Congrats to the 2023 Daniel Boe Memorial Weekend 1 Winners!
Weekend #1 of the 2023 Daniel Boe Memorial tournament provided a lot of fun for the participants to go along with the cool temperatures and testy wind. Tournament Director Mark Verrochi and his crew put on an efficient event, juggling three pools totaling 216 players around the modified Kit Carson Park layout. Oh, and you gotta try the food truck – the birria quesadilla is bomb!
MA1 proved to be the real cliffhanger of the weekend, as three players were tied for 1st place at 10-under par after the end of round 3. San Diego’s Matt Goeller, Logan James from Bonita and Cody Burgwald of Azusa walked back to the tee of the newly-renumbered 18th hole (the “Island Hole” playing to one of the standard practice baskets) to decide the sudden-death playoff. Goeller laced a midrange towards the basket, ending up about 15 feet away to secure a birdie and the win in front of the collected crowd.
Joene Marx of San Diego was in first place after round 1 by two throws and maintained that lead and then some for the weekend to take 1st place in FA1 (27-over par). Her 856 rating average for the weekend was 65 points above her player rating coming into the weekend. Local San Diego favorites Pam James (2nd place, +33) and Chandelle Butterfield (3rd place, +38) hung out on the lead card all weekend to round out the podium. Leslie Lowe (+65) took home the title for the FA40 division.
Ronnie Parker of Murrieta carded very solid scores of 57, 58, 57 to end up 2-under par and win the MA2 division. His 949 average rating for the weekend was 52 points above his average! Escondido’s Sonny Chattle came in 2nd (+1) while Patrick Womack and Shawn Salas tied for 3rd place. In the FA2 division, Danielle Kravitz of Encinitas took an early lead after round 1 and maintained it all weekend to take 1st place (+56) Shelby DuMars was five throws back in 2nd place.
The MA3 leaderboard provided a rollercoaster experience all weekend. Eventual winner Carl Miller went from 9th place after round 1 to 3rd after round 2 to the top of the podium, averaging 914-rated disc golf for the weekend (+8). Chris Hyde also improved his place each round (14th, 7th, 2nd) to finish in 2nd place (+9), while Jarrod Foster played solid all three rounds to come home in 3rd. Caitlyn Benjamin (1st, +52), Eden Fletcher (2nd, +55) and Stephanie Smith (3rd, +59) traded spots on the podium all weekend, but Caitlyn’s final round of 73 secured the win for her in FA3.
We don’t see many events in our area offering the MA4 division, but this weekend’s DBoe showed why that should NOT be the case. Players rated under 850 had a chance for some close competition, with only six throws separating the top five players at the end. Out-of-towner Jason Ehizokhale, from Columbus, Ohio, took the top spot in MA4 (+20), averaging 876-rated disc golf, 32 points above his average. El Cajon’s B.J. Jaeger was possibly the most nervous player at KCP all weekend, nursing his way to the finish in 2nd place with an excellent 4-over par final round. And Phil Tani, who held the lead after rounds 1 and 2, maintained a podium finish in 3rd place after a +10 final round.
Weekend #2 of the Daniel Boe Memorial begins on Friday, March 31st and sees the return of last year’s MPO and FPO Champions, Drew Gibson and Jennifer Allen. The MPO field has several 1,000-rated So Cal bombers and the return of past local favorites Nick Newton and Max Nichols. MP40 should also be fun to watch, with a possible battle at the top between Steve Rico, Shasta Criss, Carlo Pelg and Chris Shotwell. Come out and watch the action (and chow down on a birria taco!)!
2023 Opening Bag Tag Results
The San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club held our 2023 year-opening bag tag matches on March 18th and 19th at Brengle Terrace Park (even-numbered tags) and Morley Field (odd-numbered tags). Results are listed below, with scores and bag tag numbers listed for each player who participated. Tags were distributed at the end of each day, once all scores had been submitted. Some players chose to leave early and not return for the final tag distribution. Those players with at “THT” in the “Tag” column took a high tag number, so all players who participated received some number tag.
Congratulations to James O’Brien, whose 50 at Morley Field earned him the black #1 tag, Steven Thomas, whose 45 at Brengle Terrace earned him the black #2 tag, Chandelle Butterfield, whose 69 at Morley Field earned her the pink #1 Ladies’ tag, and Emily Hardy, whose 58 at Brengle Terrace earned her the pink #2 Ladies’ tag.
