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Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, [2] [a] is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf. [ 4 ] The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes, each consisting of a teeing area and target (basket).
Gannon Buhr is a professional disc golfer who won his first major at the age of 17 in 2022, becoming the second youngest player to win a major and the youngest to win the United States Disc Golf Championship. [1] [2] [3] Buhr won his second major by winning the 2024 European Open in Tampere, Finland. [4]
Paul McBeth (born July 9, 1990) [2] is an American professional disc golfer from Huntington Beach, California.He won the PDGA World Championships four times in a row (2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015) and again in 2019 and 2022, making him a six-time champion.
Tipping is performed by poking the center of the disc with various body parts to cause the disc to "pop up," usually maintaining the angle of the disc and its spin. Tipping is performed with finger tips, elbows, knees, feet, and even the top of the head. Joey Hudoklin's famous tipping combo is considered the epitome of this technique. [20]
DG Academy offers disc golf instruction, as well as weekly training sessions. [13] They also work with course design and organization of various disc golf events and competitions. Since 2018, Lätt has been fully committed to a career in disc golf, both as a competitor and representative, and through the company she co-founded with her husband. [8]
The Disc Golf Pro Tour was founded in 2016 by Steve Dodge and Nate Heinold. [1] The DGPT is the highest level of competition in professional disc golf . The tour currently operates two tours, the Elite Series and the Q-Series (formerly the Silver Series), both featuring men's and women's professional divisions.
They rolled to a very solid 4-0 shutout win over Rickie Fowler and the New York Golf Club on the third week of the TGL season on Tuesday. That moved them to 1-0 on the year, while NYGC fell to 0-2.
Maple Hill Open is an annual disc golf tournament held at the Maple Hill Disc Golf Course in Leicester, Massachusetts. For six years, the event (formerly known as The Vibram Open ), had the largest MPO and FPO payout of any stop on the PDGA National Tour .