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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…