It’s taken 6 seasons of playing officially sanctioned tournaments as a PDGA member, but I’ve finally succeeded in finishing a tournament dead last. Well, dead last in my division any way; there was one male in M-4 who shot worse than I did and one male who started the tourney and did not finish. I’d …
Category Archives: Disc Golf
Ice Bowl 2009
I’ve played in a fair number of Ice Bowls, but today was the snowiest. It was also the first Ice Bowl for me in which I’ve gone absolutely bone dry in the way of prizes. Couldn’t even score a raffle win. The image below might sum up a day that was both frustrating AND fun. …
Some thoughts…
On playing disc golf in the dark with glow-in-the-dark discs: Champion/candy plastic is the only way to go. The white discs I had were still too opaque to be useful. Be sure the park you’re at is actually, you know, dark. Playing in the dark is challenging; constantly being blinded by night glare then having …
Glen 2008: Day 5
Back to the oars today after a late night. Coffee and good poetry soon put all to rights, and we were working through Bob’s poems. Right good ‘uns, too. Later there was an interesting poem from Allen featuring a peregrine attacking a sparrow. I must say, referring to none I shall name, that I for …
The Great 8: Team Golf
It’s taken a few days to recover, but on Saturday, July 19, Ken and I successfully completed the disc golf iron man competition known as The Great 8. We rose a 4:30 in the A.M. to arrive at Zebulon park for the 6:15 players meeting. After picking up our players packs (a nicely stamped disc, …
The VOCH-ness monster: A Great 8 Warmup
So next week, I’m going down to Raleigh to participate in a particular form of craziness known as The Great 8. My friend Ken and I will play as a doubles team in a tournament that requires us to play 8 courses in one day. In the summer. In North Carolina. As preparation for this, …
2008 Vienna Open
So, last year I played in the Vienna Open and had a good opening round and an awful second round. Actually the scores are only 2 strokes apart, but that doesn’t really display the misery of the round. This year, tournaments and my schedule haven’t been lining up well, but I found that I could …
Little Things
Pie and coffee This morning I sit here drinking stale coffee and eating bad pie. And I’m happy. The coffee, while stale, started out as good coffee a few days ago. And by good I mean freshly ground, properly stored, french press brewed Garuda Blend coffee from San Francisco’s Peet’s Coffee. Sure, two or three …
2008 Rock Creek Shootout
Saturday was the 2nd Rock Creek Shootout here in Tiffin, OH. Once again, Clare and his team put together a top-notch event that ran smoothly. As much as I mistrust Subway, they came through with good quality sandwhiches donated for lunch, and Ballreich’s donated potato chips that reportedly arrived still warm from thier Tiffin plant. …
2008 First Round
Well, the weather and my schedule have finally combined to produce my first opportunity since winter started to toss a disc. Ok, I suppose I should admit my lack of taste for winter golf this year. At any rate, today I sloshed through the course and had a decent rusty round. Here’s the skinny: Putting: …
