Word spread, and disc golfers showed up early on Monday afternoon for the weekly doubles play at Zephyr Cove Park.

JomezPro’s production crew was on the course, along with one of the sport’s most popular players: Simon Lizotte, who just a day earlier shot 20-under par to win the Elite Tour’s OTB championship in Stockton.

Craig Getty, who designed Zephyr Cove’s course in 1998, also appeared, flying in from his recent new home of Batesville, Indiana.

Much has changed in 24 years. Now, almost 20 tournaments a year are broadcast on the JomezPro’s YouTube channel, averaging about 200,000 viewers. Galleries of ticket-paying fans typically total around 3,000 for final-round Sundays. And the best players don’t need day jobs. The prize money is lucrative.

The video crew is in town this week on a side project, sandwiched between tournaments in Stockton and Portland, Oregon. About a half-dozen unique courses and their disc golf communities will be featured episodes during the sport’s winter offseason. The charismatic Lizotte will be the host of the show.

“When we started planning for this show, this was the first course we put on the list,” said executive producer Joey Temali.

“On way out to OTB (the Stockton tournament) last year, I stopped by and played it, and it was fantastic. I knew really good things about Lake Tahoe’s disc golf culture and Lake Tahoe is epic as hell. We started talking to Craig and we felt this would be a good episode.”

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