Brian Hyzertron Crouch  › Hudson Mills Metropark   April 21, 2016 at 9:44pm

How many people want new baskets? I think it's time to stop just talking about this and actually replace them. There are way to many spit outs in every basket because these baskets are WAY out of date.

Bo Fought   April 21, 2016 at 2:11pm

[raises hand] Me please!

Daniel J Lee   April 21, 2016 at 2:47pm

Ummm me! I refuse to play tournaments there anymore because of those raskets. Use the p2p funds and get new baskets!!!

Carl Hall   April 21, 2016 at 2:57pm

Wait, you think the metroparks are actually going to invest some of the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year they make on pay to play back into disc golf? Good luck with that. We're lucky they even mow the grass every so often.

[member not found]   April 21, 2016 at 3:01pm

We will be submitting a list of repairs to the park staff after the tournament this weekend. They have requested a list of what needs repaired, and we said we would get them one. Then, once they have a specific list, we can see what action is taken.

Brendan Livingston   April 21, 2016 at 3:23pm

Or maybe just re-do the chains and sure up the joints.

Brian Hyzertron Crouch   April 21, 2016 at 3:37pm

I talked to a gentleman at the office and he said he had guys from discraft out to take a look at the baskets and this dumbass said they are fine and only a couple need some fixing up. Floyd I know you know what I'm talking about. Those baskets are horrible. I'm not asking for X chain bask ... more

Bart Kowalewski   April 21, 2016 at 3:52pm

How about some nicely bright colored baskets. Like orange or green

William Freed   April 21, 2016 at 4:11pm

Agree 100%. It's insane to think that such a nice course has such horrible baskets. Too many courses around Michigan are the same way, but it's really time Hudson got fixed up.

Brian Hyzertron Crouch   April 21, 2016 at 4:39pm

Ya I guess so. Or they could take the money that disc golfers give to them all year long and get new baskets. I just think with how many players come out all year long they should be able to afford nice baskets is all

John Reifschneider   April 21, 2016 at 5:12pm

A decent replacement top is $3600 ($3300 cheaper then full basket replacement) for the 18 orginal baskets since the extras are almost 10 years newer and not played as often the primary 18 would be the best upgrade. And the basket tops would save

Brian Hyzertron Crouch   April 21, 2016 at 5:35pm

how do you figure the extra's aren't played as often? haha and they have to be making way more than that in 1 years worth of disc golf pay to play and all the money they're raping tourney TD's for. Let alone all the money they've made over the years that we haven't really seen go into the courses.

Rooster Robb DeHaan   April 21, 2016 at 5:59pm

I wrote a letter to the park director, Jerry Cyr, a few months ago. He responded to my initial inquiry pretty quickly. Then, once I thought we had a line of communication opened, I asked what the disc golf community can do (short of buying the baskets ourselves) to help make new baskets a reality. A ... more

William Freed   April 21, 2016 at 7:14pm

If the baskets are going to be replaced they should be done right. If we don't start pushing for top level courses around here everything will always be 10-15yrs dated. Gets some damn Mach x's put in. At least one course in the state could have them.

Ryan R   April 21, 2016 at 7:22pm

Had 4 putts chain out on me yesterday. My friend and I were discussing the poor condition of the baskets also. I have subpar eyesight and struggle to locate baskets from the teepads. Just so I'm not misunderstood, I love Hudson Mills. I just dislike the baskets.

William Freed   April 22, 2016 at 7:20am

All I'm saying about the Mach X's is if people are going to push for new baskets, push for something top of the line. Let the park be the ones that says they are too expensive, and then suggest a cheaper option. It's just the way you gotta negotiate something like that.

Joe Wander   April 22, 2016 at 7:58am

The park is chronically broke so I would not expect them to switch out the baskets until they start falling apart. You should direct your request for new baskets to the folks running A3DISC which has historically been the org behind course upgrades and development in the area. Not much spending recently that I've seen so coffers might be full.

John Reifschneider   April 22, 2016 at 8:45am

We don't have anywhere close to the kind of money to do this project our next project is pads at waterworks. -a3disc

Brian Hyzertron Crouch   April 22, 2016 at 10:02am

how is the park broke? What are they doing with all the pay to play money, park entrance fees, yearly passes, and other charged event money?

William Freed   April 22, 2016 at 10:43am

Well one thing that is unfortunate is that they never even enforce the pay to play at Hudson. I'm sure they have raked in tons of money from disc golfers through park entrance fees, but I doubt there is any data to prove it.

Bo Fought   April 22, 2016 at 11:08am

I wouldn't say never, many times I have seen park employees on the golf cart roll through hole to hole and check. And last Thursday during 6 pm league the park ranger was walking hole to hole collecting from everybody. For me, I buy the yearly Metropark pass and always pay for my disc golf daily pass at the gate upon entry.

teymour e   April 22, 2016 at 1:16pm

New baskets and cross walks for crossing the street on the monster. People drive fast on the main road and as walkers we should have the right of way

Jake Forster   April 22, 2016 at 4:53pm

Please!!! This needs a lot more attention. This course gets a lot of money from annual bag tags, and daily tags. Its time for new baskets!

Rooster Robb DeHaan   April 22, 2016 at 5:39pm

There is data to show how much money comes from disc golf. Do some research and write a letter to the park. Show that you care about this more than just a post here or talking about in the parking lot after the round.

Brian Hyzertron Crouch   April 22, 2016 at 7:15pm

I've personally talked to people at the office and they told me that they had people from discraft come inspect the baskets and those ****s told em that the baskets are fine and only a couple need a couple easy fixes. Ya they aren't broke. They're old as dust and don't catch disc ... more

Russell Taint   April 23, 2016 at 12:27am

If leaning on the Metroparks yields nothing, why not lean on Discraft? This is supposed to be the premier course in the area, and we have 25+ year old baskets. It's pretty pathetic.

Russell Taint   April 23, 2016 at 12:27am

Oh and whoever said the park is chronically broke is GROSSLY misinformed...very much the opposite.

Sean Morgan   June 4, 2016 at 3:39pm

I know I'm a little late to the conversation, but they haven't made less than $33,000 a year in disc golf daily fees plus annual bag tags since at least 2011. I highly doubt the upkeep that is done could cost anywhere close to half of that per year. For anyone curious, the maximum that 54 ... more