Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Alternate disc golf
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Practice summary
Though it was an enjoyable weekend of disc golf, there were things to learn and to get them out of my head and to have somewhere to reference, posting them here:
1: Neither course has a forced water carry or many places to lose a disc and there isn't an anticipated shot that would need an addition to the bag unless the same winds from last year in Kansas appear in Minnesota.
However, it makes sense to keep backups especially for dx Leopards since it felt like I threw more last weekend than the rest of the year combined.
2: Focus on the courses played. Last year along with the weekend storm that caused changes to the Olpe Lake course and delayed my practice there, I ended up playing 38 holes in Emporia, KS not on the event courses and the fatigue showed on Friday. Last weekend was to play new courses for the stat sheet and tournament week needs to be for the event. If I visit Blue Ribbon Pines on Sunday or Monday to take a picture on course #4, don't try to play other holes.
3: Better intake: That Friday afternoon was spent dealing with fallout from what I ate the previous 30 hours and I ended up dehydrated when I got to Kahn's for dinner. There is a Super Target across the street from the hotel and a grocery trip there on Sunday is a must.
4: Underwear: Last year and last weekend, I failed to realize that after a round, there is a desire to shower and put on clean clothes. A dozen pair is the minimum that must be packed.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Practice weekend by the numbers
Time out the door: 515AM
Temperature °F: 46
Cars stopped by police on Wood Dale road: 2
Increase in cents of cost of gas per gallon compared to Jan 20: 30
Decrease in cents in cost of gas in Beloit, WI compared to station near me: 60
Years since I drove down Wisconsin Dells Drive since I had to exit expressway to talk on phone: 10
Places remembered with daughter who turned 25 on that day: 8
Cost of Osseo Hardee's lunch: $13.27
Gal of gas put in car Osseo Speedway: 11.13
Years since previous time there when I made a joke about employee hydrating a pizza: 10
Total dead deer seen on I-94 in Wisconsin: 10
Total floors of elevation required to navigate Oakwood disc golf course: 11
Birdies on course including ones throwing the shorter layout while scoring the long one: 5
Holes where I expect OB or Mando added for worlds as the fairways are close to each other: 3
Distance in miles from Northwood Park where I played rounds 2&4 of 2022 worlds to Pizza Ranch: 2.7
Distance in miles from Jones Park where I played rounds 2&4 of 2024 worlds to Pizza Ranch: 1.5
Distance in feet from basket 18 at Oakwood Park where I will be playing rounds 2&4 of 2025 worlds to door of Pizza Ranch: 306
Maximum height in feet of entrance to parking structure at Mall of America that a driver in a box truck ignored: 7
Number of FB posts seen about baseball preference of the new Pope: 10
Distance as the crow flies in miles from hotel to tee one at the Bethel University course: .9
Driving miles: 2.7
Driving time in minutes from hotel to Bethel University course: 9
Cost savings per night at hotel reserved for worlds compared to Worlds main hotel: $20
Travel minutes from Quality Inn to Treasure Island Casino where Weird Al will be on June 28: 55
Hotels in that area available for that night only: 0
dx Leopards thrown at Bethel University: 7
Baskets on a significant slope or next to a dropoff: 8
Birdies: 1
High temperature on Friday: 80
Birdies on Acorn Park course playing two layouts at same time: 12
Dollars including tip for two bowls of Mongolian cooked vegetables with noodles and some shrimp served with rice: 40
Birdies at Lakewood Hills course played early Saturday morning after checking out of hotel: 4
Signs in northern Wisconsin endorsing eliminating an option for female reproductive treatment that my mother 18 months before I was born had in order to save her life: 4
High temp encountered on Saturday: 80
Times in 2025 visiting the Speedway advertised station at exit 69 to find out it is now Amoco: 2
Dollars to play Madison, WI Capitol Springs course: 8
Total open holes up or down the main hill: 13
Birdies including playing some from short tees: 6
Total new birdies from weekend: 28
Temp when home: 60
Total time in hours: 61
Hours from beginning of first of five played rounds to the end of the fifth: 50