Now that the new alternate Hole 6 is ready to play, we plan to start random draw doubles every Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. It costs $5 to enter. Three dollars goes toward the payout, $1 to the course fund, and there an optional $1 for the ace pot.

You can RSVP on our Facebook page, or just show up. Contact Alan Mindas if you’d like to learn more.

We’re gearing up for a work weekend this Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18. Please get in touch if you you can help out in any way at all.

Here’s what’s planned:

• Construction of a bridge over the stream from the Hole 1 basket to the Hole 2 tee, which will shorten the walk and make Hole 2 easier to find.
• Tree clearing, branch removal, and general fairway cleanup on Holes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
• Repair work on Hole 7 basket. We’ve had problems with soggy ground here, so we need to shore up the concrete around the pin sleeve.
• Surveying for alternate Hole 6 location. Too many discs end up on the little league field, so we need to find an alternate location for this hole, at least during little league season.

As always, donations of all kinds, including materials, equipment and money are welcome! Please contact Alan Mindas at alan@forestcitydiscgolf.com.

Hole 5 Tee Box

Adam and I worked quite a few hours on Friday getting the materials together, cutting and drilling 4×4’s and cutting rebar. We also put up the remaining two teesigns.

On Saturday we started at about 9am and worked till around 6pm, with Coleman in the mix. We went hole by hole, building the box, leveling it as best we could and filling it with stone dust and lime.

The hardest part of the whole project was the amount of shoveling we had to do, and all the wheelbarrow pushing. Some holes we had access to with the truck, but not all of them. Hole #4 was the worst, and in turn still needs a few loads of stone in it, but is 100 times better than it was.

Sunday it was just me and Adam at the course finishing up 5’s box. It took about another 3 hours.

In all we built and filled 5 teeboxes this weekend. Plans to finish the remaining 4 boxes have not yet been set, but I would guess within a month or two they will also be completed.

All who are interested in helping are welcome.  Check back here for starting times.

By the end of the weekend, the first 4 or 5 holes will be completely playable.

Anyone who is interested in helping is welcome to come up and meet us at the park.

If you don’t know what disc golf is, or why you should care, Wikipedia has an incredibly long-winded article about it. Here’s what you need to know:

Disc golf (sometimes called Frisbee golf or frolf) is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, “The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.”

Disc golf is similar to traditional golf and uses much of the same rules and terminology. As in ball golf, a course usually consists of 18 holes. Unlike ball golf, most courses are located in public parks and are free to play, although some courses require a nominal fee, and the sport requires inexpensive discs instead of costly clubs and balls. The modern disc golf target consists of a metal basket with chains hanging over it and was invented in 1976 by “Steady” Ed Hedrick, the father of disc golf and the modern “frisby”.

Forest City needs more recreation options and Kennedy Park is underutilized. Disc golf is fun, inexpensive, and easy to learn. We hope that by building a course there, we can provide new recreation options for people of all ages, and hopefully attract a few new visitors to Forest City in the process.