bhadella
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Bummer, I was planning on hitting Sugaree on my next trip to the mountains in a few weeks. I'll send you a PM in late August (trip to Cherokee) to see if it is back available then.
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Oh no... that's only a week away.
I'm sorry to hear this Rich. You're the man though.
DSCJNKY
I'm sorry to hear this Rich. You're the man though.
DSCJNKY
Rich...
Ya know... the WNC DIsc Golf Association has a huge membership of very active people. We could easily have 20-30 guys up there for a weekend of camping and cleaning. We did it for Elk Mountain a few weeks back.
Let us know if your interested in that offering. I'm sure some of these other interested folks would be willing to come too and we could clean up quite a bit relatively quickly... or at least make things way more manageable for the rest of the year.
Let me know what you think. You have my number... (I have your number too... but wanted to make our club's offer public so other clubs might do the same).
Your Pal,
Jason / DSCJNKY
Ya know... the WNC DIsc Golf Association has a huge membership of very active people. We could easily have 20-30 guys up there for a weekend of camping and cleaning. We did it for Elk Mountain a few weeks back.
Let us know if your interested in that offering. I'm sure some of these other interested folks would be willing to come too and we could clean up quite a bit relatively quickly... or at least make things way more manageable for the rest of the year.
Let me know what you think. You have my number... (I have your number too... but wanted to make our club's offer public so other clubs might do the same).
Your Pal,
Jason / DSCJNKY
Can't say my club would be interested but I have PM'ed Rich with a similar offer. I could definitely round up a little group and coordinate a date with WNC. But that's up to Rich.
We are small but I could probably get the Pittsboro/Rock Ridge crew up for a weekend. We could have that place looking like the Gardens at Versailles by the big wedding day.
By the way... who's getting married up there?
DSCJNKY
DSCJNKY
Rich's youngest son.
Sad to hear Sugaree is going away. I was lucky enough to play there with Rich and Burt four years ago and drink a beer with them on the twelth hole. Playing such a unique course in such a unique setting is one of my favorite disc golf memories.
Congrats on the wedding and best of luck to you and yours Rich.
Congrats on the wedding and best of luck to you and yours Rich.
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DISC_combobulated
Bogey Member
dang....
damn,,,no more walking courtesy infractions @ Sugaree
To say we had some fun times there is a gross understatement!!
damn,,,no more walking courtesy infractions @ Sugaree
To say we had some fun times there is a gross understatement!!
Would be wonderful if you can take advantage of these offerings Rich and make this course a kind of huge community project. Thanks for all the effort!
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Jason,Mark,Walter
Thanks so much guys for the kind offers, but getting bailed out is not my style.
I never expected to make money with a private course, but after 5 years I did expect to generate enough cash to at least cover the annual maintenance, but it did not happen. We are actually get less traffic than last year.
Keeping the course maintained is weed-eating thirty acres three times during the summer since none of it can be mowed. For one person, by the time you finish the last of 25 holes, it's time to start again on the first hole. I could do it when my kids were around to cover me on the huge summertime chore of shearing and shaping 25,000 Christmas trees, but now that they have moved on to bigger and better things, it is apparent that I cannot handle both tasks.
As we speak I am still trying to finish last years shearing and the buds have already broken...not good.
The other part of the problem is that I am not comfortable with having people on the course when it is wet or windy, but I often cave in to requests to people who drive in and want to play in marginal conditions, especially if they are on a tightly schedule roadtrip. For those of you who have played the course, you know that the things that make Sugaree unique also make it a liability concern.
So, I'm shutting it down to try and get my tree farm back where it needs to be and get ready for an on-site wedding.
Thanks so much guys for the kind offers, but getting bailed out is not my style.
I never expected to make money with a private course, but after 5 years I did expect to generate enough cash to at least cover the annual maintenance, but it did not happen. We are actually get less traffic than last year.
Keeping the course maintained is weed-eating thirty acres three times during the summer since none of it can be mowed. For one person, by the time you finish the last of 25 holes, it's time to start again on the first hole. I could do it when my kids were around to cover me on the huge summertime chore of shearing and shaping 25,000 Christmas trees, but now that they have moved on to bigger and better things, it is apparent that I cannot handle both tasks.
