Old Airport DGC

Moe Dixon    June 30, 2014 at 4:40pm

Ill be playing here on the 6th, not sure of a tee time yet but all are welcome to join

Craig Prime    June 30, 2014 at 4:18pm

this course is worth the journey. natural tee pads and no elevation but aside from that, the course is very unique and first class.

Craig Prime    June 3, 2014 at 2:17pm

course UPDATE - June 1st and the course was freshly cut through hole Nine. The wooded holes are still needing some weed whacking throughout the fairways but it is VERY playable. Grounds Keeper Ron says that holes 1 - 9 are Whimbledon quality (if tennis can equate to disc golf) . Bring your bug spray, the skeeters will carry you away once in the woods.

Josh Morrison    May 20, 2014 at 6:32am

Played decent today on 17 holes. The entrance is pretty muddy. Holes 1 and 2 are pretty wet and unplayable. Hole 3 has a bit of water down the fairway but is playable. Holes 4-16 are pretty decent. Holes 17, 18, and 19 have a couple puddles but are playable. Hole 20 is unplayable. It looks like more rain may be on the way though!

Cameron Penix    April 24, 2014 at 5:04am

Is there leagues here?

Craig Prime    November 15, 2013 at 4:27am

Old Airport Disc Golf Course - AuGres, Michigan has posted "NO DISC GOLF" throughout rifle deer season. Be careful players, stay clear. This land has a history of seeing hunters; if not within, often very near some of the holes. The best idea is to not play when there is a chance that a scope may be aiming somewhere near you or your disc.

Craig Prime    September 25, 2013 at 3:57am

message from Ron (course designer, guru, protector and old hippie dude that likes to howl).

"whaoooooooooooooooo, ooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwahhhhhhhhh ! I Love You All, keep coming to Old Airport Disc Golf Course - AuGres, Michigan. I'm the tall guy usually on a tractor, running a weed whacker, chain saw or just walking around howling a bit. I'm sure we'll have a chat and I am looking forward to it. I hope you'll love the course".

Craig Prime    September 17, 2013 at 4:08pm

come one, come all, just be there. Ron Peludat has worked hard and long to get baskets on the AuGres Old Airport DGC. Show your support, be at the Grand Opening for a couple of casual rounds, a couple of hot dogs, a chance to win prizes being given away without any entry or charge and if you think you can beat the field, stay and play Bring Your Own Partner Doubles or play against the field playing cali. Winner/winners take 75%, second place gets 25% of the $15.00 entry per team or cali players. ... more

come one, come all, just be there. Ron Peludat has worked hard and long to get baskets on the AuGres Old Airport DGC. Show your support, be at the Grand Opening for a couple of casual rounds, a couple of hot dogs, a chance to win prizes being given away without any entry or charge and if you think you can beat the field, stay and play Bring Your Own Partner Doubles or play against the field playing cali. Winner/winners take 75%, second place gets 25% of the $15.00 entry per team or cali players. Donated prizes are coming in and will go to third place and down... I'll be leaving Bay City by 2:30 or so, contact me if carpooling is something you're interested in...

Craig Prime    September 11, 2013 at 3:29pm

Grand Opening planned Monday, September 23rd at 5:00 prior to the City of AuGres's monthly council meeting. It would be great to have as many disc golfer show up as possible to demo some of your championship level skills. The city manager told me that they are planning on having some hot dogs on hand and may take a walking tour around some of the course. Plan on a random draw doubles round, probably starting by 6:00. call me with any questions, donations or if anyone wants to carpool.

Rory Clark    August 25, 2013 at 10:07pm

In planning a vacation to Tawas Point State Park last week, I called East Tawas Chamber of Commerce to ask if there was a local disc golf course. The very nice woman on the phone responded by asking "what is disc golf?" Fortunately, a friend recommended this website and I found this fantastic course: Old Airport DGC in Au Gras. Someone has put in ALLOT of TLC to grooming, marking and the overall layout of this course. It has a great mix of short dog legs, rolling meadows (not unlike Sc ... more

