The teepad on hole 9 has been due a face-lift for a while and we’re very pleased to announce that it’s now looking and playing a whole let better. The drive from the long tee of hole 9 demands extreme accuracy as you ‘thread’ the very tight 85m fairway up to the basket. With the new longer,
flatter
and graveled teepad, we expect to see a lot more birdies and to hear a lot less swearing on this hole.
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Players can now look forward to much improved tees on holes 3 and 18. The tees have been flattened, widened, gravelled and woodchipped.
So now players have no excuse for not being able to execute a perfect drive from the tee.
This isn’t the last of the tee improvement project, there’s still work planned for the tees of #9 and #14.
After a month in the workshop, basket 11 has been returned to the course.
Eight brand new baskets have been built and are ready for installation. These eight will be replacing the eight remaining original baskets, which have served the course superbly since 1986.
The first of the new baskets was installed at the weekend on hole 9. The new baskets have had a few minor design tweeks making them structurely stronger, kinder to discs and also better looking (in my opinion).
The basket replacement project is expected to be completed in November.
Work has also begun on levelling some of the uneven tees. Hole 18 was the first to receive attention. Both tees have been levelled and are now waiting for gravel to finish them off and look pretty.
Finally, the land around the old mowing shed has been levelled to make this an ideal tournament HQ location. Long benches have also been added. There’s great views over the river and the mountain and also over the green of hole 9.
Thanks to funding from Sport and Recreation Tasmania and Glenorchy City Council, the disc golf course will be receiving 9 new baskets.
These new baskets will replace the remaining original baskets, which were installed in 1986.
The new baskets will be installed over the next few months.
Here are some pics of the new baskets in the workshop, before they go off for powdercoating.
The upgrade of the course reached another milestone earlier this week when a new hole 16 was set up and all 36 tees were completed including tee signs.
Harvey and I dug in another two tee posts, hole#9 (long tee) and hole #10 (long tee).
All the front 9 holes now have tee posts on both long and short tee positions.
There are now just 4 more tee positions on the back 9 that require tee posts.
We also need to look at the design of hole #16.
Hole 1
Tough par 3 or easy par 4 – or move the basket?
Hole 5
New position for long tee needed. Either lengthen to make genuine par 4 or shorten slightly to make more dramatic par3. Possible that basket of 4 will need moving down the hill to accommodate new new position.
Hole 14
Par 4 or par 5.
Hole 15
Moving long tee further back toi make par5 has a good feel. Maybe tuck the basket in closer to bush?
Hole 16
The ace run is a good fit, but maybe tee and basket could be better positioned.
Hole 17
Par 3 or par 4?