2023 Aces discs and bag tags will be available for sale in person for $25 all weekend at the Daniel Boe Memorial Tournament this coming weekend (3/31-4/2) at Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Aces Membership discs and tags will soon be available on Disc Golf Scene and at select local disc golf pro shops in our area.
Many thanks to everyone who helps support disc golf in San Diego County by supporting the San Diego Aces!
Name Brengle Score Morley Score Tag Ladies' Tag James O'Brien 50 1 Steven Thomas 45 2 Trey McKelvey 51 3 Ryan Krippner 46 4 Sean Declercq 52 5 Nin Chau 47 6 Ethan Van Antwerp 53 7 Jeremy Fisher 49 8 Christian Ontiveros 53 9 Joe Goodman 50 10 Shane Dehner 53 11 Brandon Thomas 50 12 Eddie Ortega 54 13 Jim Nesbitt 50 14 Mike Reeves 54 15 Darren J Sides 51 16 Amado Garcia 55 17 GARRETT GEUSS 51 18 Jeff Nichols 55 19 Peter Pickslay 52 20 John Riley 55 21 Greg Johnson 52 22 Israel Medina 56 23 Jaimie Guarnieri 52 24 Daniel R. Rodriguez 56 25 Cameron Blas 53 26 Alan Rodriguez 56 27 Kyle Blanchard 54 28 Miguel Castillo 56 29 Mike Redela 54 30 Edgar Spracklen 56 31 Justin Wright 54 32 Isaac Park 57 33 Trey Paulissen 54 34 Vincent Chang 57 35 Scott Pittman 55 36 Ruben Padilla 57 37 William Gulley 56 38 Ryan M Wolovnik 57 39 Mike Leuer 56 40 Doug LaRhette 58 41 Brandon Fantasia 56 42 Sonny R. Soliven 58 43 John Broadhead 56 44 David Rodriguez 59 45 Jacob Stubbs 56 46 Nicholas Soto 59 47 Steve Jenner 56 48 Tom Vincent 59 49 Alex Waldron 56 50 Chris Dodds 60 51 Ron Krippner 57 52 Binh Luong 60 53 Jackson Potter 57 54 Shaun Watkins 60 55 Serafin Pina 58 56 Zac Weirphrey 60 57 Emily Hardy 58 58 2 Allen Risley 61 59 Bryan Tapley 59 60 Taylor Firks 61 61 Nathaniel Matthews 59 62 Jesse Zomisky 61 63 David Billings 59 64 BJ Jaeger 62 65 Mark Verrochi 59 66 Cristian Medina 62 67 Joe Sanger 59 68 Alexander Grupe 62 69 Shawn Roj 59 70 Zach Voth 63 71 Lucas Miller 60 72 Chris Handley 63 73 Bobby Garcia 60 74 Aaron Garcia 63 75 Carter Krengel 60 76 Serafin Pina 64 77 Hudson Elliott 61 78 Rich Fletcher 56 79 Alex Hernandez 61 80 Margarito Carrillo 65 81 Jeremy Reese 63 82 Ivan Quezada 65 83 Margarito Carrillo 63 84 Larry Sanchez 65 85 Michael Daglio 64 86 Beau Hassey 65 87 Anthony Cook 64 88 Andy Carver 65 89 Kayleen King 66 90 4 Jay Goodrich 66 91 Nathan Zrubek 68 92 Ryan Swenson 67 93 Kelly Averett 71 94 Joe Romney 67 95 Andrew Norman 68 97 Steven Dinh 69 99 Eddie Ahumada 70 101 Miriam Quevedo 70 103 3 Rob Garbowski 72 105 Sean Robertson 72 107 Jason Norman 72 109 Demessis Padilla 74 111 5 Terri Carver 74 113 7 Armando Moreno 75 115 Eden Fletcher 79 117 9 Jess Juarez 87 119 11 Brandie Egbert 94 121 13 Shannon Ariessohn 119 123 15 Kathleen Spero 127 125 17 Everett Spirit 54 THT Jerome Jones 54 THT Ryan Stechly 60 THT Andrew Dirks No Score THT Ruben Quintanar No Score THT Luis Carson No Score THT Nick Rack No Score THT Adam Winding No Score THT Taylor Gratrix No Score THT Carlos Caballero 49 THT Chris Hansen 53 THT Hisanobu Kanaoka 54 THT Nick Wilson 56 THT Adrian Aviles 57 THT Britten Kendall 57 THT Paul Hanson 57 THT Damian Gomez 58 THT Eric Shanahan 58 THT Wes Slack 58 THT Manuel Villa 59 THT Mario Jimenez 59 THT Sam Lott 59 THT Wayne Helgeson 59 THT Justin Fitzpatrick 60 THT Ken Yoshida 60 THT Cody Otsuji 61 THT Tim Lasky 61 THT Dean Rockwell 62 THT Frank Green 62 THT John Butterfield 63 THT Michele Pagnano 63 THT Ricardo Martinez 64 THT Emmanuel Sandoval 65 THT Larry Og 65 THT Geoff Wilkins 66 THT Joe Rodriguez 66 THT Peter Saltamachio 66 THT Adam Smith 67 THT Alejandro Chavez 67 THT Chandelle Butterfield 69 THT 1 Don Vincent 78 THT Skyler Martin No Score THT
Disc Golf Day at Petco Park – July 4, 2022!