In planning a vacation to Tawas Point State Park last week, I called East Tawas Chamber of Commerce to ask if there was a local disc golf course. The very nice woman on the phone responded by asking "what is disc golf?" Fortunately, a friend recommended this website and I found this fantastic course: Old Airport DGC in Au Gras. Someone has put in ALLOT of TLC to grooming, marking and the overall layout of this course. It has a great mix of short dog legs, rolling meadows (not unlike Scottish links), fairways lined with pines, a couple monster holes (580 and 600+), and then into the woods, challenging (but par-able) wooded holes with trampled down roughs easy to find the all-to-often errant disc. Very versatile design, with everything except water. New baskets (not poles anymore like some of the older posts state) and very clearly marked (albeit with temporary wood stakes and ribbon, but extremely easy to follow and flows well). So thank you to all the hard working people who have put in so much obvious effort to make this an awesome course!!! Thanks! (Maybe give that lady in East Tawas chamber of commerce an intro) Thanks again and God bless. -Rory from Pinckney/Brighton. [email redacted].

Craig Prime    July 16, 2013 at 4:20pm

UPDATE -
Ron has temporary markers out directing play. You'll need to look for the small contractor stakes, most will have the little plastic flags alongside as well to help with viability. It is looking AWESOME ! Holes 1 -9 are super easy to follow and 10, 11, 12 & 13 fairly easy to follow.The last 5 1/2 holes that still need some major clearing, 14 through 19 are for the adventurous. Once leaving hole 19, players come back out of the woods to the old airstrip and old hole 18, now f ... more

UPDATE -
Ron has temporary markers out directing play. You'll need to look for the small contractor stakes, most will have the little plastic flags alongside as well to help with viability. It is looking AWESOME ! Holes 1 -9 are super easy to follow and 10, 11, 12 & 13 fairly easy to follow.The last 5 1/2 holes that still need some major clearing, 14 through 19 are for the adventurous. Once leaving hole 19, players come back out of the woods to the old airstrip and old hole 18, now finishing on the 549' hole 20. Yesterday we secured all of the measurements for distance and did the preliminary sketches for the new map. We hope to have it finished and posted early next week. Once posted, print the map before heading to Old Airport Disc Golf Course. Twenty holes with total distance just over 6000'.

Craig Prime    July 15, 2013 at 4:09pm

UPDATE - Monday July 15 and it's supposed to hit 94 degrees, what better a day to finish up some loose ends at Old Airport DGC ? Ron will be working around the course sometime after 12:00 today, anyone want to help ? call if you want to drive me to AuGres and bust ass in the heat

Craig Prime    July 12, 2013 at 2:20pm

UPDATE - The NEW Old Airport DGC now has 20 baskets planted. 10 holes from the original layout were altered and make up the front 9, with 10 new holes going into an entirely different area of woods. Hole 20 was the original hole 18 but is now longer and has a slightly different basket location. Playing and navigating this course will be tough for awhile yet, please be patient if you visit and play. The rest of the summer will be used to groom and place signs and with everyone's help and pat ... more

UPDATE - The NEW Old Airport DGC now has 20 baskets planted. 10 holes from the original layout were altered and make up the front 9, with 10 new holes going into an entirely different area of woods. Hole 20 was the original hole 18 but is now longer and has a slightly different basket location. Playing and navigating this course will be tough for awhile yet, please be patient if you visit and play. The rest of the summer will be used to groom and place signs and with everyone's help and patience, by fall AuGres will have a course to be proud of. We didn't get the exact measurements of all the holes but by my estimates the front 9 has 2 holes that exceed 600' and I expect that the newly designed hole 20 is nearing 500'. Last night, with the basket cement curing, Ron and I shot all of the new holes within the woods and I'm telling you, this is an entirely new course !!! Anyone that knows Ron undoubtedly knows about his WOOO HOOO shouts (actually more like a wolf howling). Well, yesterday he howled each time a basket went into it's hole. By 6:30 last night Ron howled 20 times really loud, I don't know that I've ever seen any disc golfer as happy. Make certain to give Ron a huge thanks for deciding 14 years ago that "if you build it, they will eventually get behind the project and then they will come".

Taylor Goik -Dirty Mitten Disc Golf-    July 12, 2013 at 2:16am

Hey good work guys! Can't wait to play next time im up in that area. Much appreciated by the michigan dg community!

