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My disc golf game’s got legs

My disc golf game’s got legs

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, 2023-04-04 23:00:00,

So, It’s pretty clear to anyone who spends more than five minutes with me that I’m not exactly athletic. At six feet tall and a little over 250 pounds, I’ve never been one for physical activity. Yet after spending almost 6 months in a hospital bed before moving into a wheelchair, I’ve been dying to get back into the one sport I like playing, disc golf.

For those who haven’t heard of it, disc golf is a lot like regular golf, but different enough to seem strange to those unfamiliar with it. Instead of balls and clubs you have discs. Instead of holes there are baskets. Confusing? I promise it’s not.

Players start at a tee pad much like they do in golf, but instead of trying to hit a ball into a hole you’re throwing a specially designed frisbee into a basket. Whereas normal holes in golf average a distance of 300-400 yards, or about three football fields long, disc golf holes are usually less than 300 feet from tee to basket. Which makes sense, considering it’s really hard to throw anything more than a few hundred feet, even if professional disc golfers can throw up to 600 feet regularly.

I am not a professional … I’m lucky when I can throw a disc 200 feet, if I’ve ever even successfully done that. Which, I’m not sure I have.

Honestly, with my legs still healing after breaking both in a car accident last August, I’ve found that getting back into the sport is even harder than I expected. Where once a game of disc golf was a wonderful way to take a long hike in the woods while actively having something to do, now every step is a chore.

I have had to learn to throw the disc without stepping to gain momentum for fear that I’ll twist an ankle or damage my still healing knee. Eight months ago I was only a few steps behind the more athletic of my friends when we played. Now I can’t even complete an 18-hole course in one go.

That hasn’t changed my love of the game though. In his excitement for my ability to start playing again, my boyfriend bought me a new putter. Yes, there are still putters and drivers in disc golf. The different discs are designed to take advantage of different aerodynamic principles to change their flight patterns.

Excitedly we headed over to Slater Park in Pawtucket. They have a nine-hole course that makes for a nice walk through the park. We had only just…

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Emporia State disc golf gearing up for Collegiate National Championships | Gaz

Emporia State disc golf gearing up for Collegiate National Championships | Gaz

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, 2023-04-01 10:00:00,

The Emporia State disc golf team will be heading to the Collegiate Disc Golf National Championship next week in Marion, N.C.

While the excitement of this tournament is obvious, head coach Eric McCabe is trying to keep things the same as any other tournament.

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Walking path between Randolph, Dell Urich golf courses could work if done right

Walking path between Randolph, Dell Urich golf courses could work if done right

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, 2023-03-29 18:00:00,

The Randolph Golf Course opened in 1925, and the Star soon editorialized that it was to be “a place where everyone can go and enjoy 480 acres.”

“Picture in your mind a great park, shade trees, stretching green lawns, a park bench in a cool spot, the children enjoying the sunshine out of doors …”

Golf flourished. The “great park?” Not so much.

Randolph became one of America’s busiest municipal golf facilities. In 1958, the city approved a second 18 holes — now known as Dell Urich Golf Course — and by the 1990s Golf Digest magazine reported that the Randolph Golf Complex was No. 2 in America for rounds played per year.

The “park bench in a cool spot” idea was forgotten, overwhelmed by Tucson’s love for golf and its profitability.

Now, almost a century after the Randolph golf course opened, the City of Tucson is three months deep into a campaign to “reinvent and reimagine” the Randolph and Dell Urich golf courses.

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It has hired a landscape architect and an urban planner. It has engaged special-interest groups — birdwatchers, skateboarders, disc golfers — to, among other things, “develop opportunities to create park space within the current golf course boundaries.”

The Big Item: a public walking path smack between the No. 1 hole at Randolph and No. 18 hole at Dell Urich, from Alvernon Way to Hi Corbett Field and Reid Park.

No word on whether hard hats will be sold or rented for the walk. Or whether “Quiet Please!” signs would be posted every 20 yards.

“The next step,” said City Parks and Recreation deputy director Greg Jackson, “is to conduct a more broad community survey online, listen to everybody, and then make our recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.”






The Randolph North and Dell Urich golf courses in midtown…

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Inaugural Darby Defrost Disc Golf Tournament set for April 1

Inaugural Darby Defrost Disc Golf Tournament set for April 1

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, 2023-03-25 20:00:00,

The Inaugural Darby Defrost Disc Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, April 1, at the Darby Disc Golf Course. The event is sponsored by Innova.

“We’re really excited to be bringing people from all over Western Montana and Darby for the weekend,” said tournament director Brian Bjortomt. “We’re almost at 60 players now, and we might get up to 75 or 80 players by the time next weekend comes around. We’re really excited to bring people to Darby and show them a good time.”

