Got $400 and a desire to see your family or business immortalized at Emerson Park?
Cayuga County Parks and Trails Director Gary Duckett has just the thing for you: sponsorship of a disc golf hole.
Duckett is looking for people to sponsor at least nine of the 18 holes on the course, the construction of which was unanimously approved at Tuesday's Legislature meeting.
Duckett currently is permitted to use $3,600 of the park improvements budget, enough for the first nine holes.
But ideally, he would like to generate enough money with hole sponsorships to fund the entire course, thereby freeing up the $3,600 for other purposes, such as buying disc golf equipment that could be sold to players.
At $400 a pop, a hole sponsorship will get you a permanent plaque installed at a tee. Duckett wants to have the first nine holes in by the end of May and the entire course up by fall.
The construction of a disc golf course is something that Duckett and members of the Central New York Disc Golf Association, as well as local disc golf enthusiasts, have been working on since last fall.
Disc golf is an up-and-coming sport, Duckett said. There are regional disc golf organizations, and the national Professional Disc Golf Association has more than 16,000 members.
Its rules are similar to regular golf in that there are 18 holes, and the object is to get to the hole in as few strokes (or throws) as possible.
Instead of using balls and clubs, however, participants throw discs toward large elevated baskets attached to poles.
The Emerson Park course will be in Owasco, south and east of the Ag Museum. There will be no charge to play.
The course will be constructed despite worries from some park neighbors, who have expressed concerns with its proximity to their properties.
Duckett said that one of the tees has since been moved further away from a home.
As a short-term solution, two of the back nine holes will serve as two of the front nine in the course's first season, so as to avoid using the holes closest to those properties in question.
The town of Owasco and state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation support the project.
Staff writer Linda Ober can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 237 or linda.ober@lee.net
Duckett is looking for people to sponsor at least nine of the 18 holes on the course, the construction of which was unanimously approved at Tuesday's Legislature meeting.
Duckett currently is permitted to use $3,600 of the park improvements budget, enough for the first nine holes.
But ideally, he would like to generate enough money with hole sponsorships to fund the entire course, thereby freeing up the $3,600 for other purposes, such as buying disc golf equipment that could be sold to players.
At $400 a pop, a hole sponsorship will get you a permanent plaque installed at a tee. Duckett wants to have the first nine holes in by the end of May and the entire course up by fall.
The construction of a disc golf course is something that Duckett and members of the Central New York Disc Golf Association, as well as local disc golf enthusiasts, have been working on since last fall.
Disc golf is an up-and-coming sport, Duckett said. There are regional disc golf organizations, and the national Professional Disc Golf Association has more than 16,000 members.
Its rules are similar to regular golf in that there are 18 holes, and the object is to get to the hole in as few strokes (or throws) as possible.
Instead of using balls and clubs, however, participants throw discs toward large elevated baskets attached to poles.
The Emerson Park course will be in Owasco, south and east of the Ag Museum. There will be no charge to play.
The course will be constructed despite worries from some park neighbors, who have expressed concerns with its proximity to their properties.
Duckett said that one of the tees has since been moved further away from a home.
As a short-term solution, two of the back nine holes will serve as two of the front nine in the course's first season, so as to avoid using the holes closest to those properties in question.
The town of Owasco and state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation support the project.
Staff writer Linda Ober can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 237 or linda.ober@lee.net