WillACarpenter
* Ace Member *
Hello there everyone, I haven't been around much in years...for a lot of reasons.
Disc Golf is the firs thing I ever discovered on my own and really fell in love with, hell it's the first activity that sparked me with such fervor that it became a true part of my identity.
I dedicated a lot of myself to the sport, the hobby, and the furthering of it. I dedicated my senior thesis for my BS to installing disc golf courses on municipal properties. Long story short, bureaucracy ruined that entire project for me and I was not proud of the paper I was forced to submit in order to receive my diploma.
Six months ago I was contacted to say that the people I had talked to about this project had gone ahead and were now putting a course in my town and they wanted me to work on the layout. We had a finalized course plan, and it went in about a month ago.
They ruined it. Hole 1 shoots right from the parking lot...then you have to walk back down the fairway to get to the tee for hole 2 and play from there...almost all of the best shots have been turned to crap.
It too was a big disappointment, but it does seem fitting considering the way the project went, that the course would end up the same way.
While this has served to add to my stress and anxiety, it has helped me realize something important...Disc Golf means a hell of a lot to me. Not playing is so bad for me, and playing regularly helps me to know and understand who I am.
My family is moving to Florida, I was planning on staying here in the Finger Lakes in NY. Unfortunately the plans I had have disappeared.
There's not as much left for me as there once was, but there's certainly a potential future.
But disc golf in the sun, in january...with no snow...that's what I need.
I'll be moving within 15 minutes of Whispering Pines DGC and Floral Park DGC.
I look forward to starting fresh, moving forward, and realizing exactly how important disc golf is to me.
Disc Golf is the firs thing I ever discovered on my own and really fell in love with, hell it's the first activity that sparked me with such fervor that it became a true part of my identity.
I dedicated a lot of myself to the sport, the hobby, and the furthering of it. I dedicated my senior thesis for my BS to installing disc golf courses on municipal properties. Long story short, bureaucracy ruined that entire project for me and I was not proud of the paper I was forced to submit in order to receive my diploma.
Six months ago I was contacted to say that the people I had talked to about this project had gone ahead and were now putting a course in my town and they wanted me to work on the layout. We had a finalized course plan, and it went in about a month ago.
They ruined it. Hole 1 shoots right from the parking lot...then you have to walk back down the fairway to get to the tee for hole 2 and play from there...almost all of the best shots have been turned to crap.
It too was a big disappointment, but it does seem fitting considering the way the project went, that the course would end up the same way.
While this has served to add to my stress and anxiety, it has helped me realize something important...Disc Golf means a hell of a lot to me. Not playing is so bad for me, and playing regularly helps me to know and understand who I am.
My family is moving to Florida, I was planning on staying here in the Finger Lakes in NY. Unfortunately the plans I had have disappeared.
There's not as much left for me as there once was, but there's certainly a potential future.
But disc golf in the sun, in january...with no snow...that's what I need.
I'll be moving within 15 minutes of Whispering Pines DGC and Floral Park DGC.
I look forward to starting fresh, moving forward, and realizing exactly how important disc golf is to me.
