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  2. History of disc golf - Wikipedia

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    "Steady Ed" Headrick [7] and Dave Dunipace are two inventors and players who greatly impacted how disc golf is played. In 1976 Headrick formalized the rules of the sport, founded the Disc Golf Association (DGA), the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), [8] the Recreational Disc Golf Association (RDGA) and invented the first formal disc golf target [9] with chains and a basket. [10]

  3. Disc golf in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The world's first permanent disc golf course went into the ground in 1975 at Oak Grove Park in Los Angeles County, California. [3] Approximately 75% of the world's disc golf courses are located in the United States. Some of the most notable ones include DeLaveaga, Maple Hill, Blue Ribbon Pines, Brewster Ridge, Diamond X, and Milo McIver. [4]

  4. Ken Westerfield - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, there are over 7000 disc golf courses. Before 1975 and the invention of the disc golf target called the Disc Pole Hole, there were only a few mapped disc golf "object" courses in the U.S. and Canada. In 1970, you could count the number of designed courses, using the Frisbee to play golf and designated objects as holes, on one hand ...

  5. Flying disc sports - Wikipedia

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    Disc golf is a game based on the rules of golf (referred to by disc golfers as "ball and stick golf"). It uses discs smaller and denser than an ultimate disc. The discs are thrown towards a target, which serves as the "hole". The official targets are metal baskets with hanging chains to catch the discs.

  6. Flying disc freestyle - Wikipedia

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    By the late 1960s and early 1970s, modern flying discs had become a popular pastime in the United States, [3] developing into various disciplines such as double disc court, disc guts, ultimate, disc golf, and disc freestyle. [4] At the time, most disc players were overall players, participating in all the various disciplines.

  7. Disc golf - Wikipedia

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    Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, [2] [a] is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf. [ 4 ] The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes, each consisting of a teeing area and target (basket).

  8. Tom Monroe (disc golfer) - Wikipedia

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    Tom Monroe (January 3, 1947 - February 10, 2024 [1]) was a champion of virtually all flying disc sports, including ultimate, freestyle, field events and especially disc golf. In 1973, Tom Monroe was in Atlanta for the summer working in order to earn money to re-enroll in college at the University of North Alabama in Florence.

  9. Dick Biondi - Wikipedia

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    Biondi gained national attention in the 1950s and 1960s as a disc jockey on leading AM radio stations in Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California. Besides being among the first to play Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, and other early rhythm and blues artists, he was also able