National Disc Golf Day 2022: History Significance and Activities

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, 2022-07-28 06:27:00,

Disc Golf is a very fun sport and it is growing in popularity these days in the country and to honor this sport, the United States observes the National Disc Golf Day annually on every first Saturday of the August month and this year in 2022 it falls on 6th August.



 This game is almost same like golf but not entirely as it uses the same general rules and ways to play it but additionally it requires a disc to play it. It is the sport which is officially recognized by the world and it is one of the fastest growing sports as well. 

EventNational Disc Golf Day
DateAugust 6, 2022
DaySaturday
SignificanceHonors and recognizes the sport of disc golf
Observed byUnited States

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National Disc Golf Day History: 

There is no exact story behind the origins of this sport or even who played it for the first time but various accounts can be found worldwide where people used to play golfs using a flying disc or similar objects but they were completely seperated from each other. 

It is alleged that once a group of children in the 19th century threw tin lids at the circular targets drawn in the sand on the playground at Bladworth Elementary School in Saskatchewan, Canada. And this believed to be the precursor of the Disc Golf that we have today. 

Later the similar sports grew in popularity in both Canada and the United States. In 1959 a famous golf player called Kevin Donelly played a street frisbee golf and this was the first major documented event regarding playing golfs with frisbees. And he later also helped in organizing more such events. 

Then the playing of golf with freebies became widely popular all over in the country that it led to the formation of the first American Flying Disc Open which was launched on August 2nd, 1974. 

Then the first official Disc Golf Course was installed by the American toy inventor Ed Headrick in 1975. Then in…

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