Nick Gentile and Patrick Dunseith hiked up a steep, muddy hillside to hole No. 1 at Big Rock Disc Golf in Waterbury Center. The forecast that Saturday called for light rain in the afternoon, so the disc golfers were eager to get on the new course, which opened to members only last year and to the public this spring.
Gentile and Dunseith drove about an hour from Burlington to play Big Rock, a hilly, pro-length private course that charges $10 per player and requires tee time reservations. With its rolling fairways, old-growth trees,…




