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  2. Ed Headrick - Wikipedia

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    Ed Headrick, also known as "Steady" Ed Headrick, (June 28, 1924 – August 12, 2002) was an American toy inventor. [1] Headrick served in combat in the army in WWII and was a deep-sea welder. He is most well known as the father of both the modern-day Frisbee and of the sport and game of disc golf.

  3. 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]

  4. Disc golf - Wikipedia

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    Headrick left the company to start out on his own to focus all his efforts on his new interest, which he coined and trademarked "Disc Golf". In 1976, "Steady" Ed Headrick and his son Ken Headrick started the first disc golf company, the Disc Golf Association (DGA). [7] The purpose of DGA was to manufacture discs and baskets and to formalize the ...

  5. Disc Golf Association - Wikipedia

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    The DGA was established by Ed Headrick in order to focus his attention on building and inventing equipment for the sport he founded. Ed Headrick coined and trademarked the term "Disc Golf" when formalizing the sport and invented the Disc Pole Hole (The Mach 1), [1] the first disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole.

  6. Sedgley Woods - Wikipedia

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    Sedgley Woods is a section of east Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a historical disc golf course site. [1] The site was established in 1977 and has one of the oldest permanent pole-hole disc golf courses. The Friends of Sedgley Woods, a volunteer organization, maintains the grounds and runs monthly tournaments, community ...

  7. Basket (disc golf) - Wikipedia

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    Disc Golf Association's Mach 1 Disc Pole Hole disc golf basket was invented by Ed Headrick. It was the first formal disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole, and became the Technical Standards used by the PDGA.

  8. Professional Disc Golf Association - Wikipedia

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    This 975 acre park is home to PDGA Headquarters and holds three disc golf courses. Courses at the IDGC. The "Steady" Ed Headrick Memorial Course, [24] [25] presented by DGA, features special edition Mach III baskets on rolling terrain along the shores of Clarks Hill Lake. The course was designed by Disc Golf Hall of Famers, Chuck Kennedy and ...

  9. PDGA World Championships - Wikipedia

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    The PDGA World Championship is one of several major championships in the sport of disc golf, along with the United States Disc Golf Championship. Held annually since 1982, the event crowns world champions in several divisions in the professional disc golf fields. Since 1983, male and female competitors have played at the same venue every year.

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