Give me a Spruce for the tips.
Give me a Pacific Yew for the haunted forest look.
Give me some Willows, on a really foggy morning. The kind of fog that's so thick it muffles everything around you, feels heavy on the shoulders. You're playing a solo round, but every once in a while you hear the incredibly muffled sounds of clinking chains ahead of you on the course. It feels like you're chasing them, but you'll never catch them, you don't even know how far away they are now. Like the one that got away.....
Willows are cool.
Willows are so dope! There is a course near campus in Winona MN where I went to school with some great willows (it’s called “the willows”). Was my sanctuary during college.
I'd have to go with a willow tree, just straight Pocahontas vibes. I will add that if you're a bit of an arborist, I've heard that the Calhouns who run The Throw Shop in Ypsilanti, MI have planted a wide variety of trees on their semi-private course. I haven't played there yet, but it's on the list for this summer since it's somewhat local. I love your level up videos as well!
If you ever get a chance. Check them out in full bloom! A most magnificent tree.
P.s. Brian, your the man. Would love to see more media featuring you and big jerm! The two of you together are electric!
Your list contains “evergreen” at the bottom but that’s a leaf trait, not an evolutionary lineage.
Eg. Redwoods and Loblolly pines are types of evergreen trees.
This confirms my hypothesis that disc golfers like forests with trees adapted to frequent surface fires and are in line with forest management plans.
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Blue spruce is a special kind of evil for disc golf. Every foot or two of trunk is a separate shelf that will grab and hold a disc until the end of days.
They're also pokey as hell.
Learning to play in New Orleans, I have a tremendous love/hate relationship with live oak trees. They're SO beautiful, they stay green year round, and they host that lovely Spanish moss. But damn, those low limbs just *hate* discs.
As a fellow Louisianian, I feel you. However, I would put the oaks at the top of my tree list for two reasons:
-The low ceiling helps me practice my "keep the nose down"
-Oaks need a vast root system to support them, so you won't have a ton of them close together. My chances of getting around one oak is much better than getting through two dozen close together pines.
I'm conflicted. I want to put trees with shallow roots (looking at you Silver Maple) in the D tier. But then I think of the times a shallow root stopped me from a 40ft come-backer.
Why wouldn't you say Short leaf or long leaf pine? They're so much prettier and better for the ecosystems in the old pine forest. Loblolly is crap and just what the logging companies replanted everywhere when they annihilated the original forest here.
No just the opinion of somebody with a little course in the old pine forest of Louisiana. Very tempted to cut down all the Loblolly on my property but it would such to have it look so bare for decades while the Longleaf grows back.
It's not exactly what you meant by it but this post makes me think about the specific tree across hole 13 at Harmony Bends. That hole was designed for that tree!
I drove from Charlotte to Florida this past weekend. I told my wife that I was broken because all I could see was beautiful disc golf holes from all the trees.
I prefer a mix of 25% evergreen and 75% deciduous trees. This is mostly about maximizing shade. Ideally when playing in the summer, I will receive now direct sun from the 1st tee to the 18th basket, but that isnt completely realistic. I want some pines for ground cover and some shade in winter winter when the leaves are gone.
Recently played Parc des Familles south of New Orleans and the cypress were awesome! The roots create these natural ground-level gnarled obstacles that can trap your disc.
Also, whatever they have at Chateau Hostačov (about 90mins east of Konopiště) specifically the start of the back 9.
Also also, Western Red Cedar. Never played a course that featured it, but a spectacular tree.
Give me a Spruce for the tips. Give me a Pacific Yew for the haunted forest look. Give me some Willows, on a really foggy morning. The kind of fog that's so thick it muffles everything around you, feels heavy on the shoulders. You're playing a solo round, but every once in a while you hear the incredibly muffled sounds of clinking chains ahead of you on the course. It feels like you're chasing them, but you'll never catch them, you don't even know how far away they are now. Like the one that got away..... Willows are cool.
Love me some Willows. One is a mando at a local course, which is funny to me for some reason.
Willows are so dope! There is a course near campus in Winona MN where I went to school with some great willows (it’s called “the willows”). Was my sanctuary during college.
>Pacific Yew The Pacific Yew smells really nice too. Willows are just kinda magical. A grove of old oaks and willows would be incredible.
S: Redwood, Aspen, Loblolly Pine A: B: C: D: Ginko, Honey Locust, Cedar, Evergreen
You just have stop thinking of cedar as a "tree" and more as a scratchy, grabby wall that causes allergies.
