abandoned courses

[tarazarr]

How many courses in addition to Mason park, would you all say have been affectively abandoned?

I know I kind of continue to beat this idea up but what if we were able to remove what equipment still exist on these abandoned courses and had the best designers around here look at Mozola with a clean canvas to completely redesign the maximum amount of usefull property to build an 18 hole course.

Could it be done if you were to start with the idea that there are no baskets currently in the ground - a complete redesign to create a world class course on that property...

If it could be done, wouldn't it be worth the effort...you couldn't showcase Houston any better to the world than having that skyline in the backdrop of a brand new (possibly) world class course..

Could it happen?

[derek]

I'm glad someone brought this up again because the old thread was lost with the last message board. I bet theres at least 20 baskets that could be gathered up from the abandoned junk courses like mason and used to expand a good course like Mozola or make a new one in Memorial Park. And what happened to the baskets at Rice University?

[ERicJ]

http://houstondiscgolf.com/discgolfdirectory.html

Dodson Lake Park, Glenshire, and Rice have all had their baskets pulled.

ERic

[Suemac]

Do you guys know who to talk to about this? Seems like a great idea, but locating the people who can make those decisions will be a challenge.

Good Luck, and where in Memorial Park would you put a course?

[tarazarr]

If anyone has a name or number for contact at Mason Park, I'm willing to do some footwork to petition for the aquisition of whatever disc golf equipment is still there, before it all disappears.

I was thinking about Mozola since a course already exist it might be easier to propose a redesign. I read all the thoughts about not being able to fit another 9 quality holes there, but is that based on adding 9 more to how it currently exist.

What are the opinions of do you think it could host an awesome 18 hole course if it were redesigned from a clean canvas point of view?

[Suemac]

Originally Posted by tarazarr

If anyone has a name or number for contact at Mason Park, I'm willing to do some footwork to petition for the aquisition of whatever disc golf equipment is still there, before it all disappears.

I was thinking about Mozola since a course already exist it might be easier to propose a redesign. I read all the thoughts about not being able to fit another 9 quality holes there, but is that based on adding 9 more to how it currently exist.

What are the opinions of do you think it could host an awesome 18 hole course if it were redesigned from a clean canvas point of view?

I think they have already been working on that one at Mozola. As for the equipment and where it all went. Ask Andi Lehman if she has a contact for the parks dept or Conrad or Stimpy.

Any one else have any suggestions on where to start as to the disposition of the under-utilized baskets?

[scoot_er]

Originally Posted by tarazarr

If anyone has a name or number for contact at Mason Park, I'm willing to do some footwork to petition for the aquisition of whatever disc golf equipment is still there, before it all disappears.

I was thinking about Mozola since a course already exist it might be easier to propose a redesign. I read all the thoughts about not being able to fit another 9 quality holes there, but is that based on adding 9 more to how it currently exist.

What are the opinions of do you think it could host an awesome 18 hole course if it were redesigned from a clean canvas point of view?

14 holes at the MAX!

[Jake Walsdorf]

1) Determine who the baskets belong to (city or county).
2) Work within the existing parks inventory of that particular entity for a new site.
3) If the existing parks dept. doesn't work out, try to get the club to purchase the equipment and plant the baskets somewhere else.

[bmugwump]

Unless a footbridge was built across the bayou to the other side, I'm sure there is not enough room for an 18 hole CHAMPIONSHIP course at Mozola. When we had our tournament there a couple of months ago, we barely squeezed those temporary holes in back there just for that tournament. It was never suggested that those would end up being permanent (maybe a couple of those holes, but not all of them). That day was designed to kinda show the City of Houston where HFDS might possibly add some more holes so they could get idea of what the mowing might be like. As Scooter said...maybe 14 holes at the max! If you all remember, he was making it clear before that tournament that it would not be possibility...not for the kind of course that many people were hoping for anyway. Now as far as a redesign goes...that's HFDS's baby & the city's....if the city was willing to spend even a quarter of the money spent on the skatepark, we could possibly see a world class course down there!

[Suemac]

Originally Posted by bmugwump

Unless a footbridge was built across the bayou to the other side, I'm sure there is not enough room for an 18 hole CHAMPIONSHIP course at Mozola. When we had our tournament there a couple of months ago, we barely squeezed those temporary holes in back there just for that tournament. It was never suggested that those would end up being permanent (maybe a couple of those holes, but not all of them). That day was designed to kinda show the City of Houston where HFDS might possibly add some more holes so they could get idea of what the mowing might be like. As Scooter said...maybe 14 holes at the max! If you all remember, he was making it clear before that tournament that it would not be possibility...not for the kind of course that many people were hoping for anyway. Now as far as a redesign goes...that's HFDS's baby & the city's....if the city was willing to spend even a quarter of the money spent on the skatepark, we could possibly see a world class course down there!

Disc golf needs a patron like Joe Jamail. Guess those super rich lawyers are not big on disc'n. LOL

Given the level of foot/bike traffic around those parts, we are really lucky to have anything at all....glass half full, right!