BillFleming
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I do not work for/with uDisc, nor do I know anyone who does. The comments below are just my personal thoughts based on using uDisc as a player and what is happening in Mesa, Arizona.
There's another thread about uDisc raising their prices this year. This thread isn't about that; it's strictly about why uDisc should be used by disc golfers.
((I did not run this post by the person who is involved in the discussions with the City of Mesa....and I don't like dropping names without checking with them first, so they aren't named in this post. During our conversation, which happened a month or so ago, he did say he had no issue with me repeating the information.))
Red Mountain Park in Mesa, Arizona has two disc golf courses (North and South). For a few years now, the city has wanted to get rid of the North course and put in more soccer fields. The desire for more soccer fields makes sense - they want to host state and national tournaments, but since they don't have enough fields, they lose out to other cities. Now it is approved and actually going to happen. We are losing 17 & 18 from South (already have places for both of those holes) and a bit more than half of North.
What does uDisc have to do with this? I have had a discussion with the main disc golfer responsible for the courses and he has told me what has gone on in discussions with the city. Mesa basically said: we see people using the existing soccer fields, we see them using the basketball courts, and we see them using the pickleball courts. No one plays disc golf. Well, that's because disc golf is played over a large area and it's not easy to see how much use it gets. That's where uDisc came in. The disc golfer got uDisc folks to provide him the information on how much each course gets used based on the rounds played and recorded via uDisc. I was told that the city planners were surprised that the courses got that much use.
End result is that the city is working to give us more land for re-designing the North course. Part of my understanding from the discussion is that the developer is even going to 'donate' concrete tees for the new holes.
Why is this happening? Because people are using uDisc when they play the courses. The courses now have signs on each Hole 1 about how to download and use uDisc.
Please consider using uDisc when you play a course - even if it is just the free version...someday the stats might help keep a course going.
There's another thread about uDisc raising their prices this year. This thread isn't about that; it's strictly about why uDisc should be used by disc golfers.
((I did not run this post by the person who is involved in the discussions with the City of Mesa....and I don't like dropping names without checking with them first, so they aren't named in this post. During our conversation, which happened a month or so ago, he did say he had no issue with me repeating the information.))
Red Mountain Park in Mesa, Arizona has two disc golf courses (North and South). For a few years now, the city has wanted to get rid of the North course and put in more soccer fields. The desire for more soccer fields makes sense - they want to host state and national tournaments, but since they don't have enough fields, they lose out to other cities. Now it is approved and actually going to happen. We are losing 17 & 18 from South (already have places for both of those holes) and a bit more than half of North.
What does uDisc have to do with this? I have had a discussion with the main disc golfer responsible for the courses and he has told me what has gone on in discussions with the city. Mesa basically said: we see people using the existing soccer fields, we see them using the basketball courts, and we see them using the pickleball courts. No one plays disc golf. Well, that's because disc golf is played over a large area and it's not easy to see how much use it gets. That's where uDisc came in. The disc golfer got uDisc folks to provide him the information on how much each course gets used based on the rounds played and recorded via uDisc. I was told that the city planners were surprised that the courses got that much use.
End result is that the city is working to give us more land for re-designing the North course. Part of my understanding from the discussion is that the developer is even going to 'donate' concrete tees for the new holes.
Why is this happening? Because people are using uDisc when they play the courses. The courses now have signs on each Hole 1 about how to download and use uDisc.
Please consider using uDisc when you play a course - even if it is just the free version...someday the stats might help keep a course going.