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course — for what George Costanza on “Seinfeld” described as “frolf” or Frisbee Golf — in 2012.

He and some collaborators chose Founder’s Park — just across Colorado from Lake Cliff — as a location for nine holes.

“We’d like to use those dead spaces where nothing’s going on,” Lytle says. “Founder’s Park is so empty; it’s not safe.”

Go Oak Cliff raised about $4,000 for the disc golf course. And Lytle raised $5,000 from friends and family after he announced that the course would be named in memory of his infant son, Roger William Lytle, who died in April.

Lytle and the Oak Cliff Disc Golf Club plan to put together a demonstration of their course design at Founder’s Park during the Sept. 20 centennial celebration. Users can give feedback on what works and what could be better.

The disc golf club also wants to extend the course across Colorado into Lake Cliff Park. They even won $10,000 from the Dallas Parks Foundation in April to build the course extension there. But more recently, some neighbors have said they don’t want a disc golf course in Lake Cliff Park, which is part of the Lake Cliff Historic District.

“There’s still a lot of discussion about whether disc golf is appropriate in a historic park,” Barbee says.

Ultimately, the Park Board decides whether disc golf should be allowed at the park, but the board would be expected to vote based on the desires of the neighborhood.

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that is yet to be determined.

There are some in the neighborhood who are on board with the disc golf plan, including Ashley Peña. It would be good to have the course, especially in the underutilized back side of the park, as long as it doesn’t interrupt the playing fields or disturb historic structures, she says.

Architect Alicia Quintans of Preservation Dallas agrees.

“We want to protect the historic structures, but all the park land should be utilized for what the neighbors want, and what the community wants,” she says. “It should all be current and relevant.”