Ah ok, I'm with ya then! I never uses trees either. I figure I give them enough abuse WITHOUT aiming at em on purpose, hahaa. I do love me some trash can golf though. And the *donk* sound they make is a close second to the sweet sound of chains!
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Ah ok, I'm with ya then! I never uses trees either. I figure I give them enough abuse WITHOUT aiming at em on purpose, hahaa. I do love me some trash can golf though. And the *donk* sound they make is a close second to the sweet sound of chains!
There's about a half dozen different stories about where the number 2 course is located. All of which might as well be true.
AJ_86
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agent_peebody
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LOL! Clerks FTW! i love that show/movies
The DGCR directory says your sign is wrong. In fact, it says HB isn't even the #2 course in your own back yard.nope. those other stories are wrong. huntington has that honor. read the sign.:|
Signs don't mean jack. After all the 312 ft - Par 5 tee signs you've seen, you should know that.
agent_peebody
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:facepalm: if there's a :| Poth isn't probably being serious
which courses are older than huntington? (and btw dgcr is a wiki...anyone can add a course and lie about when it was put in).
im glad someone gets me.
im glad someone gets me.
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AJ_86
Double Eagle Member
which courses are older than huntington? (and btw dgcr is a wiki...anyone can add a course and lie about when it was put in).
im glad someone gets me.
We all get you... just very few WANT to. :|
drickanderson
Double Eagle Member
I know that sunset park, in Vegas, had its baskets put in in 1977, but I think it's something like 5th on the list.
Do a search on courses installed between 1975-1977. Then do it again 1975-1976.
So you're saying that you can't actually confirm that HB was installed when it was? I mean according to your profile you weren't even born then.
So you're merely going by the word of people who told you the tale...(and a sign)? Both of which I'm sure the propagators of the other "my course is #2" tales also have.
Note, most of these older courses had their install dates carried over from the PDGA directory, which isn't so wiki like.
The fact is, without actual written accounts from whatever records DGA has or these various parks departments, we really have no actual evidence of when any of these courses were installed. Considering the underground nature of DG back in those days, I doubt the parks kept any records and even if they did, I'm sure they've long since been sent to the landfill.
Not to mention that we have no definitive standard of what constitutes the moment when we can call a course "installed". I mean when does that actually happen? When the blueprints are drawn? When the first hole for a target is dug? When the first hole is completed? The last hole completed? Anyone who's built a course knows that all isn't done in a day.
But hell, the history of the origin of most sports are riddled with controversy. Why should ours be any different?
sedgely and leonard and bull run in VA? those are oldies
Bakenstine
Newbie
you're a towel..
Bakenstine
Newbie
nope. those other stories are wrong. huntington has that honor. read the sign.:|
picture worth a thousand words.. for the winzor
TBH im not sure about it. nobody around here has ever challenged the notion.
meh. doesnt really matter one way or the other. im surprised to see la mirada listed as established earlier than huntington.
meh. doesnt really matter one way or the other. im surprised to see la mirada listed as established earlier than huntington.
Bakenstine
Newbie
to be real, of course all of this DG shenanigans was spawned in Cali. Golden Gate is the only one I've played there, and it was the shiz! Researching the history of DG I hear there was an almost simultaneous and unrelated startup in New York in the early 70's after Steady Ed went on a couple year hiatus from getting disc golf proper started up.
I would like to see a listing of the first course in each state, or better yet, and list of the order in which states hosted a permanent course, (ie CA, NY, prolly TX....etc)that would be interesting. I live in Georgia and its generally accepted that Redan (aka Rosewood-Dekalb), one of the closest to Atlanta, is at least a late 70's course, but I have no way of verifying or knowing which GA course was truely first in the state.
I would like to see a listing of the first course in each state, or better yet, and list of the order in which states hosted a permanent course, (ie CA, NY, prolly TX....etc)that would be interesting. I live in Georgia and its generally accepted that Redan (aka Rosewood-Dekalb), one of the closest to Atlanta, is at least a late 70's course, but I have no way of verifying or knowing which GA course was truely first in the state.
yeah you gotta love that sign, the best part about it is that it was put in by the "pro shop" way back when, the city has nothing to do with collecting the 1$ fee, or even requires it. the rental fee is a bunch of horsecrap.
Bakenstine
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just before someone calls me out on it, I'm aware that the course established date on this site for my Redan course is 1989..... I just scouted all the courses in GA and found 1989 to be the oldest for 3 courses, Redan, Pendleton King (in augusta), and Wills park not too far from Redan. I just cant believe that 1989 is right for redan, there is a group of old timers there that I talked to once, and when they asked my age they said they had been playing there longer than I had been alive, and I was born in '85.
IDK, but ima find out when the first International Tourney was held in Augusta, b/c I know that Augusta is HUGE for both ball and disc golf, the state has seen the course number double in the past 5 years or so, and Steady Ed's memorial course is located near Augusta. I'd say that behind CA, NY, TX, and IN, Georgia has to be in the top 5 most important states for DG. Challenge me, I dare you
IDK, but ima find out when the first International Tourney was held in Augusta, b/c I know that Augusta is HUGE for both ball and disc golf, the state has seen the course number double in the past 5 years or so, and Steady Ed's memorial course is located near Augusta. I'd say that behind CA, NY, TX, and IN, Georgia has to be in the top 5 most important states for DG. Challenge me, I dare you
