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anyone who is facebook friends with me already see's this occasionally. I write these up after each of my trips.
I thought I would post it here too each time. If you don't care, don't read it. If you like reading it, click the Like button so I will keep doing it.
1120 Miles
28.5 hours
9 courses
96 holes
1 Security Check
Up to 1766 courses played
312 of those in Kansas
92 of those in Missouri
Played
Big Bull Creek (18 blue) – Edgerton KS
Lexington Lake (18 blue and red) – De Soto KS
Fort Leavenworth (9) – Fort Leavenworth KS
Riverview Park (9) – Platte City MO
Camp Branch (9) – Smithville MO
Grace Evangelical Church (9) – St. Joseph MO
Atchison HS (6 Red/White tees) – Atchison KS
Ray Miller Park (9) – Leavenworth KS
Edwardsville City Park (9) – Edwardsville KS
Ran solo this long trip. This was about cleaning up a couple of courses I missed or where new on the North side of KC area.
I didn't leave my store till 11pm and drove all the way to Edgerton. Got there at 6am and was going to sleep for an hour. Woke up to the alarm at 7, then I woke up again at 8:15. I fell asleep, so late start to the day.
Big Bull Creek has 2 sets of baskets on every hole, I played the longest layout on UDisc which included one hole with a Gold basket. However I did notice a Gold basket I didn't see and was not listed on UDisc for I guess hole 3? Anyways, this course is a mixture of decent holes in some trees with some elevation and several holes in the wide open with not much other than OB high grass. It was cold and I played fast, the wind was blowing from the east which made some of the holes in the open rather hard. I did not score well, was putting badly and I don't throw well into the wind.
I was heading north so I picked a course between where I was and to one of my goal courses. Lexington Lake is a little pitch and putt 9 hole course, I don't read review or anything about courses most of the time, I didn't know they had 2 pin position. After looking at the map, I elected to throw all 18 baskets anyways because they were different shots, not just longer holes. The course runs through an area they cleared out just for the course. It's still a little rough off the fairways, but the city has done a fantastic job clearing fairways and laying down mulch. I did enjoy throwing this course, it my favorite kind of course.
One of my goals for this trip was to knock out Fort Leavenworth. I have not tried to get on a military base in a long time. It took some time, but I was able to get a day pass and enjoyed my drive though the OLD base to the course. (The fort has been there for almost 200 years) The course is a simple 9 hole park style course with temp Mach II basket nailed down to the ground. Most of the tee pads were rubber and all 9 tee signs were in place. There is a restroom on site, but I didn't check to see if it was unlocked.
Over to Missouri, played Riverview Park in Platte City. Great elevation in use on this course. It is a little pitch and putt with a few good ace runs. I even splashed out on hole 8. HOWEVER it is also one of the more dangerous courses I have played with a gravel walking trail though the course. You are either teeing off the path or the basket is next to the path or you throw across the path on almost every hole.
I then went over to play a camp course. I knew basket #1 was missing and I saw that the park was closed for winter but UDisc says the course is playable. Well I pull up, put in $6 in the kiosk because I didn't want to assume it was free, pulled up and only one side of the gate was open. The other side said "Campgrounds closed for winter". Well I was not here for camping so I drove on to the course. As I was about to tee off on hole one, one of the workers came up telling them he didn't want to lock me in. He didn't say I couldn't play, just didn't want to lock me in. He said they were leaving at 3:30, I told them I will be done way before that. He did leave the gate open for me and I made sure I waved to him showing I was out of the park. It's a simple pitch and putt in some thick wooded area with nice fairways. Only a putter needed really. Baskets were homemade but caught ok. It's in the books, don't need to play again.
Drove north up to St Joseph to hit a course I could not fit in last time I was in that area. It's a new little church course that really isn't much. 1st hole is downhill with some trees to the left, these are the only tree's on the course. Hole 2 throws back up hill, then you have one next to the parking lot and the other 6 basket in a field behind the church. Hole 7 was a little 87ft hole I considered rethrowing till I got an ace. I think the only hole that was fun was the last hole, throwing from on top of a hill down to the basket.
