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        <title>New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
        <description>I had read a comment about the City of Alexandria building a disc golf course in Martin Park and just chalked that up to rumor. Today while looking at Google earth, I noticed what looked like 9 tee pads at the Martin Park recreation area. Screen grab with circled areas below (arrows point to two &quot;pads&quot; outside the crop:

[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35613458/alexdgcourse.jpg[/img]

So, is this a disc golf course in the making?</description>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,232552#msg-232552</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ AlxTgr and I played a round at lunch. Both 8 and 9 are now playable from the tees. There's still some clean-up to do, but the 8th fairway is now cleared and the basket is visible from the tee. It's just straight 470' hole with trees left and apartments right. All the underbrush is now gone from 8 and 9.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:51:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ May run out there mid afternoon. Really want to see them do something to #8 tee. Even with all that has been done, it's still unplayable.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ sometimes par 2 happens, a hole is a hole. Safety is Key!]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jack C.</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:35:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Jazzcaster Wrote:<br />
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&gt; The CoA is dutifully massacreing small trees and<br />
&gt; underbrush on the whole course and in a good way.<br />
&gt; Hole 9 is now playable without worry of hitting<br />
&gt; anyone and the COA should be back out on<br />
&gt; Wednesday.<br />
<br />
Will we place a mando on 9? If not, it may be a par 2.<br />
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<img src="http://www.tigerdroppings.com/images/icons/iconpopcorn.gif" class="bbcode" border="0" />]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:45:44 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Louisiana]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:21:51 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,232474#msg-232474</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I Hate Am Design!!! At least the course is in the ground...until someone gets hit...<br />
PS: what State is it in?!!!]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jack C.</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:34:54 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The CoA is dutifully massacreing small trees and underbrush on the whole course and in a good way. Hole 9 is now playable without worry of hitting anyone and the COA should be back out on Wednesday.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:46:24 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Jazzcaster Wrote:<br />
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 The problem on 8, after the city clears the<br />
&gt; fairway, is that the private property won't be<br />
&gt; delineated from the public property.<br />
I hate that. I've already thrown from a patio once.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:12:06 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,232317#msg-232317</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Above doesn't look all that clear.<br />
<br />
Holes 1-3 and hole 8 are par 4s per the PDGA par guidelines. The rest are par 3s. <br />
<br />
Mandos are now marked with red arrows. Can't wait for the fairways to be cleared. I'll have to play that course at lunch at least once per week.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:07:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ If not for the mando on 2, it's just a long, straight, wide-open hole with the tee pointing in the wrong direction. Without the mando on 3 you would want to throw the disc sideways off the tee. Anyway 4 par 4 and 5 par 3. I checked the standard rules, no reason that the walking paths have to be OB. The problem on 8, after the city clears the fairway, is that the private property won't be delineated from the public property.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ These are funny. You can screw 2 and 3 up royally. 2 becomes really easy if not for the mando. Tee placement suggetsed they wanted that. I guess.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:21:04 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,232273#msg-232273</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ and MANDOS suck.<br />
<br />
JABBA]]></description>
            <dc:creator>frzbman</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:10:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,232270#msg-232270</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Jazzcaster Wrote:<br />
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&gt; What about 5 and 7? It seems reasonable to have an<br />
&gt; ob there. On 5, you are going to get into the<br />
&gt; ditch right after the path anyway.<br />
<br />
<br />
I am not swayed. If you want to count your shots as OB, fine by me. Mine will not be. It's part of the course. Nothing about those areas has any attribute of OB. Internal OB is a general no-no.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 08:51:38 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ One interesting thing is how long this course is. At over 3500 feet, it is longer than the pro tees on eithe rthe front or back for the RRR tourney at Buhlow. It's already a fun course. It's only going to be that much better once the 8 and 9 have usable tee pads.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:10:16 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ What about 5 and 7? It seems reasonable to have an ob there. On 5, you are going to get into the ditch right after the path anyway.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:05:02 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The walking path ob rule is unworkable. I will never play using that as a rule. 8 and 9 fairwars are walking paths.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:05:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I got an e-mail today from the city parks director. He indicated that the city will be working at removing trees and brush from fairways 8 and 9 for most of next week (except election day). I haven't had a chance to mark the mandatories yet, but I will probably get to do that at lunch one day this week. This course will be a lot more fun when 8 and 9 are playable. For those those in central Louisiana who haven't played it yet, make sure to give it a try after next week. Course map below:<br />
