ABCs of POY & ROY

PDGAStaff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:05 -0400

2009 Recap: Nikko Locastro & Valarie Jenkins – Players of the Year. Jeremy Koling & Jayne Snider – Rookies of the Year.

2010 Presidents Cup

PDGADirector — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:10:57 -0400

Founded in 2006, The Disc Golf Presidents Cup is one of the newest international disc golf events. The idea for the Presidents Cup was to showcase the sport of disc golf at its highest professional level by staging international matches between the top American and European Disc Golfers.

Free Subscription!

MembershipsManager — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:43:53 -0400

Disc Golf United, a handicapping service for disc golf, is offering all current PDGA members a FREE SUBSCRIPTION!

PDGA Radio - 3/11/10

dgentry — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:53 -0400

New PDGA Radio News program for the week of March 11, 2010

2010 PDGA Elections

bgraham — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:11:32 -0400

The deadline for submitting your candidacy for a board position or state coordinator in the upcoming PDGA elections is June 28, 2010.

2010 PDGA ELECTIONS

DiscGolfer Issue 5

PDGADirector — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:11 -0500

The spring issue (#5) of DiscGolfer, with a National Tour Preview, Fred Morrison remembrance, Decade Revisited article, and much more began mailing March 12.

2010 USADGC

dgentry — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:18:38 -0500

Registration Opens for 2010 PDGA United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship

Pro Worlds Invitees

PDGAStaff — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:38 -0500

TD Brian Cummings & Co. work in all conditions to prep courses for Worlds. The list of players who have been invited to the 2010 PDGA Professional World Championships have been calculated and posted on PDGA.com. Please see the links below for more details.

Invitation Criteria

Clash DVD Release

PDGADirector — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:26:17 -0500

Clash Productions has been filming Disc Golf tournaments since 2008. As they have grown, so has their commitment to quality coverage.

Feldberg & Carr are 2010 Memorial Champions

Allind_Admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:49 -0500

The Professional Disc Golf Association launched their 2010 National Tour with great fanfare on March 3-6 with The Memorial Championship presented by Discraft. Over 370 disc golfers from 33 states and four countries traveled to the desert oases of Fountain Hills and Scottsdale, Arizona to compete and celebrate their favorite sport.

NT Standings Update

dgentry — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:58:16 -0500

The first National Tour event of the 2010 season is in the books and The Drive for the Championship presented by Woodchuck Cider has official started. The current standings can be found at:

www.pdga.com/national-tour

BSF Split Ams & Pros

dgentry — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:20:33 -0500

Due to the overwhelming response to this year’s sign-ups for the 2010 Beaver State Fling National Tour Event, the staff has decided to split the Pro/Am weekend in order to accommodate additional players. The National Tour event will take place on the originally scheduled weekend of May 28th-30th and the Amateur Super Tour event will take place the following weekend of June 5th and 6th.

Memorial Moving Day

Allind_Admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:44:46 -0500

There is an old saying that the cream always rises to the top and today was no exception during round 3 of the Memorial Championship. Josh Anthon continued his great play of late when he carded an 1109 preliminary rated round of -15 at Fountain Hills on Friday to propel himself from the second card into a three throw lead over Dave Feldberg with 18 holes left to play on Saturday.

Memorial Round 2

Allind_Admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:24:19 -0500

Open division tournament leader Barry Schultz, who shot a -11 at Fountain Hills in round one, sustained a hand injury and was forced to withdraw from the Memorial just prior to his 1:45pm scheduled tee time today.

Memorial Underway

PDGADirector — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:59:02 -0500

The 2010 National Tour got off to a quick start today in Fountain Hills, Arizona at The Memorial Championship, presented by Discraft.

New Live Scoring

dgentry — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:17:21 -0500

The PDGA has been working on improvements to our live scoring system. The new and improved version is being launched in conjunction with The Memorial Championship. We will be conducting a beta test on Wednesday March 3rd as we follow the Featured Group of Avery Jenkins, Paul Ulibarri, Ken Climo, and Nikko Locastro.

