Top 3 Must-Have Discs for Playing Barboursville

#1. The world record for the farthest thrown disc:

#2. Barboursville has a few heavily wooded, dark holes. Here's the disc we recommend:

#3. Even competition. Leave your expensive plastic at home. Give every player in your group this disc -- the best all-around flier in the world -- and you'll discover the best player in Barboursville.

Why do we recommend these? Here's why.

Hole #2

Hole 2 | Barboursville Disc Golf

Hole #2 continues this course's path along Lake William and adjacent the 0.6 mile Barboursville Park path. This was a design consideration that allows casual player to join in and depart easily from any hole, and allowing parents walking the track to keep an eye on their kids. Both tees begin under separate trees, and drop moderately at the end of the run. Like hole #1, the basket for hole #2 is close to the woods and the train tracks. Just in front of the basket is perhaps the single wettest spot on this course when it's been raining -- wetter than even the deeply-rutted wooded holes #4 and #5, which are next to the river. Your second throw -- or a brilliant drive -- can put you in six inches of standing water. Be prepared to find a stick to fetch your disc if this happens. And loose sticks, we will add, are hard to find in this well-maintained park.

Hole #2 Long Tee

Hole 2 Long Tee | Barboursville Disc Golf
Hole 2 Long Tee | Barboursville Disc Golf

Hole #2's long tees is a 338 par 3 with a 9 foot drop to the basket. The tree under which you tee off is unlikely to hinder your throw, particularly if you're a right-handed thrower, but the tree over the short tees 90 feet ahead may very well interfere with your drive depending on the arc of your throw. If you're a lefty, then, well, good luck bubba.

Hole #2 Short Tee

Hole 2 Short Tee | Barboursville Disc Golf
Hole 2 Short Tee | Barboursville Disc Golf
The sort tees for hole #2 lie 248 feet and eight feet above the basket. This is a reachable distance on a drive, using the right gear, but the heave-ho you will need will come at the expense of your accuracy, possibly leaving you to contend with standing water, or the dense woods and railroad track that form the backstop.

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