The Padres are teaming up with San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club and Innova Champion Discs for the 3rd Annual Disc Golf Day at Petco Park! Purchase your game tickets through the special link we’re sharing below and you’ll receive a limited-edition Padres themed disc and a ticket to the Mariners vs. Padres game. Click on this link.
Now, the Padres are no dummies. They know that if they hand out the discs before the game some number of them will end up on the field during the game. [Sidebar: an old friend of mine used to do demo shows for Wham-O back in the day. He told me a story about doing a freestyle show at a Houston Astros game where everyone got a Wham-O Fastback (like a dog disc or Innova Sonic) before the game…the Frisbees were raining down on the field all game long…]. So don’t have so many beers that you forget to pick up your disc as you leave the game!
This is the 3rd time that the SD Aces have teamed up with the Padres for a disc golf-themed game. Somewhere down the line we hope that they’ll let us lay out a disc golf course through Petco like the Dodgers did a few years back and like we’ve seen done at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, but…baby steps. Rather than group all of the seats together they Padres are allowing you to buy tickets anywhere in the stadium, which is cool. The first time they did this we were all out in Section 133 (think…outfield) which was far from the action, but cool to have all the disc golfers together. Funniest thing I remember from that game was all of the disc golfers yelling “OB!” every time someone hit a foul ball.
We’re working with the Padres to have some sort of disc golf “spin” put on the throwing out of the ceremonial first pitch. We have someone selected for this honor, but we’re going to keep it a secret until the whole thing is confirmed.
So…..GO PADRES!!!!!! And go play disc golf!
Results from the Year-Opening Bag Tag Matches
Here are the results from the weekend’s bag tag challenges at Morley Field and Kit Carson Park. Apologies for the crummy formatting – Facebook doesn’t play nice with tables.Folks at the bottom of the list with “?”…they either: 1) Didn’t show up to play, 2) Didn’t turn in a score or 3) Were given a high tag because they didn’t want to wait and we were so busy that we missed writing down the tag number. There are probably reasons #4 and #5, but I don’t know what they are.
If you haven’t picked up your tag, we will haul them around to events being held locally – Mast Park Ice Bowl on Saturday (1/29), Goat Hill Monthly (1/30), Morley Field Ice Bowl (2/12/2022) and Super San Marcos Ice Bowl (2/13/2022). Allen Risley will be Ubering the tags around for the next few days, someone else will get custody for next weekend while he’s in Pasadena.
We ordered 200 more discs from Innova Tuesday and are putting together a Legacy order. Ordering more tags too. We will have online signups on DGU starting next week. Enjoy!
