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James Conrad (born May 4, 1990) is a professional disc golfer from Blacksburg, Virginia, currently competing on the Disc Golf Pro Tour. He Joined the Professional Disc Golf Association in 2000 and became a professional in 2006. Conrad has won both the PDGA World Championships, in 2021, and the United States Disc Golf Championship, in 2019.
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).
ESPN8 The Ocho is an annual special program block showcasing seldom-seen obscure sports that airs on the networks of ESPN Inc.. The Ocho consists of lesser-known, unconventional and humorous sports and other competitions with some athletic or physical skill component, including Pop-A-Shot, roller derby, crossnet, Quidditch, trampoline dodgeball, air hockey, darts, cornhole, disc golf, kabaddi ...
The most-exciting moment of the sports weekend might have come at the Professional Disc Golfers Association World Championships. No, seriously… An incredible shot made by James Conrad at the ...
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.
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.
Gannon Buhr is a professional disc golfer who won his first major at the age of 17 in 2022, becoming the second youngest player to win a major and the youngest to win the United States Disc Golf Championship. [1] [2] [3] Buhr won his second major by winning the 2024 European Open in Tampere, Finland. [4]
A disc golf throwing technique where the outside edge of the disc is tilted downward so that the top face of the disk is facing away from the thrower. This release causes the natural turn of a disc to be reduced. The steeper the angle, the more pronounced the effect. Hole out To successfully complete play of a hole.