so to appease my audience I decided to try it out, I had my friend nate bring me disc golfing at pier park in north portland. I could see what people meant, after all there were far more trees than what is seen on a golf course. however it wasn’t the grand example that was implied (in a selfish way I’m grateful, I was afriad my project would lose all merit if it really did accomplish one of my primary pillars). the ground was muddied and compacted from the amount of foot traffic, there was at least one hole that was closed for mantience as to allow the vegetation to grow/regrow. I did feel like there is a pretty good and simple addition that should be implemented (let me know if I’m wrong) would be to start introducing nurse logs. these would provide more life to the floor guiding foot traffic away. it would aslo act as an additional hazard that doesn’t do much to up the par.
I did appreciate the low cost to play, as all you need is a couple of discs (or in my case a friend who will let you borrow 4... a few weeks later I bought a driver, mid, and putter used from next adventure less than $20 I think). the course is located in a public park, no need to sign up or pay any course fees.
nate driving on a truly beautiful hole (are they still called holes?), you can’t see it nor does the photo really do it justice, but the pin is straight ahead, a clear maybe 10’ wide lane is bordered by these douglas firs (I should go back just to be sure as well as to provide the hole number).
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