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[vslaugh]

I kind of agree with you that Moraine is more restrictive, but I think your view of Deer Lakes is through rose-colored glasses. I love playing there, I go there often, but the water problem is really quite severe on a few holes. I _hate_ it when I get in the deep mud on 3 or 16. And yeah, you can take casual relief, but it doesn't help much as you'll be moving far away from the hole to get out of the mud.

Tunnel fairway + terrible stance from mud/water = unhappy Beable.

Yeah, both holes are a pain, but fortunately they're being worked on and hopefully they'll be fixed sometime soon (according to my conversations with J Gary after he met with park people last week).

Hole 16's being muddy is just a stupid situation. It's a leaking water pipe that really doesn't have any purpose, except to service one spigot. All it needs is for it to be shut off...and it's fixed! Supposedly that will happen soon.

Hole 3 is trickier (especially with the utility pipeline and lay of the land), but some park people with access to construction equipment have ideas and it's on their to-do list.

 

[Raptor]

Raptor, are you aware of the path around the bottom of 15? I wasn't until a few months ago. It helps a lot. It's between the red and white tees, IIRC.

Wait what? I had no idea, that's great news. And I thought I was slick when I looked at the map for #2 and saw the path that leads around the gully instead down into it and back up.

 

[vslaugh]

Oh, and my reason for Deer Lakes is that it's a little more open/longer than Moraine (more conducive to my game, especially Deer Lakes' blue tees) but more because of the beautiful trees (mostly big hardwoods) and rolling hills. When I think of the season of Autumn, I think of Deer Lakes and how beautiful it gets and the sensory experience of playing DG there.

 

[Beable]

Forgot all about that random weird OB on Moraine cost me a possible birdie...the locals I tagged along with were quick to dampen my spirit when they said "ahhh too bad your in the rubber moat....I was like wtf? wtf is a rubber moat ohhhh thats a rubber moat..LOL"

I don't think I am seeing Deer Lakes through rose colored glasses more like I saw from a dry pair of sneakers LOL...I'm sure if it's wet those 2 holes might be a drag but man oh man come on its still a great course puddles and all.

Whats cracking me up is that you bust on me for loving Deer Lakes and I think it's funny how much you loved Tyler. Maybe it's true we dont appreciate whats in our own backyards. I personally am inviting you to come to the Lehigh Valley and I will give you a tour if your ever up for it.

Haha, I'm sure the backyard thing is part of it. I will PM you if I ever go to Lehigh Valley for sure. I'd say Tyler was "as good" as Deer Lakes, not better. Iron Hill might've been better.

I did like how Tyler used those turnable sign thingies to show what position the pin was in.

 

[kUrTp]

Deer Lakes or Moraine???

I personally like Moraine better...Don't know why I just do. It's the 50/50 Yinzer thing.

 

[Peot]

I'd just like to chime in with an eloquent "Deer Lakes > Moraine IMO."

Knob Hill, as far as par 3's go, is the most exceptionally difficult one I've played. The C positions make a lot of holes tweeners, if not full blown 4's. It's very well designed and a lot of fun to play, but it can be a frustrating round.

Also, if you play the Black Course, play with a friend. Or, at least make sure you can accurately throw onto the fairway. The rough is very thick and discs are lost quite easily.

 

[Beable]

Holy hell there's a lot of people from Pittsburgh in this thread. Kurt and Vince are at a disadvantage since they're using their real names.

 

[optidiscic]

Since we got western PAs attention...whats going on with the Pittsburgh Worlds bid?

 

[kUrTp]

Holy hell there's a lot of people from Pittsburgh in this thread. Kurt and Vince are at a disadvantage since they're using their real names.

I've been using kUrTp since I've joined the PDGA discussion board. It's a homage to my days living in SLC, UT.

Go Team Yinzer!!!

 

[kUrTp]

Since we got western PAs attention...whats going on with the Pittsburgh Worlds bid?

Were in the process of filing for our 501.c3 standing, non-profit. Almost weekly J Gary is talking to me or someone else in the club about it. It's gone happen, we just don't know if it'll be 2013 or 2014. It mostly depends on how many of us will chip in and help the process along. I know every club always says, "This is going to be the best worlds ever!" But when J Gary puts his mind to something and says that...I for one truly believe him.

