One Grand Disc Golf Tour

07-30-08

For any of you who have used the “mitton” to describe the shape of MI, this entry’s title indicates the geographical location of Petosky, where we had another fun morning of Frisbee shows (4). Though this location was outdoors, which eliminated the full-court-hoop shots that rev up the kids. So I made soccer field goal-to-goal shots, which was actually easier.

I’m not quite sure what to say about River Road Sports Complex (#893). RRSC’s 24 hole dgc is pretty and fairly easy to navigate. Most of the flight lines are fair but the (mowed) fairways are very oddly shaped. And at least 3/4 of the holes are blind shots. I ran the course and had to run forward on well over half of the holes to find out which directions I was to throw. There are a few holes where there is NO fairway, you are just expected to throw over some brush. But there is a good mix of lefts, rights, and straights.

Avalanche park (#894), Boyne City, MI… EASILY the most potential unrealized of any course I’ve played to date! The map is positioned so that north is up, as is traditional, but when facing south trying to get your bearings, it all looks backward. This is a massive tract of incredibly beautiful pastures and forested rolling hills giving way to a full on mountain. Upon these hills are bike trails, snow mobile trails and disc golf trails all intertwining. At least 5 times I putted out and looked up to see 3 options to walk with no real indication as to which way to go. There was only one “next tee” sign that I saw on this course. All of the tee signs were broken and most of the baskets had no numbers.

The first half of the course winds around the lower lying areas and the last part strictly follows a snowmobile path around the back side of the mountain. As I meandered up the slow grade of the SM trail I could help but crane my head from side to side looking at all of the areas that would be far more exciting to play.
A common design ideology I’ve seen is taking the path of least resistance or seeing what IS there as opposed to seeing what COULD BE there. My impression was that either the designer missed it completely or his hands were tied by the parameters of those who control the land. A phone call confirmed it was the latter.
That said, there were still plenty of problems that should be addressed. There were 500 foot walks to play a 250’ hole. Then a 400’ walk to play a 300 footer. Near the end I believe I walked what must have been a 2,000’ walk to the last couple of holes. The shape of the holes were fine. I didn’t see much poke-n-hope. But I think I would have enjoyed the walk on this stellar chunk of land if I had left my discs in the car and just concentrated on the scenery. Bottom line: Avalanche park has the potential to be one of the greatest courses in the history of the game. Currently it barely approaches mediocre.

The scenery at Boyne Mountain Ski Resort (#895) in Boyne Falls, MI was equally impressive as was the dgc. The ski lift to the top is now free…bonus. There were some interesting shapes to the early holes. But once we get to hole 5…”Houston…we have a problem”. The fairways start to follow a paved path that gently winds up the mountain. This makes for some friendly flight lines but not so friendly for anyone using the path for what it was intended, like walking or riding a bike. The tee for hole 8 was DIRECTLY IN FRONT of the basket of 7!!!! Hole 11 is a short “ace-run” downhill. Tee 12 sits about 20 feet directly behind it. “Attention K-Mart shoppers…we have a blue-light special on liability law-suits on aisles 5,7, 8, 11, 12 & 13”. The finale hole #18 has a nice shape but the target sits within 25’ of where maintenance parks their vehicles.

Again, we have a phenomenal facility and a poorly implemented course. The saddest thing of all…I lugged along both my video camera and my still camera and there wasn’t a single hole that inspired me to take out my camera(s) to record it.

Based on my impression of Leviathan, I decided to backtrack to Ludington to try the other 3 that reside in the same park. Along the drive, I spoke to my Michgander-turned-Floridian buddy, Chad Greer, who did the artwork for my CFR discs and handles my (active) web stuff. He mentioned another ski-resort course called Shanty Creek (#896) (Schuss Village) in Mancelona. I arrived in that area just before dusk. It seemed like a wasted effort but I took the turn and found the resort. I grabbed a card at the concierge desk and hit the 9-hole course running (with glow discs and a flashlight, just in case). Finished with a –2 in 14:01 in time to still see where I was going. This one had similar qualities to the previous two but was more fun to play and had fewer safety issues.