Bjortomt started playing disc golf (folf) in 1998 and ran his first tournament as tournament director in 2004. He helped co-found the Garden City Flyers Disc Golf Club in 2005. He became the Montana State PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) coordinator in 2006, a title he still holds. He is an Innova Sponsored Ambassador for disc golf, the biggest company in the sport, and was ranked in the top 200 nationally from 2012 to 2015.

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Brian Bjortomt, tournament director of the Darby Defrost Disc Golf Tournament, at the Blue Mountain course in Missoula.




According to Bjortomt, he is sponsored, not because he’s good at disc golf, but because of what he does promoting the sport—for running the events, and getting new courses off the ground in Montana. He says the sponsorship is more of a recognition of accomplishments versus…

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Improvements coming to Watson Island disc course | Western Colorado

Improvements coming to Watson Island disc course | Western Colorado

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, 2023-03-23 01:15:00,

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A ‘bittersweet’ change: Bjerkaas to take role with PDGA | Free

A ‘bittersweet’ change: Bjerkaas to take role with PDGA | Free

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, 2023-03-22 14:59:00,

More changes are coming to Dynamic Discs, with the exit of longtime events coodinator Doug Bjerkaas.

Bjerkaas announced in a blog post to Dynamic Discs’ web site Wednesday that he will be taking a “director-level” position with the PDGA beginning April 1.

“It is with bittersweet emotions that I am announcing my run with Dynamic Discs is coming to an end,” he wrote. “On April 1st, I have the privilege and honor of working for the PDGA. Working for the sanctioning body of the sport I love is an exciting opportunity. The Director-level position I will be assuming will allow me to work with the outstanding team of PDGA employees, the PDGA Board of Directors, and many of my fellow PDGA members, to help shape the future of major PDGA events. This collaborative effort will further the growth of disc golf and continue to increase professionalism in our events. In addition, this new position provides me with the perfect platform to grow the sport of disc golf in an area I have been very close to; competitive disc golf.” 

Bjerkaas said he first met Dynamic Discs founder Jeremy Rusco at the 23rd annual Frontier Open in Hays in Sept. 2007. He lauded their budding friendship and Rusco’s primary sponsorship of a small women’s event Bjerkaas started, which grew over time. 

“In the fall of 2015, Jeremy sought someone to be the Tournament Director for the Dynamic Discs events hosted in Emporia,” he said. “Again, I was fortunate that he called me. After a few phone calls with Jeremy and the ability to continue my primary job remotely, my wife and I relocated to Emporia. I became the part-time Events Coordinator at Dynamic Discs in January 2016.”

Bjerkaas said his time with Dynamic Discs has been a “rollercoaster ride” where the “excitement never really slowed down.”

“From running the annual PDGA National Tour Glass Blown Opens, a few DGPT editions of the Dynamic Discs Open, three PDGA Junior Disc Golf World Championships, two PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships, and countless other events, my experience as a tournament director grew,” he said. “Dynamic Discs also grew rapidly, creating an opportunity to add to my responsibilities. Over the last seven-plus years, my position evolved into a full-time role that included the duties of community relations, special projects, and human resources. In the fall of 2021, I was named the…

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LIBRARY SHELF: Find your sport and get healthier with SPL | Local Columnists

LIBRARY SHELF: Find your sport and get healthier with SPL | Local Columnists

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, 2023-03-20 18:53:00,

Stillwater is a very sports-oriented city. Many residents and students alike follow one or more sports teams at OSU. On game days it is not uncommon to see a sea of orange moving throughout the streets. We are even home to the Wrestling Hall of Fame, which is incredible!

There are so many sports at the schools and even some city league sports.

People belong to biking clubs, bowling leagues and the city pool is always busy when it is open in the summer. The YMCA and Ultimate Air Trampoline Park attract kids and adults alike. The parks fill with walkers, runners and skaters. The disc golf courses fill when the wind isn’t “sweepin’ down the plain.”

No wonder OSU has held the honor of the healthiest campus. The library even has a walking book club!

So what does this have to do with the library? We are here to keep our patrons healthy too! We have lots of sports books for both team and individual sports. We have books on how-to do sports like “Pickleball is Life: The Complete Guide to Feeding Your Obsession” by Erin McHugh, or “The Diver’s Handbook” by Alan Mountain. Pick a sport and you will likely find a how-to book in the nonfiction 700s sections for children and adults.

If you already know how to do your chosen sports, maybe you need a book on how to improve your game. Golfers might want to borrow “Putting My Way” by Jack Nicklaus. For those not into golf, perhaps “Basketball Skills & Drills” by Jerry Krause or “Volleyball: Steps to Success” by Bonnie Kenny may be a better fit.

