Davidson Disc Golf Course officially opens in Streeter Park

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Opening attracts disc golfers from around the region

  • Lila Wolf of Aurora and her siblings, Mark Davidson of Lawrence, Kan. and Sharon Harthoorn of Norfolk stand at the tee pad for Youth Center hole of the Merwyn and Betty Davidson Memorial Disc Golf Fitness Trail on Sunday afternoon. The newly completed course in Streeter Park is named after their parents.
    Lila Wolf of Aurora and her siblings, Mark Davidson of Lawrence, Kan. and Sharon Harthoorn of Norfolk stand at the tee pad for Youth Center hole of the Merwyn and Betty Davidson Memorial Disc Golf Fitness Trail on Sunday afternoon. The newly completed course in Streeter Park is named after their parents.
  • Dakota Ridpath, right, of Omaha putts Hole 5 of the newly dedicated Merwyn and Betty Davidson Memorial Disc Golf Fitness Trail on Sunday afternoon.
    Dakota Ridpath, right, of Omaha putts Hole 5 of the newly dedicated Merwyn and Betty Davidson Memorial Disc Golf Fitness Trail on Sunday afternoon.
    A multigenerational group of about 60 gathered in the sweltering 90-plus heat of Sunday afternoon to formally dedicate and open Aurora’s second disc golf course — the Merwyn and Betty Davidson Memorial Disc Golf Fitness Trail in Streeter Park. The driving force behind the creation of the nine-hole course along Lincoln Creek, former Aurora resident Harry Eckerson was on hand to lead off the ...

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