Tomorrow:
Log Lake park in Kalkaska, MI
Hickory Hills in Traverse City
Mason County park, Ludington

07-29-08

You gotta love seeing this enroute to your local disc golf course. (BP)
Nearby Silver Creek DGC’s (#891) first tee is a bit hard to find but is fairly intuitive thereafter.  There is one transition from 9 to 10 that I’m pretty sure I would not have found for quite a while had I not asked another park patron.  (more “Next tee” signs puh-lease) If I remember correctly (this stuff is starting to run together) the signage in general as well as the numbers on the baskets could use upgrading.
Other than that, SC is a pristine park with some lovely views of lake Michigan.  The dgc has a well rounded track that incorporates a wide variety of shot selections.   I ran the course and almost immediately regretted not bringing my bag.

The Manitowoc-Ludington ferry was a mere 1.5 miles from the course.  I boarded the Starship “Badger” and embarked on the 4 hour tour (the weather started getting rough.  The tiny ship was tossed…for you Gilligan fans)  actually the trip was entirely uneventful as I worked on yesterdays’s blah’g most of the way.

A flip of the disc decided that I would jog left in Ludington which landed me at the Leviathan course (#892).  LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!!…  I LOVED EVERY SINGLE HOLE ON THE LEVIATHAN!  (Quote me if you must) It is a rustic course but it is one of the greatest “fair” pro challenges with well thought out risk v reward opportunities and generous landing areas for well-executed shots.  Some very creative uses of the topography.  I want to say that whoever designed this either truly understands disc golf or got really lucky 18 times in a row.  (Please don’t tell me this is an Eagle scout project)

There may be a bit of an over-emphasis on straight shots but I happen to like that.  Like 86 World Champ Johnny Sias once said, “A man aught to be able to throw a Frisbee straight”.  Living and playing in the days of the of the “Max” and “Flick” there are fewer of us every day.

The lone problem I encountered at the course was the phenomenal concentration of mosquitoes.  The problem lies with the fact that up here in the north, there aren’t enough reptiles to eat them, and I’m certainly not going to do it.

The Leviathan easily slides into my top 10 favorite courses.  Just don’t ask me which gets bumped because I can’t dedicate my brain to such things.

Tomorrow:
Spinning Bees shows in Petosky, MI (Bay View)
River road sports complex
Boyne City area courses

07-28-0

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Navigated Chicago-land in the early AM in enough time to reach Round Lake and get set up for the Spinning Bees show. The first group was outstanding! I had 4 shows at two locations and moved on to Fairfield Park’s (#889) 18 holer. The designer made up for the lack of trees in the front acreage by utilizing the rolling hills nicely. Despite the fact that there were no tee signs or “next-tee” signs it was fairly easy to navigate due to the well mowed fairways and well worn paths leading away from the baskets. There were a couple of fairways near the creek and tight wooded holes but none that should be considered “poke-n-hope”. With some cement tee pads and tee signs this would be a very nice track.  Fairfield finishes with an 830 (ish) down-n-up hole that definitely suggests a par 5 rating, but they call it a 3.  My 4 felt like a birdie, if THAT means anything.

From there I was told of the Lehmann Mansion (#890) This little 9 holer weaves around a few open areas with a couple of wooded holes near…yeah…the Lehmann Mansion. There were the bare minimum requirements, a crushed shell tee pad and a basket. No tee signs or “next-tee signs” here either.
I’d love to find out who designed this one since there are 8 hyzers and one hole that goes about 120 through verrrry tight woods, a 90 degree turn right, to another 80 foot fairway to the basket. The last hole is open over a lake with two fountains. Too long for 99% of the disc golfing world to “go-for-it”, righty’s will likely hyzer to the sloped bank to the left and Lefties will likely hyzer to the sloped bank on the right.

I got an email from the PA state Co-ordinator, Jeff LaGrassa who told me that though he enjoyed reading about my trials and tribulations posted on this blog, a simple phone call could have steered me to more quality courses.

I was quick to point out that, while I do prefer playing quality courses, this tour is about quantity rather than quality. I choose the courses based on proximity to the lines that I must travel to reach my next show or tourney. Also, I’m hoping that the “random” selection of courses listed here will give an indication as to the % of poor courses that continue to go into the ground. In reading these, hopefully people will begin to realize the detrimental effect that these courses are having on our sport. Each poor course that is installed lowers our overall standards and further reduces our credibility. (As I see it)
As it stands, A-N-Y-O-N-E is allowed to design a course. Eagle Scout projects are on the rise but they need to have more guidance so that they come up with a more viable end product. I would hope that the Disc Golf Course Design Group can come up with a simple set of guidelines to push them in the right direction.

