Fallasburg Park

Aaron Bruinsma    September 27, 2011 at 12:37am

Frozen Fallasburg Winter League:
Starts Sun, October 23rd at 1 PM, and every Sunday after. $20 to join, $5 per week. Members will receive 2 discs and other goodies. Same format as the summer league except short pads from 5 and 16 when the snow comes. League will run through first week of April, so even if you dont like playing in the snow youll have plenty of chances to make it out. Hope to see a alot of yall out there.

Tialor Byrne    July 15, 2011 at 4:03pm

hey that's my disc and that is my number 589-3719 so if you could give me a call i will tell you what it is please and thank you

Tyler Sherman    July 15, 2011 at 4:45am

That is my buddy Tialor's here is his number
616-589-3719 he will tell you what it is...

Marc Doonan    July 15, 2011 at 3:34am

FOUND: white disc "Toby" on hole 16 no number. Tell me what type of disc and its yours...

Nick Bosovich    June 17, 2011 at 2:06am

I would be down for a glow round out there, let me know if this actually goes down!

patricio gonzalez III    June 16, 2011 at 11:46pm

we are thinking about shooting a glow round on sat june 25.anybody interested should holler at us at leagues.yesterdog guys.all are invited.

Tyler Sherman    June 2, 2011 at 4:04pm

Lost a star Xcaliber on hole 16 after the short tee and to the left of the trees in the clearing somehow it disappeared reward if found max weight and name and info on bottom

Brian Cole    February 17, 2011 at 2:28am

Also, considering the weather, I hope more people show up on Sundays between noon and 1 pm for leagues. $2 to play, with optional $1 ctp and $1 50/50. $20 to join gets you a custom disc/mini and the end of the league doubles tournament/party.

Brian Cole    February 17, 2011 at 2:23am

Its raining, almost 50 degrees, sun is shining and snow is melting. I've got a Z Comet, Cryztal Avenger SS, Star TeeBird, and Elite X Nuke on various holes throughout the course. They all should have name and numbers on em so if ya are out and find a disc, get it back to its owner. It'll come back to ya in DG karma!

ALH 5870    January 10, 2011 at 11:43pm

A big Kudos to those clearing the teepads. Your efforts are much appreciated

Aaron Bruinsma    November 14, 2010 at 11:35am

Thinking about putting a winter league together. Probably be 1:00 pm every Sat or Sun starting the weekend of the 12th or 19th of December. If there's enough interest (at least 30 people) Im going to get some custom stamped discs and minis. If so it will be $20 to join, if not it will be much less. Full payout doubles tourny at the end of the season regardless. Just trying to see how much interest there is right now.....

ALH 5870    August 17, 2010 at 11:34pm

Found a info book belonging to Thomas Tolentino on Hole #5>
If you know him.... please relay this info
Thanx Al H 5870

Mike Branch    July 18, 2010 at 6:25am

found some hundai keys out at fallasburg with a black caribeaner hit me up if there yours

Dolf Frolfer III    July 9, 2010 at 6:24pm

Mike D-
i just noticed the FAF Open. i'd be glad to come over there and get my arse kicked in the open division, just to play with you. I'll speak with my wife, then hopefully pre-reg soon.

Mike Durco    July 9, 2010 at 12:52am

Mike R.. I play Fallasburg more than any course.. it's my home course.. I'm out there 4 days a week usually (april- nov for the past 3 yrs) I play in the Open division, I am sponsored, I have won Open tournaments, I've traveled the country playing National Tour events and A-tiers, I have qualified and gone to all of the World Championships since 2002 (except for the 07 Worlds which I choose not to attend), I took 2nd at the MI state championships last year (winning the USDGC spot ... more

Mike R.. I play Fallasburg more than any course.. it's my home course.. I'm out there 4 days a week usually (april- nov for the past 3 yrs) I play in the Open division, I am sponsored, I have won Open tournaments, I've traveled the country playing National Tour events and A-tiers, I have qualified and gone to all of the World Championships since 2002 (except for the 07 Worlds which I choose not to attend), I took 2nd at the MI state championships last year (winning the USDGC spot for MI) and I represented our state at the 2009 USDGC....and I'm just trying to show and tell people how par is determined at the large events... the real events. It is the correct way of scoring a hole or a course... so why don't we always do this? It's just silly, stubborn and misinformed to continue to call all holes par 3.

In regards to hole #16. I have only carded a 3 two times on #16 (and one of them was a shot I threw in from about 100 ft) So, yes a 3 is achievable... but not common at all... and definitely does not warrant calling it a par 3. It is even rare for a team to card a 3 in a doubles round on #16.

What the discussion is about is true and real par for the holes... not what one might be able to do every once in a while. No one is reaching #1 from the tee... not Climo, not Feldberg, not Nate Doss and not Avery Jenkins.... so it's a par 4. Also a 4 on #16 is a good score and one should be rewarded for finishing a hole w/ a good score. So, calling #16 a par 5 is totally reasonable.

