When I arrived in Manistee there was one disc golf course, old, and only five holes. I played it a bit before winter then came the spring when I met a friend, Tom Julio. Being close in age we played and talked about the local scene. It turned out he was working with the city to try and promote the game and asked me for input.
Fast forward to today, we have a club with 27 members, and through all of us volunteering, the city has finished the second course, Lighthouse.
The design is family/beginner friendly with the holes being between 123 and 180 feet it’s truly a putt and approach course for the experienced player, but it still has challenges.
Welcome to Manistee
Hole 1 on the left, hole 2 on the right
The course is a classic wide open start, downhill and straight at Lake Michigan, this means a prevailing WNW wind and potential for some wild throws, great fun!
The view from the fifth tee
Not as easy as it looks
Tall grass and Covfefe
75 feet left for birdie
After we circle around the back of the dog park we come across hole nine, straight across a gully into the wind, a nice challenge with all kinds of trouble to get into.
I went <<<<<<<that way<<<<<<
I shanked hard left of the birch trees and ended up under a low tree limb necessitating a low forehand shot, very difficult indeed.
45 feet of insanity
The result was a tap in par and a nice view of Lake Michigan
Nice recovery shot
View
As we circle around the dog park we climb a short hill to the signatureĀ hole, number 13.
I like the signage
At 187 feet it’s the longest hole on the course, across a gully with no real elevation difference, but wait! The wind will throw you far left if you aren’t careful.
A nice view for a pretty course
My friend Mickey runs the parks department and since the city is a customer of mine I watched his welders work on the lighthouse basket, keeping quiet when the guys wondered where 13 was,
I love it
I enjoyed number 14, a blind shot into the woods that leaves you this for par, quite pretty,
in the shadows
After some flat wide shots we stroll through a copse of trees and are rewarded with hole 18, uphill all the way
Copse of trees
#18 is up there^^^^^
And my buddy Nicko will show you how to birdie it.
Nick never disappoints
Knowing the course was putters/ beaded discs I just built a little bag, three reliable short game discs, no sharp edges drivers and !eave my big bag in Kia.
Innova Star Toro
tight discs for tight shots
Winter is upon us now, I write this from my Kia in a snowstorm, but the three courses we have will be played this winter. Mickey cleared the leaves at our home course so we can have bonfire tournaments, which is one fire pit per hole, great fun.
Leaves!
We are already planning some winters tourneys and even some early evening night golf, it does get dark early. Momentum is growing in the disc golf world, please wish us well.
Tall firsts!
Third tall!
I don’t know what this is. Between you and MikeS, it’s like watching two monkeys trying to fuck a football.
Bro! You’re alive! How’s things?
I have Lou Firster’s Disease. I will have more information on what this means for the Glibertariat, the world, and The First That Shall Change Everything soon.
It meant I was on my third highball.
Nursing a fourth.
That was five hours ago!
Yeah, I passed out a couple times at my desk.
Really dragging now.
I like the view.
By the way, I’ll have you all know I’m a member of the Manistee golf course. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
This course looks really cool. Especially 9 and 13! I must get out there and play it. And tip some tall cans!
I’m prepared to play Rodney Dangerfield to your Ted Knight.
Did you hear the one about the Jew, the Catholic, and the colored boy?
You Buy a Hat Like This I’ll Bet You Get a Free Bowl of Soup, Huh? Oh, it looks good on you though.
One of the all-time great closing lines, “Hey everybody, we’re all gonna get laid!”
Gambling is illegal at Bushwood, Sir. And I never slice.
I have to know. Did you run and jump in the leaves?
Also, nice pics.
You reminded me of this:
Kids Joyfully Frolic In Pile Of Autumn Leaves And Dog Poop
I’m hoping they really did get Natty Ice to sponsor Hole 2.
Believe me, I have so much spilt beer there, they did
lol
Haha. Dammit, Yusef! Be more careful with the aiming juice!
Alternately:
Be careful. If you spill too much Natty Ice in one area, the EPA will declare it a superfund site.
A superfund for more beer?
I’m inš¤
Ticks, No
It’s clear of brush undergrowth, for the most part. Looks like a park.
I can see the future. Big sign “This Course Designed By Yusef”. There’s money to be made. I thought Pickle Ball was the future, how could I have been so wrong?
I think cornhole is the future, if ESPN isn’t lying to me.
But yeah, Yu needs to cash in on those Nicklaus-level bucks.
The Gandolf of disc golf?
You should create a new cocktail to name after yourself. But don’t go NA like that pussy Palmer.
High abv
Sour as fuck
Tasty
Is that how you like your women or your drinks?
Por que no dos?š
Well, when Yusef and I played in Cross Lake, we were the only ones on the disc course, but there were 4 or 5 pickleball courts going. It still gives me nightmares.
Blech, gimme a Sidewinder and watch
Good Sir, I play far better now than in my thirties, anyone can play and I encourse older folks to try, good excercise.
It hit 50 by five today so we played into the dark. A big torch let us play follow flight.
Mike! Clubbie!