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<img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/35613458/martinparkmap.jpg" class="bbcode" border="0" />]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:19:20 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ It seemed to me that they got it. Especially after seeing how a driver flies. There's nothing that can be done about the apartments, and those will still be an issue even with tree clearing, but at least those last two will be playable from the tees provided. <br />
<br />
Really nice guys with open minds on positive change.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:57:45 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,231887#msg-231887</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Good job of working with the COA to take care of the issues.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Anonymous User</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:40:12 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ An update for anyone who is interested. After sending a follow-up e-mail to city, AlxTgr and I met up with a couple of reps from the City Parks department and the Urban Forester for COA. We gave a brief intro about disc golf to the City and then walked holes 8 and 9 to show them the lack-of-fairway problem. They were extremely receptive to getting the problem corrected and will be submitting a plan to remove trees from the fairways on holes 8 and 9 and gave us permission to mark the mandatories on holes 2 and 3. Time frame on the tree removal not discussed, but they have to submit an action plan and budget and get it approved, etc. They also indicated that they could get the City sign department to make signs for the tee pads with layout and par numbers as well as a course map sign.<br />
<br />
For anyone interested in playing this course, it is a fun layout until you get to holes 8 and 9. It is also pretty long for a 9 hole course (at least as far as the few that I have played).]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:37:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I am still trying to get the city to do something about those holes. It's obvious that whoever designed the course intended the city to cut down some trees. That or the course designer had never played disc golf. I'm sending another e-mail today. I'll let you know if I get a response.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:39:24 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,231660#msg-231660</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I went against my word and played 8/9. Never again. Horrible.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:23:36 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Updated Course Map</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,231522#msg-231522</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Course map here:<br />
<br />
[<a href="http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_files/5720/ca829701.jpg" rel="nofollow" >www.dgcoursereview.com</a>]]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:25:38 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
            <link>http://www.sndg.org/forum/read.php?2,229570,230312#msg-230312</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I sharpened my Avenger. I think I could slice flesh.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:27:52 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ It shouldn't cause anything more serious than a concussion. I'm still waiting to hear back from the city on whether they are willing to address those issues.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:20:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I will not be playing 8 or 9 anymore. 8 uses an apartment complex as a border. I had a disc end up on someone's patio. There are no walls for these patios.<br />
<br />
9 may end up in a walker decaptitation. Travel along a walking path? Bwhahahaha. <br />
<br />
I like the others a lot.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AlxTgr</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:06:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Yes, it's a bit of a shame that the only reference to this was a couple of words buried in a article about the Alexandria's parks in general. I got a chance to play out there on Friday. It is a pretty fun little course until you get to the last two holes which are not being maintained properly by the city. There are also two holes where it is apparent that some mandatories need to be marked to keep people from trying to throw off the side of the tee box.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:40:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Nothing like publicizing Alexandria parks and what they have to offer.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Anonymous User</dc:creator>
            <category>General Discussion</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:18:18 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I searched the Town Talk and found that there was an article referencing the disc golf course published in June of 2011. I didn't read the article because I didn't want to pay for it, but it apparently referred to a tour by city officials of completed park improvements. So apparently Martin Park was the first course in Central Louisiana by nearly a full year.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jazzcaster</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:42:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: New DG Course in Alexandria?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ It was last Fall, I think.  Got a Parks and Rec secretary who put me on hold and came back with the apparently erroneous answer.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Anonymous User</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:19:49 -0500</pubDate>
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