What is the oldest course still alive?

[ncbrett92]

I'm a history nut and I'v been wondering where and how old the oldest disc golf course still in use is?

Does't matter how many times it's been changed or redone. Just has to be on the same peace of land.

I know the oldest one here in the Charlotte area is Reedy Creek at 1989. Let me know if you got it something older!

 

[brutalbrutus]

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=159

This is the oldest course still in use in Cincinnati, OH. Miami Whitewater Forest, 9holes Steady Ed design 1978. There are also three more Steady courses in town all built before 1982. Hmm that reminds me I need to go over there and add this to my courses played, lol. The pictures make this look like a fun 9holer.

 

[hiflyer]

cant cite anything here, but im willing to guess Oak Grove (aka Hahamonga watershed park) in Pasadena, CA. i understand it was the first DG course ever to be officially installed. a true steady ed original.
again, dont quote me

 

[MurderMike41370]

Pasadena, Ca
Oak Grove DGC
First and oldest DG course made in 1975

 

[ranger]

Ellison was redesigned in 1989, but was used in the 1974 Worlds, aka the first Worlds. They used cardboard boxes as targets and gave away a car for 1st place. Ellison is one of the first courses in the world, but rarely gets recognition as such.

I'm guessing you are referring to Genessee Valley Park, as it was also used in the 2011 AmWorlds.

Man I miss the Rochester courses. One of the most underrated collections of great golf in the country.

Idk

Might not count

 

[RobA]

Joseph Davis Park in Lewiston, NY. 1980. Maybe not the oldest, but definitely one of the first. One of the original baskets is in Disc Golf Hall of Fame

 

[AtomicDom]

Otter Creek Park near Louisville KY is quite old. Maybe not the oldest in the world, but I know it was the first in KY and designed by Steady Ed himself.

 

[teemkey]

Probably the oldest in Oregon is Champoeg State Park, est., 1980. The dg course is in the section of the park called Oak Grove ... coincidence?

 

[corin_brown]

Joseph Davis Park in Lewiston, NY. 1980. Maybe not the oldest, but definitely one of the first. One of the original baskets is in Disc Golf Hall of Fame

The Disc Golf Hall of Fame? Where's that?

 

[THUGNIFICENT763]

The first permanent course would be Oak Grove Disc Golf Course, located within Hahamonga Watershed Park in Pasadena, California. Established in 1975. Pretty sure the first permanent course in MN would be either Moir Park or Hansen Park, both established in 1979.

 

[klmdg]

Centennial Park (1980) and Toronto Island (1980) are the oldest courses in Canada. Both are still around, but not in their original form.

 

[joecoin]

Roscoe Ewing in Medina, Ohio - 1978 - "The first 18 hole disc golf course in Ohio. The original front 9 was designed by the "Father of Disc Golf", 'Steady' Ed Headrick. Since then many changes have been made to the course but hole #4 remains the 'Steady' Ed original. "

 

[JC17393]

The Disc Golf Hall of Fame? Where's that?

At the IDGC (PDGA HQ) in Appling GA.

 

[Star Shark]

Other notables would be -

La Mirada, La Mirada, CA
Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA
I wanna say Sedgley Woods in Philly is quite old as well.

 

[JC17393]

It's not the most scientific method (I suspect there are some still active but re-designed courses in the database for which the old/original layout is marked extinct), but here's what DGCR lists for courses with a established date prior to 1978.

Oak Grove was the first basket course in the world and it's still active now. That is the answer to the OP's question. Everything else is just trivia.

 

[B Still]

Indiana's oldest course is Honey Bear in Peru. It was established in 1978. Again, a Steady Ed design.

 

[Stardoggy]

Moir, outside Minneapolis, still has the original (except for hole 5) cone baskets. Pretty neat.

Vollrath Park in Sheboygan, WI, is a Steady Ed course built in 1980, and is the oldest in the state.

 

[coupe]

Oak Grove was the first basket course in the world and it's still active now. That is the answer to the OP's question. Everything else is just trivia.

Only if the OP is specifically asking about the oldest basket course still in use. Absent that specification, there are several courses predating Oak Grove still in use that started life as object courses.

The current Rutgers course, for example, is built on the skeleton of the 9-hole object course installed by Dan Roddick and Bob Eberle in 1973, which quickly expanded to 18 holes, but wasn't converted to a basket course (courtesy of Mazda, for the WFDF US Open) until 1982.

 

[JC17393]

Only if the OP is specifically asking about the oldest basket course still in use. Absent that specification, there are several courses predating Oak Grove still in use that started life as object courses.

The current Rutgers course, for example, is built on the skeleton of the 9-hole object course installed by Dan Roddick and Bob Eberle in 1973, which quickly expanded to 18 holes, but wasn't converted to a basket course (courtesy of Mazda, for the WFDF US Open) until 1982.

His specific question was what is the oldest course still in use. The object course thing is a fair point, so if there are locations that pre-date Oak Grove and are still used as disc golf courses today, by all means they should be brought into the discussion. The posting of "course X is the oldest in my area" stuff where none of them pre-date Oak Grove is more what I was referring to as trivia.

 

[skottyb]

Otter Creek in Louisville is 1978, of course it was shut down for a few years to do funding. But now it is open with more holes and different layouts. Short course with old baskets but still one of my favorites to play.