All of our vacations for the last seven years focused mainly on disc golf. We changed it up this year but still included a new course in our itinerary. On our first day in Colorado Springs, we ventured out to Widefield Disc Golf Course located on Drury Lane (do you know the muffin man?).
The course covers most of the neighborhood park, running in a relatively straight line through the park and then back out. It is relatively flat and fairly easy to play but still presents some challenging holes. A stream runs through most of the course, coming into play on half of the holes, more if you throw a very errant shot.
While only one pin position is in play, we could see that there were several possible pin positions available. Six holes also offered pro tees.
Apparently the homeowners in the area are very serious about players not entering their yards. When we reached the sixth hole, we saw signs posted declaring backyards off-limits. More than a few of the fences had been reinforced with barbed wire. The group in front of us had a disc land in a yard. He knocked on their door to see if he could retrieve the disc and they told him no. Not only would they not allow him to get the disc but they also refused to get it for him. They had a yard full of discs. The player ended up calling the police for help. I am not sure how it ended up as the disc had not been recovered by the time we lost sight of them.
There is a road to cross going from the seventh to the eighth hole and then again coming back between the thirteenth and fourteenth. Trash cans are available on or near six holes and there are mandos on the eighth and tenth holes.
I really enjoyed playing the tenth hole as one of the backyards had chickens and goats. The goats were adorable. There was also a memorial, apparently for a child, by the stream. While researching what it might be for, I found information about a plane crash in the park almost 20 years ago. I don’t know if that is what the memorial we saw is for or not, but I found the history interesting.
The basket on the thirteenth hole is in a space surrounded by trees. I attempted to throw between the trees to drop my disc into the basket. As usual for me, my throw was a little off. Disappointed by the throw, I became elated as I watched the disc hit the tree and then bounce into the basket. The elation quickly dissipated when the disc hit the basket so hard that it bounced back out. That feeling of exhilaration is what keeps me playing.
It took us just under two hours to play but that time includes me taking pictures along the way. The course could probably easily be played in an hour and a half without all the distractions. Chris finished with a nine and I ended up with 20.
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