Bredenbury course installed
On June 14, 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 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.”
The Town then took a few weeks to gather the materials for the course.
“It was great to get out and finally design the course,” said Lyons. “We had walked the area before, so nada basic idea of what we could do, but the Town actually opened up some additional area south of the school yard which gave up some additional options.”
Town staff were on-hand the day of the design, laying out posts and tonal tanks to facilitate the install. That install should be completed soon, and with a bit of grass cutting along some fairways the course will be ready for play. The final tonal painting and numbering will follow.
“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.”
The additional area helped too.
“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 makes 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.
Another tee has players throwing over a couple of trees with their first shot.
“That one is pretty unique in the area,” said Lyon.
“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 walt from the #12 tonal, the course uses repurposed 20-pound propane tanks, to the #1 tee to of #7 to play six more to finish a round.
“It’s a nice option to be able to pick doing 12, and if you want a longer round which 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.
