Help Arrives for Tour Season
Summer is upon us and with it comes two new members to the PDGA team at the International Disc Golf Center in Appling, GA. The tour season is in full swing and with it team members are swamped by the daily duties of event and player management; help is here to lighten the load.
The PDGA is happy to announce the addition of the Historical Data Entry Clerk, Amber Sweeton, and summer intern, Warren Hollinshead, for seasonal help.
State/Provincial Coordinator Candidates
The PDGA is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for state and provincial coordinators in the 2013 elections.
The State and Provincial Coordinators represent more than 50 key PDGA volunteer positions. Each year 50% of US State and Canadian Province Coordinators are elected. Each member's on-line ballot will only display the Coordinator race for their home state or province. If your state or province is not included in the list below, it will be on the election ballot next year. Here is the list of responsibilities for the SC position:
Success in Cedar Rapids
Titan Disc Golf demonstrates how they built and leveraged local relationships and partnerships in creating a new PDGA SuperTour Event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Last Call for State/Provincial Candidates
As summer draws near it is time to prepare for the annual PDGA elections and the call for candidates. This year the elections will take place from July 1 to July 31, with the elected candidates assuming office as of September 1, 2013. The 2013 PDGA Election will be held on-line, with members casting their ballots at an independent election service website.
Innovation Grants Awarded
The PDGA Innovation Grant Program was created to increase and promote the awareness of the sport of disc golf and the Professional Disc Golf Association. Applicants are encouraged to think outside of the box to develop innovative and unique programs which will promote the sport and increase participation. Several applications were received by the PDGA office prior to the June 3rd deadline for consideration for the first five of these $500 grants to be awarded in 2013.
Showdown at Swope
Another National Tour Elite Series tournament concluded today as the last putt hit the chains at the Kansas City Wide Open presented by GripEQ. The final round was played at Swope Park DGC on the Missouri side of Kansas City. Swope Park itself is a true treasure of the Midwest. Amazing disc golf course, check. Zoo, check. Beautiful ball golf course, check. Outdoor concert venue, check.
Rally at Blue Valley
Day 2 of Grip Equipment presents the 31st Kansas City Wide Open was hot, humid, windy, and that was only the beginning. For many players, the day's round would eventually be interupted and delayed by violent thunderstorms and gusting winds strong enough to break large limbs off of trees, collapse tents, and blow over trash cans, Some were able to finish before the lightning and rain delays were called, but unfortunately not everyone.
Waterworks...for some.
The 2013 Kansas City Wide Open presented by Grip EQ kicked off today at the beautiful and infamous Waterworks Park disc golf course in Kansas City, MO. The holes at Waterworks DGC are a unique blend of carved and manicured fairways, difficult elevation changes, awe inspiring views of the Kansas City skyline, and pin positions that can shake even the best of the best.
Into the Great Wide Open
This weekend, the 2013 PDGA National Tour continues toward the Drive for the Championship. Just two weeks after Ricky Wysocki destroyed the course record (twice) and his competition at the Discraft Great Lakes Open in Milford, Michigan, the tour now heads to the familiar location of Kansas City, MO for the sixth stop on the National Tour.
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