Greater Oconee Disc Golf

On Thursday, June 18th, Oconee County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ‘State of Oconee’ luncheon in Walhalla.  Oconee County and all municipalities were given an opportunity to talk about their communities and share ideas and information.As for me, the presentation done by the mayor of Westminster was the most interesting. Mostly because because he talked about his desire to build a disc golf course on 125 acres of land the City of Westminster owns adjacent to Chau Ram park on Highway 76 between Westminster and Long Creek.Apparently 5 baskets have been purchased and the mayor is going to work with Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism to seek funding for the other 13 baskets.  The hope is they’ll be able to find 13 businesses (or more) that would be willing to ’sponsor’ a hole at the course.  That could mean their name and logo on a tee sign and/or basket at the course.The mayor of Westminster is a causal player that you won’t see at tournaments or leagues but loves to play and wants to make Westminster a destination for disc golf players.  With 125 acres to use with water, elevation changes and old growth hardwoods, this could become one of the most beautiful courses in the Southeast and one of the most challenging. I’ve been hiking out in that area and there is a real possibility of an amazing course.

There’s now a Dog Days of Summer Mini Summer Tour in the planning stages.  The idea behind the Dog Days Disc Golf Tour would be to hold weekly events for 4 weeks on Thursday nights.

Thursdays are currently the only night of the week there are no leagues in the upstate or Northeast Georgia.  We would hold a mini one-round event one Thursday night in Walhalla, Seneca, Easley and Greenville. 

The mini tour would be one-round only with points being earned for the amount of people you beat in your division with half the money being paid out each night with half being carried over till the end of the series.

There would be three divisions…Pro, Advanced and Intermediate.  If there is an interest in Masters, Advanced Master or any women’s divisions, those would be added.  I just need to know the interest is there and could depend on a minimum of three players per division to make it work.

All money minus trophies for the finals will be paid back to each division.

Let me know if this is of interest in the upstate.

GODG will be hosting random draw doubles tonight at the Seneca Course.  The doubles begins at 6:00 and play normally takes an hour and a half to complete.