Disc golf road trip

[S sjfoop]

July 13th-29th my brother and I are hitting the road. We have no destination in mind and no route planned. Other than a few music festivals and baseball stadiums, the idea is to hit up as many courses as we can. With only two and half weeks, we won't be able to go everywhere we want. So my question is:

What course(s) would be a shame to miss?

[Craig Smolin]

Depends on whether or not you're planning to go north and east (CT, Mass and Maine), west (NY, PA, OH), or south (DE, MD, VA, NC, and SC), and where you're starting out from.

[Fred Doot]

Dunno where you're travelling from, but Saratoga NY has Hyzer Creek, then on your way down just south of Albany check out Joralemon Park ( www.joralemonparkdiscgolf.com ) home of the inagural J-Park Jammer July 15th**

then further south to hit up Campgaw in North NJ just next to the NY border in it's insane par 68 layout (hole 18 is 1300' down a skihill) followed by Warwick and Wolfe Woods (WW is adjacent to Warwick)..hop on Rt 84 down to eastern PA to play Hickory Run, then further south to Allentown to hit up the Allentown courses (played during 2005 Worlds) Jordan Creek, Little Lehigh Parkway, Nockamixon, Tinicum..

also play 27 holes at Tyler near Tinicum just north of Philly..then head into Philly to play Sedgley Woods (2nd oldest course in the world) and catch a Phillies game..

then you could travel either south to Delaware (I recommend Brandywine, Trap Pond, Cape Henlopen (plays on sand dunes!! 5 min walk to ocean) or travel west and hit up all the courses in PA (near Pittsburgh there's some sweet stuff - Moraine, Deer Park, Knob Hill)

Lagrassa's got a nifty little course review website which could help you as well. - http://www.geocities.com/the_lung/discgolf.htm

Have fun!!

[S sjfoop]

Sorry, I should have been a bit more specific. One of the other reasons for this trip is to complete all 50 states. I've been to about 40 already and with the exception of Hawaii, I should get to 49 this summer. I'm in NY and will be heading west and either doing a big circle going Northwest to the Dakotas and looping down south or the other way around. Truthfully it's all up in the air and things can change once we get going. It's funny that you mention Brandywine and Tyler. My brother went to U Deleware and always talks about Brandywine and I have an office outside of Philly and always go to Tyler. Neither of us have been to the other so both of those were the only must visits we have so far.

[Felix Harvey]

Brandywine is superior to Tyler.

[Craig Smolin]

Nope, they're equal and not at all comparable because one is wide open and very windy (Brandywine), and one is almost all trees (Tyler). Both will force you to deal with very different technical conditions. I prefer wide open courses, but Tyler is definitely one of my favorites.

[Felix Harvey]

Double nope, I hit every tree at Tyler so obviously it is inferior.

But seriously Brandywine is not to be missed. And it has sentimental value to me as my Grandfather was a big part of making that land a state park. I still can't figure out whether he's cackling from or turning over in his grave, "Christ these guys are serious about putting the frisbee into those deer feeders!"

I actually haven't been to Tyler in 5 years at least and I am sure that it has improved since then.

[Craig Smolin]

Felix - definitely definitely definitely make your way back there. Every tee is concrete, every hole has three pin positions, and most every fairway has a legit route. I'd say out of 27 holes that at MOST 4-5 are flukey. And the C-pin positions make Tyler play f-ing tough

[Matt Buono]

des monies in iowa has some sweet course if your out that way.... i would sugest ewing park, pickard, grandview, and carrol marty all great courses