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World Disc Golf Hall of Fame

World Disc Golf Hall of Fame

By Lavone Wolfe #580

Tom Monroe, PDGA# 033, passed away after a yearlong battle with cancer on February 10, 2024. He was one of the most important pioneers of all flying disc sports and was known as “The Johnny Appleseed of Disc Golf.” His Frisbee story began when he was a student at the University of North Alabama in Florence. In the summer of 1973, Tom happened to be in Atlanta when there was a Wham-O-sponsored “Great Frisbee Fly In” and he decided to go. Hundreds of people competed in distance and accuracy; Tom won both events.

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World Disc Golf Hall of Fame

In 1993, after two decades of organized disc golf, the time was right to create something that would honor those select few men and women that had dedicated so much of their lives to the development and growth of the sport. Following the guidelines that so many other great sports and organizations had already put in place, The World Disc Golf Hall Of Fame was developed.