Today: hot, sunny, light winds. Can't think of better conditions than to go throw a game of disc golf!
Headed out to the local course, which is all of 7 minutes away from where I'm staying. Closer than I've ever been to a course back in Cincy! Anyway, this one's located at a really nice park, Shiki no mori (The forest of 4 seasons). In addition to the disc golf, they also have a regular golf course, animal petting zoo, snow sledding zone, huge flower gardens, and more!
A few things different about disc golf back home:
1) Discs are free upon paying the 200 yen ($2) to play. Great, since I didn't bring a disc with me.
2) The courses are netted as to prevent your disc from going out of bounds. I still managed to go over on two shots, one of them into a deep bamboo forest! (And I did manage to find it, as well as another park disc!)
3) The regulars of the course are mostly middle aged ladies. No military men or ex-marines, etc.
4) The course has hazards like ponds (dry) and sand bunkers.
All in all, I started off poorly, but brought myself back, making a few birdies and parring a lot of the others. Good times!
One final note: this is the course where I got my only hole-in-one up until now. Did this the first time I played the course back in October '02. Hole 9.
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