OK, it's time for this year's Tour de Rizbee, where Rizbee Jr. and I hit the road for several days and try to play as many new (to us) disc golf courses. This year we will be heading north from San Diego and hope to get as far as Eureka before turning back south. Our days are long and fun-filled. The past two years we have averaged 2-300 miles and 72 holes per day. All the holes must be different (we don't play a course twice) and we only play courses that at least one of us hasn't played before. This is our third Tour - the 2004 Tour concentrated on Arizona and Nevada, the 2005 Tour focused on central California, and this year will be NorCal.

What I need are recommendations of courses that we should play along the way. I know where to play in SoCal (where we start), but I need intelligence on which courses are the best to play in NorCal. Last year we knocked off DeLa, the CSUMB courses, Atascadero, Waller Pines and various small courses in Bakersfield, Taft and Tehachapi, so don't include those.

We will be GPS-enabled, with all California courses identified as points on our computerized mapping software (MS Streets and Trips), so we should be abe to find any course that the PDGA knows of.

So how about it? Where are the must-play courses north of L.A. and south of the Oregon border?

Here's a decent loop:

Stockton, Orangevale, Placerville, (try to get over to Kirkwood if it's open yet), Bijou in South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr Cove east of there, Truckee north from there taking you all the way around the lake, then head out to Auburn, Grass Valley, Penn Valley, Napa, and Novato. Mix in Rocklin if you must, but my friends said it was a completely miss-able course.

As for coming home, if you've played the central valley then I don't know a new way home unless they've built new course down the 395, but you can hit Modesto and Fresno and Visalia on the way back.

Thanks, Rhett! Sounds like a good loop. We hit the road tommorow! I'll try to post along the way, when we can get net access.

We got a late start Thursday - didn't leave San Diego County until almost 5pm. We were still able to play Twila Reid in Anaheim an Poliwog Park in Manhattan Beach (in the dark).

After the first day of the Tour, AJ held the Maillot Jaune (he gets a 2-stroke per 9 hole handicap). We drove to Visalia that night.

Friday saw play on 4 courses - Troy Korgasen and Moody Grove in Visalia (Great Course!!!), Woodward Legacy (fun but roasting) and East La Loma Park in Modesto

After two days and 84 holes, Rizbee moved into the lead for the Maillot Jaune - highlighted by a near-ace on #2 ay Moody Grove (bounced of the front of the basket and chains).

We start in a few minutes in Auburn, heading toward Grass Valley, Penn Valley and other courses.

Onward!!!

We start in a few minutes in Auburn, heading toward Grass Valley, Penn Valley and other courses.

Have Fun. :D