First Name Last Name Tag Ladies’ Tag
Tyler Reeves 1
Aidan Bound 2
Mason Newstead 4
Matthew Goeller 5
Isaac Park 6
Lucas Kraatz 7
Cameron Chase 8
Alex Hernandez 9
Diego Lopez 10
Jeff Nichols 11
Justin Kuester 12
Arick Stillwagon 13
Ryan Wolovnik 14
Trey McKelvey 15
Edgar Spracklen 16
Mike Reeves 17
Derek Joyce 18
Derek Carver 19
Jeremiah May 20
Carl Miller 21
John Riley 22
Jerry Jones 23
James Sheppard 24
Josh Doebel 25
Kevin Simpson 26
Jeffrey Fellows 27
Andy Filcher 28
Juho Valenzuela 29
Brandon Fantasia 30
Ian Anderson 31
Brentt Dellek 32
Manuel Villa 33
Will Donohoo 34
Derek Ryan 35
Kyle O’Brien 36
Hans Degner 38
Antonio Brown 39
Kenichi Yoshida 40
Hugo 41
Wesley Slack 42
James Barnes 43
Chewy Hernandez 44
Paul Hanson 45
Christopher Dodds 46
Clayton Anady 47
Alan Rodriguez 48
Evan Brockwell 49
Justin Kellar 50
Micah Miller 51
Matthew Dewitt 52
Everett Spirit 53
Max Nichols 54
Chris Handley 55
Keith Ciani 56
Bernie Higgins 57
John Butterfield 58
Peter Ivey 59
Daniel Rodriguez 60
David Arterburn 61
Daniel Rogers 62
David Rodriguez 63
Joe Goodman 64
Hudson Elliott 66
Sean Declercq 67
Brady Armstrong 68
Travis Tapley 69
Gabriel Rivera 70
Zachariah Weirphrey 71
Patrick Flinn 72
Michele Pagnano 73
Shawn Salas 74
Miguel Mayon 75
Nin Chau 76
Mark Laube 77
Stephen Rodgers 78
Richard Foley 79
Zach Voth 80
Andrew Allen 81
James Abeyta 82
Kyle Wittenberg 83
Paul Brumbaugh 84
Jesse Zomisky 85
Levi Geeting 86
Tito Mendia 87
Tim Lasky 88
BJ Jaeger 89
Joe Rodriguez 90
Nicholas Curl 91
Brady Bishop 92
Steven Carey 93
Raymond De Luz 94
Alex Talledo 95
Hernan Domingo 96
Kim Cottrell 97 1
Alex Moore 98
Hisanobu Kanaoka 99
Parker Askegreen 100
Matthew Tregidga 101
Alejandro Chavez 102
Nicholas Duquette 103
Eric Simmons 104
Brad Kardos 105
Steve Timinskas 106
Charles Aylward 107
Ryan Omer 108
John Colmenarez 109
Derek Bisson 110
John Warnock 111
Allen Risley 112
Luke Sponsler 113
Nathan McQuade 114
Armando Lopez 115
Michele Pagnano 116
Cameron Lemons 117
Jeffrey Roggen 118
Marcos Olivas 119
Miguel Castillo 120
Fernando Gomez 121
Alvin Ratsabout 122
Hayden Kirsch Ball 123
Cody Canepa 124
Nicholas Soto 125
Tom Vincent 126
Spencer Bietz 127
Brandon Sapia 128
Steve Jenner 130
Christian Cullen 131
Hardy Houston 132
Jarrett Lee 133
Jay Fernandez 134
Jason Griffith 135
John Nichols 136
Jason Stacks 137
Thomas Styles 138
Bo Jungblut 139
Daniel Burke 140
Brandon Smith 141
Carlos Rivera 142
Frank Green 143
Michael Tomaska 144
Shaun Watkins 145
Spence Stevens 146
Todd Hogan 147
Travis Mescicki 148
Emily Hardy 149 3
Eric Belknap 150
Gavin Holder 151
Ryan Swenson 152
Shawn Roj 153
Landon Priebe 154
Zander Daniels 155
Sean Robertson 156
Amy Schiller 157 5
Chandelle Butterfield 158 2
Vaishali Desai 160 4
Alan Jacobson 161
Randy Xayasomloth 162
Aidan Sargent 163
Mike Ramirez 164
Todd Lewis 165
Eliot Geeting 166
Lance Hatchett 167
Shelby DuMars 168 6
Randy Beckwith 169
Nicholas Lopez 170
Nick Imperial 171
Celina Russo 172 8
Alex Moreno 173
Tiffany Choi 174 10
Mario Jimenez 175
Yuka Yoshida 176 12
Carlos Villa 177
Anthony Long 179
Anthony Moreno 181
Anthony Benn 183
Terri Carver 185 7
Carl Holbrook 187
Andy Carver 189
Thomas Hemphill 191
Brennan Alcantara 193
John West 195
David Kay 197
Ryan Case 199
Joe Romney 201
Joey Mosley 203
Sawyer Murphy 205
Adam Gearheart 207
Jason Feldman 209
Nate Schar 211
Raymond Alvarez 213
Drew Stover 215
Jeff Sabo 217
Joshua Malish 219
Zach Ellerbrook 221
William Woodward 223
Carol Robles 225 11
Allister Bietz 231
Christopher Seay 233
Ryan Brunansky 256
Zachary Rath 258
Eric Ducharme 262
Aaron White 268
Logan James 270
Matt James 272
Chris Langford 276
Riley Fantasia 278
Jason Bergren 280
Michael Ballestas 282
David Weltsch 284
Kevin Gomez 286
Mike Melton 288
Matthew Pruitt 290
DREW LOPEZ 292
Robert Russell 294
Eric Crocker 296
Chris Hanau 298
Eddie Ahumada ?
