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Flying Armadillo Gold Mini Course opening soon in San Marcos, Texas
- Thread starter Gblambert
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Gblambert
Birdie Member
Thanks, Sarah. We hope to have the front nine playable by mid summer. Looking forward to seeing you again!
Gblambert
Birdie Member
Have you ever wanted to throw through a door or window at a basket inside a building? Me too! This is the 18th hole on the mini course, a.k.a. the Alamo Memorial hole. The building is a poor approximation of the real Alamo; it's missing key architectural details and is sheathed in recycled pallet wood instead of limestone. But it is fun to throw at the basket through the front door of the Alamo or throw through a window to try and rescue par. And after finishing the hole you can say you played disc golf inside the Alamo!
discoriented
Par Member
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This place looks pretty badass. Have you seen Pee Wee's bike in there?
I am SOO excited to come play flying armadillo!! so the mini course is done, and y'all are workign on the big course now, right?
Gblambert
Birdie Member
Yep, the mini course is done for now, except for finishing up the pond on #17. We'll come back later to add some more benches and pour the tee pads. For now, we're working on getting the front nine playable on the big course, with six done so far. I hope you can make it out to see us!
Gblambert
Birdie Member
We're still waiting on insurance before we can open the course and add it to DGCR, so in the meantime here's another hole. This is hole #13 on the mini course which turned out to be the last hole that we designed. We were trying to decide which type of gimmick would be the most fun to include around the basket. Maybe a screen to filter discs thrown right at the target, or perhaps a slide for rollers and skip shots, or maybe even a car hood or two for ricochet shots.
In the end we decided to go all in with the gimmicks and include all three types: A screen to filter out some of the shots thrown right at the basket, a slide for going around the screen from the left, and four car hoods for potential ricochet aces. Cedar poles were planted around the basket and act as a framework for these and any other obstructions we might decide to hang on it at a later date.
This is the most gimicky hole I think I've ever seen, so we decided to call it the Ultimate Gimmick Hole. Those of you who don't like gimmick holes may appreciate its acronym - UGH! So far the hole has been aced through the screen and off the top car hood, with near misses on the other obstructions. It's a fun hole to throw and tougher than it looks!
In the end we decided to go all in with the gimmicks and include all three types: A screen to filter out some of the shots thrown right at the basket, a slide for going around the screen from the left, and four car hoods for potential ricochet aces. Cedar poles were planted around the basket and act as a framework for these and any other obstructions we might decide to hang on it at a later date.
This is the most gimicky hole I think I've ever seen, so we decided to call it the Ultimate Gimmick Hole. Those of you who don't like gimmick holes may appreciate its acronym - UGH! So far the hole has been aced through the screen and off the top car hood, with near misses on the other obstructions. It's a fun hole to throw and tougher than it looks!
jsc430
Double Eagle Member
Played the Par 2 course last month and it was a BLAST! The only think I wish I'd done different was plan more time. I'll stand by everything in my previous posts. There's a lot of love and dedication going into this course, not to mention a bunch of hard work. I can tell you guys are busting your ass to make Flying Armadillo something awesomely unique. Its working.
Hospitality was awesome as well! A huge thanks to the Lamberts, can't wait to get back.
Hospitality was awesome as well! A huge thanks to the Lamberts, can't wait to get back.
Gblambert
Birdie Member
Thanks for the kind words! One of our goals was indeed to make something unique. I can see that you've played tons of courses across the country, so if you think it's unique then perhaps we succeeded. Of course our main goal for the mini course was to make it FUN, and from the feeback we've gotten so far, everyone from kids to adults and newbies to experienced players seem to like what we've done so far. Thanks for the feedback, sir!
Chaser0909
Par Member
A few of the guys from the DGUnderground participated in "Young at Heart" Parent/Child/Family Doubles event. They all had a great time, and @MrDarkHorse posted a blog post/review on our club page:
http://dgunderground.com/2015/young-at-heart-growthesport/
http://dgunderground.com/2015/young-at-heart-growthesport/
wake_rider
Birdie Member
This is amazing. All of it
