European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 19 Nick trips e a disc disciple embrace the Challenge of Frisbee Golf near Germany Rhine by Matt Millham stars and stripes As if there we rent enough things to ruin a perfectly Good walk in disc Golf has jumped the Pond and landed in the Quirky an american born hybrid of Golf and whats referred to As Frisbee disc sport junkies will Tell you Frisbee is to disc what kleenex is to facial tis sue is starting to catch on in Germa the professional disc Golf association lists 17 courses in the and Only a few offer a full 18 Rissel Rheims in the cites is the gear needed to play is but players need to take their own theres no pro shop no clubhouse Best of no greens the game can be played with the Standard disc youd toss around at but most players use serious disc golfing the minimum suggested equipment is a a mid Range disc and a each of which runs in the to they vary by weight and flight once you reach the the first thing youll probably want to know where the Heck Are the holes they Arent exactly holes As you might think of in the Stickan Dball variety of the holes which the germans Call Are a bit like steel basketball each is marked to indicate which Ching youre throwing the tees Are harder to if i had stuck to my plan of just Kunz carries More than a dozen which have different flight up the sport less than a year the i Learned from Are indicated on the ground with either spots of Blue paint or Little painted Blue Metal objects that look like the capped ends of an underground pipe they Are not the Only advice i can give to find the tees is to try to make Nice with a local or look for areas on the ground that appear to be scuffed up with Little or no most tees Are near the Basket for the previous the tee for the first Hole is the easiest to find its right at the end of the parking lot As soon As you get on the from its a scavenger something else you wont intuitively know is what is and int out of but this Doest really matter when youre playing with friends or on your some out abounds Are As Kunz can on the ninth his second throw put his disc either into a Marsh looking Pond or in the tall weeds and shrubs around we gave up looking for the disc after about 15 All but one of the holes Are Par and Only two holes the second and the par4 18th Are longer than 100 making it through the course on Par will be hard work for a most holes require shots around or Over usually water or about half the things cant be seen from their making scouting a if you want to get a full round its Best to Start Well before by 2 the Park starts to fill with picnickers and various going to the course and playing a Solo other they dont care if i  have gotten past the there lying or strolling in the path first i ran into one of your drive until you hit of the nicest Guys in mar email Matt Mil Ham at tin a Frankfurter who picked . Photos by Matt and stripes Martin Kunz of drives off of the sixth Kunz finished with a 63 on Thia par54 the course a is held by an Kunz putts into a Ching on the 17th Kunz drives on the ninth his second shot put him out of Bounds in the marshy Pond next to the Peter and stripes on the it directions Ostmark Russel sheim is at Forshaug Strasse 12 in about 10 min utes from take exit 2 off autobahn 67 and go left on turn right on Hermann Lons and keep right until ending up in one of the Parks Small Park ing at least one Hole is visible from the parking times the course is open year round at All costs Access to and use of the Park and the course Are k food theres no food or drink available near the but you can take your own and picnic As you information the German language web site for the course is for More about disc the rules of the game and other courses in see Matt Millham