Craig Prime    July 11, 2013 at 5:17pm

UPDATE - The NEW Old Airport DGC now has 20 baskets planted. 10 holes from the original layout were altered and make up the front 9, with 10 new holes going into an entirely different area of woods. Hole 20 was the original hole 18 but is now longer and has a slightly different basket location. Playing and navigating this course will be tough for awhile yet, please be patient if you visit and play. The rest of the summer will be used to groom and place signs and with everyone's help and pat ... more

UPDATE - The NEW Old Airport DGC now has 20 baskets planted. 10 holes from the original layout were altered and make up the front 9, with 10 new holes going into an entirely different area of woods. Hole 20 was the original hole 18 but is now longer and has a slightly different basket location. Playing and navigating this course will be tough for awhile yet, please be patient if you visit and play. The rest of the summer will be used to groom and place signs and with everyone's help and patience, by fall AuGres will have a course to be proud of. We didn't get the exact measurements of all the holes but by my estimates the front 9 has 2 holes that exceed 600' and I expect that the newly designed hole 20 is nearing 500'. Last night, with the basket cement curing, Ron and I shot all of the new holes within the woods and I'm telling you, this is an entirely new course !!! Anyone that knows Ron undoubtedly knows about his WOOO HOOO shouts (actually more like a wolf howling). Well, yesterday he howled each time a basket went into it's hole. By 6:30 last night Ron howled 20 times really loud, I don't know that I've ever seen any disc golfer as happy. Make certain to give Ron a huge thanks for deciding 14 years ago that "if you build it, they will eventually get behind the project and then they will come".

Craig Prime    July 11, 2013 at 3:08pm

Anyone want a job on Saturday ? There is work available at the NEW Old City DGC. Course Guru Ron will be working Saturday so if anyone wanted to do some course grooming, give Ron a call.

Craig Prime    July 10, 2013 at 2:20pm

Tuesday, July 10th would be a great day for anyone to drive to AuGres and help haul some brush off the 4 final fairways in need. There will be a crew there at 9:00 this morning working throughout the majority of the day.

Craig Prime    July 6, 2013 at 6:43pm

where can we get an original WINDSOCK for the Old Airport DGC ?

Craig Prime    July 3, 2013 at 5:43pm

Old Airport DGC, the original 18 hole pole course is dry and all cut and ready for play. Work continues on the 10 new holes going through the woods with 5 holes nearly cleared and 5 remaining to have the brush hauled off and logs stacked. Course designer Ron Peludat told me that he has this Friday and Saturday off work so there's a good chance anyone coming to the course may see Ron working around and looking for some volunteer help. Ron's phone number is listed in previous posts if yo ... more

Old Airport DGC, the original 18 hole pole course is dry and all cut and ready for play. Work continues on the 10 new holes going through the woods with 5 holes nearly cleared and 5 remaining to have the brush hauled off and logs stacked. Course designer Ron Peludat told me that he has this Friday and Saturday off work so there's a good chance anyone coming to the course may see Ron working around and looking for some volunteer help. Ron's phone number is listed in previous posts if you want to try and contact him. 10 of the original holes are staying nearly the same, lengthening on a couple are the only changes to them, thus allowing the possibility that some of the basket will most likely start to go into the ground within a couple of weeks. VOLUNTEER for GREAT DISC GOLF KARMA

Craig Prime    June 29, 2013 at 4:15pm

Tuesday, July 2nd. I'm planning on going to AuGres for a work day, anyone want to ride share ? The course needs hands to carry the brush away, move logs into piles and make the final push to clean things up before the baskets go in. And for all of those players out there that are anxious to see the Old Airport DGC come together, be patient. If you've never cut a disc golf course through the woods with nothing more than chain saws and hand tools, it's not an easy or quick project. ... more

Tuesday, July 2nd. I'm planning on going to AuGres for a work day, anyone want to ride share ? The course needs hands to carry the brush away, move logs into piles and make the final push to clean things up before the baskets go in. And for all of those players out there that are anxious to see the Old Airport DGC come together, be patient. If you've never cut a disc golf course through the woods with nothing more than chain saws and hand tools, it's not an easy or quick project. Courses that are installed with all of the equipment necessary can go in quickly, looking great in no time. On the other hand, when making a course as an individual or small group, criticism isn't productive, volunteering to sweet and get dirty is most productive. Ron Peludat can be contacted to volunteer, his number appears below in earlier posts