Recently, Calvin Daniels and Trevor Lyons were in Bredenbury designing a new disc golf course in that community.

 

“We made a presentation to Bredenbury Council several weeks ago on the potential of disc golf, in particular the opportunity to utilize the town’s old school grounds,” said Daniels. “Apparently after we left Council Chambers it didn’t take them long to approve a course.”

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Bredenbury Mayor Russell Slowski said the idea of a course just made sense in terms of what they hope to do with the old school yard.

“The area is going to be used for recreation, a simple ball diamond, a revitalized basketball court, so a disc golf course fits in perfectly,” he said. “We like the idea that disc golf is for all ages, and can be played by someone out by themselves for recreation or by a group more competitively.”

The Town then took a few weeks to gather the materials for the course.

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“It was great to get out and finally design the course,” said Lyons. “We had walked the area before, so we had a basic idea of what we could do, but the Town actually opened up some additional area south of the school yard which gave us some additional options.”

The course measures out at just more than 3000-feet.

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“The course has a lot of neat features,” said Lyons. “It starts off the #1 tee which is a tunnel shot that stretches straight down nearly 200-feet with trees arching over the fairway from both sides from tee-to-tonal.”

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The additional area helped too.

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“There is an old raised roadway running the length of the course and we used that feature on a number of ‘holes’,” said Daniels. “We throw over it to a hidden tonal, use it as a raised tee on another. Add in that the area will be impacted by any wind, it should make some challenging shots.”

 

“And we have asked the Town to just cut the grass on fairways about 100-feet wide. Tall grass will be out-of-bounds, add a stroke, and throw from where it lands,” added Lyons.

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Another tee has players throwing over a couple of trees with their first shot.

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“That one is pretty unique in the area,” said Lyons.

The course has been designed as a 12, the longest two being #11 and #12.

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“Eleven is a long, sharp dog leg that should be fun,” said Daniels. “And a fenced basketball court comes into play on #12.”

If players want an 18, it is a short walk from the #12 tonal, the course uses repurposed 20-pound propane tanks, to the #1 tee to #7 to play six more to finish a round.

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“It’s a nice option to be able to pick doing 12, and if you want a longer round with six you add complete your circuit,” said Daniels.

It is expected a ‘learn-to-play’ session will be held at the new course in the next few weeks.

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“We certainly want to encourage everyone in our community to give disc golf a try. We feel it’s going to be a great asset to Bredenbury and area,” said Slowski.

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It is also hoped the course will host a tournament later this summer or fall.

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“A tourney series was part of the reason for creating the regional association last November,” said Lyons who it the PADG Tournament Chair.

The winners at series events not only earn prizes at the individual tournaments, but will be invited to participate in a PADG ‘Champions Challenge Tournament’ in October.

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Daniels said that is one of the great things about disc golf, it is great for local participants, and creates another draw for people to stop in a community.

“Having a course in Springside is great, but having one at Whitesand Regional Park at Theodore just builds interest,” he said. “The two courses are different enough players will want to play both.

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“Bredenbury will be a different experience than Patrick Park in Yorkton. And both would be different from a course if Churchbridge or Saltcoats decided to install one. Every new course just grows the sport.”

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