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Special team awards for this event include the "spirit award" and the "best dressed team award". Created by Houck in 2000 to provide an event for players who share the love of the sport to simply enjoy the weekend with other disc golfers, the Texas Teams Tournament became the largest disc golf non-sanctioned team event in the world by 2010.
PDGA International Disc Golf Center during the September 2011 National Championship. The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the promotion and sustainable growth of disc golf. [1] The PDGA is the global governing body of disc golf. [2]
The DGA was established by Ed Headrick in order to focus his attention on building and inventing equipment for the sport he founded. Ed Headrick coined and trademarked the term "Disc Golf" when formalizing the sport and invented the Disc Pole Hole (The Mach 1), [1] the first disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole.
"Steady Ed" Headrick [7] and Dave Dunipace are two inventors and players who greatly impacted how disc golf is played. In 1976 Headrick formalized the rules of the sport, founded the Disc Golf Association (DGA), the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), [8] the Recreational Disc Golf Association (RDGA) and invented the first formal disc golf target [9] with chains and a basket. [10]
Discraft sponsors a disc golf team called Team Discraft. Nate Doss, a member of the team, was the 2005, 2007 and 2011 PDGA Mixed Open World Champion. [5] [6] Paul McBeth, a six-time PDGA Mixed Open World Champion, [7] joined Team Discraft beginning in 2019. On February 24, 2021, Discraft extended their contract with McBeth, worth $10 million ...
Texas is home of several national sports league franchises among other professional sports, being the second most populated U.S. state.Since the state is located in the South Central United States, most teams are part of the Central / South or West league divisions, with the notable exception of the NFL Dallas Cowboys, which is an NFC East franchise.
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.
The winner of the USADGC is given an automatic berth to the United States Disc Golf Championship, held in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The event has been held since 2002 in this format, with the winner frequently being picked up by Discraft, a disc manufacturing company out of Wixom, Michigan. Currently the record for margin of victory in the ...