I planned this route to hit a school course in a city I already played the other courses in. Atchison High School has 3 baskets randomly placed around the school. No tee's marked. UDisc has a Red and White tee's mapped so I just played all 6 of those tees. Course makes no sense, zero flow. Good spot to work on putting at the North West corner. The NE corner is flat open and good to work on upshots. The 3rd basket is on a small hill, good for putting but not to throw to as its near the football field fence, a walking path and the parking lot.
Still got plenty of daylight, headed BACK to Leavenworth to hit Ray Miller Park. This course is across the street from St Mary's course I played at dusk last year. Ray Miller has almost every tee throwing from the sidewalk. At first I thought it was just on UDisc till I noticed the hole numbers painted on the path. It's not a bad park course although it's mostly open. Best hole is #8, throwing down a well-defined fairway 500+ft with the basket up to the right in a nice large green.
Still had just enough time to hit another 9 hole course. Found one in Edwardsville I could knock out before it got too dark. This is a DD course that Eric McCabe had a hand in. It's a small pitch and putt course with only one hole being long. A couple of courses throw over a deep ravine that you DON'T want to be in. Unfortunately, there are almost no tree's except on the two holes throwing over the creek. But it served it purpose for me, one last quick round before I head home.
I elected to not stop and get something to eat. I tried to drive an hour then stop to get out and walk around, get gas, use the restroom or grab a snack. I did this every hour and made it home at 3:30am.
Next week I may do a little Texas Trip, I am going to try to hit a brand new John Houck course on Saturday.
Favorite course of the day – Lexington Lake's little 9 hole course was fun to play. I enjoyed throwing most of the holes. With 2 baskets, you can have twice the fun.
Best course of the day – Big Bull Creek, this was the only course that I played that was an 18 hole course. But it might have made this list even if I had played more. While the wide open holes annoyed me, the wooded section of the course was actually pretty good. I am sure the open holes play high grass OB so this would make the course better for the top pro's.
Worst course of the day, no question here, Riverview in Platte City while I did enjoy throwing this pitch and putt, those shots next to the gravel path were horrible. Several of them are blind due to evergreen tree's too. Super Dangerous if anyone is walking those paths.
Trip Log (@greens, I put the courses in the order I played them, however the trip log rearraigned them, that feature might be good to plan a trip, but not to show where I went)
I thought I would post it here too each time. If you don't care, don't read it. If you like reading it, click the Like button so I will keep doing it.
1120 Miles
28.5 hours
9 courses
96 holes
1 Security Check
Up to 1766 courses played
312 of those in Kansas
92 of those in Missouri
Played
Big Bull Creek (18 blue) – Edgerton KS
Lexington Lake (18 blue and red) – De Soto KS
Fort Leavenworth (9) – Fort Leavenworth KS
Riverview Park (9) – Platte City MO
Camp Branch (9) – Smithville MO
Grace Evangelical Church (9) – St. Joseph MO
Atchison HS (6 Red/White tees) – Atchison KS
Ray Miller Park (9) – Leavenworth KS
Edwardsville City Park (9) – Edwardsville KS
Ran solo this long trip. This was about cleaning up a couple of courses I missed or where new on the North side of KC area.
I didn't leave my store till 11pm and drove all the way to Edgerton. Got there at 6am and was going to sleep for an hour. Woke up to the alarm at 7, then I woke up again at 8:15. I fell asleep, so late start to the day.
Big Bull Creek has 2 sets of baskets on every hole, I played the longest layout on UDisc which included one hole with a Gold basket. However I did notice a Gold basket I didn't see and was not listed on UDisc for I guess hole 3? Anyways, this course is a mixture of decent holes in some trees with some elevation and several holes in the wide open with not much other than OB high grass. It was cold and I played fast, the wind was blowing from the east which made some of the holes in the open rather hard. I did not score well, was putting badly and I don't throw well into the wind.
I was heading north so I picked a course between where I was and to one of my goal courses. Lexington Lake is a little pitch and putt 9 hole course, I don't read review or anything about courses most of the time, I didn't know they had 2 pin position. After looking at the map, I elected to throw all 18 baskets anyways because they were different shots, not just longer holes. The course runs through an area they cleared out just for the course. It's still a little rough off the fairways, but the city has done a fantastic job clearing fairways and laying down mulch. I did enjoy throwing this course, it my favorite kind of course.
