August 2020 - Helix Monthly Results

Aug 1

It was only fitting that August 1 is considered National Disc Golf Day. It just so happened to be the day we were scheduled to play our Helix Disc Golf Monthly at Palm Royale Country Club and also the day we publicly launched this fancy new website! Coincidence or fate?

We set up the temporary baskets on Friday evening, which was the hottest day of the year so far in the Coachella Valley (somewhere in the 115-120 degree range). It was much more tolerable Saturday morning with a 7:30 start to kind of beat the heat. We had a pretty good wind that made the anthill putts throughout this course pretty tricky at times. It was a little humid early on, too, but we all survived and had a lot of fun. Thanks again to Phil at Palm Royale for letting us come out once a month (first Saturday of every month unless otherwise posted) to host our club monthlies on this beautiful 18-hole par-3 ball golf course that’s always in incredible condition. The views aren’t too shabby either.

With the heat, we didn’t expect a huge turnout. We were pleasantly surprised to see 20 players out there, which just shows how our club and our awareness is growing month after month. It’s really awesome to see more players out at our weeklies and monthlies this summer, and attendance like this will certainly help our efforts in getting permanent baskets installed at Palm Royale (hopefully this year—fingers crossed).

As always, we broke it down into 3 divisions: Advanced, Intermediate and Recreational. We paid out prizes (discs, shirts, towels, hats and more) to the top three winners in each division. We also had two on-course CTPs:

Without further ado, here are the official results: