I don't see the Texas tourneys post here anymore. There was some info from Emac there on Dallas courses.
I'm going to hit Texas again on a journey of disc golf exploration.
Anyone have any recommendations? I've got it narrowed down some, but there are many Dallas and Austin courses and I know I can't see them all. Throw me any kick-butt TX course that you've seen.
I'm leaving early this Tuesday, so if no one sees the post till then, don't worry about it. I'll let anyone know about new courses I find down there.
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Courses in Texas
Mike this weekend my brother will be having a Tournament @ Z Boas for their course championship. You can find more info under www.maceman.com look under the ZBoas championship link
Mike check out the course in Crawley Tx. I have never played it, but heard about it. Also if you have some extra time, there is a course in Admire Ok, about ten miles or so from the TX border, its a cool little park with lots of sidewalk, a stream that runs through the course and nicely taken care of grass.
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I'm back from my second time golfing in TX. I only made it to 14 courses this time. I think I hit 18 last time. I'm slowing down. I remember doing 7 in one day on trips to KC. Not only a lot of golf to do in one day, but a lot of driving too!
First was Ardmore, OK. I think this was the town to which Leo was referring to. They have 2 courses there. I must have picked the wrong one. I played the Ardmore Regional Park, rather than Broadlawn Park. This one was impossible to find! The directions were pretty good except they didn't tell me where to go when the unmarked trail I'm supposed to follow dead-ends into a creek. After discounting that the trail was legit and not finding anything on this several mile long sidewalk that runs through the woods in the park, I came back to the trail and walked through the woods on the other side of the creek and almost walked right into a basket. That is one thing that sucks about finding new disc golf courses. The directions stink!! You have to try to figure out the short circuitry going on in the guy who is giving the "common" knowledge. I played the course with a putter. Most of the holes were blind, short, forested holes. The course kind of reminded me of the YMCA course in Tulsa. I can't imagine how thick that course must be in the summer. Hole 18 was in a clearing that was made for some cable. It was 900' uphill with a narrow fairway and a headwind! I got to the end of the path to the clearing and there was no basket. The course had a way of "hiding" the baskets in the trees. They hid that one pretty good.
Grapevine, TX As I stated in another post, I got to this course and the baskets were pulled. 9 stolen baskets. It's good to hear that they are being replaced so quickly.
Arlington, TX The Vet. I knew I couldn't go wrong here. I played this course on my last winter break. The course was all long, but didn't play as difficult as I remembered. This course has tons of variety. Up and downhill shots. Hyzers, flicks, tomahawks, mids, crushes, rollers. Calm holes and very windy holes. I like the half open/ half wooded feel the course has. One bad thing was that the #2 basket was missing! You would think that a course of this caliber could get things straightened up. I can see how it would be difficult trying to manage courses in huge cities.
Crowley, TX Just outside south Ft. Worth, this course was a jewel. 3 sets of tees plus an ultra-long 4th set for about half of the holes. Like the vet, this course has a lot of variety. The short tees were often less than 200 feet while the long tees averaged over 400. The short tees had interesting mando shots such as under a bridge and between 2 trees. If you play in Dallas, check this course out!
Waco, TX Cameron Park East was new to me. I see why they call it "the Beast." 400'+ foot holes through the woods on the back nine and shot dangerous water shots on the front. The signs and baskets were quite nice. The woods holes were espescially scenic. I didn't play it all cause I was in hurry to get to Austin.
Temple, TX This course had nice yellow signs that matched their discatchers. The had huge concrete tees with duals on 9 of the 18. The holes played through a very windy open park with short, gnarly trees winding around a small creek. The holes had varied length and requirements. The wind would make this course good one to practice on. I didn't play here due to daylight requirements, but it is worth playing.
Lago Vista, TX The course known as "The Resort" is like a disc golf paradise. Well outside Austin, a windy road through a luxurious neighborhood takes you to Lake Travis, fed by the Colorado River before it reaches Austin. By this lake is the course and Cabo Loco, some vacation spot. The course is fairly short, but breathtakingly beautiful. Very scenic shots. The area west of Austin has different vegetation than of that to the east. It seems drier, with more cactus and the like rather than deciduous trees. Despite being next to some houses, Lago Vista has a very quiet, country feel to it. We saw many deer on the course while we were playing. One thing the course had was wooden tee posts that were bevelled at the top with the hole number so that the tip of the post pointed towards the hole. A very simple and inexpensive tee sign that made it very easy to see which way the course led from a distance.
