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PHILLY LOVE NOTES: Chip Chantry on Disc Golf in Fairmount Park
Local comedian Chip Chantry gushes over Fairmount Park Disc Golf Course.
PHILLY LOVE NOTES: Chip Chantry on Disc Golf in Fairmount Park
Every two weeks, Critical Mass will feature one Philly love note in its collaboration with blogger Emma Fried-Cassorla of phillylovenotes.com.
LOVE NOTE RECIPIENT: Disc Golf in Fairmount Park (33rd and Oxford streets)
I AM: A comedian/writer. If I could have dinner with any three people, it would be Hall, Oates and an empty seat in case Oates wanted to bring somebody with him.
MY LOVE NOTE:
Dear Fairmount Park Disc Golf Course,
Why people play regular golf is beyond me. It's expensive, boring, you have to dress
like you work at Vanguard, and you get sunburnt. But disc golf, especially at Sedgley, is a chance to play in the woods. Built in 1977, it's one of the nation's oldest functioning disc golf courses. I'm sure a lot of people don't know about it, or could find it for that matter. That's the beauty of it. You're playing in the city, but you would never know it. You're surrounded by nature, which is surrounded by a city, which is surrounded by a delicious candy-coating.
Hole #13 is my favorite because it's deep in the woods. The tee and the hole are on opposite sides of a wooded valley, so your first throw is kind of a leap of faith- you just toss it, and hope it makes it to the other side. If it doesn't, then you have to go for a bit more of a hike to find it. Which really isn't bad thing, is it? It sure beats being on a regular golf course, in a foursome with your boss, a sleazy client, and some prick from sales who won't shut up about how his dad met Jack Nichlaus in a men's room once.
Love, Chip Chantry
Have a favorite spot you'd like to submit a love note to? Contact the author at phillylovenotes@gmail.com.
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