LAWRENCEVILLE – When Alexander Park is complete, it will boast the county’s second disc golf course.
The sport has proven popular at Lenora Park, Parks and Recreation project administrator Grant Guess said, and appeals to a large swath of residents – from teenagers to middle-aged adults. [link]
Gwinnett County will have its second disc golf course at Alexander Park in 2009. This is in county in which many in the disc golf community thought they would never install another course. Kudos to all those local disc golfers who kept pressure on county officials to put in another course.
9 Comments
June 4, 2008 at 10:45 am
I am the co-designer (with Mcfarland Dyer and Associates) for Alexander park disc golf course. We have made it much more technical than Lenora, along with some nice open crushes. The course is half in the woods and half in the open with some nice gentle terrain changes. There will be 2 concrete tees and 2-3 basket locations per hole. The 18 hole course length is roughly 5,356′ and par 57. We are expecting a large number of regular course users as the park is surrounded by neighborhoods. Course should be open beginning of the year ’09, come check it out. Sugarloaf @ old snellville hwy, go S on old snellville, park on left.
*note- info is subject to chance as we are just entering construction phase.
Ryan
June 4, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Exciting stuff Ryan. Keep us posted!
June 5, 2008 at 12:59 am
Hi, I am from Austin, TX and I love disc golf too. I am actually starting my own disc golf site at http://www.lifelongdiscgolf.com and was wondering if you might like to check it out and tell me what you think? Thanks!
I’m glad to hear about y’alls new course!
Erec
June 16, 2008 at 3:40 pm
hi! I’m purely a for-fun disc golfer, but I’m very happy about this news! I golf at Lenore with my hubby, but the new course will be in a good location for us. yea!
July 3, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Disc golf is spreading like a disease in Gwinnett .
I believe that either Tribble Mill or Harbins ( or both ) will have disc golf as well .
I saw in master plan for Little Mulberry Park a designated field for disc golf as well ( I don’t think is ready ) .
Serving on a steering committee for Alexander Park I am glad to see a progress .
While planning for different sports in the park , safety came to mind .
A disc for the game can really hurt a passer by ( it did happen in Lenora on more than one occasion ) .
Does anybody know what kind of safety measures are common for this kind of sport ?
July 3, 2008 at 5:31 pm
When you are in the planning stages of a park a lot can be down to protect people from flying discs in the park. The proximity of disc golf holes to general public areas is critical. You really want to avoid placing a walking trail adjacent or even cutting through a disc golf hole. Keeping the public notified is also great way to decrease potential injury from a hard plastic disc. Central Park in Cumming, GA does a fine job by placing signs on the walking trails that is right next to the disc golf course to “Be Aware of Flying Discs”. While there is always a small probability for an errant throw, keeping the general public informed about disc golf in the park and the possibility of flying disc is the best method in my opinion. Plus if the public knows about disc golf they are more likely to play.
July 6, 2008 at 9:17 pm
I voiced an idea of placing safety nets but was told that is too expensive .
Little Mulberry Park has totally separate area for disc golf , while Alexander Park has a soft surface running trail right around it .
I am not against disc golf but wonder why all the sudden GCPR is pushing for this activity in quite a few parks , at the same time .
The survey which GCPR always refers to , makes no justice to make this sport that popular .
Personally, I have always wanted to try it and possibly this will be my new activity .
August 28, 2008 at 10:04 am
When designing the course at Alexander Park, safety was our #1 driving force. It was truly a challenge weaving the course around the two different trails. The course and trails had to be designed and tweaked as a whole to make sure there were no safety busts. By angling drives away from paths and using plantings to buffer any hazardous areas from discs, I believe our design is as safe as we possibly could have done.
They have started clearing some of the holes in the woods. Its looking pretty good. Get excited!!!
August 28, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Thanks a ton, Ryan! Can’t wait to play my first round at my new neighborhood course. Great work my man!