Red Rock, TX Moody's Disc Golf Ranch A great layout on some great land. The course is on one big hill with about half of the holes on each side. Again, 3 sets of tees makes a lot of holes. The long tees were much longer than the shorts. They had pretty much the same angles, though. The tees and greens were mowed neatly, and the tees were marked with flags. I think the course could be improved by getting some tee markers and pads. Having said that, it was a great course. The holes are huge with big wind gusts. Two ponds comes into play on 4 holes. The 3 most difficult holes kicked my butt. I took twp 7's and a 6. Plamen made his first 2 on this course. He also lost his driver in a pond with an incredible 300' downhill toss. He hit the basket for his would be circle 3. It's at least 45 minutes from Austin, but a must see.
New Braunsfels, TX Prince Solms Park Next to some huge waterpark. This 9 holer plays next to the clean Guadelupe River. I couldn't find tee #2 and became convinced that it didn't exist. This one was a birdfest. One hole was all of 80'. Two holes did play dangerously close to the river though. Though there are tons of Live Oak fans, I don't think that driving down to San Antonio to play disc golf (plenty of other stuff to do) is worth it when you consider how many good courses are in the Dallas and Austin areas.
Austin, TX Circle C Park This course is a bit extreeme. Small fairways with tons of rough trees to throw through. The terrain is very rocky. One hole will be a 500', tight dogleg and the next will be an open 200' shot. The course plays all the way around a big park, sort of like Rosedale. The round was kind of exhausting, and were it not for the bird holes, the score wouldn't have looked so good. The course has it's own thing going, but I prefer a bit more fairway. I met some dark skinned guy named Alex there. We got to talking and he said that he won the pro division at Moody's last year's tourney and that he had the record for dubs at Wimberly. 9 down, that's in relation to par 3 (45). Anyone who has played out there knows that this is pretty sick. I don't know if the guy was for real or what, but he said he would be on tour in Kansas this year. Beware!!
Austin, TX Seawright Park I played doubles with some locals. I had some of Texas' convienient stores' 93 cent 16 oz. cans of Special Reserves. 8+% did a good job on me. Oh yeah, the course... I had been warned that it was short and overplayed. It was on my way back to the highway, so I stopped. The locals were friendly, but the doubles took too long. The holes were lanes in dense cedars. It was almost 18 spike hyzers. I like spikes, but even I found this boring. It is true that though it was short, if you were out of the fairway, you were screwed. I don't like courses like this. I like the idea of having a little trouble in the fairway and a bit more outside it, rather than open with death on both sides. The boys did mention that some kind of disc golf country club is going in near Wimberly. 36 more holes of disc golf with a nice club house and the works. This area would be killer for something like this.
Garland, TX Audobon Park This just NE of Dallas. This course plays long! It reminds me a lot of the grove, lots of pecan trees. That reminded me that one thing I like about Kansas courses is shooting under tree canopies rather than over TX scrub trees. The course had homemade baskets that were really neat. The basket frame was tilted out and resembled a spider web. They caught the discs very well. There were a few shots where a big creek came into play. This was the only downer of the course. Not the creek, but all the trash that was in it. I imagine it would be very difficult to clean it up and more so to maintain it, but I don't know how you can get used to seeing all of that trash. That was only on a few holes. Overall the course was great. Being able to see the hole from the tee was a nice change.
Dallas, TX B.B. Owen Park This park had to be the most organized. It had a map, nice tee signs with decent hole maps though they weren't necessary, good tee pads, and a logical layout. The course was mostly open, though pretty windy, with a few baskets next to a small creek. Good variety of shots. Mostly short holes, but a few long ones, and all fun.
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There were many courses that I'd still like to check out, that I didn't get time to see. A few that were recommended that I haven't been to yet... Weatherford, LL Woods, McKinney, Georgetown, Gonzales.
I think that I have seen most of the best courses in the I-35 area, though. Last time through Texas, I saw Denton, Lewisville, Grapevine, Arlington, Waco (Cameron West), Round Rock, Austin (Pease), Austin(Bartholomew), Wimberly, San Marcos, Universal City, Live Oak, Ft. Worth, & Carrollton.
Next time I'm going south, I think I will stick to mostly favorites and a few new ones. Staying overnight at San Saba sounds like a must. As far as Dallas goes... Grapevine, Arlington, & Crowley are the best. Lewisville, B.B Owen, ZBoaz, and Garland are good 2nd choices. In Austin, Peace park is much superior to the others. There are several nice places outside of town like Moody's and Lago Vista, with Wimberly being the best.