Richard Ayers ?
Cody Barahona ?
David Billings ?
DAN FLYNN ?
Adam Hernandez ?
Sam Lott ?
Robert Marquis ?
Jake Oleksienko ?
Scott Pittman ?
Eric Russell ?
Ryan Suter ?
Ethan Van Antwerp ?
Don Vincent ?
Michael Vivian ?
Important Info for Saturday’s Aces Bag Tag Event at Morley Field
Hello All! Thanks for signing up to be a San Diego Aces member in 2022! We will be set up with a tent and table near the 1st tee on Saturday at Morley, ready to distribute membership discs and collect scorecards.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A TEE TIME, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY ON SATURDAY!!!!
You will still be able to pick up your disc and a higher number bag tag, but we have not bought out the course for open play. You can, of course bring your new odd-numbered tag up to Kit Carson on Sunday to play for an even-numbered tag, at no cost.
We have set up a league on UDisc for scorekeeping: San Diego Aces Bag Tags. When you open the UDisc app tap on “Events” at the bottom of the screen, then tap on the name of the league. Tap on “Players” to add yourself to the leaderboard and start keeping score. If you can’t do UDisc scoring we will accept paper scorecards.
Make sure to submit your scores by 4pm so we can figure out who gets what tag!!!
Thanks!
Allen Risley
President
San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club
Bag Tag Challenges are on!
What’s Up?
The San Diego Aces are holding year-opening bag tag challenges this weekend – Saturday January 22 at Morley Field and Sunday, January 23 at Kit Carson Park. You can participate in the challenges by signing up for 2022 San Diego Aces membership on DGU (links below) and playing at either Morley or Kit Carson. (If you plan on playing at Morley, you must have a tee time and pay for a play band!)
Click here to sign up for the South challenge on Saturday at Morley Field. Sign up for a Saturday, 1/22/22 tee time here.
Click here to sign up for the North challenge on Sunday at Kit Carson Park.
What do I get?
Membership in the San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club costs $20 each year. Your $20 includes a membership disc with the club logo stamped on it, a numbered bag tag that you can use for challenges (Ladies get a standard tag and a special “SD Ladies” tag) and helps the club cover other operational costs. An important part of those “operational costs” is the liability insurance that the club carries that allows the courses at Brengle Terrace Park, Mast Park and Kit Carson Park to exist. That insurance is also used by local Tournament Directors who run PDGA-sanctioned tournaments. The club also pays for maintenance on the disc golf baskets and tees at many of our courses , along with sponsoring tee signs at local tournaments. Since 2007, the SD Aces have been integral in growing and supporting disc golf in San Diego County!
What’s up with the UDisc thing?
UDisc is a great smartphone-based scoring app that makes events like this much easier to run. We have a UDisc League set up named “San Diego Aces Bag Tags“. The UDisc app is free for basic scorekeeping (there’s also a paid membership that gives you more features). Open the app and tap on “Events” to find UDisc Leagues and choose the “San Diego Aces Bag Tags” league. Join the league and check in to play in the bag tag challenge (there’s a separate “event” for Saturday and Sunday). Using UDisc to keep score will make it MUCH EASIER for us to organize the scores so you can get your bag tag quickly at the end of each day. Not tech savvy or stubborn? We’ll accept paper scorecards too…@%$&!
How do the bag tags work?
