Disc Golf - It's taking the nation by storm but actually, the modern version got it's start in the 1960's. Two of the best-known disc golf "gurus" are George Sappenfield and "Steady Ed" Headrick. George set up a course in California, using anything from lamp poles to fire hydrants as targets. After about a year, courses began to crop up in the midwest and on the east coast. The first standardized target course was put in by "Steady Ed Headrick" who became known as the "Father of Disc Golf". He invented the first disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole. He also founded the Disc Golf Associations as governing bodies for professional, competitive amateur, and family-oriented play and worked on standardizing the rules and equipment. The Professional Disc Golf Association states that the object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc. Equipment includes Putters, Mid-Range Discs and Drivers much like traditional ball and club golf. One difference though, unlike golf where you can only carry 14 clubs, in disc golf you can carry as many discs as you would like, even adding to them mid-game. The Putter is designed similar to the discs you would play catch with. They fly fairly straight and slow compared to mid-range and drivers. Mid-Range discs have sharper edges to cut through the air better. Drivers have the sharpest edge with the mass concentrated on the outer rim of the disc. They are the hardest to throw and take some practice to have a predictable flight. Drivers are usually divided into categories; distance and fairway or long distance, extra long distance and maximum distance. Using a maximum distance disc gives you the least control of the disc. It takes practice but nothing beats the feeling of accomplishment when you become one of the "advanced" players!
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