Beattie Park Disc Golf Course Proposal - the City of Lompoc!

Beattie Park Disc GolfCourse Proposal

Brief Disc Golf OverviewDisc golf is a low impact outdoor sport similar to ball golf, but instead of usingclubs to hit balls, discs (similar to Frisbees®) are selected for their flight profilesand thrown towards catching devices, known as baskets. The goal is to makeit through the course in the fewest number of throws possible. This simple setup allows persons of all ages and abilities to enjoy disc golf. Elementary schoolage children can play disc golf right along with, “legends,” or 70+ year old playerswith as little as a seven dollar disc and an enthusiasm for the sport.Disc Golf’s Near FutureDisc golf is currently where ball golf was about 50 to 60 years ago. It’s in thegrass root stage with a tremendous amount of growth happening. Technology indisc golf discs keeps increasing and the sport keeps growing. The most recentdisc golf tournament was the Vibram Open at Maple Hill in Massachusetts.Over 2,000 people came the watch the tournament, including over 800 to watchthe leader card finish at hole 18.

Use of LandThe course layout wasdesigned with playerand spectator safetyfirst in mind and withcourse challengesecond. This allowsdisc golfers to sharethe park with otherpark users while stillkeeping the coursechallenging.This front nine layoutleaves the potential fora back nine to be put inup on the hill half ofBeattie Park, givingBeattie Park 18 holesfor competition play.

Tee PadsTee pad construction will consist of a frameapproximately four foot by nine foot constructedof 4x4 pressure treated wood, an underlaymentof tamped sand and a top layer of 36 square feetof concrete paving stones. Framedconcrete paving stones will make tee padconstruction easy, look nice in our park and hasa low cost to install with minimum maintenancerequirements.Tee signs will be incorporated into the tee padfor each hole.By incorporating the tee sign with the tee pad,costs will be reduced along with the problem ofgraffiti.

BasketsThe baskets that will be installed are basicDiscraft Chainstar Disc Golf Baskets. Basicmeans it can be mounted in the ground onceand not moved to a new location which willgreatly hinder theft of baskets. Basic Chainstarbaskets are made of hot-dipped galvanizedsteel and do not have a large band on top, whichmany other baskets do, to rust or attract graffitiand are designed for optimal disc catching. Tomount each basket will require 80 pounds ofconcrete.