01-27-10
Spent a good portion of the day (sort of like a job) working on a disc golf project in S FL. But we have prospects and projects all over the state right now. We got a verbal agreement to submit a final proposal to Camp Kulaqua in High Springs. So, the plan is to replace the refurbed Tri-States with shiny new DisCatchers within the month. We’ll leave the short tee carpets and frame-n-pour the long tees, which will turn this course into a course that I think Gainesville players will enjoy visiting…and playing. We had hoped they’d go for an extra pin position per hole but not at this time.
I cut out around 4:30 and headed to Turkey Lake. Monday’s cloudless 3/4 moon lit up the course. Tonight the moon was at around 7/8 full and not a cloud in sight. Our Wednesday night Flights gang had been threatening to play T2 from the reds on the brightest Wednesday of the monthly lunar cycle…and this looked to be it. And so it was. To be honest, it was almost too bright to see the glow discs.
Unlike Monday’s dark meet, we don’t divvy into A & B pools. It’s true random draw.
Jaime made the drive down from Daytona and, by luck of the disc-flip, we partnered up. A visitor from Minnesota named “Va” stuck around for the round and played with James. Bill played with Brandon.
The new hole #1 on T2, as I’ve said more than once, is a far more aggressive hole than I’d like to start this course, but I think in another 6 months (and at least one organized work-day) we should have it clean enough to reward skillful shots. But, in the dark, a par-4 required some scrambling.
Jaime punched in a 40 footer on #5 for an eagle (but not really for a blue level player throwing from the reds) 3. And I managed a 35-foot follow-up on 6 for a deuce with the moldy 71. We had some pretty good simpatico going and carded a –14/46, which, if I’m not mistaken, seems to be the new (only) night golf record for T2 (reds) and the singles tourney record (red) and the singles tourney record from the blues (even though the blues are over 1,000 feet longer)
Jaime & Hos -14/46
James & Va -10/50
Bill & Brandon -6/54
Tomorrow: more work on course projects. We may not be getting ahead, but we seem to be making headway.