Course: Cameron Park, Waco TX

This is the non-"Beast" course. I didn't have a chance to play the Beast, but this park was pretty good.

I started out with no one behind me and I didn't have a chance to really warm up, so I just started and really tanked the first three holes -- taking a bogey on each. These are SHORT holes, around 200 feet each, but with some trees (not really "tunnels" just trees here and there) so I called them "warmups" and started again (#3's basket was pretty much right at #1's tee anyway). The second time around, "for real" I shot -1 for the three. This area is skip central. The ground by the baskets are very bare, minus some exposed tree roots, and anything that had some steam but wasn't high enough to spike would skip a long way. But, I was happy with -1. I parred 4, and#5 -- "Bogey Hill" didn't look too daunting. I drove pin high, but too far right and hit a tree with my 100 foot upshot. Still having about 70 feet to go, I overshot, then missed the 40 foot come-back badly (bare ground!!!) and ended up with a good 30 footer for triple-bogey and got it. Argh! +2. Then on #6 I slipped a disc and got stuck about 100 feet up a huge tree and took about 10 minutes to get it out. My shoulder was worn by then. I took the penalty, placed my upshot and took a bogey. +3!!! Dangit! I birdied 7 and almost parked 8, but missed the 30 foot putt, then the 30 foot comebacker and dropped in another bogey. Hit some bushes on 9, missed a 20 footer and got another bogey.

The back nine starts in a flat, mostly open (keep 'em low, out of the high cut canopy). I took another bogey, then had a par, birdie, par (missed a 25 foot putt), par. So, I was +4 teeing on 15, where I lost my old Pro Wraith. Hit a big tree branch and dropped a dingy ditch. When I was looking for it (no chance!) I found an old, unmarked Quantum something or 'nuther (grimey... seems like a "Champion Beast" -- even says "Innova discs" on it... hmm). I cleaned it and thought "why not" and shot it after my drop. Oops. Another bad shot. Ended up with a dbl-bogey. +6. Then I bogeyed 16 for +7 and parred out with a couple of decent drives. +7 on a decent course, pretty much blind? I'll take it. I need to work on my putting.

This is a fun course, and will be more fun when I play it next time after I can putt!!!

Corpus Christi Disc Golf Course: Live Oak Park (Ingleside)

This is really an Ingleside course, but a lot of disc golfers from Corpus Christi head over there frequently. It's my favorite course, though it can be frustrating because it's the most difficult area course. Like West Guth, it's a full 18 (and they are planning to add more), but it's shorter than WG. There are so many disc-snaggin trees about yay high that you can easily spend more time retrieving discs than playing. I've taken to carrying a boat hook when playing, as it saves a lot of climbing for this old man.

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There is so much variety at Live Oak; lots of shade and places to relax from those disc hunts in the brambles.

To get there, head to Ingleside, take a right at the light (if coming from Portland, over the Bay Bridge). Then stay on Main until you see the sign for Live Oak park (it's a left turn, I think the street is really named Sherry Lane). Go straight a couple of blocks, through a stop sign or two and pull into the parking lot. The first tee is next to the cement outhouse. If you can't find the tenth tee, it's between the tennis courts and out of bounds.


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Corpus Christi Disc Golf Course: Waldron Park

This is the newest course in Corpus Christi. It's a good nine hole course that plays fairly short, but with accuracy at a premium. Distances are similar to the wide-open and safe Lamar Park Nine, but Waldron has two holes right over a pond (which is generally full of discs nowadays), and several near a swampy stream with a lot of brambles on both sides of a 50-foot-wide fairway. It's fun, though.

To get there, get into Flour Bluff on either Flour Bluff Drive or Waldron Road. Then get on Glenoak (from either end) and look for St Peters or St Joseph's. Either will lead you into the park. First hole is all the way toward the back. Park near the backstop, walk down the sidewalk and play the first tee over the water.

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Corpus Christi Disc Golf Course: West Guth Park

To get to West Guth, get on 37 and take exit #9, Up River Road. If you are coming from Corpus Christi, you'll need to go under the underpass, then right onto the access road. It's only about 1/4 mile, so be alert, the entrance is a little hard to pick out the first time.

Once in the park, head to the duck pond, park your car and look at the small parking lot for the first tee; the blue is easier to find, near the entrance to the parking lot. The basket is near the pond, about 150 feet from the edge.

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Corpus Christi Disc Golf Course: Lamar Park

This is a popular course, mostly because it's right in the middle of town and is easy to get to. There is a Tuesday night blind draw doubles tournament and most days there will be a few groups, weekends are busier. This will be the main meeting place of Fellowship of Lord Followers.


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