Carnation, WA

[NBdiscgolfer]

Originally Posted by Getty

I've got a buncha blue bricks ready to install Wednesday. The back 9 will not be well-marked, but if you look for the blue-taped tine on the previous basket and start walking you will find the nest tee. Hole 10 tee is close to the portapotty/bike path. I still have to decide where to locate a couple of tees. There's way more challenge to the blues with only a couple holes being easier. Word on the street has it that Wes hit the first ace in Carnation on #9 with a skipper witnessed by Shooter.

WOW! On 9 huh. Thats a tough shot to get all the way to the basket. I bounced one off the front of #1 and bounced another off the front of #7. Will have to try and make it out next weekend to play the blues!

[Getty]

The back 9 is now marked and ready for play! Edge will be happy to know that the #18 we played yesterday is not the one we marked out today. Y'all come on out to Carneypatch and huck a few!

[ericedge]

I decided to take a cruise out east on I-90 to check out the Carnation course yesterday afternoon and as I neared the Fall City exit I noticed Getty's SUV (with the LSU sticker on it) headed the same way. He dialed me up on the cell phone and I followed him to the park. Nothing like have the course designer there to show you around! We started out on the front nine and I shot a three down (w/ one bogey) to Getty's bogey free -4. I then had the privilege of seeing the as yet unmarked alternate back nine. Things were going along pretty well on the back too and I was sitting at one under (on the back) as we walked up to the amazing looking eighteenth hole. The 25' wide fairway is about 300'+ and is lined with a perfectly aligned row of tall pines on each side, each spaced about five feet apart. I'll just let you know that you don't want to end up on the wrong side of the pines on the left side! I ended up gasping for breath shooting a six on the hole and ended up at one under for the round. We decided to play the front again and I managed a bogey free four down (birdied 2, 5, 7 & 9) and then said goodbye to Getty who was headed home. I nearly aced hole 7 with a skip that slipped vertically through the cylinder of the basket, tickling the chains. I was going to leave too but Brett V. showed up with a couple of friends and wanted me to show him the layout for the back, how could I refuse? This time I managed to shoot a three on the final hole along with birdies on 12, 13, & 14 to give me a respectable six under for the round, much better!

Leaving the park I went north from Carnation and then west on Novelty Hill Rd. so I could play Juel park on my way home. I wasn't sure how much more I wanted to play but after birdying the first two holes I figured I might as well keep going. Toward the end of the front nine I met a local named John that was playing alone so I joined him and we ended up playing the full eighteen finishing just as the sun was setting. I kept the damage to one bogey (on 15) and shot a six under which is a good round for me there. I told John about the course in Carnation and he asked me if it's similar to the Juel course. Well, they're both flat! but other than that, no, they aren't much alike. Juel is reasonably long and wide open with nothing but sky above and Carnation has about a bazillion trees and lots of low ceiling shots. Combining these two courses for a little one day mini tourney would be a fun time!

[ericedge]

I guess the "old" hole eighteen will have to be a bonus hole now! Definitely a classic with that long, narrow fairway.

[DMajor]

Originally Posted by ericedge

The 25' wide fairway is about 300'+ and is lined with a perfectly aligned row of tall pines on each side, each spaced about five feet apart. I'll just let you know that you don't want to end up on the wrong side of the pines on the left side!

Last time I was there, before the back nine was in, I was looking at that tunnel hoping that would be #18, but it looked like the neighbors would be getting a lot of deflections in their backyard. We should install a large net and bring the tunnel back!

Originally Posted by ericedge

Combining these two courses for a little one day mini tourney would be a fun time!

That would be fun, and I'd gladly put time in to help run it.

[Hohman]

Eric, was is this Juel park at?

[Toby Puttzinski]

Originally Posted by Hohman

Eric, was is this Juel park at?

In Redmond.

[ericedge]

Juel Park

[JR Stengele]

There is also a private course called spirit Ridge that is super fun in Carnation. I put some info in my review on dgcr about getting in contact with Ron Werner.

[sillybizz]

^ Pan handles for thumbs up. Wait this isn't DGCR! Nevermind...

[NBdiscgolfer]

Got a chance to go out and play the course as a full 18 yesterday. The blues overall are a little more difficult but very fun. Shot -5 through the round.