Flying Discs: Francis E. Walter Dam, Part III

Disc Golf Hole.

I drove back to the first road I came in on and parked at what I thought was a gamelands parking area. I was shocked to find a Frisbee golf course there. The truck I parked next to had Frisbee stickers on its windows so I set out to find those playing the game. At the start of the course there was a bulletin board, which had a posting about Disc Golf Doubles and another for Dodo’s Disc Golf Shop. The information for both is listed below. There was also a mailbox attached to the board, which read scorecards, but upon opening it I only found a note that said “Sorry no score cards today”.  I tried following the course to find those playing the game and even with maps posted at every hole the course was very difficult to navigate. From a distance I heard voices so I just started heading in that direction.

            In minutes I came upon two disc golfers and introduced myself. The two men, Chris and Kevin, were from Scranton and had made the drive just to play this course. They have been involved in the sport for about three years and have been to this site before. I asked them how they got involved in it and they said through friends and Chris added that they liked it because it was free. With my trouble of navigating the course I asked if they ran into the same difficulty and they explained that normally in the scorecard box there are both maps and scorecards. They also said that even with being there before without the maps they were a bit confused on some of the holes.

I asked if I could stick around for a while and take some photos of them playing. They did not mind at all and continued. Chris took a shot and the disc hit a tree, but ended up close to the goal and he shouted “That’ll work for what it was”.  I asked how they were playing that day and Chris explained he was doing well until this hole. Then swearing came from the trees on the next hole over and Kevin explained that had been going on for a time now and he said at least they were doing better than the group ahead of them. I thanked both of the men for there time and started back to the lot. To me disc golf seems kind of fun and it might be something to check out in the future.

Chris, disc golfer from Scranton.

Disc Golf Information:

Dodo’s Disc Golf Shop

962 W. Wyoming St.

Allentown, PA 18103

Phone: 484-350-3104

E-mail: www.dodosdiscgolfshop.com

Disc Golf Doubles

            Tuesday 5:15 Eurana Park Weatherly

            Thursday 5:15 Hickory Run State Park

            Sunday 10:00 Hickory Run State Park

            Fee: $5 (Per Person ?)

            Could Win: $100

            Contact Woody: (570) 239-7359

Special Thanks to:

Kevin and Chris for the interviews.