What par establishes is a goal to shoot for during a round at that course (or even for the designated hole being played). The Flat River Disc Golf Association calls the course a par 59 for league play and PDGA tournament results are submitted w/ the course par at 59.. so it's a par 59... until we put in some alternate pin placements and add about 4 or 5 strokes to par (which should happen sometime later this yr)

I hear what U are saying about taking strokes off of your score.. but the par value for the hole (or the course) doesn't matter in that case (unless U are referring to saying I shot a "___" under or over par).. the total shot value is all that really matters... 56 or 58..whatever

And like Al said in his latest post ... "I do agree that par 3 golf is old school and not really reflective of the growing lengths of courses and disc technology".. very well said Al.

Dolf Frolfer III    July 3, 2010 at 7:26pm

I don't know much about scoring. Having long par 3's is like setting a goal. I can get my disc out near the basket in 2 shots on 16. This tells me that a 3 is acheiveable. 50% of the time I get a par(3) on hole 1. I still get 5's or 6's on hole 5 though. This tells me that I need to work on this hole or my scores will continue to suck.

I don't really care what par is. My thinking is that I would like to take an actual shot off from my game, not add a stroke to par.

Mike Durco    July 2, 2010 at 9:52pm

Al, U are speaking of SSA (scratch scoring average). This is usually inaccurate due to the fact SSA is only calculated during large events for the Open division, where the best players in the world are competing. Par should be calculated according to what an average disc golfer scores on a hole. Average is kind of a hard term to define, I guess it would be an Am II disc golfer. If a hole averages 3.5 - 4.0 than it would be a par 4, I feel it should be rounded up to the next whole #, since U c ... more

Al, U are speaking of SSA (scratch scoring average). This is usually inaccurate due to the fact SSA is only calculated during large events for the Open division, where the best players in the world are competing. Par should be calculated according to what an average disc golfer scores on a hole. Average is kind of a hard term to define, I guess it would be an Am II disc golfer. If a hole averages 3.5 - 4.0 than it would be a par 4, I feel it should be rounded up to the next whole #, since U can't 1/2 or 1/4 throw. But I do agree that some holes are "tweeners", they are in between number values...... like #13 at Fallasburg..It's kind of a 3.5.. hard to 2, 3 is a good score, but 4s happen

ALH 5870    July 2, 2010 at 8:52pm

Mike I don't know what happend to your last post but I'm responding anyways.
I do agree that par 3 golf is old school and not really reflective of the growing lengths of courses and disc technolgy.
In regards to establishing par, the PGA does do in the way you mentioned based on pro golfers. But my question is what do you consider the "green" when in comes to disc golf. If it is the 10 meter circle, then 2 putts from there seems a little high. Not being a pro level golfer ... more

Mike I don't know what happend to your last post but I'm responding anyways.
I do agree that par 3 golf is old school and not really reflective of the growing lengths of courses and disc technolgy.
In regards to establishing par, the PGA does do in the way you mentioned based on pro golfers. But my question is what do you consider the "green" when in comes to disc golf. If it is the 10 meter circle, then 2 putts from there seems a little high. Not being a pro level golfer myself that may fly,but a pro level golfer should have a very high percentage of making these types of putts.
Even tho ball golf and disc golf have similairities maybe this shouldn't be the case when establishing pars. If the "green" in disc golf a considerable distance away from the pin that would justify two shots to complete the hole, then that in turn would change the par of the hole.

Let me throw this out there just for discussion.
But what is to say a hole has to be a par 3 or 4 or whatever? Couldn't there be a par 3 1/2 or 3 3/4 or 4 1/2 or wharever based on the average that top pros would score on any paticular hole? I realize that this would take alot of stat tracking and etc. but it may make for a more realistic course par

If you take the blue course at Brewer, for example, I sure you would end up with a course par of way less than 27. maybe more like a 21 or 22, which would be more realistic. Shooting a round of 7-10 under par is ridiculous, and tells me that course par is way off.

On the other hand a course like Fallasburg or the Toboggan would have a higher course par.
So may it should be looked as more a course par, than a total of hole pars(if that makes any sense:-)
Maybe the PDGA should change thier mindset.

Dolf Frolfer III    June 19, 2010 at 12:49am

i play all the holes par 3. Yeah, the holes are longer, but people throw further. 5 and 16 at par 5's is rediculous. Make hole #2 a par 2.

ALH 5870    June 18, 2010 at 8:19pm

I think par 59 is way high for this course. I,myself would have it at 56.
If the Toboggan course at Kensington is a par 62, ther is no way that Fallasburg play only 3 strokes easier. give # 5 a 4, a #16 a4, and 1 a par 3