Friday, July 19, 2019

Cool Disc Golf Courses

Most of these pics are from a disc golf course in central LA. I love disc golf. I love hiking around and throwing the discs and seeing the beauty of flying discs and the magic that happens sometimes. And they're usually located in marginal lands with little else for human use. The Austin area has some very cool disc golf courses but I've noticed a few things lacking compared to other course around the country. One is the box you throw from. Seawright park course which you see in the pics that have big wooden trunks surrounding a relatively small cement box What problems? You need more concrete length. Or open the space to let people throw while moving a lot in front or on the follow through. It not only boxes you in it puts you at risk of injury. I'm surprised Ive only once twisted my ankle badly on those darn logs. Notice these holes allow you to throw from a rubber mat and give space before and after the throw. Excellent. I can't think of an Austin course with the mats. Also look at the pic with a hole diagram. That's from the LA course near downtown - one pic shows you how close I was to Dodger stadium. Notice there are numerous hole placings giving you variety. I can't think of any courses in Austin that have that feature, although Im probably forgetting a few that do. But its common everywhere else Ive played. Wake up Austin disc golf clubs and city parks department. I couldn't help but notice the poor state of the trees along the throwing paths. Blame the disc golfers? It may have something to do with it. But I would guess if you watered and composted those areas the trees would live.











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