicky bits of the rules (like declaring and revealing). But it did not matter. John was not interested in playing it at all. And opted instead to play hacky sack.

We finally started the second half (where the course is reversed) late. Around 2:30 or so. And it started to rain much worse. Ugh.

But the day did end on a positive note. Jon won fourth place (tied for third according to him) for $110 in merchandise at Disc Nation. On the way home we stopped to eat at Bi Ki Ni Bar.