Students try out new disc golf course

Walking across the Lyon College campus, one might notice a few additions scattered across the landscape in the form of 18 numbered, yellow-topped metal baskets.

Just what are these yellow-topped baskets and how did they get here? Well, the baskets are actually holes on a golf course. A disk golf course, that is.

Disc golf has arrived on the Lyon College campus, providing a fun new diversion for both Lyon students and the members of Batesville community at large.

Unlike regular golf, disc golf is played using flying discs thrown by the golfer. Much like regular golf, the object of disk golf is to walk a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.

Each of the holes on Lyon's course has a sign illustrating the layout at the tee box. Each hole is a Par 3 and can be played in six, nine or full 18-hole increments. The course is open year-round.

The best part about the course? It's absolutely free to anyone who wishes to play.

According Lyon Associate Professor of Biology and disc golf enthusiast Tim Lindblom, disc golf is "easy and relatively inexpensive to play." Basically, Lindblom says, one can play the game with "just one disc or several discs."

Maps of the course, as well as a wide array of discs and specialty discs, are available in the Lyon College Bookstore. Charts describing the characteristics of each disc and its flight patterns are also available at the bookstore.