Where disc golf and ultimate frisbee enthusiasts play!
The Professional Disc Golf Association, or PDGA, was founded in 1976. It is a not-for-profit organization based in Georgia. It is run by members/players, and serves as the governing body for the sport of disc golf.
The PDGA sponsors several tournaments through the year, and does a lot of good promoting the great sport of Disc Golf. The growth of the PDGA membership has been exponential, especially as the PDGA has had an international influence with members from all over the world.
The PDGA is currently ran by a 5 person staff, and headed by an executive director.
There are several benefits of PDGA membership, including:
1. Membership card, Tour information, PDGA logo bag tag and sticker
2. New member disc and mini, and a rule book
3. Members of the PDGA are eligible to compete in tour events
4. Members track their tournament season and career results of personal stat pages at www.pdga.com
5. PDGA members receive their own player ratings
6. Participation in the members only Discussion Board
7. Merchandise discounts
8. Discounts are businesses, such as hotels, restaurants, and car rentals
If you have found this site, then you are probably a disc golf enthusiast, like myself. My love for Frisbee roots back to my high school days, where ultimate frisbee was a part of the gym classes. It then got to the point where ultimate frisbee became an organized league within my school, where everyone would skip class every Thursday to go play at a local park. My friends and I dominated this high school league, and went on to be two-time champions at the Utah Valley University annual ultimate frisbee tournament (I have the t-shirts to prove it!).
Anyway, my wife and I were out in Daytona, Florida for a vacation not too long ago, and I talked her into playing a few rounds of disc golf with me. This was my first time playing. In turns out that we both loved it so much that we returned the next day and play the 18 basket disc golf course two more times. Keep in mind that we were not playing with the awesome Innova disc drivers, nor the Discraft disc putters. Rather we were playing with 175 gram ultimate frisbee discs. Of course, some of the local enthusiast who were all there with their disc golf bags, weren’t too hard on us for being rookies to the sport. They did encourage us to go purchase a disc golf bag, as well as a good driver, a mid-range disc, and a putter for starters. They recommended Innova and Discraft discs, explaining that they were the best discs on the market. They also recommended that we check out the pdga, or professional disc golf association.
Long story short, I did a google search on some local disc golf courses and found that I live, and work, really close to a few. Ever since then, I average playing 18 baskets once a week. I am setting my aims to take down Jeff Dross (I think that is his name), who is the current champion. Wish me luck! I also thought that I would build this little site as a way for those who love the sport can come to exchange ideas, give review on disc golf courses, as well as give their review on Innova and Discraft discs. I am also hoping to make it so that people can post pictures of themselves as well as courses from across the united states.
If you have any feedback of what you think a good disc golf site should have, please let me know and I will see what I can do to get it added.
Keep in my that this is a side project/hobby, so this site will be a work in progress.
Cheers!
These are just a few friends that will help out Disc Golf USA:
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