When chatting with the guys at G.T. Bray Disc Golf Course they asked if we had played the North Water Tower course in Sarasota. We hadn't, so we decided we should take a drive 30mins down the road to see what it was like.
North Water Tower Park, Rilma Ave, Sarasota is a recreational park with a Disc Golf course and ample parking. There are toilets (restrooms) available but not always unlocked. At the time of writing there was no Course board, so use the phone app, UDisc. There is a water fountain as well as benches and tables. There is a walking path that winds through the Disc Golf Course and is well used, so be mindful when throwing and try to use spotters.
This is a free to play, 18 Hole course with 2 tee off points, Par 55 Red and Par 54 Blue, 5050ft - 5636ft with concrete Tee boxes. Not all Tee post information is in place so using UDisc first time round is a good idea. A heavily wooded course with lots of palmetto palm and scrub which easily swallows discs!
This course was a challenge for us, mainly because the trees were more tightly packed and there was the addition of the scrub area everywhere. Also Hole 7 for us, was a bit daunting. It has a tight tee off with a water course running down the full length of the fairway on the right and trees pushing across from the left, and the basket was right at the side of the water course, so if you either threw too far right or missed your putt you risked being in the water. This was the first time we had seen any kind of water come into play on the courses played so far. Yes you've guessed it, disc in the water!! We managed to fish it out and continue with play. I continued to practice my forehand, which I felt helped me better through the trees.
Not put off at all by the challenge, we played this course a few times over a couple of weeks and at this point it was probably our favourite course. However, due to its challenges we both decided we "needed" some different discs to add to our bag. Problem was the bag wouldn't be big enough so another bag too!!
