4/14 Rosland (+1)

This morning Zach and I had coffee (thanks to Zach's house) and pumpkin bread (thanks to Jamie Davis) and banana bread (thanks to Hope). We played at Rosland on a beautiful Tuesday morning, the air was brisk and the sky was clear. I love the feeling of a sip of dark coffee followed by a good backhand drive! (I'm working on these, specifically on the shorter holes.) Zach and I played the first five holes and then some kid named Jack that works at Potbelly's played with us for holes 6-9. Zach had another fantastic drive on hole 5, I have no idea how he does it, but I am jealous of those skills. I ended up at even (0) and Zach finished at +3. This week at work has been very emotional and high-stress, and I'm pretty sure that my boss was laid off today, I will confirm this tomorrow or later on in the week. So, to help clear my head about this nervous, intense stress, I decided to play dg after work at no other course than Rosland aka "my backyard." I decided I deserved a 4-pack of Surly Furious, my new favorite beer, it makes me very hoppy. I found out by talking to the man working at Edina liquors that Surly's brewery is in Brooklyn Park, MN. Anyway, I ended up at the course with a Surly in my bag's beverage holder, ready to be sipped on a night that was equally as brisk as the morning. I had a terrible drive on the first hole, and I only par'd it because of a great putt (yes Zach, I did keep accurate score.) It was busy and there was a three some in front of me taking their sweet time so I waited for a while. Then I stepped onto the t-box with my Innova Star Valkerie and I flicked that thing... my drive flew, really far. I got up to it, and realized that for the first time ever, I might actually birdie this hole. (it's the only hole at Rosland that I haven't birdie'd) Below is a picture of my drive. I had a tough birdie putt, I made sure to center the disc with my body and push it as much as I spun it, so it would stay flat and not float off course. I released the disc, watching it fly downhill towards the basket, CHING! Oh yeah, birdie on hole 2. I immediately texted Zach, but he was busy worshiping God or something at church and didn't respond. I continued playing and had a sweet backhand drive on hole 5, I felt like I got a really good snap off of it, but right after I released it, it smacked a tree 50 feet in front of me. It "Rick O'Shay'd" to the right, down near the tee box for hole 2 and the volleyball court. My second throw sucked and floated over the pines and landed near the parking lot. By the time I made it there, annoyed as hell about my 2 terrible shots in a row, all of a sudden some kid was putting at my basket, as I am about to. He had headphones on and was just cruising through the course with one disc. He looked at me as he finished and yelled sorry. I bogie'd this hole to bring me back to 0. The group of three was still ahead of me, so me and this dude played the back-half together, I forget his name, he works for a internet marketing company near Zach's work... He sank a very nice approach shot on hole 7 from like 40-50' away, I congratulated him but he acted like it was no big thang... did I mention he reminded me of Shrek, but with cooler sun glasses and a deeper voice. (forgive me) We both had good drives on 8, possible but hard birdie shots, when all of a sudden I hear a CHING! I look around, and one of the kids in the group ahead of us aced hole #9 - he then continued to run-around the hole like a European soccer player who just scored a goal. I clapped for him and then thought to my cocky-self, I could do that. (forgive me x2) Loran met me, and I talked her into playing another 9 with me while I told her the news about work. I magically par'd all 9 holes and finished the 18 at +1 (I have witnesses). What a great night of disc golf.


Drive on hole #2 at Rosland. I made this birdie putt - this was the only hole at Rosland that I had never birdie'd!