New Disc Golf Course To Open Near Manalapan

Middlesex County will hold a grand opening ceremony Saturday for an 18-hole disc golf course created by an Eagle Scout candidate, according to a county news release.

David Wolverton, a member of Boy Scout troop 132 in East Brunswick, created the disc golf course for his Eagle Scout project. The course at Thompson Park in Monroe was designed by Adam Harris, who is the state’s only certified disc golf course designer, the news release said.

“I am confident that many residents will enjoy this unique addition to Thompson Park,” Middlesex County Freeholder Director Ronald G. Rios said in a prepared statement.

Disc golf was created in 1976 and is very popular in some parts of the country. But last year there were only nine 18-hole disc-golf courses in the state, according the East Brunswick Sentinel. The New Jersey Disc Golf website has a list of 20 nine- and 18-hole public courses in the state, including one at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and another at the Manalapan Recreation Center in Manalapan.

The game requires players to aim for a low score by tossing plastic discs or Frisbees into a basket.

“This is a fun and exciting new feature for our parks,” Freeholder Charles E. Tomaro said in a parepared statement. “I’m thrilled that one of our young residents took on this project and is opening up a new recreational avenue to our residents.”

The Middlesex County Office of Parks and Recreation will host the grand opening celebration Saturday at 9 a.m. near the the gazebo by picnic grove #1B. Then, the Professional Disc Golfers Association’s Tier C will play a special tournament. For more information about the tournament, call the reservation desk at (732) 745-3900.

Photo: Middlesex County website