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Promoting equal pay

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, 2021-09-22 02:00:00,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte disc golf tournament is attracting more women this year after offering equal pay to the top finishers on the women’s and men’s side. 

 

What You Need To Know

A Charlotte disc golf tournament is offering equal payouts for men and women

More women have signed up for this tournament compared to last year

Women’s Disc Golf World Champion Paige Shue hopes to make a comeback at the tournament

 

The Carolina Clash presented by Another Round Disc Golf will take place from Oct. 1 through Oct. 3. 

Thus far in the professional division, 81 players signed up for the men’s open and 18 women signed up for the women’s open. 

Men and women in the professional division compete separately.

According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, the total purse for each division is a combination of entry fees of that division and added cash the tournament raised.

Usually men earn higher payouts because part of the prize money comes from entry fees paid by participants, and typically there are more competitors in the men’s divisions. 

Last year, with 61 men signed up in the men’s open division, the winner of the Carolina Clash earned $1,026. The women’s open division had nine competitors and the winner earned $440. 

This year, for the first time ever, the Carolina Clash is bringing equal payouts. This is all thanks to additional fundraising at the local level. 

“It was not that difficult to raise the extra money but it goes a long way. We’ve more than doubled our field from last year on the women’s side,” said Kyle Deck, the tournament’s director. 

Deck said he wants to help the sport grow on the women’s side. 

“There’s so many tremendous young stars on the women’s side. I want them to have the ability make it their full-time job,” Deck said. 

In 2018, this was the full-time job of professional disc golfers Paige and Grady Shue. 

The couple traveled around the country participating in disc golf competitions. 

“Our day to day to day was traveling in a van going from state to state competing,” Paige Shue said. 

That year Paige Shue won the Women’s Disc Golf World Championship. 

“I grew up playing with my sister, my brother and my parents, and for them to see all the hard work and that jazz pay off was so incredible,” Paige Shue said. 

Paige Shue married in 2019 and a year later the couple was expecting their first child. During the pregnancy and after the birth of their daughter, Paige Shue…

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Disc golf takes off in Niagara County

Disc golf takes off in Niagara County

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, 2022-08-05 07:27:00,

RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. — Most people are familiar with or have even played the game of golf. But another take on the game continues to gain popularity.

It’s called disc golf, also known as frisbee golf. The basic concept is relatively the same — try to throw the disc into a basket in the fewest throws possible.

While the sport continues to grow, one course in Western New York is rated among the world’s elite places to play.

It’s might be just a game, but Sam Castiglione takes it very seriously. He’s been playing disc golf for about 20 years and it’s gone from a passion to a part-time profession, with a sponsorship to battle the best in the sport.

“I’ve been to worlds,” Castiglione said. “I’ve been to the U.S. championship, so I’ve really traveled a lot for the game on a high level. And just locally it’s kind of fun to compete against the other local pros because there’s a lot of great players in the game and it’s fun to play the courses against them.”

One of the best courses Sam has played is one he helped design. It’s at Bond Lake Park in Niagara County. It opened in 2019 and for the last two years, the disc golf app U-Disc has ranked it number one in New York state and among the Top 50 in the world out of more than 13,000.

“To be in the Top 50 is pretty remarkable after only being in the ground for three years,” Castiglione said.

It took years of planning and building after Niagara County received grant money from the state to make it happen. 

“We got blood, sweat and tears into this place,” said Frank Rotella, Niagara County Parks supervisor. “This was my whole life. I basically lived in the woods for three years.”

Rotella has played disc golf for a long time himself. He and his crew had to cut down trees and clear brush and weeds to create the course with picturesque views of the Niagara Escarpment. 

“Something that’s going to be around for generations and get to leave a mark on the whole county,” Rotella said. “It’s awesome.”

And players have taken notice, not only from nearby. They’ve come from places from like Canada, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania, just to name a few.

“It’s becoming a destination for people,” Castiglione said. “It’s great for the county, great for Western New York.”

Niagara County isn’t stopping with just one disc golf course. It recently opened another at Royalton Ravine Park that officials hope earns just as much praise as the first one.

Each course cost about $40,000 to build.

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