milow369
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- Dec 4, 2008
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I've got to admit, since the new Circle C course opened up last weekend, I have had a difficult time playing anywhere else. It's not yet finished but what is there is amazing. I will take the time to do a detailed review once this course is completed.
The re-design has incorporated several new large trash can areas. These areas consist of large cans grouped in 3's and are secured to nice large slabs near some of the tees, but not on every hole. Some of the holes are on the sides of a hill, or are in highly wooded areas. In some cases there are decent treks between tees that are tough to get trash cans to, let alone emptied regularly. I can already see the garbage being thrown into the bushes/wooded areas on this gem of a course (it's been open a week) It's heartbreaking. I assume that several more trash cans will be added, but I am not hopeful that this will end the problem (Case in point: Mary Moore Searight park - which has a bag at every tee is regularly strewn with garbage)
I have played lots of courses on the west coast and don't remember cans/paper cups from fast food joints/paper/butts/waterbottles being thrown willy-nilly throughout the course. I notice along the sides of the road in Texas you can also see lots of trash - is this a Texas thing? What would compel someone to throw their damned empty beer can into a perfectly good, beautifully natural area? It is beyond me.
I always multi-task during my rounds, I pick up as much crap along the way as my bag will hold, and drop it off at each trash can area. Sure my bag often smells like an old drunk but I do it anyway. My friends see this and seem to follow suit. We seem to be losing the battle. This is so frustrating, especially since Austin is supposed to be an "alternative", "tree hugging" town.
To keep this from just being a rant I will ask a question in hopes of finding a resolution this situation:
What have you done in your communities to solve/improve the trash situation on your course?
Is Pay to Play the answer? The idea being, those that care enough to fork out $3-$5 bucks per round are serious about the game and will preserve the course. Or that their fee will go to funding a position of a full-time janitor to continually clean up the course behind them. I notice that I don't see near the problems on ball golf courses.
I've heard of undercover disc golfing cops that go out on the lookout for pot smokers, drinkers, etc. I might actually sign on to get cops in the bushes with binoculars to catch these people littering.
Just sick of it.
The re-design has incorporated several new large trash can areas. These areas consist of large cans grouped in 3's and are secured to nice large slabs near some of the tees, but not on every hole. Some of the holes are on the sides of a hill, or are in highly wooded areas. In some cases there are decent treks between tees that are tough to get trash cans to, let alone emptied regularly. I can already see the garbage being thrown into the bushes/wooded areas on this gem of a course (it's been open a week) It's heartbreaking. I assume that several more trash cans will be added, but I am not hopeful that this will end the problem (Case in point: Mary Moore Searight park - which has a bag at every tee is regularly strewn with garbage)
I have played lots of courses on the west coast and don't remember cans/paper cups from fast food joints/paper/butts/waterbottles being thrown willy-nilly throughout the course. I notice along the sides of the road in Texas you can also see lots of trash - is this a Texas thing? What would compel someone to throw their damned empty beer can into a perfectly good, beautifully natural area? It is beyond me.
I always multi-task during my rounds, I pick up as much crap along the way as my bag will hold, and drop it off at each trash can area. Sure my bag often smells like an old drunk but I do it anyway. My friends see this and seem to follow suit. We seem to be losing the battle. This is so frustrating, especially since Austin is supposed to be an "alternative", "tree hugging" town.
To keep this from just being a rant I will ask a question in hopes of finding a resolution this situation:
What have you done in your communities to solve/improve the trash situation on your course?
Is Pay to Play the answer? The idea being, those that care enough to fork out $3-$5 bucks per round are serious about the game and will preserve the course. Or that their fee will go to funding a position of a full-time janitor to continually clean up the course behind them. I notice that I don't see near the problems on ball golf courses.
I've heard of undercover disc golfing cops that go out on the lookout for pot smokers, drinkers, etc. I might actually sign on to get cops in the bushes with binoculars to catch these people littering.
Just sick of it.