Memorial Experience

PDGADirector — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:55:36 -0500

The 2010 PDGA National Tour will tee off on Wednesday March 3 in Fountain Hills, Arizona with the Memorial Championship. Tournament directors Dan and Sue Ginnelly along with the Arizona Disc Golf Club will host over 350 players from around the world for what has become one of the rites of spring in the disc golf world.

Memorial Preview

dgentry — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:17:36 -0500

Memorial Championship Super Group Kicks off 2010 PDGA National Tour
by John G. Duesler, Jr.

BSF Reg Starts 3/1

dgentry — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:52:49 -0500

Beaver State Fling Registration Opens Monday!

Am Worlds Invitees

dgentry — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:21:29 -0500

The list of players who have been invited to the 2010 PDGA Amateur World Championships have been calculated and posted on PDGA.com. Please see the links below for more details.

Invitation Criteria

World's Video RFP

PDGADirector — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:36:56 -0500

The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) is requesting bid proposals for the filming and production of a DVD of the 2010 PDGA Pro Disc Golf World Championships in Crown Point, Indiana on July 27 – July 31, 2010.

EDGE TCP Program

dgentry — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:57:30 -0500

The Educational Disc Golf Experience (EDGE) is a charitable organization developed to provide schools and other youth organizations with a sound program of teaching the sport’s fundamentals and allied skills. Expert contributors have created a classroom-linked curriculum and instructional DVD that follows the National Physical Education Standards.

09 POY & ROY Winners

PDGAStaff — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:22:32 -0500

Locastro, Jenkins, Koling & Snider – Not a law firm but your 2009 Players & Rookies of the Year. Players will receive their awards at Pro Worlds this July in Indiana. More details will be posted on the PDGA website next month on who made the finals in each category and how the 2009 calculations were done.

Memorial IPTV

dgentry — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:29:56 -0500

Live Internet Broadcasting of Disc Golf set to return as Disc Golf Planet TV, TodoCast, and the PDGA presents Pay-per-View Broadcast of The Memorial Championship.

Snow Visits the IDGC

MembershipsManager — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:27:34 -0500

There have been many visitors to the International Disc Golf Center, but never in the form of a snowflake.

Fred Morrison Passes

PDGADirector — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:33:04 -0500

Walter Fredrick (Fred) Morrison, best known as the inventor of THE Frisbee, passed away February 9, 2010 at the age of 90 at his home in Monroe, UT after a long period of declining health.

Story by Phil Kennedy

Fred Morrison had just “the right stuff” to invent the Frisbee!

Raffle Winners

dgentry — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:26:19 -0500

The PDGA would like to congratulate our most recent Course Directory Raffle Winners. Our winner for December is Jeff Hanlin and for January is Jon Winfrey.

You can be a winner too! All you have to do is submit a course review and you are automatically registered to win. Full details are listed below.

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BSF Registration

dgentry — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:37:20 -0500

Stumptown Disc Golf is partnering again this year with KEEN footwear in conjunction with HukLab, Innova & Next Adventure to bring you the 2010 Beaver State Fling (www.beaverstatefling.com).

Majors Available

dgentry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:55:36 -0500

Are you or your host club interested in hosting a PDGA Major Event? There are several Majors that are currently looking for interested hosts and they include:

2011 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships

2011 and 2012 Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships

2011 and 2012 U.S. Women's Championships

La Vie en Rose

dgentry — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:54:43 -0500

Juliana Korver Presents La Vie en Rose

2010 Ice Bowls - Pay It Forward

MembershipsManager — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:01:07 -0500

The cold, blustery weather makes us want to stay indoors where it’s warm and dry. We tend to take a hiatus from playing disc golf until the flowers start blooming again.

2009 Year End Ratings Corrections

PDGAStaff — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:53:14 -0500

Last chance to correct 2009 ratings and statistics!

The seventh update to the PDGA player ratings for the 2009 season has been posted. Players are encouraged to review their year-end statistics and report any corrections to the PDGA at corrections@pdga.com.

BDGA InFlight Annual Review Published

PDGADirector — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:11:20 -0500

The British Disc Golf Association (BDGA) is proud to announce that its annual review, InFlight, supported by Innova Discs, is now available for the whole world to view!

Click here to download the PDF.

