The Mecca of Disc Golf

[DavidSauls]

Done

Our hero.

 

[Dave242]

Booooooo......"Mecha" has all the makings of infamy that "the hole on hole 8" has. (did I get the hole number correct?)

 

[snappyfingers]

So, to honor the history of our game, should Oak Grove in Pasadena be considered Mecca?

Yes, it should

 

[basketcase15]

You're full of shat. It's already been decided by us uppidy folks down here in the Piedmont. Highbridge is probably only playable 4 months out of the year.

WHAT?????? DUDE THIS ISNT ANTARCTICA, its not playable FOR 4 months DEC,JAN,FEB,MAR MAYBE that long WISCONSIN SUMMERS AND FALLS ARE SOME OF THE BEST! COME VISIT !

 

[jcrab66]

there are alot of nice mosques in Detroit but that doesnt make it mecca, the mecca of disc golf is the san gabriel valley...

 

[Dave242]

WHAT?????? DUDE THIS ISNT ANTARCTICA, its not playable FOR 4 months DEC,JAN,FEB,MAR MAYBE that long WISCONSIN SUMMERS AND FALLS ARE SOME OF THE BEST! COME VISIT !

Not sure about northern WI, but things around Chicago & Milwaukee only dry out in mid May and are usually a soupy mess before then. (post made from Brookfield - I'm in Milwaukee a lot)

 

[gkeberhart]

Bowling Green, KY has a lot of courses in the town that are good and several within 30min of the city limits that are good as well, but I don't think there is a Disc Golf "Mecca" because everyone likes different courses and no one area will have all types of courses.

 

[gottafixit]

I went to one of the above mentioned Meccas this past weekend and I wasn't blown away. I went to one of the other popular areas in May and was also a bit let down. Luckily I still have plenty of other places to search.

 

[Dahlemj24]

I would have to agree with Highbridge. There are a few bars in town, but I can't remember if they were any good...I was black out last time in there.

From all my other travels I would have to say going to Texas is a good choice as well. They may not all be within 25miles, but I played around 10 courses that I enjoyed a lot. Cir C and Slaughter Creek just ripped me a new one last spring.

 

[grodney]

I went to one of the above mentioned Meccas this past weekend and I wasn't blown away. I went to one of the other popular areas in May and was also a bit let down.

Name names!!!

Cir C and Slaughter Creek just ripped me a new one last spring.

Uhhhhh, they're the same course!

 

[DiscChucker]

Name names!!!

He and a couple of others from the Maryland posse came to Charlotte.

 

[sloppydisc]

The problem with people visiting the Charlotte area courses is that most people don't have the time to play all of the good courses, and the courses in Charlotte aren't typically scenic or what I'd call beautiful. Brackett's Bluff, closed, is probably the only one that could be considered a real pretty course. Charlotte just hammers you with good, quality courses, and then throws in a few that can flat out kick your backside. It's kind of like watching an NFL team with a dominant running game and defense. It ain't flashy, but it's damn good. Plus playing most places in the winter makes them less scenic than they normally are.

 

[Dave242]

He and a couple of others from the Maryland posse came to Charlotte.

I think maybe the problem he has with Charlotte is his preferences for what he likes in courses. As an 8 year player he is 881 rated and has this to say about Woodshed:
Cons:
Tight wooded fairways are tough on the average player.
The ravines off the fairways are tougher on the average player.
The open field par 3's are long.
Three par 5's.
Six par 4's.
7675 total feet of disc golf course.

So, if he played Renny, the Nest, Nevin, or Angry Beaver those might not leave a favorable impression.

 

[94LTICam]

not saying that its the heart of disc golf, or the greatest place in the US, but definitely a great area to play, if you get a roadtrip together, the Kansas City area. Just because Worlds was held here last year, does not make it famous, but respected you could argue.

-Blue Valley (longest course in the world) (HUGE elevation change)
-Water Works (alot of elevation change)
-Rosedale (nothing out of the ordinary, little elevation change)
-Rosedale Downunder (wooded, very unique course, elevation change)
-Olathe (technical, trees, little elevation change)

and a couple of others in the area as well of KC, if you plan a roadtrip, stop on by, you wont be dissapointed :thmbup:

 

[DavidSauls]

Somewhere before the 500th post, someone should digress and decide what they mean by "Mecca". Presumably, not the direction in which they bow down and pray every day. A place to make a once-in-a-lifetime journey? A place to move to? A place that's 120 degrees in the summer?

 

[optidiscic]

Charlotte has a nice flavor...what it really has that many places don't is a lot of people who play disc golf.

I have traveled to a few of these so-called meccas, they are never as good as you are expecting them to be. But they are usually worth their rep.

I was disappointed with courses I had dreamed about visiting for years but then in the same region I was pleasantly surprised.

I cant rank regions as each area typically has a unique regional flavor and a unique regional type of player develops at each course. I have my tastes but have swallowed my pride and realized there are different ways to enjoy this game.

I think many people develop a concept of what a course should be and its usually some form of what they are used to. I'm guilty of it as much as anyone.

for the record......Charlotte has a lot going for it...but Ive played courses of equal magnitude in other "meccas"
I would never say Charlotte is overrated....never.... but theres a lot of great disc golf in other places
I still have not found a course as equally challenging or pretty as my home course so perhaps I'm spoiled

 

[Dave242]

Somewhere before the 500th post, someone should digress and decide what they mean by "Mecca". Presumably, not the direction in which they bow down and pray every day. A place to make a once-in-a-lifetime journey? A place to move to? A place that's 120 degrees in the summer?

That is why we should be talking about a "Mecha". A Mecha also does need to be defined as you say.

I have taken it to mean something along the line of the answer to this: "If you were to take a week disc golf vacation to one spot and wanted to only travel in a 25 mile radius (or maybe 50), what is a can't-go-wrong destination?"

 

[DSCJNKY]

"If you were to take a week disc golf vacation to one spot and wanted to only travel in a 25 mile radius (or maybe 50), what is a can't-go-wrong destination?"

Charlotte.
DSCJNKY

 

[Mando]

Charlotte has alot of good courses, but I can't imagine wanting to spend an entire week there, but then again, a week of dg means camping to me. For a week of dg in the eastern US, I'd choose North east PA.
Nocky,LLP,Tinicum,Jordan Creek,Camp Sanakanac,Blue Mtn,Tyler SP are all 4+
rated courses...

 

[DiscChucker]

I think maybe the problem he has with Charlotte is his preferences for what he likes in courses. As an 8 year player he is 881 rated and has this to say about Woodshed:
Cons:
Tight wooded fairways are tough on the average player.
The ravines off the fairways are tougher on the average player.
The open field par 3's are long.
Three par 5's.
Six par 4's.
7675 total feet of disc golf course.

So, if he played Renny, the Nest, Nevin, or Angry Beaver those might not leave a favorable impression.

You read my mind Dave.