New Course soon in New Jersey, Thompson park

[hawk12]

Yes another new course is going in central New Jersey. I'm helping to design this course with an Eagle Scout raising the funds for the entire 18 holes.

This course will have 3 sets of tees, White, Blue and Gold, all will be Par 64 varying in length form 6,473 to 9,419ft. The property features mature trees with very little underbrush, rolling hills, nice views of the lake in the park on some holes, There will be 2 Gold par 5s, and a great variety of shots.

This is a design I'm going to be proud of, and likely a top 3 course in the state of NJ. Bob Graham has seen the design and in his opinion it will be the new #1 ranked course in NJ when completed.

The park has good amenities with plenty of parking, bathrooms and running water, also very easy to get to.

If you can donate, please help out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582


There will be a (beta test) basket fundraising tournament (PDGA XC Tier) with CEP exemption so the money can all go to the course. If you are interested in playing, please sign up at:

http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Thompson_Park_Basket_Fundraiser_2014

We are at about 15% of the fundraising goal in the first week, please help out if you can.
Thanks for looking,
Adam Harris

 

[Disc Fiend]

Me and my buddy (FlyingHyzer) plan on playing the fundraising tournament. I am excited about it, this new course is only 20 minutes away from me!

 

[hawk12]

^^ Love it, so glad to hear a local golfer is nearby. After the install the course will be in need of a course pro, know anyone that might have the time and be interested?

 

[Disc Fiend]

I have somebody in mind, I'll see if he is interested.

 

[hawk12]

There is a Fundraiser tournament at this park tomorrow, set up on TEMP baskets. This will very likely be your only chance to play this course before its installed.

http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Thompson_Park_Basket_Fundraiser_2014

 

[jist313]

For anyone interested...This course played really nicely for the fundraiser tourney. It is in a beautiful park setting that is mostly open and allows the player to let quite a few drives rip. The layout we played strategically uses the tall groupings of trees and the nice elevation changes provided by the rolling hills. This will make a very nice addition to the great NJ courses that are popping up everywhere.

It is hard to compare this to another course in the area, but I guess it would be in line with a more wooded and longer variation of Little Lehigh Parkway in Allentown PA.

 

[scunham]

I see that he made the kickstarter goal!

That's awesome

$11,196
pledged of $9,500 goal

with 4 days to go

We are setting a stretch goal of $11,000. By your continued support we will have the ability to install fly pads on as many holes as possible. So please continue to support this project and disc golf in general! Only 10 days left!

 

[hawk12]

^ yes David made his goal, thank you to anyone that shared the link or donated to the project. Money came in from all over the country, as well as locally.

The baskets will be ordered soon, as well as tee pad materials. So excited, and again - thank you!

More updates coming as installation gets closer.

 

[hawk12]

Thank you all who helped to meet the fundraising goal for this course!

The baskets went in Jan 28th, and we are having the Grand Opening Tournament this Saturday.
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Thompson_Park_Grand_Opening_2015

Tee pad construction is going to happen this spring (would've been more over the winter, ub tis was frozen out from digging for months).

Hope to see some of you there on Saturday & many more players over the coming months. Its a really nice course, and worth a trip.