West Thompson DGC

Steven Dakai · Post by **Steven Dakai** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:30 am

With all this rain I thought I would post the current conditions for the lake. Right now the water is up over 2 feet. Check out the water temp BRRRRR.

https://rsgis.crrel.usace.army.mil/nae/ ... gecode=WTD

Shannon Leclerc · Post by **Shannon Leclerc** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 1:46 pm

One basket almost under water today.
Can play the other if you want to risk a disc.

stevend wrote:With all this rain I thought I would post the current conditions for the lake. Right now the water is up over 2 feet. Check out the water temp BRRRRR.

https://rsgis.crrel.usace.army.mil/nae/ ... gecode=WTD

Greg Aucoin · Post by **Greg Aucoin** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:44 pm

All holes were playable today. Might as well treat the ice like water, and expect that you won't be getting your disc back if it is out of stick's reach.

Line on hole 10 rip rap is looking great for Tourney 54 on Saturday.

Only really wet/muddy boxes were 3, 13, 14. Earth day can't come soon enough for those! 8-)

Kevin Silvia · Post by **Kevin Silvia** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:00 pm

Anyone know if 14 or 16 is underwater or unplayable? Thanks.

Jeff Emilyta · Post by **Jeff Emilyta** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:42 pm

as of tonight both unplayable.

Kevin Silvia · Post by **Kevin Silvia** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:02 pm

Jeff-E wrote:as of tonight both unplayable.

Thank you. I kind of figured, so I went to Buffumville instead this evening - and for the first time in all the times I've played there, Buff 16 was underwater! :shock:

Andy Murray · Post by **Andy Murray** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 11:02 am

The whole course is playable now. Hole 11 by the basket is muddy and 12 before you get into the field but otherwise the rest of it is in great shape.

Steven Dakai · Post by **Steven Dakai** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:45 pm

Great to see you out there Andy. i am sorry i had to cut it short.

David Wollner · Post by **David Wollner** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:36 am

Are any holes under water today?

Nick Connell · Post by **Nick Connell** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:55 am

9 14 16. Under water, from what I could see driving by.

Kevin Silvia · Post by **Kevin Silvia** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:50 pm

I was at West Thompson last night, 4/02/2010 and the following holes were totally unplayable.

9
14
15
16
17
18

All six holes are literally under the new expanded version of the lake. Teeboxes, fairways and baskets.

The top of basket nine pokes out of the water - no teebox or fairway at all. The picnic table has drifted out to the rip rap. We had to travel thru the woods and an even swampier than usual hole ten fairway just to get to the #10 teebox.

Fourteen's teebox sits at the edge of the newly biggened lake, as of last night. no fairway or basket.

Fifteen's basket, and it's buddy the huge bush, were both up to their ankles in water. No teebox or fairway on freaking fifteen.

Sixteen's got maybe ten or twenty feet of lawn in front of the teebox, and the peninsula's just not there.

Seventeen is totally submerged, teebox, fairway, basket.

Eighteen's upper area, the part that's mostly level with the dirt road, was dry ... but the woods area and teebox were underwater.

:shock:

Greg Aucoin · Post by **Greg Aucoin** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:07 am

Only 14 and 16 were unplayable as of 8pm Wednesday.

14 will likely be playable by tomorrow night.

16 by the weekend.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:38 am

Its insane how much water goes up and down quickly there.

Shannon Leclerc · Post by **Shannon Leclerc** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:52 pm

Looks almost all ready to play again.
They dumped allot of water today.

Greg Aucoin · Post by **Greg Aucoin** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:21 am

First time seeing the tee signs since we painted them, and I must say, they look great! 8-)

Kevin Silvia · Post by **Kevin Silvia** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:01 pm

This course looks the best it's ever looked. Props & kudos & beers to all you people who find time and resources to make this my favorite place to be. The signs look great. The teeboxes look great. The grass is currently short. All is right with the world.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:44 am

I heard that there is a work day coming up?

Ranger Cathy · Post by **Ranger Cathy** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:05 am

Sometime on Saturday, May 22, 2010, someone defaced two Corps of Engineers signs on the Recreation Road leading to the Boat Ramp/Disc Golf Course. Someone took it upon themselves to add "Disc Golf" with an arrow to the list of recreation activities on the sign with permanent marker. These signs are valued at approximately $600.00. If anyone has any information on who did this, please contact me, Park Ranger Cathy Dunlap, at 860-923-2982.