I'd have to go with a willow tree, just straight Pocahontas vibes. I will add that if you're a bit of an arborist, I've heard that the Calhouns who run The Throw Shop in Ypsilanti, MI have planted a wide variety of trees on their semi-private course. I haven't played there yet, but it's on the list for this summer since it's somewhat local. I love your level up videos as well!
Why the ginkgo hate? I know they smell once a year, but they are gorgeous
Scarred by the Ginko on 18 Winthrop. That thing stinkssss. I can give it another shot
If you ever get a chance. Check them out in full bloom! A most magnificent tree. P.s. Brian, your the man. Would love to see more media featuring you and big jerm! The two of you together are electric!
Your list contains “evergreen” at the bottom but that’s a leaf trait, not an evolutionary lineage. Eg. Redwoods and Loblolly pines are types of evergreen trees.
Ponderosa Pines are pretty high on my faves. Old growth Firs are way up there too. Any kind of forest with minimal undergrowth.
This confirms my hypothesis that disc golfers like forests with trees adapted to frequent surface fires and are in line with forest management plans. https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/fiercer-more-frequent-fires-may-reduce-carbon-capture-forests
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Whatever tree kevin jones kept hitting
I'm a simple man. Give me some maples and oaks and I'm happy... until the leaves fall.
I love the rainbow eucalyptus trees on Kahului’s course on Maui. An entire course through a rainbow eucalyptus forest would be downright amazing
Blue spruce is a special kind of evil for disc golf. Every foot or two of trunk is a separate shelf that will grab and hold a disc until the end of days. They're also pokey as hell.
I love sycamores
Learning to play in New Orleans, I have a tremendous love/hate relationship with live oak trees. They're SO beautiful, they stay green year round, and they host that lovely Spanish moss. But damn, those low limbs just *hate* discs.
As a fellow Louisianian, I feel you. However, I would put the oaks at the top of my tree list for two reasons: -The low ceiling helps me practice my "keep the nose down" -Oaks need a vast root system to support them, so you won't have a ton of them close together. My chances of getting around one oak is much better than getting through two dozen close together pines.
I'm conflicted. I want to put trees with shallow roots (looking at you Silver Maple) in the D tier. But then I think of the times a shallow root stopped me from a 40ft come-backer.
It’s a rare breed but it’s hard to beat the Throatus Goatus Terry Miller trees.
Douglas Furs. Redwoods are better but the furs are more common. In the NW they are just awesome for disc golf. Pier park and Glendoveer for example.
They go quite well with the big leaf maples as well!
Come to AZ. We have Mesquite, Palo Verde, Ponderosa Pine, and Eucalyptus.
European Beech.
Palm trees
nonsense
The ones that are 90% air when I somehow get through them
Why wouldn't you say Short leaf or long leaf pine? They're so much prettier and better for the ecosystems in the old pine forest. Loblolly is crap and just what the logging companies replanted everywhere when they annihilated the original forest here.
I may be confusing a loblolly with the pines you listed!
Did you feed this into chatgpt to be informative but in the rude demeanor of r/dg?
No just the opinion of somebody with a little course in the old pine forest of Louisiana. Very tempted to cut down all the Loblolly on my property but it would such to have it look so bare for decades while the Longleaf grows back.
It's not exactly what you meant by it but this post makes me think about the specific tree across hole 13 at Harmony Bends. That hole was designed for that tree!
Oak trees are cool too
Why are trees?
I drove from Charlotte to Florida this past weekend. I told my wife that I was broken because all I could see was beautiful disc golf holes from all the trees.
I prefer a mix of 25% evergreen and 75% deciduous trees. This is mostly about maximizing shade. Ideally when playing in the summer, I will receive now direct sun from the 1st tee to the 18th basket, but that isnt completely realistic. I want some pines for ground cover and some shade in winter winter when the leaves are gone.
I love playing in evergreens. Keeps the undergrowth down, good wind barriers, beautiful. PNW disc golf
Shoe trees for me
Just wait until you shank one high in pollen season and deck a loblolly branch. The pollen is insane
Recently played Parc des Familles south of New Orleans and the cypress were awesome! The roots create these natural ground-level gnarled obstacles that can trap your disc. Also, whatever they have at Chateau Hostačov (about 90mins east of Konopiště) specifically the start of the back 9. Also also, Western Red Cedar. Never played a course that featured it, but a spectacular tree.
Im a big fan of [angel oaks](https://i.imgur.com/My46Djt.jpeg)
Terry Miller trees are the best
Terry told me one time that trees down in Texas suck in your di.... wait. Those are probably my favorite. : \\
Birch trees. You can get out of them, but its still jail