Staunton Disc Golf Club

From the twisted side of Mitch Dicken’s mind comes “Ace Ventura”, the new short basket location on Hole 16 at the Kiwanis Disc Golf Course.  The basket is just 159 feet from the tees.  Unfortunately, the first 150 feet are out of bounds, as is a swath of real estate that continues to the left side of the new basket position.  The new location offers a high risk, high reward option.  The BGR Supercomputer algorithms predict a whooping 61.4% of all drives on Ace Ventura will land out of bounds, which requires a one stroke penalty AND re-tee.  Ace Ventura is now open for your discing pleasure or consternation.

The month of February will kick off with the opening of the “Ace Ventura” basket sleeve on Hole 16 at the Kiwanis DGC.  The new sleeve is located about 120 from the red tees, at the edge of the brush and undergrowth.  That entire brush area in now considered out of bounds with a one stroke penalty and mandatory re-tee.  The new basket placement will open on Wednesday, Feb. 1.  Enjoy!

Thanks to the hard work of Louie Miller, Chris Faunce, and Will Grant (with consulting by Joey Reed), new gravel tee boxes have been constructed on holes 6 and 9.  Tee boxes for hole 16 and the new hole 13 are on the horizon.

Courtney Biel fired a par 54 on January 28 in cold and windy conditions to win the final SDGC Super Happy Fun Time League match of January.  Mitch Dickens finished at three over par in second place.  The other four competitors were at least 13 strokes behind Biel.

Course work has begun on the new 13th hole at the Kiwanis DGC.  In the first phase, brush has been cleared.  Tee box and basket sleeve construction will follow.  The new hole will tee off near the disc golf shed, with the basket tucked into the woods near the current hole 14 blue fairway.  The hole is scheduled to open by the 2012 TAG Tournament, slated for March 17.

When the changes are completed, the current hole 10 will disappear.  The ten basket sleeve will become an alternate sleeve for hole nine.  Hole 11 will become hole 10, hole 12 will become hole 11, hole 13 (the pond hole) will be become hole 12, and the new hole will be hole 13.

The construction is taking place under the direction of SDGC President Louie Miller.