FARMINGTON − Tico Time River Resort & RV Park will host the first annual Battle at the Border disc golf event beginning Friday and running through Sunday, with nearly 60 participants from across the region already signed on to compete for cash and prizes.

The event, sponsored by Prodigy Disc and sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), is the latest in a string of events around the southwest to promote the sport of disc golf, which has grown in popularity and participation across the country in recent years.

The tournament will feature an array of participants, from amateurs to professionals, including disc golfers from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and around the country. It’s the first such professional event at the river resort park located at the border of New Mexico and Colorado along Highway 550.

In January, 2021, Tico Time hosted the San Juan Basin Ice Bowl disc golf event, the first such tournament held at the facility, which led to the idea of creating a course and event during the busy summertime schedule.

“It’s taken more than a year and a half to get the course set up and get all the logistics worked out,” said tournament director Cameron Otero. “Setting up a new course at a facility has it’s challenges, but the folks at Tico Time have worked with us to create a fun and challenging course.”

Some of the challenges included how to arrange a disc golf course around a property that also provides entertainment and camping facilities for travelers.