New Course Coming to Asheville

[petecarp]

Im a student at the university of North Carolina at Asheville and at an SGA meeting the other week, we proposed a basket be put in on campus for practice purposes. as 5x consecutive western north carolina intercollegiate disc golf champions, we thought we would get it. the administration came to to us yesterday and said we could not have a basket, THEY WANT A COURSE! we were ecstatic to say the least. Its not very often that a bunch of college kids get to design and build a course at their school. so with the help of our local course designer (Richmond Hill designer) we are going to do it. my question is has anybody had a chance like this before and if so what kind of suggestions or words of wisdom can you offer? any input would be great.

[JR Stengele]

My buddy designed a course and the best advice I could give is to not rush into anything, quickly putting down cement pads. Look at all the possibilities and do several walk throughs till you feel like it is exactly what you want. People don't get too many opportunities like this one so enjoy it and do it right because you may not get this again. Enjoy!

[petecarp]

I was told about an incentive package that innova offers. i was told that if you get your campus bookstore to sell plastic, innova gives the campus the use of 9 baskets. any truth to this? does anyone know the details behind this if its true?

[Texconsinite]

Be smart about where the course is, so it doesnt become a nuisance that inteferes with buildings and such

[DeafDiscGolfer]

Be smart about where the course is, so it doesnt become a nuisance that inteferes with buildings and such

Nah, just make sure that some of the baskets and tees can be seen from the classrooms/dorms windows. So, it will draw their curiosity to the new game of disc golf!

Good luck to make it happen! :)

[Olorin]

I believe that the PDGA still has their "Matching Baskets" program to offer incentives for colleges to put in courses. They'll pay for 9 baskets if the school buys 9. It's definitely worth looking for. If you can't find any info you might even want to call the PDGA office.

[Olorin]

I can't advise you strongly enough to contact an experienced course designer. There's much more to good course design than there seems. I can help you find a member of the DG Course Design group to be involved with this project. Great designers near to you are Harold Duvall, Russell Schwartz, Stan McDaniel. Ryan Pickens did a great job at Mars Hill College, and James Nichols did a fantastic job with Richmond Hills.

Ask the university if they'll pay the fees of a course designer. It's well worth it!

Drop me an email at playdiscgolf(at)gmail.com if you want more info.

[Olorin]

If it was me I'd get Mach V or Chainstar baskets, but the Blue Discatchers at Brevard College are some of the sweetest in NC. The Carolina Blue Discatchers at Richmond Hills are also fantastic.

[JR Stengele]

I agree with Olorin. Mach V or Chainstar.

[petecarp]

When we found out we had permission for a course on campus i was standing next to James Nichols, the course designer of Richmond Hill in Asheville, and immediately turned to him and asked if he would play a large part in this project. He is on board and we are ready to starting crackin! We were considering royal blue (school colors) but that may be a little dark for the 50 wooded acres we were given.