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Tomorrow:
Silver Creek park-Manitowoc, WI
Manitowoc (WI) to Ludington (MI) car ferry
Maybe another course if I’m lucky

07-27-08

Still feeling a bit beat-up, I decided to play in the Master’s division. Our first round was on Lemon Lake’s Blue course (#887), which was half new holes and half a course that was part of the original 27. I’m counting it but only listing 9 holes. The Silver tees on the brand new Lemon Lake Gold course (#888) are fantastic. Longs, shorts, ups, downs, fast and slow greens, wide open and wooded. This one has it all! Folks, THIS is an outstanding course! We didn’t play the gold tees and from what I saw, I’m glad. I love epic courses but the golds look HUGE! Frankly, I think it will still be a few months before they are ready for tourney play.
Bart and I were tied at –7 after round one on the blue. After round 2 on the Silver (which I had never even laid eyes upon before the round) I lead by 3. There was a 6 hole final which nearly did me in. All 3 in my group made a charge, but I held off Rob Strasser by one to take the master’s division. Whew!

I’d like to thank Brian Cummings for yet another outstanding event and all of the hard work that he and the Red Roc disc golf club have invested in the Lemon Lake course. And also to all of the players who purchased a CFR disc to help me keep the tour going!

As always, I’d like to encourage you to vist discgolfcenter.com to pick up a 1kdgt fund-raiser disc and of course shop around for your online disc golf needs!!!

Tomorrow: Spinning Bees shows in Round Lake, IN
And probably up toward Milwaukee

07-26-08

I called my cousin in Wadsworth, OH and asked if he knew anyone that could check my brakes. As it turned out he did….HIM. Since the last time I had been at his place he had built a garage in the back. He got the rotors turned by another mechanic for $16. Whew! My other cuz, his bro, got together with us for a glam shot photo op before I had to do the 6 (ish) hour drive to Merrillville, IN to hang with Bart “Channel Z” Zandstra, who would be defending his master’s title tomorrow at the Indiana State Championships.

Again I worked on the blog until 2 am and again I could not get enough signal to access the internet.

Lemon Lake park in Clear Lake IN, simply put, is incredible! The park system is extremely “pro” disc golf. So much so that they now have 3 disc golf courses…and they’ve ordered the targets for a 4th!! Can you say “Worlds bid 2010”?

Tomorrow: Indiana State disc golf Championship at Lemon Lake

07-25-08

I had hoped to play Paw Paw on the way TO PA but the fuel pump made that decision for me. It looked as if I could hit it on the way back through but I couldn’t reach Spencer Thurman, which made it easier for me to keep moving west. I had also hoped to have my brakes looked at this AM but I wanted to get a course in early. I took a turn too early and ended up adding so much time to the trip to the course that I passed on the mechanic.

The Willow Mill (#883) course in Silver Spring Township is a bit different than most of the courses I’ve played lately. Great tees, great signs and great targets, nice little bridge, well maintained… weak layout, but the park is pretty small and wouldn’t be hosting events anyway. It would be nice if more of my recent entries could boast this sort of investment. This is the 2nd course in the Conodoguinet creek.

I just saw $3.67 a gallon today! A good sign. I never thought I’d see the day when $3.67 for a gallon of gas was a smokin’ deal!

Shawnee State Park (#884) in Schelsburg, PA is a short but tricky track on the rolling hills around the beach area of the lake. Very nice park and a fun go-around. Some fast greens near the end.

Timberlinks Golf course (#885) in Ligonier, PA features a Fly18 style course directly across the street from the Idlewild water park. Located about an hour east of Pittsburgh, near the Allegheny mountains. I’ve always been fond of the Fly 18 concept (having had a hand in the first one in Titusville, FL) TL is a ‘herring-boned’ par 3 course. Very tightly aligned, but nice challenges. This is shorter than traditional disc-golf-on-ball-golf-courses but still provides ample opportunity to bomb a big driver. The cart rental is always an amenity to take advantage of. Look for the green and pink arrows on the baskets to direct you to the next tee. I thoroughly enjoyed this course. When in Pittsburgh, take a little side-trip. It’s pretty much in BFE, so tee times shouldn’t be an issue.

