After the success of Rowdy Acres, a temporary disc golf course that was installed to give students, faculty and staff a safe way to exercise during the pandemic, Wright State University has installed a permanent 18-hole disc golf course on campus.<\/p>\n
The course begins and ends near The Village Apartments picnic shelter. The course is distinctive for this area and includes numerous elevation changes, wooded holes and wide-open holes with human-made obstacles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great addition to the Dayton community,\u201d said Loren Barnhurst, an avid disc golfer who has played every course in the area. \u201cWe had a couple of bomber down hills and up hills and that\u2019s unique.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Cox, assistant director for facilities and operations at the Wright State Nutter Center, designed the course. “It\u2019s a nice walk and anybody can do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The par 58, 6,311-foot course has already been a hit since it opened a few weeks ago. \u201c(In) the comments on local disc golf pages, all you hear is everybody saying is ‘hey, we\u2019re going to play Wright State,’\u201d said Cox.<\/p>\n
Although the course is playable, it\u2019s still a work in progress. Tee boxes and signage are still being installed, and Cox hopes that foot traffic on the wooded holes will help clear walking paths.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe course, in my opinion, is pretty fantastic,\u201d said Jonathan Ciero, a senior mechanical engineering major who began playing disc golf this past year. \u201cSeeing this full 18 holes coming to fruition with actual baskets and everything, it\u2019s almost a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eric Corbitt, director of the Student Union and Campus Recreation, says the course is another great resource for the Wright State community to enjoy.<\/p>\n
The course is free to play and participants can checkout discs from the Recreation Desk<\/a> in the Student Union. A course map and other course information can be found on udisc.com or the UDisc app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New 18-hole disc golf course gives the Wright State community additional recreation options during the pandemic. Continue reading