Disk Golf in the Pouring Rain

I refer to it as disk golf, and would never insult myself, my friends, or the game by saying we play frisbee golf. I can't think of stupider word than Frisbee, well maybe platypus, but don't even get me started on that beast!

The word frisbee comes from the Frisbee Pie Company, a bakery in Connecticut, who gained fame providing Union solders with baked goods during the Civil war. Fast forward a century and a bunch of Ivy League geniuses start throwing these tins around, and a new leisure activity is born. Now to be honest I would much rather associate our game with a much cooler Discus Throw of the ancient Greek era, than that of some stoned granola kids throwing around pie tins. So for sake of argument, we play disk, and are Greek warriors!

So for those who are not hip to the pastime of Disk Golf, heres a quick tutorial. Its like golf but with disks and you have to throw them into a basket. There you have it.

We have designated Wednesday night as league night, mainly due to the fact that the bar right down the street, KT's Chicken House (we are trying to talk her into making waffles too), has 2 por 1 cervezas between 7 and 8 on Wednesday. So we throw disk and then go chill at the bar and struggle to get a smile out of KT. It is quite the sweet evening, and really has us all looking forward to hump day.

Normally we tend to play Friday afternoons too, as we get out of work early and there is good sunlight. This was the case last Friday.

So there we are Friday afternoon. The Dudes Bien Tuanis, chilling in the very cloudy Bagaces Disk Club (BDC), looking at the sky awaiting the enviable downpour that is quickly approaching. To play in the pouring rain, or not to play, that is the question. Jeff decided to stay in his office and not come out, and Mario was a bit under the wether and decided he was not down, playos! Aaron, JJ, Randal, and I all decided we did not have sandy vaginas and took off our shirts, and proceeded to get wet.


A few points to consider:
-One cool thing about Costa Rica is that it is tropical and when it does rain, it is generally not cold. So if you can deal with the water its not that bad.
-I am by far the worst player.
-This particular afternoon is was F@$&ing pouring! By far worsening my game.

The first hole was cool because we were excited to play in the the rain for the first time. So were at the first T-Box and the rain was at our back and coming down at a 45° angle. It was kinda pushing the disks down which could have been good for me because when I drive I tend to throw high. We all drive and as expected all of our disks land shorter than our normal drives. Ahh gravity and the rain hitting the disk doesn't allow them to fly as far. Noted.

After the first hole JJ and Randal pared and Aaron and I bogeyed. Move to hole two, a par four, and the rain pegging you right in the face as we throw. This was a bitch! At this point in time we had 17 holes to go, and were all soaked to the bone. We decided to battle through though.

After struggling through the front nine, Randal and JJ were tied at +1 Aaron had +4, and yours truly was holding it down with a +7. It then stopped pouring and we were blessed with a drizzle for 2 holes... until it proceeded to pour again. After getting 2 double bogies in a row, I got pissed at my self and stopped keeping my score. I just was throwing more for practice, trying the 360 toss, and backhands which I cannot do well. This actually was a blessing in disguise, as one relaxes and doesn't really care how they play, they tend to play better. This was the case with me. I learned this in a rigorous Bocce Ball game back in the day, but forgot this virtue up until this exact moment. Hopefully I bring this lesson with me to the next match.

We finished out the back nine and JJ and Randal ended up tying for the win with +2 each, Aaron finished with something like +8 and I sucked it up and got all poor sport and didn't keep my score. At least Im honest.

After that we came back to the office and dried off as best as we could, and then traditionally proceeded to KT's for some chilling and bullshitting.

I wonder if I will continue to play in the states? It will be tough as our course is like one I have never seen. Well I have not really played much disk in the states, but after being one of the founders and pioneer of a course like this it is hard to compare any others. Well maybe I will play,especially when Aaron gets our custom BDC disks. Sport those in the states. Oh mae solo bueno!!!