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Disc golf continuing to expand its local popularity in St. Louis Patch Share    
A man with a friend and a Frisbee will play catch. A man with just a Frisbee, however, plays disc golf. With roots that trace back to any number of America's backyards or church parking lots - whoever first thought it might be challenging to throw something at a tree or a stop sign - disc golf found its origins sometime shortly after the advent of the familiar plastic disc and has never looked back. More Flying Frisbees flung around Lava Creek in Paradise, Calif. Paradise Post Share
Hurling objects at small targets and hearing the satisfactory sound of contact is the basis for many a sport, but disc golf combines two familiar games into one casually competitive and cheap outing. At Lava Creek Golf Course in south Paradise, California, just two doors down from The Post on Clark Road, the two games even share the links. More
Park it close PDGA Share
After 20 plus years of frustrated ball golf, David Downing was ready for a change. He threw his first piece of DX plastic on October 2010. Now eight months, 19 PDGA tournaments, 100 plus discs later he admits he is hooked. "I feel certain I will receive a Christmas card from eBay," says Downing. More Disc golf comes to St. James, Minn. St. James Plaindealer Share
It's now official, disc golf has come to St. James, Minn. City Manager, Joe McCabe, Pete Eggen, and Derek Tonn, Chief Executive Officer and Designer of mapformation were all working at St. James Memorial Park on Friday, June 10 to get the nine-hole course set up for a trial run on Saturday and Sunday. More Happy 30th birthday for Vollrath Park disc golf course in California Sheboygan Press Share
Dennis Wield met his wife at a disc golf tournament, and two years later married her standing on a disc golf course. Larry Jansen started playing disc golf as a kid, taught his son, and now plays with his grandson. The best-kept secret about the game of disc golfing is that it's not about how far you can toss your disc or how accurate you are. It's a game about love - just ask the people who keep the course at Vollrath Park in California going. More
KCWO wrap-up PDGA Share
Finals day of the Kansas City Wide Open in Kansas City, Mo., dawned with Mother Nature threatening a nasty day of thunderstorms. However the players lucked out, as just a few very short sprinkles happened during the day, and although it warmed up into the low 80s, the humidity was low. More Krise family trying to popularize the sport of disc golf The Progress Share
Austin and Skyler Krise are not your typical eighth and ninth graders. By all accounts, they certainly look like average teenagers. Skyler just graduated from West Branch Junior High in Clearfield, Pa., where he received several academic awards. Austin is going into eighth grade at the junior high and is everything you would expect from an eighth grader - entranced by whatever electronic device is in front of him and on the eternal quest to beat his dad in any sport he has a chance at. More Missoula, Mont., hosts ZooTown Disc Golf Tournament KPAX-TV Share
 The sixth annual ZooTown Disc Golf Tournament began its
registration on April 1 and was completely full and booked just a day later. It's a small window to enter the PGDA Supertour event, which is one of the 50 largest in the world, but it offers big rewards for amateurs and professionals who hit the two day tourney in Missoula, Mont., recently.
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