One of the most frequent conversations on the golf course is how great it would be to become sponsored. To have your entry into events paid, receive material support for your tournaments, represent a company with pride through your commitment to disc golf. Well here’s your chance. Bio Skin has […]
I’ve added links to several merchants on my blog. I’m kind of late to that party, I know. Initially, I didn’t want to do any marketing because I thought it might undermine the credibility of an opinion blog like mine. Later, I decided it would be a good […]
The year of 2013 witnessed big things for disc golf. Record numbers of new players are finding the sport. Record numbers of players are becoming members of the PDGA and playing in sanctioned events. There are more disc manufacturers, bag designers, and retailers than ever before. There are […]
Everyone dreams of winning on the PDGA National Tour, playing every event, traveling the country, living the disc golf life. I dream of that anyway. I found the game too late for that to be a reality. I have too many responsibilities and obligations to make the leap. […]
Disc golf and the PDGA are at a turning point. It seems obvious from the tone of the survey the PDGA put out after the recent Board elections that the organization is trying to decide what the future of sanctioned events will look like. Everyone has an opinion. […]
Disc golf and ball golf have in common game parameters, scoring mechanism, and competition formats. We also share the self-regulated nature of a “gentleman’s game,” gentle-person’s game anyway. The players have the responsibility of scoring and policing the game. If an indiscretion occurs, it is part of the […]
I love dogs. I have a 9 year old Aussie-Retriever mix named Ivan. I have had a dog my whole life except a couple years in college. I also love music and frequently play rounds with my IPod hooked up to some speakers playing mellow music. Rounds that […]
We have all walked up to our lie and said to ourselves “I should throw a big anhyzer S curve around that tree,” then thought better of it, and taken the more direct route. I frequently want to take both shots and compare how they turned out and […]
My favorite format for a disc golf tournaments is Tee Times with one round a day for three or four days. For competitive reasons, a tournament should be at least three rounds long, four is even better. Two rounds can be too small a sample size – a player could get […]
We have all been there. You see a group a few holes in front of you. Maybe it is a party group. Maybe they are playing doubles. You know you are going to catch them and you are hoping they will be cool and let you play through. […]