James LeMeuse plays disc golf with his brother, Chuck, Monday at Portland Park. The brothers began playing the sport about five months ago.
Staff Photo by Angela Lewis/Chattanooga Times Free PressJames LeMeuse said a gem for disc golfers has been plopped down in a previously underutilized Chattanooga park.
The Chattanooga Flying Disc Club and the city of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department recently partnered to install a nine-hole course in Portland Park at the corner of Signal Mountain Road and Suck Creek Road.
“It’s a good one to start with if you’re beginning [the sport],” said LeMeuse, 45, a North Georgia resident who often plays area courses with his brother, Chuck.
The park makes the seventh free disc golf course opened in the region since 2005.
Portland Park has seen more visitors in the past four months than it has in the past 15 years, according to Scott Homberg, disc golf director of for the Chattanooga Flying Disc Club.