Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, August 21, 2009
Got $80K? Want Your Own DG Course? Get it on eBay!
Hyzer Creek just outside of Albany, New York is for sale. As of this post the eBay auction price is $75,100. As of this blog post, less than 11 hours remain in the auction: own your own disc golf course here!
Jordan
Jordan
Thursday, August 20, 2009
ESPN Features Disc Golf!
The sport is growing, no doubt about it. ESPN sports writer Jack McCluskey authored 'Disc Golf has a Pro Tour, and Momentum' published yesterday, August 19th, 2009 on ESPN's Page 2. Avery Jenkins, Ken Climo, and Barry Schultz are among the players interviewed at the Vibram Open in Leicester, Massachusettes for the article.
ESPN Page 2: Disc Golf had a Pro Tour, and Momentum
Brian Graham, executive director of the PDGA, is quoted in the article as well, "Disc golf is really a grassroots sport, it grew up around the world by the hard work of volunteers. We have 40,000 lifetime members in 28 countries. Just about anywhere you go in the country where there's a course or a tournament, there are PDGA members and disc players willing to help."
With annual growth percentages frequently in the double digits, disc golf is poised to grow to involve the general public. ESPN is a huge step forward, even if it is just an article on Page 2.
Jordan
Get Better: Throw Analysis: YouTube 1, YouTube 2
ESPN Page 2: Disc Golf had a Pro Tour, and Momentum
Brian Graham, executive director of the PDGA, is quoted in the article as well, "Disc golf is really a grassroots sport, it grew up around the world by the hard work of volunteers. We have 40,000 lifetime members in 28 countries. Just about anywhere you go in the country where there's a course or a tournament, there are PDGA members and disc players willing to help."
With annual growth percentages frequently in the double digits, disc golf is poised to grow to involve the general public. ESPN is a huge step forward, even if it is just an article on Page 2.
Jordan
Get Better: Throw Analysis: YouTube 1, YouTube 2
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Buy Your Own Disc Golf Course!!!
So you want to own a piece of disc golf heaven? Here is your chance!
Disc Golf Course Ebay Auction...
Hyzer Creek disc golf course (www.hyzercreek.com) just outside of Albany, New York is being sold to the highest bidder via eBay. At this point the property is being marketed exclusively to disc golfers in hopes that the course will remain, and it is a gem.
Hyzer Creek, par 61, was ranked #34 on dgcoursereview.com's top 2008 courses with a 4/5 disc rating. The signature hole is a tight downhill 461 foot beast, ending up with the basket in the creek! The private layout construction started in 2001 by Morgan Wright and has been expanded to a full 18 hole course. Many PDGA tournaments have been held at Hyzer Creek, and hopefully there are many more to come.
Included in the auction for the property with the disc golf course are a livable cabin, storage shed, and camp space. As of this blog (July 25, 8am) the current bid is $14,100. I don't know about you, but I just might move to New York!
Jordan
Get Better: http://www.pdga.com/discussion/forumdisplay.php?f=172
Disc Golf Course Ebay Auction...
Hyzer Creek disc golf course (www.hyzercreek.com) just outside of Albany, New York is being sold to the highest bidder via eBay. At this point the property is being marketed exclusively to disc golfers in hopes that the course will remain, and it is a gem.
Hyzer Creek, par 61, was ranked #34 on dgcoursereview.com's top 2008 courses with a 4/5 disc rating. The signature hole is a tight downhill 461 foot beast, ending up with the basket in the creek! The private layout construction started in 2001 by Morgan Wright and has been expanded to a full 18 hole course. Many PDGA tournaments have been held at Hyzer Creek, and hopefully there are many more to come.
Included in the auction for the property with the disc golf course are a livable cabin, storage shed, and camp space. As of this blog (July 25, 8am) the current bid is $14,100. I don't know about you, but I just might move to New York!
Jordan
Get Better: http://www.pdga.com/discussion/forumdisplay.php?f=172
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The FASTEST Way to Get Better: Perfect Putt 360 & The Putting Confidence Program
How many shots from within 100 feet do you throw in an average round? Top pros on an 18 hole course may throw as few as 20, especially when their putting is hot! Reducing the number of shots you have near the basket will take strokes off your game IMMEDIATELY. It's simple, make more putts!
If you want to make more putts, it would be wise to practice putting. Now I don't know about you, but after about fifteen minutes of putting with no goal or competition, I get bored. Even playing HORSE (or PIG - one person makes a putt, the next has to make it or he gets an H and so on) gets old fast. While games like HORSE are fun, they do not have any structure to promote the non-physical aspect of your putts. Another drawback to non structured games is that they can lead to unrealistic attempts at putts and even decreased confidence in your putting - horrible for your mental game!
