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Lofter – A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft ranging from a modern five iron to an eight iron. Niblick or Rut Niblick – a trouble club and pitching iron and generally the most lofted of the 19th century irons, with a very small rounded head and a loft equivalent to a modern nine iron or wedge. [5] [better source needed]
Established the first Disc Golf tournaments and a $50,000 landmark Frisbee Disc Golf Tournament in 1979. Donated his trademark “Disc Golf” to the public domain and his life to the sport he loved Photo of some of Ed Headrick's Business Cards showing a snapshot of some of his work history up until his time working at Wham-O.
Morrison stated that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him in 1937, while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lucile Eleanor "Lu" Nay (1920–1987), whom he later married on April 3, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. The popcorn can lid soon dented which led to the discovery that cake pans flew better and were more common.
In 1976, the game of disc golf was standardized with targets called "pole holes" invented and developed by Wham-O's Ed Headrick and the Professional Disc Golf Association. [ 8 ] Beginning in 1974, the International Frisbee Association (IFA), under the direction of Dan Roddick, became the regulatory organization for all of these sports.
"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]
The disc was badly thrown, and Jack Hatchett knew it the second it left his fingertips. Playing for the New York PoNY in the 2022 World Ultimate Club Championships, he described his pass from ...
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).
There are now separate disc golf clubs in New Jersey, Delaware, and Bucks and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania as Pole Hole courses have spread throughout the East Coast. Along the way, the PFC became the PAFC, adding "Area" to its name. Later, it became the Tri-State Frisbee Club when a strong contingent of Delaware and New Jersey golfers ...