It has unfortunately been two weeks since I have been able to touch my discs, much less attempt to add any new courses to my course collection. Busy times at…
No course collecting the past couple of days, as I have been busy singing the praises of Disc Golf Association at the 2018 annual conference of the Illinois Association for…
Had a really fun day today. Good weather and some fun courses, before finally setting into my hotel in St. Charles, Illinois, in preparation for tomorrow's Illinois Association for Health,…
Hit the road this morning, heading toward Chicago to exhibit on DGA's behalf at the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance annual conference in St. Charles, Illinois.…
Today was my first chance in quite a while to play and study some of the course designs created by H.B. Clark. A world-renowned course designer who has designed a…
Made it back home to Southwestern Minnesota today. But not before getting three final courses played on the day. I started my morning throwing a quick nine holes at Tolmie Park in…
Today took a little longer to get on the road than I had hoped, so I hardly got any disc golf played before calling it a night in Clarksville, Tennessee.…
After spending most of the past three days attending the North American Cartographic Information Society annual conference in Norfolk, Virginia for work, today it was time to start the long…
After waking up with the sun and sneaking in a quick eighteen holes of disc golf at Cornwallis Road Park in Durham, North Carolina, I made my way to Virginia Beach,…
One of my biggest cheerleaders and sources of support in my life and disc golf course collecting journey is my mom. After my parents divorced several years ago, she moved…
For the third day in a row today, I was playing new courses in the mud. Or an inch or two of standing water. All while more rain was falling…
Another day on the road to Virginia, another five new courses played. I started my day in Peoria, thinking I would ease into things by playing two shorter nine-hole courses.…
I left Southwestern Minnesota this morning, continuing my "month of travel" for work at mapformation! This time, I am headed to Norfolk, Virginia, to attend the North American Cartographic Information…
Woo Hoo! I finally made it back home to Minnesota to see Becky and the girls after a week on the road. But not before sneaking in three additional new…
Today was a fun day. I set two different alarm clocks this morning, making absolutely sure I would not sleep through my $150 ticket for a ferry ride across Lake…
Made my way from Grand Rapids up to Ludington (Michigan) this afternoon, but not before I had a chance to sneak in one more course on my way. I had…
For the second day in a row during my work conference here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I had JUST enough time to sneak in a quick eighteen holes between the…
A very quick, short update to say that I managed to have just enough time between conference activities, a storm, and the sunset this afternoon to sneak in one more…
Another day, another seven new courses played in the rain and wind. Today felt more like a "job" than a hobby or fun...as I needed to slosh around in wet,…
Today was mostly a travel day, as I needed to make sure and get to Grand Rapids, Michigan by late afternoon for some responsibilities with my work at mapformation. That…
In the past few years, I had played literally every course available to play in Northeast Iowa. One of the cool motivators in UDisc is to filter their map of…
One of the chronic challenges with course collecting is squeezing in new courses in limited time, with limited funds. Some people think I must be "semi-retired" or wealthy, playing as…
After spending my morning working on course design work approximately 30 percent of the distance to a new course I had not previously played out in Arlington, South Dakota, I…
A friend of mine from the Mankato, Minnesota area, Jamy Deboer, recently let me know that he had heard rumors of a new disc golf course a little less than…
It isn't often that I get the opportunity to play a new course less than twenty minutes from home! That said, Lamberton, Minnesota, a small town less than fifteen miles…
I found out this morning that my wife and daughters were making a trip to Mankato, Minnesota to shop, catch a movie, have fun...just the girls! No humans with XY…
Today was a day! Bad luck, followed by good luck (and Good Samaritans), with three more courses played before I made it back home to Southwestern Minnesota. I made my way…
Today was a big day for me, as both a course collector and a stats/numbers/quants "wonk." The day I became the fourth player in the history of the sport to…
After not getting to play disc golf yesterday, due to our needing to take care of Disc Golf Foundation business all day and evening, we finally got out to play…
Another travel day today, making my way from Shenandoah, Iowa to Kansas City, Missouri. I used the opportunity to play three new courses that have opened in the past few…
As of this morning, I am officially on the road again...heading toward Kansas City for Board meetings with the Disc Golf Foundation. And with the opportunity to play several courses…
After taking a bit of a break from work this morning, to cruise around the course directories of UDisc and DGCourseReview, as I do a few times per day...partially as…
While needing to travel up to the Minneapolis St. Paul metro today for work, I found enough time to be able to play a relatively new course at Nelson Park…
Chicago, Illinois and its 70+ disc golf courses in the greater metro area have been an area within a long (eight-hour) day's drive from home that I have thought could…
Over the years, I've created ten disc golf course designs across Southern Minnesota and Southeastern South Dakota (eight entirely solo, and two others with a bit of help). Mostly what…
Before I start, let me just say that it has been a LONG three weeks! Over ten inches of rain and serious flooding on the course I hold most near-and-dear…
After being named as a State Delegate for one of Minnesota's political parties back in February, learning that their Convention would be held in Rochester, Minnesota the first weekend of…
Today I once again had the honor of playing a disc golf course that does not exist. Or rather, two of the three major disc golf course directories (PDGA.com and…
After playing 1,300+ disc golf courses across North America and portions of Europe, you develop a feel, almost a "sixth sense," for how course designers of varying levels of skill…
After calling it a night in Chillicothe, Missouri, my plan was to drive into Southern Iowa today. Playing 5-6 courses, finding a hotel, and then playing 3-4 more courses tomorrow…