If you've had a problem with your golf swing lately but still enjoy a
little links-style competition, try out
the City's new nine-hole disc golf course.
The course opened in
October at Nani Falcone Community Park, 7625 Mystic Park.
Disc golf rules are similar to those used in Club Golf. It is
played like traditional golf but instead uses a flying disc that you
try to toss it into
pole baskets. One point is scored each time the disc is thrown and
when a penalty is incurred. The object is to acquire the lowest score.
“Steady” Ed Headrick invented the game in 1975. Also the inventor of
the Frisbee, Headrick was the founder of the Disc Golf Association and
the International Frisbee Association. There are more than 1,000 disc
golf courses in the United States with more than 3 million regular
players and 20,000 professional members of the Professional Disc Golf
Association.
How do you get started? Tee off order on the first tee is by mutual
arrangement or by flipping discs. The printed side is heads and the
odd man should be first. Tee off order on all subsequent holes is
determined by the score on the previous hole. The player with the
lowest score tees off first.
The course is unstaffed and available on a first-come, first-serve
basis. While the park hours are 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., the course is not
lighted and is suitable for use during daylight hours. Admission is
free.
Disc golf courses also are planned at Pearsall Park, 4700 Pearsall,
and McClain Park, 15700 O'Connor. Estimated completion for the
Pearsall project is August 2007 and for the McClain Park project is
December of 2006.
