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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]
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.
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.
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]
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).
1950–1979 Riverview Park: Chicago: 1904–1967 Sans Souci Park South Side, Chicago: 1899–1913 Shireland: Hampshire: 1988–1991 White City: Chicago: 1905–1950s The White City Amusement Park ended operation in 1933, however, the White City roller rink was closed in 1949. Then changed name to Park City, which closed in 1958.
In the 1950s and early 1960s it was common practice for record companies to lavish gifts on disc jockeys in exchange for airplay of their songs. This was known as " payola ", and starting in 1959 it was the subject of Congressional hearings condemning the practice.
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