Post a Picture of the First Basket Hole You Ever Played

[Central Scrutinizer]

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Here is a picture from about 2010 of the tee view of the first hole I ever played back in 1989. Original Hole #1 at Oxbow near Goshen, IN. They redid the course for the 1996 worlds and this hole was abandoned, but it's my first.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

Here is the fairway after the first dogleg. You teed off (as in the first picture) and had maybe 100 to 130 feet to a sharp dogleg right, which led to this view. Maybe 180' to go until the next dogleg from here, if memory serves?

After this shot, it turned to the right yet again and went out in the open another 150ish feet. I think.

I played this hole, and the rest of the course, with a Wham-O Frisbee on my first visit to see what these devices were that supposedly caught Frisbees. I didn't care that I shot over 120 that day. I was overjoyed at this new sport. 16 years old.

 

[discNDav]

hole #1 at Bertrand
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/media.php?id=665&mode=media#

 

[JuanA]

It's different now than when I first started, but for me it was Harlow Platts Park in Boulder.

The tee used to be up on the sidewalk.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

hole #1 at Bertrand
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/media.php?id=665&mode=media#

Man, I haven't been to Bertrand in years. Need to get back there. I think the "new" alternates were first installed. I'm thinking 2000 or so?

 

[ejvogie]

Ottawa Park Toledo, OH. This is a wide open hole now

 

[Monocacy]

Calvert Road, hole 1, probably early 1980s, definitely playing with a 165-gram Wham-O Frisbee. Picture is from DGCR.

 

[ballgolfconvert]

Calvert Road, hole 1, probably early 1980s, definitely playing with a 165-gram Wham-O Frisbee. Picture is from DGCR.

Where da first basket?

 

[Casey 1988]

Basket was hole 2 no picture on DGCR though I did putt out at hole 1 on a 5 year older cousins disc spot. Hole 1 below since it used the same basket style. I also remember one basket was a Lighting DB-5, the one near the Tennis court. I then went on the day or something to play the Willows, as they had me skip the water hole.

Last weekend in July 2003. Been hooked ever since.

 

[Monocacy]

Where da first basket?

Good question. Been a while since I played there, but pretty sure the basket is somewhere in the trees.

Original basket positions were all pretty short, based on then-current disc technology. As I recall when the Aviar came out in 1984 it was considered a high-speed driver. And we thought it was crazy overstable compared with a lid.

I should drive down to Calvert Road and play a round for old times' sake. Lots of good, inexpensive international food down that way.

 

[Innova63]

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As I recall when the Aviar came out in 1984 it was considered a high-speed driver. And we thought it was crazy overstable compared with a lid.

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Compared to a lid...


everything else is over-stable...

 

[elmexdela]

played here with a person i was tryna get with at the time (i got with them)

and found a new hobby that i love

course is absolutely terrible and has gotten way worse with age its basically a field now

land of memories in mankato mn which is a terrible 18 but the area is vacant on quality/quantity courses so everyone plays it

 

[captain jack]

My first was THE first. Original first hole at Oak Grove. Thanks Ed, you were a decent human being.

 

[Casey 1988]

Basket was hole 2 no picture on DGCR though I did putt out at hole 1 on a 5 year older cousins disc spot. Hole 1 below since it used the same basket style. I also remember one basket was a Lighting DB-5, the one near the Tennis court. I then went on the day or something to play the Willows, as they had me skip the water hole.

Last weekend in July 2003. Been hooked ever since.

Did some research and found the course was put in a few months before some of the first of what we now call midrange disc. It is in the tail end of type two, where all the discs mostly putters are no faster then an XD, an Aero/Rubber Putter or what is now called the Classic ROC.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

played here with a person i was tryna get with at the time (i got with them)

and found a new hobby that i love

course is absolutely terrible and has gotten way worse with age its basically a field now

land of memories in mankato mn which is a terrible 18 but the area is vacant on quality/quantity courses so everyone plays it

The scattering and spacing of trees I see in this photo could lead to a decent hole right there. Of course, I haven't seen the rest of the property...

(Everywhere I go in life I see potential Disc Golf lines, like most of you too.)

Anyway, I feel ya with your first course not being considered by most to at least be above average. Mine was considered a joke for a long time for too much of it being essentially unenjoyable if not downright unplayable. (I really liked how it looked by 2005, though...) Regardless, I get little goosebumps on my arm when I see the "Flying Disc Sanctuary" sign still there (at least in 2010 when I last visited) and recall my first glimpse at a basket. "My god, they've invented a device that catches Frisbees, and they actually work." It didn't matter that the course sucked (I wouldn't know this because I had nothing to compare for a good couple of years). I was hooked anyway, and I'd go on to play hundreds of other courses and even help design a couple that indeed didn't suck and ushered in new participants to this new and wonderful recreation activity that seems to be as spiritual as it is physical.

picture sharing

*wipes tears*

What other sport has this? A "sanctuary" for the projectiles? This illustrates right here why I call it my religion.

We're a part of something special, a recreational activity newer than the world wars of the 20th century for a freaking change. It is destined to become a staple pastime. And it's rapidly intensifying before our eyes like a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[thrembo]

I can't find a picture of my first basket hole, but it was hole 1 at West Park in Joliet IL in 1979 with lids of course. (It wasn't too long before the dude in the van would show up with golf-specific discs).

 

[thrembo]

The course has gone through a redesign and FINALLY has concrete tees after all these years. Here is hole one at West Park now:

 

[Jukeshoe]

Nothing exciting: Creek Ridge Old #1.

Bertrand in Niles was the 2nd course I played.

 

[thrembo]

We really liked Bertrand the first time we played it. It was pretty challenging for lids and early golf discs and more wooded than most of the early IL/IN courses.

 

[Central Scrutinizer]

I wouldn't make it to Bertrand until like 1998 even though I grew up in Goshen. Only heard a few people say there was a course in Niles when I was still living at home through 1995, and as an adolescent, didn't realize that Niles, Michigan was so close to South Bend. Didn't grow up in a household where we got out much for sure. Sounds stupid, but it's true. We'd venture as far away as South Bend maybe a couple of times per year growing up.

Of course, with little if any internet up to that point, I wasn't looking up courses either.

Seems like not that long ago, but at the same time, centuries ago.