The Heart of an Educator. The Mind of a Craftsman.
I am a professional disc golf course designer, a physical educator, and an active land steward. My career in education gives me a rare, foundational advantage in course design: I deeply understand player biomechanics, learning curves, and multi-skill tier progression. This background ensures my courses are intuitive, engaging, and scalable for the public, rather than exclusively built for elite arms.
I view a disc golf course as a living canvas that demands continuous refinement and dedication. To me, a course is never truly finished; it requires a lifelong commitment to the land and the community it serves. I thrive on collaborating with city officials, parks departments, and fellow design experts to ensure your property reaches its absolute fullest potential. Anything less is a disservice to the land.
Core Expertise
The Balanced Geometry of Play
A truly world-class course requires a highly technical, mathematical approach to competitive strategy. My layouts are engineered around rigorous design metrics to ensure safety, fair play, and exceptional player engagement:
Shot Shaping & Trajectories: Designing precise dogleg angles, landing zones, and lines that actively reward intentional shot-shaping.
Corridor Geometry: Calculating mathematically sound wood gap widths that penalize poor execution while remaining fair to the player.
Competitive Balance: Mapping intentional target placement and obstacles to generate ideal score deviations across the entire layout.
True Inclusivity: Designing appropriate, distinct hole lengths and fairways tailored to both the professional men's and professional women's fields, as well as local families.
Civil Stewardship & Logistics
Engineering Long-Term Municipal Assets
A premier course must be as practical for your maintenance crew as it is captivating for your players. I integrate advanced civil stewardship, environmental protection, and park operations directly into my layouts:
Advanced Forestry Management: Highly experienced in executing surgical invasive species removal using forest mulchers, preserving native flora, and identifying long-term legacy hardwoods that will thrive as your woodlands evolve.
Maintenance Vehicle Logistics: I engineer dedicated access trails and connection loops tailored for park service vehicles. By ensuring routine maintenance and trash pickup can occur entirely off active fairways, we protect delicate root systems from the severe compaction issues caused by heavy trucks.
Civil Infrastructure & Hardscaping: Practical, field-tested experience analyzing local drainage patterns and soil compaction vulnerabilities. I provide precise construction specifications for erosion mitigation, quarry block retaining walls, and custom quarry block basket structures.
Shared Space Harmonization: Designing with absolute respect for existing multi-use park boundaries to ensure zero conflict with walking trails, playgrounds, or neighboring park user groups.
Featured Portfolio
Bad Rock Creek Championship Course
A Proven, Elite Destination Asset
Bad Rock Creek stands as a testament to what can be achieved through precise architectural vision, rigorous land management, and deep community alignment.
The Stage: Proudly selected to host the Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT) Kansas City Wide Open. [1]
The Acclaim: Successfully hosting a premier event of this caliber solidifies my expertise in engineering competitive, balanced layouts for both professional fields. Bad Rock Creek has been explicitly named by multiple top touring pros in the world as one of the Top 10 courses they have ever played.
The Execution: Developed in perfect lockstep with park department budgets, heavy machinery limitations, and massive community-backed support to build an elite, sustainable destination course from the ground up.
Contact & Consultation
Unlock Your Property's Highest Potential
Every exceptional course begins with a clear conversation. Whether you are a city planner looking to revitalize a municipal park, a conservation board managing protected woodlands, or a private landowner wanting a signature destination layout, I am ready to guide your project responsibly from concept to final handover.
Let's Build Together
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