Friday, October 10, 2008

United States Disc Golf Championship


Last Wednesday on Oct. 1, 188 of the world’s best disc golfers all met in Rockhill, South Carolina for the 2008 United States Disc Golf Championship (USDGC). This 4 day event was held at one of the most pristine courses in the country and had a purse of over $ 100,000 dollars. Not to bad for throwing a Frisbee around. The tournament was set up for each player to play one round of 18 holes per day, for 4 days, with the winner having the lowest combined score. This year’s champion was Nate Doss from Capitola, CA, he made $13,545 for the win and this year has made over $27,000. The boys from Oregon did ok as well, Avery Jenkins from Springfield got second and made over $8000, David Feldberg also from Springfield got third and made about $3000. Corvallis's own Nate Sexton placed 41 and made about $750. Disc Golf is continuing to gain more and more popularity across the world and in the next ten years could be the next biggest sport, being shown on ESPN and other sport networks. With disc golf entering mainstream media, newspapers, magazines the possibilities are endless. For more information regarding this tournament and others look at www.pdga.com

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