Not sure what sport you might be interested in? A good book to check out might be the “Guinness Book of World Records” to see how many extreme sports you can try. Another option would be “Oklahoma’s 100 Greatest Athletes” by Berry Tramel. Pick one of the greats and follow in their footsteps!

Maybe you are an armchair athlete and prefer reading about the greats of your chosen sport. We have those covered as well. Following bike sports? Read “The World’s Fastest Man” by Michael Kranish and learn all about Major Taylor, America’s first black sports hero. If football is more your game, try reading about one of the Oklahoma greats in “No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach” by Bob Stoops. Interested in slightly less conventional sports? Try “Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History…

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Opportunities abound with Dynamic Discs deal | Gaz

Opportunities abound with Dynamic Discs deal | Gaz

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, 2023-03-11 06:15:00,

Dynamic Discs announced the start of a new chapter this week, with news that it was recently bought out by an international venture capital firm.

And if you ask founder Jeremy Rusco, this could be a boon to Emporia.

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Whitley Branch Park closed Saturday for disc golf tourney | News

Whitley Branch Park closed Saturday for disc golf tourney | News

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, 2023-03-17 08:00:00,

The popularity of disc golf continues to grow in the region, with London as the hub, as evidenced by another maxed-out professional tournament on Saturday, March 18 and the rising number of rounds played at Whitley Branch Veterans Park.

Due to the logistics of holding such a large tournament, Whitley Branch will be closed to the public this Saturday for the event.

A full field of 90 disc golfers is scheduled to participate in the “Thaw Down at the Branch.” The event is sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association and sponsored by London Tourism and Parks.

“Excitement for the tournaments at Whitley Branch continues to grow,” said Jordan Infield, a PDGA member who designed the course at Whitley Branch and is coordinating the Thaw Down. “We have a waiting list of golfers who want to play.”

Disc golfers from Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana and all over Kentucky have registered for the tournament and will compete in classes from professional to novice. Cash payouts will be offered to the pros, and amateurs will receive disc golf-related prizes, Infield said.

A large tournament bringing tourist dollars into London was one of the goals of installing the disc golf course at Whitley Branch.

“It’s a great tourism event for the city,” said Parks and Recreation Director Mackey Williams. “We usually have about 35-50 people playing every day to get ready for the tournament, so it’s just more than a one-day event. It brings in a lot of people. The park is doing its job for sure.”

Figures just released by a popular disc golf app show that Whitley Branch is the fastest-growing course in Kentucky for the number of rounds played.

Infield said he’s just learned of the top ranking, which shows the number of rounds played increased from 10,600 rounds in 2020, to 15,470 rounds in 2021 and another large increase to 21,225 rounds last year.

“It’s so encouraging to me to see how fast the sport has grown in London,” Infield said. “It indicates that London could be the fastest-growing area for disc golf in Kentucky, not in the number of golfers living here, just in the number of rounds played per capita. I’ve looked all over Kentucky and I haven’t found any courses with greater-year-over year growth than Whitley Branch.”

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An excursion into disc golf

An excursion into disc golf

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, 2023-03-12 12:00:00,

Every decade or so I like to get out of my comfort zone and try something new.

About 15 years ago I was at a job where my work friends formed a kickball team to participate in a league and they asked me if I wanted to play. For two seasons once a week I felt like I was back in school P.E. playing a kids game. It was quite fun, but I eventually realized that as a guy in his 40s trying to physically compete with 20- and 30-year-olds, it was a lot of work. Near the end of the second season there was an incident where I was playing in the field and the ball was kicked up high in the air. As I went to catch it, I tripped and fell and rolled. I was laughing before I even got up, and blamed the base for tripping me, even though I personally thought the foul line itself reached up and tripped me up. After that, I figuratively hung up my cleats and searched for less physical pursuits.







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A while ago we had some new neighbors move onto the street, and over the course of time in chatting with said neighbors, found out the husband was a passionate disc golfer. I had never known anyone who was really into this sport, so it was an ongoing topic of discussion between us over several months. I was invited to go play, and we set a day.

Now, I am familiar with regular golf, and squeeze in a round or three each year, so I understand most of the basic rules of golf. Disc golf follows many of the same rules and structure, and a bonus: It’s a lot less expensive, especially if one gets to use your neighbor’s extra equipment.

Back during the first term of the Reagan presidency I was in college, and this is around the time someone, probably bored, broke and drunk, invented Frisbee golf. The fad eventually found its way to the little towns in Iowa, and I played my share of this sport. The rules…

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