Monroeville park (#886) East was short enough that I figured I’d give my right arm a break and play it lefty. The highlight of the round came early when I actually deuced hole #2, a short downhill hole with a wicked drop off left to right by throwing a lefty sidearm flick with a 150 Aviar to within 10 feet. After I stopped laughing, I actually hit the putt with my sissy left hand as well. The course runs around baseball and soccer fields and is a very nice rec track.
Met Rex, with machete in hand, who keeps up the park.
It only took one round of lefty golf for my left side to feel like my right side feels after 50 rounds on this tour!

Tomorrow:
Since I blew off the mechanic this AM, it’s “brake-job” time. Yeah, on Saturday. That shouldn’t be a problem!

07-24-08

The Hotel that I found on the way to a campground had to be about the noisiest I’ve been in since my door was “within the putting circle” of a very busy truck route highway. I was up till about 2 am getting the blah’g done for two days ago. Got up early and worked on yesterday’s blah’g until about 10.

I was on my way to the Covered Bridges course in Orefield when I saw a hula hoop on stands…and then another…’wait-a-minute’…u-turn…sure enough… a day camp director who doesn’t even play had seen the Covered Bridges disc golf course and decided to set one up for the little kids using hula hoops and store bought discs that had to be thrown literally vertical to even remotely fly straight. I had to play it!
I played the Kingdom Life Family Center (6 holer) in –6 in 1:13. Since there were no tees, if you line up your putt correctly you could pretty much be putting and driving at the same time. Can I count this one? Hey, it’s not as if I went out of my way to set it up. (#877) I’m counting it purely out of serendipity!

When I stepped up to the first tee of the Covered Bridges dgc (#878) in Orefield, PA, I was excited about the tee signs which showed not just the first fairway but also the 2nd which left no doubt as to the flow to the next hole. Unfortunately, the rest of the signs had been vandalized leaving us to figure it out for ourselves. There were some unique uses of topography and a couple of flow flaws. Hole “17 and 1/2” goes directly across the fairways of 13 & 14. Certainly one of the better Eagle Scout projects though it could use some TLC.

The Levan Recreation Center (#879) in Orefield provided more challenge than I would have given it credit for. The wind certainly raised the difficulty level. Fatigue may have also played a part. But, not my age.

Victory Park (#880) in Slattington, PA is a very small neighborhood park with the community swimming pool at the top of the hill. Frankly, whoever designed this park got about all that could be gotten out of this park. I was worried about safety issues with the kids playgrounds but it’s less of an issue if they’re all at the pool.

Upper Macungie park (#881) in Foglesville, PA has one major flow-flaw in the walk to #2. You walk past #3, to 2, play 2 and then walk all the way back down the #2 fairway and back up the hill to #3. Other than that the only problem I had was the urgent look I got from the guy parked in the SUV scoping out the guys driving into the park. Nice topography usage. I had trouble identifying the material used for the tee pads (sort of like hairy tar-paper) but I didn’t have trouble throwing off of them.

With wine names like “Burnin’ Bra”, “Heavy Breather” and “Berried Alive” I’d rather talk about the winery and the very laid-back feel of the Long Trout Winery (#882). The forest is so placid (I’m looking at a deer right now) but…this IS a disc golf blog…so, I’ll just say that, for the most part, the fairways are too tight for me, (after all, it is in “Shuylkil” county) but that didn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying the experience. The course plays up and down the hill behind the winery. I’m not fond of gravel tees but some tees set on a steep angle had wood decking, which worked quite nicely, thanks. Well worth your time even if you don’t throw the first golf shot. But, you have that wonderful option as well.
The only real draw back is the chronically curmudgeoning cop calling complainer with the land next door. Don’t even go after your disc if it goes there.

Back to Harrisburg, PA for another pit stop with the Manatt Family.

Tomorrow:
Willow Mill-Silver Creek Twnp
Shawnee State Park-Schelsburg
Timberlinks-Ligonier, PA
Monroeville

07-23-08

I wish I had been able to make the Earl Township Community park (#873) in Shanesville, PA yesterday as it probably would have taken the furrow from my brow. The 1/4 mile walk to the first tee is through a gorgeous canopy of trees (worth it) I’d heard that the grass would be high and I’d lose a disc for sure without a spotter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Emerging from the woods walk, hole one opened up into a lovely vista overlooking a misty valley. All the nicely mowed holes were deucable save the long uphill #7. The flow was easy to follow since the tees signs, once again, were a bit too close to the previous mach 5 target. This is a very beginner friendly course if you don’t mind the 1/2 mile walk back up the same hill to the parking lot. It’s longer going up.