This weekend we will pass out bag tags to players based on their scores on Saturday and Sunday. We’ll assign odd-numbered tags on Saturday at Morley and even-numbered tags at Kit Carson. The object of the bag tags is to encourage competitive play among members, with the goal of getting the lowest tag number you can. Every round you play is a bag tag round! It’s pretty simple: the player who gets the lowest score when you play gets the lowest number tag. Tags 1 through 10 are highly sought-after! These are the “Black Tags” – this year they are distinctive! Tags 1-10 are rectangular, made of hickory wood and painted black with gold print. When you hold a black tag, you don’t have to pay an entry fee at our club monthlies (we want you to show up and put the tag up for challenge!). The remaining bag tags are round and made of metal. Tags 11 through 25 are white (in contrast to the black of 1-10) and then the remaining tags up to 300 are in blocks of color, based on the tag number. The numbers go up as the colors progress across the rainbow -> red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple…which allows members an easy way to de-code whether another player has a lower or higher number. Turn every round you play into a tag match, whether it’s a casual round with friends or a PDGA-sanctioned tournament. And yes, wagering is allowed!
I can’t get there in time to play! Can I still get a tag and disc?
Of course! Morley will run out of tee times on Saturday – we’re sure of that. Or maybe you can’t get there or to KCP until 4pm, without enough time to play a full round. You can still sign up online and stop by to get a membership disc and a higher-number bag tag. Then challenge someone and get that lower tag next week!
Where will the discs and tags be?
We will have a pop-up tent and tables set up near the practice baskets at Morley on Saturday and Kit Carson on Sunday. Look for the San Diego Aces and Innova banners. We’ll be easy to spot.
It’s a New Disc Golf Year!!! 2022!!!
Guess what? We’re getting new bag tags for 2022! Little Flyer, the company that has been supplying bag tags for the Aces since 2009 has ceased operation. Long story that we’ll share another time. Unfortunately, it took a few weeks to get that answer from them and here we are.
The good news is that we have a new supplier and we’re going to have some great tags for 2022! We’re keeping the tradition of a distinctive 1 through 10 tag – these will be wooden, rectangular and will be black. Tags 11 through infinity will be round metal tags – they’ll look a lot like the mini disc tags we’ve been using for 10+ years. 11-25 will be white, then 26 will start a progression of colors, as we have been doing the past several years. These tags will also have a QR code that takes you to the Aces web page (This page).
Oh, and this web page? While it has been sorely out of date for the past handful of years, you can expect that to change. Someone on our board just retired and has committed himself…not to an asylum…but to promoting disc golf in all of it’s flavors here in San Diego County. So change is a-coming!
Once we have a delivery date for the bag tags we will announce dates for the 2022 bag tag opening challenge. As in past years, we’ll do one down south and one up north (comment below on where you’d like that to happen).
Additionally…get ready for the return of the “Aces Rotating Monthly Series”, where we hold a monthly tournament at a different course each month. That will start up in February. Right now it’s Ice Bowl season, so the Aces will be busy helping out with various Golden Sombrero Series Ice Bowls – starting with the Sweetwater Ranch Ice Bowl in Jamul on Sunday, January 16th.
Let’s play disc golf!
Disc Golf Returns to “Normal”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to subside, disc golf is returning to normal. Our local parks departments are beginning to allow in-person gatherings, so the San Diego Aces will resume bag-tag matches and monthly tournaments in 2022. We’re also putting together a full schedule of Golden Sombrero Ice Bowl tournaments in January-March, 2022!
If you are interested in helping grow disc golf by volunteering with the Aces, contact Aces President Allen Risley (ajrisley@yahoo.com) or Vice President Randy Wylot (wylot@sbcglobal.net).
