Half Way Cafe

In this season finale, we welcome the legend, John Houck to Lille Leland and discuss hole difficulty, practicing patience while course designing, and other "Houck-isms" like "pittsboro," and "nags."

In this episode, we travel to Sweden and talk upkeep and course maintenance with course manager at Ale Disc Golf Center, Simon Terbrant Safstrom.

In this episode we welcome Eli Swanson, designer and touring pro from the US to discuss green design.  With our usual depth and humor, we explore topics including green surface, obstacles, making changes, and "fairness."  

In this episode, we asked some top rated courses and course designers, "What motivates you?" Why do you spend hours and hours on the course? And how do you motivate and inspire others?  We read through some of the answers we received and discuss our own experience and motivations.  

In this episode we discuss the importance of a quality Hole one to your overall course design, review a few of our favorite starting holes in the U.S.A. and Europe and share a few anecdotes about how the iconic hole one at Lille Leland came to be.  

Just two guys sitting on a rock talking about disc golf course design, introducing the new podcast from Lille Leland Disc Golf Course that will help disc golf designers improve their home course and join a conversation about the joys and challenges of course design.  This episode merely hints at what's to come with unique candor and humor from hosts, Stian Johnsen and Paul Black.  "It can always be better."