PDGA Site Crashes, Cheap Disc Golf Baskets
Yesterday, Terry Calhoun sent the following message to PDGA members:
FYI, in case you haven't noticed. The PDGA website, http://www.pdga.com is having some serious server difficulties. Not a good thing because this is the time of the year that a lot of members join up for the very first time, due to getting extra copies of Disc Golf World News, and other benefits for 16-14 months by paying only for 12, when they join now.
We'll be back up shortly. Thanks for your patience.
He also included a couple news items:
DISC GOLF ISN'T JUST A WALK IN THE PARK
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/sports/12877651.htm
"Jehan played on the Professional Disc Golf Association Tour in 2001, more for fun than profit.
He made money in only a handful of events and ended up spending about $7,000 of his own just to cover expenses.
But it was four of the best months of his life as he toured the country and made new friends.
Disc golfers, being that there aren't many of them, are a tight-knit bunch. When one of them unexpectedly runs into another, it's as if they were lifelong friends.
"We're kind of on an island by ourselves," Jehan said."
DISC GOLF IN THE WILDERNESS
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/01/182448.php
"Dave Moody's course is a tribute to the ambitious vision of the disc golf entrepreneur. It's in Red Rock Texas, about 40 miles east of Austin and just a little bit south of Bastrop. Not exactly the center of civilization. But he's done everything he can to turn a family ranch into a disc golf mecca with the power to attract players from far and wide.
To start off with, it's a pretty nice course with a nice variety of holes spread over about 100 acres of land with attractive scenery and a nice mix of long leaf pine, pin oaks and cedar trees. It also offers a pro shop and campsites for travelling players. But the real key to getting players there is promotion. It helps that Dave Moody is the course pro at the enormously active Pease Park course in the heart of Austin's university community. That gives him a captive audience to advertise his home course to when they're ready to move on to something more ambitious. With all the players who go to Pease there are going to be more than a few willing to drive a few miles to try out a new course.
Another good promotion is holding a PDGA pro-tour event like the Octoberfest tournament. This brings in players from all over who'll spread word of the course, plus it's an excuse to produce promotional discs which get sold and traded throughout the disc golf community, further spreading word of the course."
Then there is this post about making some cheap disc golf baskets:
Disc Golf Baskets on the CheapBlogcritics.org - Aurora,OH,USAI've got enough land around our house to install a functional 9 hole disc golf course on with decent-length fairways and what ought to be some fun holes. ...
FYI, in case you haven't noticed. The PDGA website, http://www.pdga.com is having some serious server difficulties. Not a good thing because this is the time of the year that a lot of members join up for the very first time, due to getting extra copies of Disc Golf World News, and other benefits for 16-14 months by paying only for 12, when they join now.
We'll be back up shortly. Thanks for your patience.
He also included a couple news items:
DISC GOLF ISN'T JUST A WALK IN THE PARK
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/sports/12877651.htm
"Jehan played on the Professional Disc Golf Association Tour in 2001, more for fun than profit.
He made money in only a handful of events and ended up spending about $7,000 of his own just to cover expenses.
But it was four of the best months of his life as he toured the country and made new friends.
Disc golfers, being that there aren't many of them, are a tight-knit bunch. When one of them unexpectedly runs into another, it's as if they were lifelong friends.
"We're kind of on an island by ourselves," Jehan said."
DISC GOLF IN THE WILDERNESS
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/01/182448.php
"Dave Moody's course is a tribute to the ambitious vision of the disc golf entrepreneur. It's in Red Rock Texas, about 40 miles east of Austin and just a little bit south of Bastrop. Not exactly the center of civilization. But he's done everything he can to turn a family ranch into a disc golf mecca with the power to attract players from far and wide.
To start off with, it's a pretty nice course with a nice variety of holes spread over about 100 acres of land with attractive scenery and a nice mix of long leaf pine, pin oaks and cedar trees. It also offers a pro shop and campsites for travelling players. But the real key to getting players there is promotion. It helps that Dave Moody is the course pro at the enormously active Pease Park course in the heart of Austin's university community. That gives him a captive audience to advertise his home course to when they're ready to move on to something more ambitious. With all the players who go to Pease there are going to be more than a few willing to drive a few miles to try out a new course.
Another good promotion is holding a PDGA pro-tour event like the Octoberfest tournament. This brings in players from all over who'll spread word of the course, plus it's an excuse to produce promotional discs which get sold and traded throughout the disc golf community, further spreading word of the course."
Then there is this post about making some cheap disc golf baskets:
Disc Golf Baskets on the CheapBlogcritics.org - Aurora,OH,USAI've got enough land around our house to install a functional 9 hole disc golf course on with decent-length fairways and what ought to be some fun holes. ...
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