Science & Outdoors
Spring showers bring disc golfing opportunities
The Pointer
bhaig870@uwsp.edu
As the spring season entices students and community members alike to get out and enjoy the weather, Stevens Point area disc golf courses begin to fill. A relatively new and easy to learn sport, disc golfing, also called discing, frisbee golfing, and “frolfing”, is affordable and doesn’t require collared shirts or tee-times.
Stevens Point offers a couple of different disc golf courses for the beginner, intermediate and advanced disc golfer alike.
If you’re looking for an easy, par three disc golf course, Mead Park is a well-maintained course along the Wisconsin River within walking or biking distance from campus. Public par is 36, pro par is 27 and the total distance is 2,157 ft.
“Mead Park is perfect for a short round of discing, and it’s close to campus so you don’t have to worry about driving that much,” said University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point sophomore John Steigerwaldt.
For those looking for a little harder course in the intermediate level range, Yulga Park can satisfy any serious disc golfer’s appetite. The park offers a pro-level 18 hole course that meanders through pine and oak forests. While the elevation is flat, the fairways are tight, wooded and long, making it hard to save par on many holes.
“For being flat, Yulga Park’s disc golf course is exceptionally challenging, but it’s always a fun time and easy to walk,” said UW-SP junior Seth Westberg.
Advanced disc golfers willing to make the drive can appreciate Standing Rocks Park. The park is a glacial remnant of a recent ice age with a oak, maple and pine forest. Radical elevation changes, long holes (300-500 ft) half-wooded and tight, groomed fairways and nasty roughs, some may be reminded of Sandy Point disc golf course. Although about a 15 minute drive from campus, Standing Rocks is well worth the drive as it is one of Central Wisconsin’s premier disc golf courses.
“Standing Rocks is definitely one of the best courses around... and when you get there it’s very rewarding,” said UW-SP senior Michael Babbitts.
Whether you’re new to the sport or a veteran to frolfing, Stevens Point has a number of courses to satisfy a discing desire, so get out and enjoy the beautiful weather at one of the local disc golf courses.
