Let's go to Brandon, and play some more disc golf!
We're coming to you, almost live, from the beautiful Big Sioux Recreation Area Nature Trail Disc Golf Course, within the Sioux Falls suburb of Brandon, South Dakota. This is a more difficult course with more hazards, including the Big Sioux River. Again, this is within a state recreation area requiring a fee to enter by one day or annual pass. This course is designed to be challenging yet good for all players, with the front and back nine easily able to be played on separate occasions. The "B" baskets are not standing, forcing players onto the "A" baskets. However, the park was gracious enough to provide scorecards with a map and the "par" rating.
The morning session saw the front nine, this time without the pup. The handicap was in play, where she gets the driver, and he gets the mid-range, with both sharing the putter. Plenty of shots made the tall grass and hit a few trees along the way, but with all that, how did we fare?
Front 9: His holes: 4 Halved: 1 Her holes: 4
Course Record: Him 1 - 1 - 2 Her Holes Record: Him 7 - 9 Her
The front nine saw us going back and forth. Three times she'd win a hole, and three times he'd pull it back even, even with a halved hole in the way. Although unofficial, we decided to keep track of the shots to see how we'd do, and as a result of his terrible first hole, she won the shot count 64-67. This was on a Par 31, so needless to say we'll be sticking to match play for a while. However, with the first nine a draw, what will happen on the back nine?
Back 9: His holes: 5 Halved: 2 Her holes: 2
Course Record: Him 2 - 1 - 2 Her Holes Record: Him 12 - 11 Her
Once again without the pup, after a little more back and forth, along with some terrible hazard luck for him coupled with "tree love" (favorable bounce off a tree) for her on 13, he knew he had to turn it around. However, one shot deep into the rough on 15 and she just wasn't the same, allowing him to take the back nine going away. Unofficially, because of hole 13, he still barely eked out the shot count 57-58 on a Par 30, leaving the entire course to her, 122-124.
However, by all official counts, although he's up one hole in the aggregate, the course record is tied. Which way will it go next time? Find out when we Follow our Internal Compass to the next course.
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