Enroute to Nockamixon State Park (#874) in Quakertown, PA, I had plenty of trepidation from all of the horror stories I’d heard emanating from the 05 Worlds. I don’t think this course is playing the same way it was 3 years ago. I have to say that the front 9 was a fantastic layout and the challenges were excellent. The back wooded holes were just a beautiful place to be standing and just observing nature. It has rubber pads, a mix of DISCatchers and DGA baskets and maybe a few too many rocks. This is NOT a course you’ll figure out the first time around. This course more than ANY I’ve played in this area is about placement. The first 4 holes had to be removed (?!?) Which makes Nockamixon my all-time favorite 14 hole course.

At either end of the park I found two Innova retailers, Nockamixon Sports Shop to the SW and Hunter’s Sporting Goods to the NE. Both just recently started selling disc golf products and seem to have a bit of a rivalry going. When in the area, please support these shops. They are the key to our cross-over demographic.

My new AT&T USB internet card isn’t actually a GPS but I can access Discgolfcoursereview.com while on the road and use their Google maps, which helped me find a quick back-roads route to the Ace 8 dgc at DeSales University (#875) in Center Valley (Allentown). Gary Auerbach was in the area and met me for a round. At what had to be the furthest point possible from our cars we got caught without umbrellas.
So we bailed out into the theatrical building and waited it out while pilfering their pop tarts (ssshhhh!!!)
Once back to his car Gary bailed but…Hey, I had to finish to count it, right? So I broke out the umbrella and parred out on the final 4 holes.
It’s a very pretty course other than the 3 holes they had to improvise in the woods after finishing the course only to have to University say, “Oh, we need that area to slap in another building” (I see that A LOT!!!) The course provides a nice tour of the campus. Disc golf maps are available online at the DeSales website. You’ll need one!

Just to be clear…there is NOTHING “little” about Little Lehigh Parkway dgc (#876) in Allentown, PA
Beautifully maintained big grassy course with 3 tough par 4’s per nine. Some long transitions between holes but usually worth the walk. This is a great test of a pro’s skill level (when it isn’t raining) and a damn fine walk in the park. LLPdgc took me 52 minutes to SPEED golf! Much of that was because I didn’t really know where I was going. The map gives you a general idea but doesn’t prepare you for the scale of the park.

Tomorrow:
Victory pk-Slatington, PA
Levan’s Rec pk-Orefield, PA
Weh’rs Dam/covered bridges-Orefield
Upper Macungie pk-Foglesville, PA
Long Trout Winery-Auburn, PA

07-22-08

I’d like to encourage everyone to consider visiting Beaver Creek Farms in Strasburg, PA and rent a cabin in this lovely little oasis. Big thanks again to the Brooks’ family for their hospitality!

DISC-LAMER!! If anyone who has anything to do with the following courses is squeamish and can’t handle my opinions, I encourage you to bail out now and take the time to join the Disc Golf Course Design Group so that you might have a greater pool of resources on your next endeavor.

King of Prussia’s Wilson Farm park (#866) is a fairly short 4 holer. Met a guy named Rodney who said that they may eventually get to expand. I shot –2 in 4:01. It has taken me longer to write this than it took to play the course. Moving on…

Fort Washington park (#867) in the town of the same name was pretty much a waste of time. I love to see Eagle Scouts investing time into disc golf but without supervision by an experienced disc golf course designer/installer many have turned out like this one. It’s an object course. (and yes, I object your honor) The fairways (paths really) are about as wide as the tee boxes. I didn’t attempt to throw anything over 100 feet because I knew I’d lose it. Fortunately, the only thing I lost was my interest.

Windlestrae park (#868) in Montgomeryville, PA has the worst flow I’ve seen ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER! The walk from 4 to 5 was about 300 yards down a completely unmarked path, and for some reason, hole 11 is before you get to 5. After hole 6, I had to back track down the path returning to 4’s basket, cross the creek and walk backward up fairways, 8 & 7! Hole 9 finished in a completely different park and the only way back to hole one and the parking area was to…yup…walk back down 9 and part of 8, then back up hole 4 and 3 and then another 900 feet to the lot… at least a half mile. This is what happens when a neighborhood association “poo poo’s” a project.

