I had a week of between jobs in March and spent some time in Oregon with family/friends. A friend suggested we play some disc golf, and after 4 rounds in 2 days(including Pier Park and the easy course at Horning's Hideout), I was hooked.
I returned from my vacation and ordered a beginner set of discs for myself and my wife. We started with Simonds Park in Burlington because its near my new job, and it was an ok, but very muddy experience. We then tried the course at Borderland State Park in Easton and were really happy with it. The course there is well-maintained, has multiple tee/pin locations to allow for ability-appropriate challenges, and the fact that we only had to pay $6 for parking to play was also fantastic. Playing white-white (easy tee, easy pin) was totally appropriate for me, and I like that as I get better, I can progress to the blue-blue (hard tee, hard pin).
We're going to play again this Sunday, and our options are either going back to Borderland, or trying Dacey fields in Franklin or Devens DGC in Devens. Given that we are both very inexperienced, is either Dacey or Devens appropriate? At the moment we're both looking for shorter courses that provide technical and not distance challenges because we're mostly working on throwing consistently straight.
Does anyone else have recommendations on good courses for beginner-level skill? I'm hoping that I can get between 20-30 games in over the summer, and I'd like to see multiple courses for just some variety and continued challenge. I think Borderland might end up my "regular" course, but I'm definitely willing to drive 3ish hours round trip from Waltham if the course is good.
I returned from my vacation and ordered a beginner set of discs for myself and my wife. We started with Simonds Park in Burlington because its near my new job, and it was an ok, but very muddy experience. We then tried the course at Borderland State Park in Easton and were really happy with it. The course there is well-maintained, has multiple tee/pin locations to allow for ability-appropriate challenges, and the fact that we only had to pay $6 for parking to play was also fantastic. Playing white-white (easy tee, easy pin) was totally appropriate for me, and I like that as I get better, I can progress to the blue-blue (hard tee, hard pin).
We're going to play again this Sunday, and our options are either going back to Borderland, or trying Dacey fields in Franklin or Devens DGC in Devens. Given that we are both very inexperienced, is either Dacey or Devens appropriate? At the moment we're both looking for shorter courses that provide technical and not distance challenges because we're mostly working on throwing consistently straight.
Does anyone else have recommendations on good courses for beginner-level skill? I'm hoping that I can get between 20-30 games in over the summer, and I'd like to see multiple courses for just some variety and continued challenge. I think Borderland might end up my "regular" course, but I'm definitely willing to drive 3ish hours round trip from Waltham if the course is good.