Fore! New disc golf course tees off in Long Beach | South County News
colton martin, course, derek samuelson, doug brown, golf, golf course, golfer, sport, tee
0 Comments
course
Private Internet Access gives you unparalleled access to thousands
of next-gen servers in over 83 countries and each US state. Your
VPN experience will always be fast, smooth, and reliable.
How Emporia became king of the Disc Golf world | Gaz
american football, baseball, commerce, course, emporia, eric mccabe, golf, jeremy rusco, lelan dains, retail store, russo, sport, tournament
0 Comments
, 2022-12-31 10:00:00,
Do you ever wonder how a small town or city becomes renowned for something that has achieved mainstream status? Like Roswell and aliens, Kitty Hawk and airplanes, Williamsport and Little League Baseball, Emporia and disc golf? If you’re an Emporian, you already know the city has staked its claim to this wildly popular sport.
Disc golf has manifested in many ways in Emporia/Lyon County. The city has hosted the disc golf world championships, boasts the largest disc golf retail store in the world, offers several disc golf courses and the Emporia State University men’s team is ranked No. 1 in the nation. Enough proof? UDisc, a disc golf resource website, ranked Emporia as the top disc golf small town in the country.
,
To read the original article from news.google.com, Click here
Nation’s first Downtown Disc Golf Course Is opening in Dalton | Local News
commerce, course, dalton, disc, downtown, economics, golf, hole, margaret thigpen, sport, tournament
0 Comments
, 2022-10-26 17:05:00,
The first permanent downtown disc golf course in the nation is opening next week in Dalton, Georgia, and the holes are already open for play.
There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the course on Friday, November 4th at 3:00 pm at the Old Freight Depot at 305 S. Depot Street and the course will host its first tournament the next morning on November 5th.
You might not know about disc golf, but the disc golf community nationwide definitely knows about Dalton.
Whitfield County has been home to one of the best manufacturers of disc golf equipment for nearly a decade and now Dalton is home to the nation’s first permanent downtown disc golf course.
The course will officially open with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tournament next week.
Disc golf, which also used to be referred to as “Frisbee golf”, is played like golf but instead of using balls and clubs, players throw a Frisbee-like disc and try to get it into a metal basket referred to as the “hole.” Just like traditional golf, the goal is to reach the hole in the fewest number of throws. According to the PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) the sport was formalized in the 1970s and gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s.
While it’s becoming more common to find disc golf holes or even full courses in public parks, the new course in downtown Dalton is the first permanent course to be housed in a downtown business district.
“I think it’s a huge deal because it will bring a different market downtown,” said Candace Eaton, the executive director of the Downtown Dalton Development Authority. “As they walk the course, they’ll see local businesses downtown or stop and eat lunch or dinner, or maybe grab a beer or shop.”
The new course currently features eight permanent hole locations. There are holes in Burr Park, the Dalton Green, the greenspace adjacent to the County Courthouse Parking Deck, and the Old Freight Depot on South Depot Street.
“From a tourism standpoint, it absolutely opens our downtown for visitors to have something more to do, to keep them there a little longer,” said Margaret Thigpen, Dalton’s director of tourism. “For all of our tournaments and events coming in to our community, just to have something else for the visitors to do when they’re waiting for their next game or their next event, that’s a great addition.”
Thigpen, who was one of the…
,
To read the original article from news.google.com, Click here
City and citizens gather for recreational opportunity community forum to talk about the future of the golf course | News
abilene, commerce, course, duane schrag, economics, golf, golf course, greg brown, john kollhoff, sport, tom canfield
0 Comments
, 2022-09-29 02:00:00,
About 50 people attended the Abilene Commission community forum Monday night to hear and share their opinions on recreational opportunities. The forum’s agenda contained ideas of a sports complex, the city purchasing the local golf course and other recreational ideas the public may have. After discussing the sports complex, the conversation moved to the golf course and the public’s opinion on the city should purchasing it.