Wonderful. NJ and national news. Asshole neighbor, but the important thing is that it must be all about the race.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/us/lanternflies-black-girl-new-jersey-police-reaj/index.html
At least in my patch of suburbia I know who has what kids even if Iām not a fan of the parents and wouldnāt dream of calling the cops.
Boilerplate twaddle. Can’t stomach reading past the first couple sentences.
Bottom third includes the obligatory particulars on the lawsuit. I AM impressed that asshole lawyered up quickly.
Asshole is an asshole, but I donāt see anything an actionable.
I’m sorry but this is bullshit.
I give up. I don’t even know what the fuck this is supposed to mean.
I think what they mean is when adults all around are constantly acting like children, it’s hard to tell adults apart from children anymore.
How is this even a story? Asshole calls non-emergency number for cops on kid, cops show up and act reasonably for a change (is that the story?). Neighbor apologizes for being an asshole. It’s almost like they’re trying to gin up racism where none exists.
It’s exactly what they’re trying to do.
Quick question – now that the weather’s turned, I’m back to having the same issues with a faulty tire pressure sensor as this time last year. I’ve had great results from a rechargeable power pack/jumper cable kit I bought a few years ago and keep in my car. Has anyone ever seen or used a similar portable battery/car aux powered air pump that I could keep in my trunk in the case of actual issues?
Car powered 12v tire inflator? There are dozens. I got one as a present of the $100 range and it works fine.
Self contained battery one is likely to only have a 3 or 4 year life.
I have this DeWalt air pump. Only an air pump, not a charger, but (obviously) the battery will power a multitude of other tools. And it also has a cord to plug into a vehicle jack so you could get the bare tool I linked to and get a battery at some point in the future, or not.
Costco had a Bonaire dual power inflator for like $50. It’s been fantastic,
I bought a PowerFlow HV-35 from O’Reilly’s about 12 years ago. I got about 10 years of constant/reliable service from that one until I lent it to a neighbor who did not subscribe to the “return it better than you got it” philosophy. I’m on year 2 with it’s identical replacement. They seem to be very good for an under $50 purchase. 12v plug in.
Thanks for the suggestions. Figured they were out there in this day and age but “air compressor” still gives me more complicated mental pictures…
Gorgeous!
So cool to see your design!
Got an invitation tonight for Thanksgiving dinner. A surprise from my oldest local friend of 70 years. His daughter found that we’d be alone and her family is smaller this year so we’ll have turkey tomorrow. Very nice.
We had planned a restaurant meal but most are closed tomorrow but we’re flexible so we were going on Friday. Maybe still do that.
Thatās awesome!
Excellent.
Those people are lucky.
Happy Thanksgiving, Fourscore!
That’s really cool. You have fun, young man.
Heh
Fantastic. I’m having my parents over. They are also in their 80s.
That’s a good looking course. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Turkey Day
Great photos and write-up!!
Must be nice to walk the grounds and play, knowing that youāve helped design and create the course yourself.
Stay warm through the winter š¤
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Was watching someone talking about Hancockās series on Netflix and ran across this on one of my down the rabbithole searchathons. Pretty neat, guy was feeding his pigs with it and what the hell was a bowl with cuneiform inscriptions doing in South America?
*sigh*
I should get moving on my Christmas gift shopping.
I only have one person done so far.
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/fights-shut-down-annual-pre-game-bonfire-at-easton-hs/article_00ca6870-6b9d-11ed-949f-036c8357b9e7.html
Last evening they were running clips talking about how awesome the tradition is…building friends and community.
Happy Thanksgiving y’all !
suh’ fam
whats goody
gobble gobble
Goebbels Goebbels
+1 Impossible Turkey
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They should have beat him more.
āāAnderson Aldrich,ā they replied weakly.ā
Theyāre using this cocksuckerās preferred pronouns? Get fucked New York Post.
Alleged cocksucker.
And I don’t endorse using that word as a pejorative.
Hey hey, some of my favorite people are cocksuckers.
“No! a good woman!” -George Carlin
He looks simple.
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https://www.pennlive.com/elections/2022/11/doug-mastriano-supporters-flooding-pa-courts-with-baseless-recount-petitions.html
I’m not sure how to feel about this.
It’s pretty obvious how the author of that “news” article feels.
https://www.wgal.com/article/burglars-break-into-92-year-old-womans-house-but-leave-after-she-talks-to-them/42054376
She is so lucky, she should be buying lottery tickets.
She got the rare set of burglars with a conscience maybe.
How many Happy Thanksgiving emails will be deleted today without ever being opened?
I know Iāll contribute a couple hundred to the figure.
Exceeded only by the number of Black Friday sale emails from every retailer you’ve ever patronized. (Geez, Kohl’s! Enough already!)
Those too.
Bread and cornbread cubed and in the once-a-year bowl. Aromatics and stock are in the pressure cooker to make general purpose Thanksgiving cooking liquid. Turkey is smoked from Oscar’s so that just requires heating. Butternut squash cubed. Brussels sprouts peeled and quartered. Lily is getting impatient with me not taking her to the park yet. I’ll need to stop at a Stewarts and see if they have whipping cream — the grocery store was sold out yesterday.
Lily wants leftovers.