I'm pleased to announce that disc golf has it's first National sponsor in the form of Microtel Inns and Suites (http://www.microtelinn.com/).

I have been working with the company for the last month and a-half, and they are very excited about getting on board with our sport.

Please consider supporting this small, but growing hotel chain during any of your travels this summer or for the rest of the year. They are setting up a special disc golf page on their Web site, which will be up in two weeks.

FOR NOW...please use the Corporate ID "golfdisc" when reserving your room on the phone. While the prices around the country will vary according to where you are staying, using this code will make sure that our disc golf community gets credit for supporting this sponsor.

Microtel will be the title sponsor for the $30,000 Ace Run in San Antonio in September, and they will be making a $1000 donation to the International Disc Golf Center in Georgia.

While we are off to a modest start, by showing Microtel that our players and families will support their chain, it will put us in great position for getting them back in 2007 during our National Tour.

John D.


Dr. John G. Duesler, Jr.
PDGA Marketing Director
marketing@pdga.com


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Super Job! I travel all the time, stay in hotels at least once a month, and will make a point of using Microtel wherever possible.

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Good going John. Getting the word out to non PDGA golfers might be a good idea also.
We had a similar deal with Enterprise years ago, but not enough players used it for them to care.
Now days we have more players on the road in general and for tournies, so this could be a major step forward.
Thanks for making it happen.

Thanks Guys.

Yea...non-PDGA support will go a long way. Part of my sponsorship pitch is that we have Disc Golf Magazine circulated to vendors, who are our best avenue into non-pdga players. We'll see how it works.

jdflyer

Many thanks for your continuing efforts to move the sport forward John! It rocks!

This is great news for everyone in our great sport. Please do what you can to support this new national sponsor.

As John said when thinking of a hotel anywhere in the US please consider Microtel Inn & Suites. Don't forget we have our own corporate rate code now, "golfdisc" http://microtelinn.com/

Great news :D

Hurray!! congrats John and here's wishing you luck on many more!!

John,

Should we be posting to Microtel to thank them?

Also, I don't travel as much as I used to but will push it with my company.

good work

Could we get a blurb posted on the PDGA Announcement thread so the info won't get buried too quick ?

Great work! Is it possible to get some of the details of this sponsorship?

Not interested in the gory details, just the basics of the agreement... In exchange for the sponsorship of the San Antone Ace Run, hotel discounts and $1k donation, MicroTel gets...

Thanks, this info could be helpful when evaluating potential sponsorships in the future.

Me and the Wife have been staying at the MicroTel in RockHill, SC for the USDGC for the past 4 Years, we have a good relationship with the Manager there, She recognizes us every time we show up.