Course at Bainbridge Park a tryout for growing sport

There’s a project roiling some Worcester County residents over its location and notions that not enough has been done to bring to the table the people it will affect the most — the disc golf course at Bainbridge Park in

Ocean Pines.

The Ocean Pines Association held a town hall Monday evening to allow supporters and opponents of the disc golf course to voice their opinion.

A panel consisting of Ocean Pines General Manager John Viola, Recreation and Parks Director Debbie Donahue, and Brian Dean, a representative from Eastbound Disc Golf, anchored the town hall.

Eastbound Disc Golf installed the 10-hole disc golf course earlier this month.

According to an OPA statement, the idea for the course came up when Donahue approached Dean to help plan an ultimate frisbee league as part of Ocean Pines’ Recreation and Parks programming.

The 90-minute town hall drew both supporters and opponents.

Some opponents brought up the playground at the park and how it appears that the disc golf course is taking precedence over plans to improve it.

“One of the reasons it’s taking a lot longer for the Bainbridge playground project to be completed is it’s going to be an inclusive playground,” Donahue said. “A lot of pieces have to come together to make it an ADA-compliant playground for everyone to be able to use.”

“I have to go through the design, figure out how much space I have. I have to go through all of the steps to be taken before I can determine how much it’s going to cost or how much time it’s going to…