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/
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