Day Trip thru Manhattan

[Swede]

Britt and I took the scenic route up to Holton, KS a weekend ago and we took our sweet time doing it. After an early morning streaming some footy (anybody catch van Persie's game winner against Liverpool?) we toodled over to Herrington for a driving tour of Father Padilla park. Then it was east to Council Grove to catch 177 North. A few blocks after asking aloud "Is there a disc golf course around here?", we spotted a bucket on the side of the road.

It turns out the answer may as well have been "no" because the list of cons for that 9-holer far outweighed the pros. But we did get a little exercise and Britt got to practice her putting stroke.

Warmed up, we barreled north toward Manhattan at 54 mph. After a long walk in the wrong Warner Park and some helpful directions from a very well-spoken 13 year old, we found the Arby's, the trail littered with beer cans, and a gang of like-minded nerds milling about near hole 1. Litter aside, what a great impression the park makes. 3's bucket standing proudly atop the hill, wonderful signage and a treacherous first fairway the likes of which this flat-lander rarely gets to see. We just knew we were gonna have some fun.

Hole 1 and 2 went off without any real fireworks and then I fluked a blind anny putt out of the cedars for a deuce on 3. Feeling pretty cock and now standing on top of the world, I ripped a buzzz
deep into the trees 80' right of the bucket.

Luckily Britt was there to show me how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UeIXXpxLX4 "That was a good one!"

What an awesome use of a unique space. Y'all should be proud. Nice balance of technicality and length to give the advanced player something to chew on without alienating the novice.

I caught chains off the tee on hole 8 but that wasn't near as exciting as stepping up to hole 9.
We had a 25+ mph tail wind on this "feel free to overthrow me" bomb. Left this one about 45' short ... http://youtu.be/9tXp63h2bj0 ...and airballed the putt. Still, "Super fun" time @ Warner Park.

[Schoen-hopper]

Nice read. Sounds like a fun course I out to stop by some time. You out to do some course reviews, Brandon. Oh wait, you just did. And that was a great throw by Britt!

[kewley]

Glad you enjoyed the park. Sorry about the nerds:)

[PETRIE]

I tell Kewley & I tell Kewley to put his litter in the trash cans but he just doesn't listen. OKAY, just kidding.

Us local avid players do our best to keep our course super clean. Sounds like you happened upon the course on one of it's rare trashy days.

Anyhoo, Kewley and I busted our tail getting that course approved & built. With that in mind, I greatly appreciated your great review. We made sure to not half a$$ the important stuff (5'x12' conc. tees, stout tee signs, etc.)...

Here's the important part, Kewley and I are in constant contact with our Parks & Rec. administration. We originally proposed an 18 hole course in that park (there's a lot of room to expand to the west) so we're going to keep pushing until we get a full 18 hole course built (hopefully in the next couple years).