Disc Golf 2020

Course #48 Darnstown Swim and Racquet Club Germantown Maryland This is a tightly wooded 18 hole course with natural tees that play to Innova Discatcher targets. Nice elevation changes add to the challenge with a few precarious pin placements. A stream comes into play on several holes. Good balance of left, right, and straight shots. The temporary tee signs were fading and need to be replaced with permanent signs. It would have been difficult to navigate without a local guid...e. We started out with a couple nice drives on the first hole. I got up and down for good threes on the first two holes and had an easy putt for birdie on hole three. After Bobby hit the teatherball pole on his approach to hole two he said "I couldn't do that again if I tried" well, he hit it again on hole five... appearently lightning does strike the same place twice. Bobby took the pad with a nice putt for three on hole nine. Bobby landed in the water a couple times on the back nine. I was scrambling for my pars for most of the round. Both of us made some very nice putts. Chas 58 Bobby 69 #mostfunwins

Course #47 Seneca Creek State Park Gaithersburg Maryland This is a beautiful old 27 hole course that plays in three nine hole loops. Natural and older concrete tees play to DGA targets. There are multiple tees and target locations on each hole. Good balance of open and wooded holes. Fair variety of shots. Good tee signs. I had to dig into the ashtray to get enough change to pay for the $5 entry fee for the Park. ... Bobby invited his friend Chris to join us for the first round of today's adventure. We agreed to play the executive 18 hole layout today. This layout is top secret and blends several holes from each nine. We started out on hole one and decided to play to the long pin. I'm contending that this is a par four and our scores reflect my opinion as Chris and I got four and Bobby got a five. There were several great putts on the day but my putt for birdie from 80' stood out as the putting highlight. Chris made the highlight reel with the drive of the day on hole 11 parking the 300' drive. Bobby's four on hole 18 long to long consisted of two great drives a solid upshot and a good putt. Apparently the two meter rule is in effect at Seneca as Chris' drive on hole 22 got stuck in a cedar and he took the stroke penalty. We capped off the round playing 27 long to long with Chris and I both carding solid fours. Chas 64 Chris 67 Bobby 70 #mostfunwins

Course #46 South Hills Lebanon Pennsylvania This is a Championship level course with concrete tee pads that play to Innova Discatcher targets. There are two targets on each hole. The course wanders up and down gentle rolling hills and through mature trees. There are multiple options from most of the tees for left handed or right handed players. Both the long and short layouts have a good variety of long and short holes. Great tee signs make it easy to find your way around ...the course. Today's round was suggested by Greg Easton when we were playing Sam Lewis. It is awesome to have more people pushing towards the goal of 100 courses in 2020. Our friend Zach Mantz and Lexi joined us for this morning's round. Zach started out with a brutal tree kick OB and ended up carding a 7 on hole one. Zach recovered from his rough start carding four birdies on the round including back to back park jobs on 16 and 17. Greg, Lexi, and I all went birdie free and Greg won the round with a consistent run of pars and just a few bogeys. Lots of great drives and solid putting from the group as a whole. It was a beautiful morning for Disc Golf. Greg 59 Zach 61 Chas 61 Lexi 74 #mostfunwins

Course #45 Leister Park Hampstead Maryland This is a fun nine hole course with concrete tee pads that play to Innova Discatcher targets. It starts out with a couple open holes and then plays through the woods. There are subtle elevation changes and nice clean fairways. Good balance of left, right, and straight options. Great tee signs make it easy to figure out where to throw. Bring a snack for the walk back to the parking lot from hole nine.... I had the honor of playing the course with the man who proposed and designed the course. A few holes were modified from the original design. Lots of potential for an additional nine holes here. The round started out with a couple nice easy pars. Bobby was regaling me with stories about his adventures and ideas that he had for the design. I got the only birdie on the round with a nice drive and putt on hole seven. We did see people out enjoying the course. It was a beautiful day for Disc Golf. Chas 27 Bobby 30 #mostfunwins

Course #44 Patapsco Valley State Park Marriottsville Maryland This is a beautiful 18 hole course plays through some old growth wooded fairways. It features spacious crushed stone tees and plays to DGA targets. There are two tees and two targets on every hole. Unfortunately there are no tee signs so it makes it challenging to navigate the course. Lots of options for added fun here.... Bobby and I decided to play short to short so we would have time and energy to get a second course in for the day. We learned that even the short course has teeth at Patapsco. Bobby got the first birdie on the day parking hole three with his Leopard3. We both had looks at birdies along the way but we just couldn't connect the dots. I finally got off the snide and parked hole #15 for my only birdie on the round. We lost Bobby's roller on hole 18 to skew the final score. #mostfunwins Chas 57 Bobby 63