One of my goals for this trip was to knock out Fort Leavenworth. I have not tried to get on a military base in a long time. It took some time, but I was able to get a day pass and enjoyed my drive though the OLD base to the course. (The fort has been there for almost 200 years) The course is a simple 9 hole park style course with temp Mach II basket nailed down to the ground. Most of the tee pads were rubber and all 9 tee signs were in place. There is a restroom on site, but I didn't check to see if it was unlocked.
Over to Missouri, played Riverview Park in Platte City. Great elevation in use on this course. It is a little pitch and putt with a few good ace runs. I even splashed out on hole 8. HOWEVER it is also one of the more dangerous courses I have played with a gravel walking trail though the course. You are either teeing off the path or the basket is next to the path or you throw across the path on almost every hole.
I then went over to play a camp course. I knew basket #1 was missing and I saw that the park was closed for winter but UDisc says the course is playable. Well I pull up, put in $6 in the kiosk because I didn't want to assume it was free, pulled up and only one side of the gate was open. The other side said "Campgrounds closed for winter". Well I was not here for camping so I drove on to the course. As I was about to tee off on hole one, one of the workers came up telling them he didn't want to lock me in. He didn't say I couldn't play, just didn't want to lock me in. He said they were leaving at 3:30, I told them I will be done way before that. He did leave the gate open for me and I made sure I waved to him showing I was out of the park. It's a simple pitch and putt in some thick wooded area with nice fairways. Only a putter needed really. Baskets were homemade but caught ok. It's in the books, don't need to play again.
Drove north up to St Joseph to hit a course I could not fit in last time I was in that area. It's a new little church course that really isn't much. 1st hole is downhill with some trees to the left, these are the only tree's on the course. Hole 2 throws back up hill, then you have one next to the parking lot and the other 6 basket in a field behind the church. Hole 7 was a little 87ft hole I considered rethrowing till I got an ace. I think the only hole that was fun was the last hole, throwing from on top of a hill down to the basket.
I planned this route to hit a school course in a city I already played the other courses in. Atchison High School has 3 baskets randomly placed around the school. No tee's marked. UDisc has a Red and White tee's mapped so I just played all 6 of those tees. Course makes no sense, zero flow. Good spot to work on putting at the North West corner. The NE corner is flat open and good to work on upshots. The 3rd basket is on a small hill, good for putting but not to throw to as its near the football field fence, a walking path and the parking lot.
Still got plenty of daylight, headed BACK to Leavenworth to hit Ray Miller Park. This course is across the street from St Mary's course I played at dusk last year. Ray Miller has almost every tee throwing from the sidewalk. At first I thought it was just on UDisc till I noticed the hole numbers painted on the path. It's not a bad park course although it's mostly open. Best hole is #8, throwing down a well-defined fairway 500+ft with the basket up to the right in a nice large green.
Still had just enough time to hit another 9 hole course. Found one in Edwardsville I could knock out before it got too dark. This is a DD course that Eric McCabe had a hand in. It's a small pitch and putt course with only one hole being long. A couple of courses throw over a deep ravine that you DON'T want to be in. Unfortunately, there are almost no tree's except on the two holes throwing over the creek. But it served it purpose for me, one last quick round before I head home.
I elected to not stop and get something to eat. I tried to drive an hour then stop to get out and walk around, get gas, use the restroom or grab a snack. I did this every hour and made it home at 3:30am.
Next week I may do a little Texas Trip, I am going to try to hit a brand new John Houck course on Saturday.
Favorite course of the day – Lexington Lake's little 9 hole course was fun to play. I enjoyed throwing most of the holes. With 2 baskets, you can have twice the fun.
Best course of the day – Big Bull Creek, this was the only course that I played that was an 18 hole course. But it might have made this list even if I had played more. While the wide open holes annoyed me, the wooded section of the course was actually pretty good. I am sure the open holes play high grass OB so this would make the course better for the top pro's.
Worst course of the day, no question here, Riverview in Platte City while I did enjoy throwing this pitch and putt, those shots next to the gravel path were horrible. Several of them are blind due to evergreen tree's too. Super Dangerous if anyone is walking those paths.
Trip Log (@greens, I put the courses in the order I played them, however the trip log rearraigned them, that feature might be good to plan a trip, but not to show where I went)