Disc Golf Coming to Corning, Sandy Creek, and Oregon
Disc golf tourney coming to CorningElmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USACorning's Twenty Percenters Disc Golf Club will host the "Haunted Waters Fall Classic," a one-day Professional Disc Golf Association D-Tier tournament at 9:30 Nov. 5 in Denison Park in Corning.The club reports that this is the first sanctioned tournament to be held in the Corning area.Professional disc golfers will get a 100 percent payout, with additional funds being contributed to the final payout.Amateur players of all levels can look forward to substantial prizes for the top players as well, the club said.For more information, contact Hank Foss at 607/937-8153 or visit the club's Web site at www. TwentyPercenters.com....
Disc golf coming to Sandy CreekAthens Banner-Herald (subscription) - Athens,GA,USAAthens-Clarke County Leisure Services is responding to local interest in disc golf with plans for a state-of-the-art, 27-hole disc golf course at Sandy Creek ...
Take a disc and tee off for casual, low-cost golf gameOregonLive.com - Portland,OR,Disc golf is a game of accuracy and spin, friends and fun, according to Jerry Miller and others who practice the sport on Portland area courses and compete in tournaments throughout the United States.
The spin -- created by the player's hold on the disc and arm speed -- affects speed and direction of the thin, Frisbee-like disc. And it's just one of dozens of variables disc golfers must manage while playing the game, said Miller, who has played for 25 years and is a passionate proponent of the sport.
Miller, 45, also sells the metal baskets, discs and other equipment and has helped develop courses throughout the Northwest.
The sport became central to his life in 1980, when the first course in Oregon was built at Rockwood Central Park, near his parents' Gresham home. Miller, who was playing semi-pro soccer at the time, said he was hooked immediately.
"It's just a fun activity, and it's a lifelong sport -- relaxing and fun for all ages," he said.
Miller estimates that 4,000 Oregonians play disc golf, in which players try in the fewest number of throws to get a disc into metal baskets placed in a park or woodland. The Professional Disc Golf Association puts the national number of regular players at a half-million.
Oregon has more than 40 disc golf courses, including two in Estacada, said Steve Orcutt, 39, a Beavercreek resident who plays the Timber Park course owned by PGE in Estacada almost every weekend.
Disc golf coming to Sandy CreekAthens Banner-Herald (subscription) - Athens,GA,USAAthens-Clarke County Leisure Services is responding to local interest in disc golf with plans for a state-of-the-art, 27-hole disc golf course at Sandy Creek ...
Take a disc and tee off for casual, low-cost golf gameOregonLive.com - Portland,OR,Disc golf is a game of accuracy and spin, friends and fun, according to Jerry Miller and others who practice the sport on Portland area courses and compete in tournaments throughout the United States.
The spin -- created by the player's hold on the disc and arm speed -- affects speed and direction of the thin, Frisbee-like disc. And it's just one of dozens of variables disc golfers must manage while playing the game, said Miller, who has played for 25 years and is a passionate proponent of the sport.
Miller, 45, also sells the metal baskets, discs and other equipment and has helped develop courses throughout the Northwest.
The sport became central to his life in 1980, when the first course in Oregon was built at Rockwood Central Park, near his parents' Gresham home. Miller, who was playing semi-pro soccer at the time, said he was hooked immediately.
"It's just a fun activity, and it's a lifelong sport -- relaxing and fun for all ages," he said.
Miller estimates that 4,000 Oregonians play disc golf, in which players try in the fewest number of throws to get a disc into metal baskets placed in a park or woodland. The Professional Disc Golf Association puts the national number of regular players at a half-million.
Oregon has more than 40 disc golf courses, including two in Estacada, said Steve Orcutt, 39, a Beavercreek resident who plays the Timber Park course owned by PGE in Estacada almost every weekend.
posted by FiveTone at 10:29 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home