Tom Canfield started the public comments on the course. Overall, he wants to city to purchase the golf course. He started by saying he has been a member at the course for around 45 years and golf, to him is a lifetime sport. His wife and children learned how to play golf and took those skills with them to where they are living now. Businesses have golf tournaments. Many of the surrounding communities have municipal golf courses. If there is no course in Abilene, children golf programs will shut down.
,
To read the original article from news.google.com, Click here
Discing4Kids offering Summer of Fun disc golf events | Education
22-23 school year, andrew, bushmaster park, course, d4k, Disc Golf, discing, discing 4 kids, discing4kids, eddie diaz, education, event, fun, golf, school, sport, summer activity, summer camp
0 Comments
, 2022-07-24 08:30:00,
Local nonprofit Discing4Kids is offering free Summer of Fun events twice weekly through Thursday to introduce families to disc golf and help them develop their skills.
Baskets have been set up around Bushmaster Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays since July 12, creating a course for kids and their families to navigate with their discs. A bin of discs sits on a picnic table next to free snacks — watermelon, packets of crackers, sports drinks.
“What we do, anywhere and everywhere we go is we take the fun to the kids. We can build a course like this anywhere we go,” said Eddie Diaz, the organization’s founder.
He said he chose Bushmaster Park because he used to play there as a child.
Thomas Garcia, 10, works on his disc golf skills Tuesday morning during a Discing4Kids event at Bushmaster Park.
The day camp’s attendees are a mix of regular participants in Discing4Kids activities and families who happened to be in the park that day. There is no age limit and adult family members are encouraged to participate alongside their kids.
People are also reading…
Events also often include backyard games (for example, disc-tack-toe and bowling) that can be played at home, with giveaways of discs and, on special occasions, baskets to eliminate any socioeconomic barriers to the sport.
The two rules for the event are “have fun and be safe.”
Instruction…
,
To read the original article, go to Click here
Future new Boise disc golf courses: Bowler, Veterans parks
boise, course, Disc Golf, park, veterans
0 Comments
, 2022-05-31 05:00:00,
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.
Ann…
,
To read the original article, go to Click here
Disc golf pro touts Snyder County’s Faylor Lake course as ‘gem’ | News
course, golf, lee zimmerman, simon lizotte, snyder county-owned faylor lake, sport, video, youtube
0 Comments
, 2022-05-16 20:30:00,
BEAVER SPRINGS — After visiting Snyder County’s disc golf course in Beaver Springs last week, professional disc golf player Simon Lizotte touted it as a fun “gem” in a YouTube video he posted online.
“This is a new gem on the East Coast for sure,” said the German-born disc golfer who lives in Massachusetts and documents his visits to courses around the world. His YouTube channel has 152,000 subscribers.
Lizotte visited the 18-hole disc golf course at the Snyder County-owned Faylor Lake on Thursday. A 25-minute video of his visit was “liked” by 3,500 YouTube viewers.
“He’s the Tiger Woods of disc golf,” said Snyder County Commissioner Joe Kantz, expressing excitement at having the world champion visit the new course designed by Steve Braud at the 800-acre property that features a 140-acre lake.
“Disc golf appears to be one of the fastest growing sports in the world. To have a professional in this sport visit the course at Faylor Lake is huge,” said Commissioner Adam Ewig. Reading “the reviews of the park and watching the course come to life is confirmation that this project made best use of that part of the lake property.”
Lee Zimmerman, who helped build the course and maintains it, said Lizotte arrived at about 6 a.m. last Thursday and immediately the bucolic setting paid off.
“Only minutes after shooting the video’s intro footage, a bald eagle swooped into the lake for a fish and they managed to capture the eagle flying above the water, it’s reflection mirrored in the steaming lake below it,” said Zimmerman.
Lizotte, who is ranked 11th in the world and has been playing…
,
To read the original article, go to Click here
1 2