During February 2020 my Sister and Brother in Law were due to fly out from the UK and visit us in Florida. Coming into Orlando Airport some 2.5 to 3 hrs drive from us, depending on traffic. Rather than just drive over and pick them up we decided to see if there was a Disc Golf course close by that we could go play at and make the journey over more than just an airport pickup.
We found Bill Frederick Park which is a large, 187 acre, recreational park with playgrounds, walking trails, fishing, boating, primitive camping and cabins as well as 3 Disc Golf courses. There is the Original Turkey Lake course, The Woods course and the Turkeynator course. We decided to play the Original Turkey Lake course. The Woods course was completely closed at the time of our visit.
The park offers ample parking and next to the start of the Turkey Lake Course there is a pavilion with benches and tables. There is a water fountain, although we found the water to be warm. There are also toilets (restrooms). We didn't see a course map so used UDisc to find our way around the course.
There is a $5 charge per car to get into the park and then the Disc Golf courses are free to play.
The Turkey Lake Course has 18 Holes with 2 concrete tee boxes, par 54 and 60, 4463ft - 5326ft. A variety of more open wooded areas with some tight fairways and Florida scrub but also a good selection of more open areas. There are some minor changes in elevation with sandy and soft muddy areas and of course a few holes that run either towards or down the side of Turkey Lake. There are warning signs along the lake regarding alligators.
This was a pretty course and well worth the stop to play. A good variety of forehand and backhand holes, so I practiced both types of shot, sometimes on the same tee, to see how well my backhand was fairing against my forehand. The forehand continued to be the better option for me, although on some of the tight backhand fairways I struggled and ended up in the bush a few times. Still it was a beautiful day and we were only going to have to wait in the cell phone parking lot at Orlando Airport, so we decided to play a few holes on Turkeynator.
I don't have any photos for this one. It starts at the same parking lot as the Original course. The few holes we played were tighter wooded and scrub. We unfortunately had to cut it short after 5 holes as my ankle was starting to play up. All in all we had had a great time playing and couldn't wait to tell my Sister and Brother in Law about our new found sport and see if they wanted to have a go whilst staying with us.
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