Whitnall's Disc Golf Course on Hold

Disc golf fans hoping to see a new course built in the Nature Pod on the Whitnall School District grounds near the middle and high schools will have to stem their enthusiasm a bit, at least for now.

The Whitnall School Board wants to explore partnerships with other school groups before committing to installing a nine-hole course as proposed by Whitnall senior Clayton Anderson with the help of the district’s Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Matt Karshna.

Superindent Lowell Holtz said the district's science department has shown an interest in turning the Nature Pod into a school forest.

“That’s the focus now, getting it cleared out of the invasive species and making it easier for the science students to use it,” Holtz said. “And then it could be combined with the Frisbee golf course idea.”

Karshna estimated the cost of the course to be just less than $20,000, or $2,200 per hole. It is possible, Holtz said, holes could be periodically installed as fundraising becomes available instead of all at once.

Holtz said the physical education department has also expressed its support of the disc golf course.