Outdoor Retailer Trade Show

dgentry — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:44:19 -0500

Disc Golf Industry Showing Great Promise as Evidenced by Strengthened Presence at OUTDOOR RETAILER Exhibition and Trade Show
by Dr. John G. Duesler, Jr.

2010 Japan Open Announcement

dgentry — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:25:59 -0500

Favorite American Past-time will Play Global Sports Ambassador as Hero Disc Announces 2010 Japan Open Disc Golf Event

PublicEarth Disc Golf Course Directory

PDGADirector — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:08:57 -0500

The PDGA is pleased to let you know about a new opportunity that has come our way. A new, free website launched on November 17th – called PublicEarth – and it is a great way for people to discover cool places and interesting things to do –like play disc golf.

Happy Holidays from the PDGA!

OfficeManager — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:04:52 -0500

On behalf of the PDGA Board of Directors and staff, we would like to wish everyone a Wonderful Holiday Season! This year has been the best year yet and can only imagine the accomplishments the association will have in 2010 with your continued support.

Online Rules Proficiency Exam Ready

dgentry — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:35:51 -0500

The 2010 Rules Proficiency Exam is completed and ready to go. On November 11th we made the announcement that all players competing in a 2010 National Tour event will be required to pass a Rules Proficiency Exam before being allowed to tee off.

PDGA Innovation Grant Winners Announced

OfficeManager — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:51:05 -0500

The Professional Disc Golf Association is pleased to announce the winning applicants for the December 2009 round of innovation grants.

Brian Frawley: Serve our Schools (SOS) Disc Golf Clinic

Chris Tuten: Teaching Disc Golf in a Middle School

The PDGA Rules!

PDGAStaff — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:52:52 -0500

Our founder, Steady Ed Headrick, perhaps pondering, "Should a disc landing on top of a Pole Hole® count?"

2010 Disc Golf Cruise Set To Sail

dgentry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:45:27 -0500

Sun King Disc Sports in conjunction with Innova Disc Golf and Sun King Travel is proud to announce the 2011 Disc Golf Cruise (www.DiscGolfCruise.com) which is sailing to the Bahamas on a 5-day trip with ports of call in Nassau and Half Moon Cay, a private island in the Caribbean. The 2011 Disc Golf Cruis

2009 World Championships DVD Available

dgentry — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:12:53 -0500

2009 PDGA Worlds DVD Available Now

After the biggest and, by many accounts, the best World Championships ever, the PDGA is pleased to announce the release of its 90 minute DVD covering this historic competition in Kansas City and surrounding areas.

Cold Turkey IV

dgentry — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:50:19 -0500

Fourth Annual Cold Turkey Goes Smoothly

By Will Mueller. Photo of Justin Lammers courtesy of Dane Miller

The Fourth Annual Cold Turkey disc golf tournament went off without a hitch and karma was a common theme amongst many winners.

Course Review Raffle

dgentry — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:00:50 -0500

Announcing the 2010 PDGA Course Review Raffle!

Basically - write a course review and you'll be entered in a raffle to win a cool bundle of PDGA swag!

Grant Success Story

PDGADirector — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:26:23 -0500

Disc Golf Field Day for Physical Educators - Article by Dr. Justin Menickelli

On October 23, 2009 we hosted a disc golf workshop at Western Carolina University with funding from an innovation grant from the Professional Disc Golf Association.

NT Rules Exam

dgentry — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:44 -0500

Starting in 2010 if you want to compete in a National Tour event you will not only have to be on your game but you will have to demonstrate your knowledge of the Rules of Play as well. At this year's Fall Summit the Board of Directors voted that all NT participants will be required to pass a Rules Proficiency Exam before being allowed to tee off.

Refer-a-Friend

MembershipsManager — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0500

CHAIN REACTION 2010

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Innovation Grants

OfficeManager — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:21 -0500

The deadline for submission of applications for the second round of 2009 Innovation Grants is December 1st.

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POY & ROY Update

PDGAStaff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:37:01 -0500

Who's in the hunt for Player or Rookie of the Year?

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PDGA Apparel Contest

PDGADirector — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:48:23 -0400

PDGA seeks new merchandising logos and licensing partners to expand its apparel and product offerings in 2010.

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