As we speak I am still trying to finish last years shearing and the buds have already broken...not good.
The other part of the problem is that I am not comfortable with having people on the course when it is wet or windy, but I often cave in to requests to people who drive in and want to play in marginal conditions, especially if they are on a tightly schedule roadtrip. For those of you who have played the course, you know that the things that make Sugaree unique also make it a liability concern.
So, I'm shutting it down to try and get my tree farm back where it needs to be and get ready for an on-site wedding.
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R.I.P. Sugaree, and thanks Rich for sharing it with us over the last 5 years.
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Very disappointing, but understandable. I was always impressed by the amount of work you put in out there. Thanks for the good times Rich!
Love ya Rich. Love Sugaree.
See you on a course on the mountain somewhere... we'll have a beer.
DSCJNKY
See you on a course on the mountain somewhere... we'll have a beer.
DSCJNKY
tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
Rich, I wanted to thank you for keeping the course open as long as you did to allow me a chance to throw a round there. I hope you were able to pull your truck from where we left it with minimal effort. The mountain must've known what was going on and brought the wind in protest. It was pretty surreal having it be such an obstacle, even through the trees.
I know I feel lucky to have been able to play it, and I am incredibly jealous of those who had access to it on a regular basis. If I had known that you were pulling the baskets completely, I would've offered to buy one from you. I guess I'll just have to plan a trip to Birds now to revisit them.
If you ever make your way north to the Cincy area, beers are on me!
I know I feel lucky to have been able to play it, and I am incredibly jealous of those who had access to it on a regular basis. If I had known that you were pulling the baskets completely, I would've offered to buy one from you. I guess I'll just have to plan a trip to Birds now to revisit them.
If you ever make your way north to the Cincy area, beers are on me!
Always loved it up there. Played three times. Excellent course. Great vibe too.
I'm always shocked when I meet people in Charlotte (only 2 hours away) who have never played any of the mountain courses. They really missed out with your spot.
Anyway I wish you all the best and I thank you again for allowing me three mini-vacations to your perfect course.
I'm always shocked when I meet people in Charlotte (only 2 hours away) who have never played any of the mountain courses. They really missed out with your spot.
Anyway I wish you all the best and I thank you again for allowing me three mini-vacations to your perfect course.
mx23ang
Par Member
really buddy?? your gonna send DGCR traffic to Elk Mtn over SP?? I can totally agree/understand of putting Ashe County atop the high country golf list but I am WAAAY more diverse than Elk Mtn these days.. When you gonna come down and see the new additions?? Again I hate to read this thread and didnt want to listen when you were telling me Sugaree is closing down this summer.. But I am open to golfers on the weekends and frankly Simple Pleasures is just a more fun course than Elk Mtn (hell the only people that play well there are athletes in prime shape haha)
mx23ang
Par Member
Parks and Rec interns, Horticulture Interns, Ag interns, business, etc.. This is a really good idea that I know some of my friends who attend ASU would happy to be a part of.. Sugaree's Landscape alone makes it the 8th wonder of the world in my opinion and I dont want to even think about not getting to walk through these woods with my plastic
I have another suggestion that may help keep maintainence to an acceptable level. So at Simple Pleasures I spend roughly $15 a year on gas for the mowers.. This is true because I have designed the course around my grandad's horse and cattle farm. The presents they leave behind very rarely get in the way, or get on your discs, and as golfers we are able to enjoy holes with more room to work the discs because the cows/horses act as mowers. Yea grandaddy has an expense in the fall and winter months in the form of feed/hay, but he already had that expense before I built Simple Pleasures. With this being said, I realize cows could not traverse the sketchy terrain up at Sugaree but I guarndamtee some goats could.. With as much land as you have up there Rich they would rarely escape into the neighbors. I would get a family or at least like 3 tho, goats by their self do tend to wander. This would only add yet another special charm to Sugaree, domesticated goats gone naturilzed on a disc golf course:thmbup:Similar threads
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