 

[dickyp1113]

So i was the one that orriginally started the post here and wow i really didnt expect all that. I started playin dg here in IN and other than 2MRX (which was apparently put in recently within walking distance of my parents house) i didnt know there was such a dg culture there. It makes sense though in the best sports town in the world. Thanks everyone for all the information. Itll make visiting my parents that much more bareable!

 

[kUrTp]

Go to pfds.org look at the calendar and come out to a monthly. Good People, Good Courses, and Good Times indeed!!!

 

[vslaugh]

Holy hell there's a lot of people from Pittsburgh in this thread. Kurt and Vince are at a disadvantage since they're using their real names.

Yeah, we need to get organized as a Yinzer mob on this site, and boost the ratings of Deer Lakes and Moraine! I'm jealous of other courses that get to have their proponents start threads blasting anyone who gives a 4.0 or lower to either course...like timg's July 2007 review of Deer Lakes in which he gave it a 4.0...he must be out of his mind!!!!!!! It's probably just a hit-and-run fake account anyway

 

[Beable]

Yeah, we need to get organized as a Yinzer mob on this site, and boost the ratings of Deer Lakes and Moraine! I'm jealous of other courses that get to have their proponents start threads blasting anyone who gives a 4.0 or lower to either course...like timg's July 2007 review of Deer Lakes in which he gave it a 4.0...he must be out of his mind!!!!!!! It's probably just a hit-and-run fake account anyway

Yeah you can be the superberry for Deer Lakes.

 

[vslaugh]

Go to pfds.org look at the calendar and come out to a monthly. Good People, Good Courses, and Good Times indeed!!!

Also, there's a lot of work happening at Deer Lakes this month which anyone can help out with. The final tee pads are being built/poured, some signage is being installed, and the cursed skinny tree on the upslope of Hole 13 in the middle of the fairway is going to be cut down.

See this page for updates:
http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32429

 

[HarkeyPuck]

Does anyone know where the new course is going to be built? PFDS.org says either Boyce Park or Settlers Cabin (my choice). Just wondering if anyone has heard any rumors.

 

[HarkeyPuck]

Yeah, we need to get organized as a Yinzer mob on this site, and boost the ratings of Deer Lakes and Moraine! I'm jealous of other courses that get to have their proponents start threads blasting anyone who gives a 4.0 or lower to either course...like timg's July 2007 review of Deer Lakes in which he gave it a 4.0...he must be out of his mind!!!!!!! It's probably just a hit-and-run fake account anyway

timg needs to make another Western PA trip. From what i hear Deer Lakes is a totally different course compared to 2007. :thmbup:

 

[vslaugh]

Does anyone know where the new course is going to be built? PFDS.org says either Boyce Park or Settlers Cabin (my choice). Just wondering if anyone has heard any rumors.

Not to speak for J Gary, but I don't think that anything has progressed on for a new course in another Allegheny County park. Getting Slippery Rock in the ground, finishing Deer Lakes, opening Two Mile Run Extension, straightening out (figuratively speaking) the Seven Springs course (in addition to creating a new B-tier at Seven Springs and recovering from surgery) have all consumed the PFDS course superintendent's time. I think he was out on recon to one of those parks you mentioned last winter, but I haven't heard anything since.

I do know there are a couple other individuals around Pittsburgh in the initial stage of agitating for a course, so something very good could happen there.

Slippery Rock's Front 9 should be in the ground by the end of this month, and it's definitely designed with Worlds in mind...at least three sets of tees. Until tree-planting and landscaping happens, the Par 32 Front 9 will be very open, but I think there will be a couple memorable gems.

 

[HarkeyPuck]

GEEZ! JGary has his plate full! Well if you talk to him tell him thanks for all he's done for the sport in the PGH area.:hfive:

 

[jbischoff]

GEEZ! JGary has his plate full! Well if you talk to him tell him thanks for all he's done for the sport in the PGH area.:hfive:

I second that and hope to tell him in person one day soon. I also vote for Settler's Cabin as well!