The answer? Perfect Putt 360 & Mark Ellis' Putting Confidence Program!
The guys over at Flying Disc Magazine have published one of the best tools for improving your putting. The best part of the game is it requires you to go through your pre-putt routine EVERY putt, not just to warm up or when you feel like it. No rapid fire putting here, you have to slow down and concentrate, just like a tournament!
The Perfect Putt 360 chart and how to use it can be found here: http://www.flyingdiscmagazine.com/content/putt-perfect-perfect-putt
Mark Ellis (Team Discraft: http://www.discraft.com/team_ellis.html) has made it cool to practice your putts with his Putting Confidence Program. Check out Mark's discgolfersr.us page at http://discgolfer.ning.com/profile/markellis.
Mark's Putting Confidence Program:
Next time you play a round at your local course, keep a tally of how many shots you have, including putts, from within 100 feet. It might surprise you, and you will know where you need to improve. Make a commitment and you will shave at least a few strokes off your game!
The Perfect Putt 360 program is a great practice routine, and the Putting Confidence Program will make you a better putter, no doubt!
Jordan
Get Better: http://www.flyingdiscmagazine.com/
If you want to make more putts, it would be wise to practice putting. Now I don't know about you, but after about fifteen minutes of putting with no goal or competition, I get bored. Even playing HORSE (or PIG - one person makes a putt, the next has to make it or he gets an H and so on) gets old fast. While games like HORSE are fun, they do not have any structure to promote the non-physical aspect of your putts. Another drawback to non structured games is that they can lead to unrealistic attempts at putts and even decreased confidence in your putting - horrible for your mental game!
The answer? Perfect Putt 360 & Mark Ellis' Putting Confidence Program!
The guys over at Flying Disc Magazine have published one of the best tools for improving your putting. The best part of the game is it requires you to go through your pre-putt routine EVERY putt, not just to warm up or when you feel like it. No rapid fire putting here, you have to slow down and concentrate, just like a tournament!
The Perfect Putt 360 chart and how to use it can be found here: http://www.flyingdiscmagazine.com/content/putt-perfect-perfect-putt
Mark Ellis (Team Discraft: http://www.discraft.com/team_ellis.html) has made it cool to practice your putts with his Putting Confidence Program. Check out Mark's discgolfersr.us page at http://discgolfer.ning.com/profile/markellis.
Mark's Putting Confidence Program:
Next time you play a round at your local course, keep a tally of how many shots you have, including putts, from within 100 feet. It might surprise you, and you will know where you need to improve. Make a commitment and you will shave at least a few strokes off your game!
The Perfect Putt 360 program is a great practice routine, and the Putting Confidence Program will make you a better putter, no doubt!
Jordan
Get Better: http://www.flyingdiscmagazine.com/
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Grow The Game!
Dave Feldberg, as quoted on his Innova player profile page (http://www.innovadiscs.com/team/davef.html) says: "If every one of you guys showed one woman how to play disc golf for every two guys you showed, there would be a much larger women's division. Then it would just roll over and the sport wouldn't be so one-sided." Not only would the game grow, men would hopefully be a little more respectful on the course.
Disc Golf needs a better reputation. A reputation other than the 'pot smokin' hippie' that most people think of the average golfer. I am not saying that people should not have fun on the course, quite the contrary. If the game weren't fun, there would be no reason to play. How do golfers expect the International Olympic Committee to consider disc golf for the Olympics when it is quite common to smell the wacky tabacky on almost any course?
I am asking each and every one of you to take personal responsibility for the reputation and growth of disc golf. Not next year, not next month, but the next time you go play. Pick up trash at your course, invite someone to play - invite a lady, and don't drop an F bomb so everyone on the course can hear when you miss that 15 footer, just mutter it under your breath instead, and for heaven sake, if you must smoke a bowl, do it discretely. The future of our sport depends on it.
Have fun on the course!
Jordan
Get Better: http://www.edgediscgolf.org/
Monday, June 22, 2009
Disc Golf on MTV Sports...
Marty Hapner, '04 DG HOF Inductee, posted this old school video on his website (www.discgolf.com) dating from 1994 from MTV Sports with a closing segment on disc golf:
De La Veaga Disc Golf Course, the home of dg, in Santa Cruz is featured in the piece hosted by Dan Cortese. Where the hell did he go?
Thanks Marty for bringing us a piece of disc golf history, even if we don't want to remember the clothes. Who said disc golf has never been in the mainstream media?
Jordan
Get Better: www.pdga.com/pdgaradio
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