The Plains Mennonite Church (#869) in Lansdale, PA has some nice mk 5 baskets but anyplace there were trees, there weren’t well defined fairways per se. Two of the open fairways crossed each other. That said, it is far better than the other 3 I’d already played.

Salford Township Community park (#870) isn’t in Salford, it’s in Tylersport. (?!?!) Again, nice new mk 5s but no tee signs. Little 2’x2’ pavers mark the tee spot. Somehow, I managed to play the course exactly right except for the first hole I found this out AFTER the round when I found the map/scorecard in the same building to the right of the Post Office.

Backtracking a bit, to find Branchwood park (#871) in Franconia, the streets at the turn were named “Harder” on one side and “Morwood” on the other. Gotta love those D.O.T. guys. This was the nicest course today. Easy and fairly open. An excellent rudimentary course to introduced someone the game.
The flow was impossible to lose because every tee area was within 15-30 feet of the previous mach 5.
I shot a –9/18 in 4:12.

New Hanover Community park (#872)…No directions in the directory. The right phone number for the wrong contact name. I spent at least 2 hours driving around looking for this one after paying for my first tank over $4.00 here in Amish country. When I arrived, I thought it was a “post-target” course since the many freestanding bird-houses were made of 4”x4” posts with a sheet metal band around them. Looked like dg targets to me. (Hey, they had birdies)

The course did have mach 3 baskets but is a bit overgrown in places. A bit better maintenance and this would be a nice little track for beginners

I spent no less than 40% of my day burning $4.00 per gallon gas going in circles because the guys who built these courses couldn’t get their directions together. If a person isn’t detail oriented enough to get you to the course, he sure as hell shouldn’t be allowed to build one!

This area seems to have a pretty good salesperson putting nice baskets in the ground. It’s a pity that their follow-up design work hasn’t been as impressive.

Tomorrow:
Earl Township
Nockamixon
Ace 8 at DeSales Univ
Little Lehigh parkway.

07-21-08

Donny said the he would probably sleep in until 8am. He lied. The knock on my door occurred slightly before 8 as I was trying to pummel some muscles into submission with my “Thumper”. He bore gifts in the form of iced coffee. Sugar and Caffeine! Breakfast of cramped ones.

Within a half hour we were off to Mushroom Manor (#864), the home of Linc Morgan, the current mini disc golf world champ. The travesty of it is that such a prestigious title didn’t pay for his nice digs overlooking a little brook on a golf course. So he was at work while Donny & I played the course.

The Mushroom Manor icon is a wooden stump carved into the shape of…you guessed it…a mushroom. But it is very old and has rotted to the point where they are about to remove it. Memorial services are in the planning stages. There will no doubt be a mourning period.

The course itself isn’t long but the brook and other mostly natural obstacles create some interesting challenges.

A 10 minute truck ride brought us to the Starry Stompin’ Grounds, (#865) home of Dave Starry. I didn’t get as lucky here. Dave took time off of work and soundly thrashed me on his very tricky track.
Both properties were under 2 acres but this one was more heavily wooded and required far greater finesse. The signature downhill hole known as “The Great Depression” opens up into a bowl with ruthless roll-aways for a missed putt.

The Lancaster, PA area is also the home to the Mini Disc Golf Federation. Two rules differ from standard disc golf. 1: No run ups to throw. (follow thru’s OK) 2: ON TOP of the basket is good. Here’s a su-weet par save.

There are two more mini courses in the Lancaster county. One of which I had played a few years back and another whom we didn’t reach.

I spent the rest of the day catching up on business, enjoying a wonderful home-cooked meal by Ronda Brooks, and checking out Donny’s massive Frisbee collection.

Tomorrow:
Spinning Bees Frisbee Show in Nether Providence Township, PA
4 holer in King of Prussia, PA
Fort Washington park near Flourtown (?? It’s an object course)
Montgomeryville’s Windlestrae pk
Lansdale’s Plains park
Salford Township
Branchwood
New Hanover
Earl Township….Hey it could happen!!