Anybody played some courses I haven't mentioned? I'll probably go back next winter if not possible sooner.
First was Ardmore, OK. I think this was the town to which Leo was referring to. They have 2 courses there. I must have picked the wrong one. I played the Ardmore Regional Park, rather than Broadlawn Park. This one was impossible to find! The directions were pretty good except they didn't tell me where to go when the unmarked trail I'm supposed to follow dead-ends into a creek. After discounting that the trail was legit and not finding anything on this several mile long sidewalk that runs through the woods in the park, I came back to the trail and walked through the woods on the other side of the creek and almost walked right into a basket. That is one thing that sucks about finding new disc golf courses. The directions stink!! You have to try to figure out the short circuitry going on in the guy who is giving the "common" knowledge. I played the course with a putter. Most of the holes were blind, short, forested holes. The course kind of reminded me of the YMCA course in Tulsa. I can't imagine how thick that course must be in the summer. Hole 18 was in a clearing that was made for some cable. It was 900' uphill with a narrow fairway and a headwind! I got to the end of the path to the clearing and there was no basket. The course had a way of "hiding" the baskets in the trees. They hid that one pretty good.
Grapevine, TX As I stated in another post, I got to this course and the baskets were pulled. 9 stolen baskets. It's good to hear that they are being replaced so quickly.
Arlington, TX The Vet. I knew I couldn't go wrong here. I played this course on my last winter break. The course was all long, but didn't play as difficult as I remembered. This course has tons of variety. Up and downhill shots. Hyzers, flicks, tomahawks, mids, crushes, rollers. Calm holes and very windy holes. I like the half open/ half wooded feel the course has. One bad thing was that the #2 basket was missing! You would think that a course of this caliber could get things straightened up. I can see how it would be difficult trying to manage courses in huge cities.
Crowley, TX Just outside south Ft. Worth, this course was a jewel. 3 sets of tees plus an ultra-long 4th set for about half of the holes. Like the vet, this course has a lot of variety. The short tees were often less than 200 feet while the long tees averaged over 400. The short tees had interesting mando shots such as under a bridge and between 2 trees. If you play in Dallas, check this course out!
Waco, TX Cameron Park East was new to me. I see why they call it "the Beast." 400'+ foot holes through the woods on the back nine and shot dangerous water shots on the front. The signs and baskets were quite nice. The woods holes were espescially scenic. I didn't play it all cause I was in hurry to get to Austin.
Temple, TX This course had nice yellow signs that matched their discatchers. The had huge concrete tees with duals on 9 of the 18. The holes played through a very windy open park with short, gnarly trees winding around a small creek. The holes had varied length and requirements. The wind would make this course good one to practice on. I didn't play here due to daylight requirements, but it is worth playing.
Lago Vista, TX The course known as "The Resort" is like a disc golf paradise. Well outside Austin, a windy road through a luxurious neighborhood takes you to Lake Travis, fed by the Colorado River before it reaches Austin. By this lake is the course and Cabo Loco, some vacation spot. The course is fairly short, but breathtakingly beautiful. Very scenic shots. The area west of Austin has different vegetation than of that to the east. It seems drier, with more cactus and the like rather than deciduous trees. Despite being next to some houses, Lago Vista has a very quiet, country feel to it. We saw many deer on the course while we were playing. One thing the course had was wooden tee posts that were bevelled at the top with the hole number so that the tip of the post pointed towards the hole. A very simple and inexpensive tee sign that made it very easy to see which way the course led from a distance.
Red Rock, TX Moody's Disc Golf Ranch A great layout on some great land. The course is on one big hill with about half of the holes on each side. Again, 3 sets of tees makes a lot of holes. The long tees were much longer than the shorts. They had pretty much the same angles, though. The tees and greens were mowed neatly, and the tees were marked with flags. I think the course could be improved by getting some tee markers and pads. Having said that, it was a great course. The holes are huge with big wind gusts. Two ponds comes into play on 4 holes. The 3 most difficult holes kicked my butt. I took twp 7's and a 6. Plamen made his first 2 on this course. He also lost his driver in a pond with an incredible 300' downhill toss. He hit the basket for his would be circle 3. It's at least 45 minutes from Austin, but a must see.
