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Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Boise city officials made a discovery: A burgeoning, Frisbee-inspired golf game was a smash at Ann Morrison Park.

After years of negotiating, the Gem State Disc Golf Club was allowed to pay for and install a nine-hole course. Soon, fresh faces flooded the park. Flying discs “ka-chinged” into chain baskets. Throngs of players waited their turn at tee pads.

“Packed disc golf course has city looking for another site to play,” an Idaho Statesman headline proclaimed in 1998.

“We’re looking at a second course,” a parks official said in the article. “It’s successful. Any time of day, you find people using it.

“We see a need for a second one.”

Twenty-four years later? Boise is still waiting.

But relief is coming. Although a crucial, second full-size course is not a given, dozens more baskets and tee pads are being planned in city parks.

For enthusiasts — who range from competitive tournament players to casual disc chuckers like my kids and me — action feels long overdue.

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