first day throwing discs around... 25 March 2017
...in my back yard. And with the perfect target for putting accuracy - better than a basket, imho... No proper disc golf courses for me just yet... Before I do that, I want to have at least a rudimentary idea of what it is to throw a disc around. This back yard is small, but it at least has enough space to allow me to practice putting and the shortest of short 'approach' shots. Richard Rasch and I sang together almost twenty years ago in the Houston Chamber Choir . Richard had cottoned on disc golf at about that time, but he and all the rest of us in the choir to whom he talked about the sport dismissed it (at least I did). Last August, I saw a random Facebook post of his, and I decided to check out the game on YouTube. Alas, I was too busy to actually go out, buy discs, and give the game a whirl, but disc golf stayed in the back of my mind. My research (such as it was) led me to the understanding for an absolute beginner like myself, a simple pu