New Braunsfels, TX Prince Solms Park Next to some huge waterpark. This 9 holer plays next to the clean Guadelupe River. I couldn't find tee #2 and became convinced that it didn't exist. This one was a birdfest. One hole was all of 80'. Two holes did play dangerously close to the river though. Though there are tons of Live Oak fans, I don't think that driving down to San Antonio to play disc golf (plenty of other stuff to do) is worth it when you consider how many good courses are in the Dallas and Austin areas.
Austin, TX Circle C Park This course is a bit extreeme. Small fairways with tons of rough trees to throw through. The terrain is very rocky. One hole will be a 500', tight dogleg and the next will be an open 200' shot. The course plays all the way around a big park, sort of like Rosedale. The round was kind of exhausting, and were it not for the bird holes, the score wouldn't have looked so good. The course has it's own thing going, but I prefer a bit more fairway. I met some dark skinned guy named Alex there. We got to talking and he said that he won the pro division at Moody's last year's tourney and that he had the record for dubs at Wimberly. 9 down, that's in relation to par 3 (45). Anyone who has played out there knows that this is pretty sick. I don't know if the guy was for real or what, but he said he would be on tour in Kansas this year. Beware!!
Austin, TX Seawright Park I played doubles with some locals. I had some of Texas' convienient stores' 93 cent 16 oz. cans of Special Reserves. 8+% did a good job on me. Oh yeah, the course... I had been warned that it was short and overplayed. It was on my way back to the highway, so I stopped. The locals were friendly, but the doubles took too long. The holes were lanes in dense cedars. It was almost 18 spike hyzers. I like spikes, but even I found this boring. It is true that though it was short, if you were out of the fairway, you were screwed. I don't like courses like this. I like the idea of having a little trouble in the fairway and a bit more outside it, rather than open with death on both sides. The boys did mention that some kind of disc golf country club is going in near Wimberly. 36 more holes of disc golf with a nice club house and the works. This area would be killer for something like this.
Garland, TX Audobon Park This just NE of Dallas. This course plays long! It reminds me a lot of the grove, lots of pecan trees. That reminded me that one thing I like about Kansas courses is shooting under tree canopies rather than over TX scrub trees. The course had homemade baskets that were really neat. The basket frame was tilted out and resembled a spider web. They caught the discs very well. There were a few shots where a big creek came into play. This was the only downer of the course. Not the creek, but all the trash that was in it. I imagine it would be very difficult to clean it up and more so to maintain it, but I don't know how you can get used to seeing all of that trash. That was only on a few holes. Overall the course was great. Being able to see the hole from the tee was a nice change.
Dallas, TX B.B. Owen Park This park had to be the most organized. It had a map, nice tee signs with decent hole maps though they weren't necessary, good tee pads, and a logical layout. The course was mostly open, though pretty windy, with a few baskets next to a small creek. Good variety of shots. Mostly short holes, but a few long ones, and all fun.
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There were many courses that I'd still like to check out, that I didn't get time to see. A few that were recommended that I haven't been to yet... Weatherford, LL Woods, McKinney, Georgetown, Gonzales.
I think that I have seen most of the best courses in the I-35 area, though. Last time through Texas, I saw Denton, Lewisville, Grapevine, Arlington, Waco (Cameron West), Round Rock, Austin (Pease), Austin(Bartholomew), Wimberly, San Marcos, Universal City, Live Oak, Ft. Worth, & Carrollton.
Next time I'm going south, I think I will stick to mostly favorites and a few new ones. Staying overnight at San Saba sounds like a must. As far as Dallas goes... Grapevine, Arlington, & Crowley are the best. Lewisville, B.B Owen, ZBoaz, and Garland are good 2nd choices. In Austin, Peace park is much superior to the others. There are several nice places outside of town like Moody's and Lago Vista, with Wimberly being the best.
Anybody played some courses I haven't mentioned? I'll probably go back next winter if not possible sooner.
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That has to be the longest post I've ever seen! Very informative though, and sounded like fun.
so crowley is everything that people have told me huh? Did the autobahn have tee pads yet? Mike you haven't played Mckinney, LL woods or weatherford? Well you must be one good guesser, cuz the three you haven't played are probally the shortest ones in Texas I have played. Very simple designs. And yes you played the wrong course in ardmore, lol, its ok though, its not like you missed out on a Water Works type course! I am heading the texas way this weekend. I will have to check some of these out.
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Right on. I will do it. I'm also going to have to check this place out.viewtopic.php?t=313
Anyone heard the latest on this place? If its anything like Wimberly, this will be some top notch golf.
Anyone heard the latest on this place? If its anything like Wimberly, this will be some top notch golf.
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