The local disc golf community is rejoicing today as their ultimate dream has finally been realized: a permanent 18 hole disc golf course in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn. The president of the Brooklyn Disc Golf Club, BG, received the astonishing news earlier today in a phone call from the chairman of the new projects committee for the NYC Parks department. The committee voted unanimously to grant BG's temporary course permanent status. We caught up with BG at his brownstone in Brooklyn where he described the design of this new addition to Brooklyn's thriving recreational facilities:
Well its a full 18 hole course located, conveniently enough, in my apartment. Given the space limitations however we had to get creative with some of the hole layouts. Actually though at present, until i find a buyer for my dining room table and couch, there are only three holes and each is played six times. But of course the beauty of disc is it just never gets old. To be more specific though the "holes" are actually just one shot each, pretty much putts and consist of a straight 18 footer, a straight 20 footer and a straight 23 1/2 footer. So yeah its pretty exciting, decent variety yet still challenging. The whole community is just absolutely stunned at this windfall. For all of our many years of hard work trying to make this happen to finally pay off in such a spectacular fashion givng us a world class facility right in our backyard, err living room, its just incredible.
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UPDATE: At the course kick-off party last night BG, aka the Course Architect, aka Brooklyn Disc Club President, aka Season 1, 2 and 3 Champ, dominated the young challenger, Mr. Mills, with a thourough trouncing - winning 4 straight best of 3 series. Much to the delight of the crowd, BG put on an exhibition, physically and mentally dominating Guns, and really showing off the potential of the new course as a top venue. We caught up with BG after the match:
"Well I think that the competition might be at a slight disadvantage at first, given that the course is located in my kitchen and living room so I have a very intimate relationship with the space. That is going to be very tough for the causual player to overcome. Sure, I put an incredibly massive beat down on the young whipper snapper, whathisname, but I think overall he was able to learn something about the course and how a master plays it and had fun in the process, so really everyone is a winner."
where is thr disc golf course in brooklyn rorie
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