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By Reid Warren
It was one of those days where everything was going
right, and I could do no wrong.
I was cruising along with a score of seven under par
after the front nine-already two strokes over the course
record of five under par for 18 holes.
All I had to do was keep par over the back nine, and
the course record was in my hands.
But things don't always turn out the way you like.
My tee shot on hold number 10 looked like it was right
down the middle of the fairway, set up for a straight shot
to the pin between two towering pines.
But when I reached the spot where my frisbee had
landed, I discovered that my frisbee was sitting right in
the middle of Tom's Canyon-and it had rained the night
before.
When I crawled into Tom's Canyon, I found out that
things were even worse. My shoes were sinking into the
mud, and those two towering pine trees were now block
ing my way to the pin.
I decided to let it all out, I used my long-distance fore
hand curve roll shot, designed to travel and long ways in
the air and have a sweeping slant to it so that when it
lands it will roll even further.
Perils of frisbee golf
1 threw the frisbee, my shoes sunk down even deeper
into the mud, and my frisbee hit right in the middle of a
pine tree and dropped limply right behind a 10-foot tall
bush.
I never recovered. I finished with a score of four under
par, not even equal to the course record.
Such are the perils of frisbee golf.
For those of you who don't know it, there is an 18
hole frisbee golf course set up on East Campus, complete
with doglegs, fairways, putting greens and pins.
But the course is disguised, in a way, because all the
?lements of the course are taken from the East Campus
landscape-trees, light poles, rocks, signs and buildings.
There are 18 holes, and par for the course is 72. It is a
difficult course, demanding long tree shots and accurate
set-ups.
The course was designed by Tom Logan, a Department
of Roads employee, and myself.
We share the course record of 67, but there are numer
ous trials and tribulations on the course which bear our
names.
Besides Tom's Canyon, (not really a canyon, just a
creek running through Maxwell Arboretum-but it seems
like a canyon when you're standing in it) there is the in
famous Warren's Woods, which has claimed more frisbees
than any other obstacle on the course.
Watch the library
Warren's Woods stand on the left side of the fairway on
hold number 1 1 . Not so bad, except on the right, side, not
more than 20 feet away, stands C,Y. Thompson library.
You stand in back of the library on the first floor deck,
and try to throw a long curved shot that brushes by
Warren Woods, doesn't land on top of the library (which
has happened) and gently slants to the front of the library
for a short put to a pin disguised as a cement trash can.
Not easy, but a lot of fun.
Frisbee golf is just one game, there are numerous
others.
The most popular is Ultimate Frisbee, a fast -paced and
extremely tiring game that is played like soccer-the
frisbee is advanced by passing the disc into an end zone,
one cannot run with it. Turnovers occur when the disc is
dropped, upon which the other team can pick up the
frisbee right away and start going the opposite direction.
Freestyle frisbee allows the hot dog in all frisbee play
ers to come to the surface. In freestyle, players perform
elaborate tricks while spinning the disc on their finger
tips, leading to kicks, taps, under-the-leg and behirid-the-back
passes and countless others.
Freestyle for hotdogs
There is no limit to the number of tricks that can be
performed in freestyle. Lately I have been practicing the
"Jose Greco kick, invented by Kelly Hornbacher, a local
frisbee fanatic.
The Greco kick requires a person to pass the disc under
the leg on the fingertip, drop the frisbee and, at the same
time, bring the opposite leg behind your other leg and
kick the frisbee with the back of the heel back into the
fingertip. Most importantly, one must yell "Ole! and
snap their fingers like castanets when the foot hits the
disc.
. Frisbee can be played by anyone-young and old, male
and female, and even left-handed throwers.
It is inexpensive, good exercise and a great form of
mental relaxation. Except when you're standing directly
behind a tree on hole number seven.
