Yes indeed, my title aptly describes the new hobby I've picked up as of late. Here at UT Tyler we have our own course on campus and I played once or twice last fall. Then all of a sudden I played a week and a half ago and I was hooked. For one thing, on that fateful day I shot a 9 over par for the course, and 2 over for the back 9. I just kept nailing par's after par's and even one birdie! Granted we were playing from the shorter red tees instead of the longer blue's but for a novice like me it was a pretty incredible feat that I have yet to duplicate.
After that round I couldn't wait to play again so Saturday afternoon I called up a friend, we went to academy because I wanted to purchase a few of my own discs and we hit the course for a round. Then Sunday I played 10 holes by myself and another 18 with a friend. Monday me and a friend (All different friends) went to a different course south of Tyler that included water and a subsequent wading into said water. And today I played 27 holes with the director of rec sports (My boss) and one of the on campus ministers. Thats 91 holes of disc golf in 4 days! It has seriously been getting in the way of some studying I should be doing but... oh well. I can tell I've already improved some. My throws are getting straighter and going farther, though I still smack the occasional tree.
It's fun, it's cheap, it doesn't take as long as regular golf and you get some exercise in. What could be better!
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