Current Course Status During CORONA-time
[Updated 5/3/2020 @ 11:45pm]
As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak the Governor of California has instituted a stay-at-home order that has caused many local agencies to close their recreational spaces. Here is a link to the Governor’s stay-at-home page: https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#faq This page does not address disc golf directly – disc golf is NOT prohibited or allowed by this document. That means that local governments and course managers are coming up with their own rules. Here’s what we know about our local courses:
Morley Field: Course re-opens on May 5, 2020. Morley is instituting tee times and a group size limit of 4 players. They have an online tee time registration system. Check out the website. Morley Field website: https://www.morleyfield.com/
Mission Bay Golf Course: The course is open. Although the city’s website says that disc golf and footgolf are “postponed”, players have made tee times and then played disc golf at Mission Bay. You must have a tee time to go on the property – no walk-ups! City of San Diego Golf Division COVID-19 page: https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/golf/covid19
Colina Park Golf Course: Course is closed until further notice. See their web page for more details: https://www.colinaparkgolf.com/
Sycuan (Singing Hills Golf Resort at Sycuan): The resort, including the disc golf course, are currently closed due to COVID-19. See the notice on their website: https://www.singinghillsgolfresort.com/
Mast Park: The park is open, the disc golf course is closed – baskets have not been replaced after park construction project. City of Santee COVID-19 response page: https://www.cityofsanteeca.gov/our-city/public-notice
Kit Carson Park: Baskets have been reinstalled. The city’s COVID-19 information page states that disc golf can be played: “…active recreation areas such as basketball, disc golf, and tennis courts are open for limited use by members of a single household only.” Please note the use by MEMBERS OF A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD ONLY! CITY’S INFORMATION PAGE: https://www.escondido.org/covid-19.aspx
Reidy Creek Golf Course: The course is open, disc golf is open. As of Saturday, only the front 9 was open. You must call in advance for a tee time. No carts. Face coverings are mandatory. See the JC Resorts Covid update page: https://www.jcgolf.com/san-diego-golf-blog/2020/04/23/jc-golf-safe-play-guidelines-amid-coronavirus-regulations/
Brengle Terrace Park: The City of Vista pulled the baskets on Saturday, May 2 because people were playing the course in large groups, not following social distancing. Vista categorizes disc golf as an active sport – Brengle Terrace is only open for passive recreation. If you continue to play the course as an object course in groups, not following social distancing guidelines, the city will delay putting the baskets back in. City of Vista COVID closures page: https://www.cityofvista.com/city-services/city-departments/fire-department/covid-19-coronavirus/covid-19-postponed-events-and-closed-facilities
San Marcos: Sunset Park is listed as being closed on the city’s COVID response page. Montiel Park is not listed as being closed, but the parking lot is closed and the city lists nearly every other park facility in the city as being closed. We think it is safe to assume that the disc golf course is closed. City of San Marcos COVID page: https://www.san-marcos.net/live/emergency-preparedness/covid-19-response
CSUSM: The campus is closed to all activities except ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. Disc golf course is closed. CSUSM COVID page for Community members: https://www.csusm.edu/incident/resourcefaq/community.html
Goat Hill Park: Goat Hill is open for golf and disc golf. Tee times only, do not come to the course unless you have a tee time. No carts. Prices have increased $5 for the time being. Goat Hill Park web page: https://www.goathillpark.com/course-updates/?fbclid=IwAR3EE3SfbnpCzHuCJFFYNc0DQPmBmT9nN6FQtIVdGiDzjc9yZRCYC0wg2L8
Mountain Pride Park, Murrieta: Mountain Pride will be closed until all of the public courses in San Diego County reopen. The neighborhood surrounding Mountain Pride cannot handle the increased traffic, parking and trash.All of these listings are subject to change.
Please follow the guidelines as described by the course managers, including limitations on group size, need for face coverings, social distancing. If we can’t follow the rules we can expect to have more closures.
Thanks.
Send questions/comments to SD Aces President Allen Risley (ajrisley@yahoo.com).
San Diego Aces Response to COVID-19 Situation
From San Diego Aces President Allen Risley:
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak, the San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club is suspending all club events, including monthly tournaments and weekly doubles leagues. As of 8am on March 16, 2020, all club-sponsored or organized events are cancelled until public health conditions are deemed to be safe. Anyone organizing a disc golf event or meet-up is doing so on their own volition and doing so without the sponsorship, support or cooperation of the club.
Information on the Coronavirus is changing frequently, but at this point the recommendations and reports are becoming more, not less concerning. The President of the United States has issued recommendations that include:
- Staying home if you are sick
- Work from home if possible
- Avoid social gatherings in groups of more than 10 people
- Avoid eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, food courts, etc (use drive through or delivery options)
- Avoid discretionary (unnecessary/social) travel
- WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY
- And practice other good hygiene methods
The California Department of Health is posting guidelines and regular updates on how to prepare for and deal with COVID-19: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a State of Emergency for California to help the state prepare for the broader spread of COVID-19: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/04/governor-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-to-help-state-prepare-for-broader-spread-of-covid-19/
San Diego County has issued orders prohibiting “large gatherings” an is initiating school closures in response to COVID-19: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/coronavirus/
This is real. People are getting sick. Nearly all well-respected public health doctors and scientists are recommending that we refrain from public gatherings, in order to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus. At this time we are supporting the recommendations of health officials and elected representatives, from local city council members and mayors, through Governors, U.S. Representatives and Senators, all they way up to President Trump: DO YOUR PART TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
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