New Course in NY - Lake Placid

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:26 am

http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2009/06/whiteface-to-debut-disc-golf-course.html

Dave McHale · Post by **Dave McHale** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:38 pm

sweet!!! I'm going to be ~an hour away in Schroon Lake during their opening weekend! Going to have to try and make the trip up there on Saturday

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:50 pm

dmchale wrote:sweet!!! I'm going to be ~an hour away in Schroon Lake during their opening weekend! Going to have to try and make the trip up there on Saturday

Saturday July 11th is the Jammer III............ less than 2 hours from Schroon Lake, a straight shot down I-87 8-)

Dave McHale · Post by **Dave McHale** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:04 pm

I'll be on family vaca... I can swing "hey let's bring the 3 year old to lake placid and find something fun to do... oh hey by the way, ill be back after a quick 9 holes" far easier than "i know we're on vacation honey but I'm gonna go disappear to a tournament all day" :lol:

Chris Bunce · Post by **Chris Bunce** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:05 pm

Watch out for alligators.

And Bill Pullman.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:23 pm

dmchale wrote:I'll be on family vaca... ......."i know we're on vacation honey but I'm gonna go disappear to a tournament all day"

Yea that may not go over well.......... there might be a new doghouse waiting for you

Adam Goodman · Post by **Adam Goodman** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:53 pm

Does anyone know Dave Messner? He is not listed as a PDGA member (not that this really means anything). Sounds like he is the course designer.

Marco Iannello · Post by **Marco Iannello** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:33 pm

5 bucks for 9 holes :shock:

Eric Maurer · Post by **Eric Maurer** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:43 pm

flaco wrote:5 bucks for 9 holes

Rip off. $5 for unlimited play is more like it. I don't see this taking off.

Dave McHale · Post by **Dave McHale** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:35 pm

Played a round on the new 9-Hole course at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, NY. Decent little course, minor recommendations would be a little more mowing (most noticeable between holes, those areas seemed neglected - some fairways could be overall cleaned up as well but they certainly weren't "bad") and I'm really not a fan of large-wood-chip tees since you tend to slip a lot, stonedust would be nice to see if they didn't want to pour concrete. Your $5 to play includes a disc rental of DGA plastic, the drivers are all 150-class Flattop Cyclones: I didn't get a look at what midranges they had. The whiteboard behind the front desk said that the course record low/high scores were 29/50, respectively, and I shot a 28 using only a Wizard and one of those 150 cyclones (left my bag at home while on vacation but happened to have the putters in the car). Not bad since it started to rain during the round and I didn't have a towel on me, the final was two 4's and only one deuce. I can easily see CR being pushed to a few strokes below par here.

Click the link below to some pics if you'd like to see what the course looks like. Sorry I didn't take any real shots other than on the tees, but a thunderstorm was rolling in as I was playing so I was trying to get through as fast as possible and was jogging most of the holes as it was.

http://ravaged.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=12162

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:54 am

Thanks for the picture review, Dave !! Think i'll take the wife up there for some sightseeing and squeeze in a round........

Corey Driscoll · Post by **Corey Driscoll** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:12 pm

Oh GREAT. My wife Carrie Driscoll lived in Ticonderoga, NY. I told her about the Whiteface course. We would like going to the course. Maybe we will go on this sunday.

Corey.