On a side note: Myself and a few dedicated volunteers have been putting a lot of time, money, resources, and hard work into the course, and it is a shame that people feel the need to vandalize Corps property. Per request, the Corps of Engineers has provided two trash cans on the course for players to use, and I still find trash left on the course every time I'm out there. We have worked with volunteers to cement some of the tee pads, and continuously add gravel/stone dust to keep them usable. We worked with volunteers to put in new tee signs and provided them with the materials to make this possible. We provide score cards to players, which we make at the Park Office. We mow the grass for the fairways. We replace baskets that are damaged from high water events. We are not obligated to do any of these things.

We post information in the kiosk to provide disc golfers with updated information on the course, and people continue to take posters/papers out of it and post non-Corps information. The kiosk if for Corps-use only.

In the past, other Corps sites have shut down their disc golf courses for a length of time in response to negative actions on the course/property. I hope that we will not be forced to do the same.

Again, please contact me if you have any information on the vandalism of the Corps signs on Saturday, May 22, 2010.

Jeff Wiechowski · Post by **Jeff Wiechowski** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:48 am

West T is the featured course today at: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/

Titan Bariloni · Post by **Titan Bariloni** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:03 am

sorry to hear about the damage...we at Tully had similar issues.....

We all have a nice thing going with these Corp Courses...

They seem to welcome us with open arms its a shame some bad apples can ruin a good thing for all..

Rob Caruso · Post by **Rob Caruso** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:14 pm

WORK DAY ON SUNDAY HOPE TOO SEE YOU ALL 8am 7/11/2010

Nick Connell · Post by **Nick Connell** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:28 pm

I'll be out of town Fri thru Sun (Tully Lake and Keene, NH), but I look forward to helping as the tourney approaches.

Ranger Cathy · Post by **Ranger Cathy** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:50 am

I see that there is a work day planned for Sunday, July 11th. The Disc Golf Course if closed from Friday July 9th through Sunday, July 11th for the annual Boat Races. The parking for the Boat Races is located in the fields of the Disc Golf Course, and the Drag Boats launch from the sandy area at basket 16. The Boat Ramp/Disc Golf Parking Lot will be closed as well. I would strongly advise a different weekend for the work day. Thank you.

Paul Sullivan · Post by **Paul Sullivan** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:00 am

Seems like it makes perfect sense to me..... course is closed-use the down time for a workday. Is she afraid you guys will be in the way?? The only picture I can draw in my head is a bunch of air boats haulin' ass around the disc golf course, I want to be there for that race!! :lol:

Shannon Leclerc · Post by **Shannon Leclerc** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:31 am

I seen them digging the tee's for concrete on the side near 10 so it wouldn't be near the races.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:40 am

Did the workday happen?

If not we should arrange something for this weekend. The WTO is coming up and the course could use a once over to pick up trash, move debris if there is any, rake stonedust pads, ect.

Tim Carter · Post by **Tim Carter** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:52 pm

I played WT yesterday. The grass is cut pretty low and mowed much more broadly this time around than last time they mowed (Presumably bc of the boat races, before some fairways were really tight IMO).

The non-concrete boxes have all been dug out so that they are nice and level, but they are "level" down at the bottom of the wood pieces that make up the tee box. The front and sides of the box are sticking up four inches above the level of the ground inside the box.

At first I thought that this seemed silly and/or dangerous, but then i thought, maybe there is more concrete being poured soon, and thats why the boxes are dug out like this? I know that most of these holes are shorter holes that dont require a full run-up or landing zone, but I hope the plan is not to leave the Tees like they are now, as they are a liability for sure.

Thanks to all who work on the course! (I try to pitch in by picking up trash during rounds) I do not mean to be critical, but I would like to know what is up with these boxes. (Hooray if it is a sign of more concrete to come!)

Ranger Cathy · Post by **Ranger Cathy** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:42 pm

FYI - I mowed the course again today.
Littering continues to be an issue. Please deposit your trash/bottles/cans in the trash receptacles provided at Tee 1 and Basket 11. Thanks.

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:27 pm

I'm gonna try to get down there at some point this weekend, I have no idea when though, and pick up some trash and do some trimming if needed.

I'll bring a steel rake and shovel and see what I can do about making the lips of the pads a bit more level.

Maybe Sunday league can do a trash round this week?

Rob Caruso · Post by **Rob Caruso** » Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:51 am

I LOVE HOW WE HAVE A TRASH PROBLEM WHEN WE PICK IT UP ON WEN. AND SUN. WE HAD A WORK DAY AND WE GOT 2 PEOPLE .KAZ AND I DID WORK ON SAT. AND SUN.NO HELP BUT RAY .WE NEED THE TEE PADS SET .LETS SEE PEOPLE STEP UP .KAZ HAS AND IS AT WT TOO DAY :!:

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