According Gregg Hosfeld himself, he “is not your typical comic, juggler, writer, World Flying Disc Champion & Promoter, disc golf course designer, collector of odd signs, wire walker, traffic critic, and sharpei impressionest.” Obviously multitalented, Gregg has been playing disc sports for over 30 years and has amassed quite a resume during his span as [...]
Written on December 26, 2008 | Posted in
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Finishing off his best year to date with a win at the Players Cup, Eric McCabe is a fresh face on the long list of Major Championship winners. On the other hand, he is clearly not new to successful finishes or big payouts, and is well known and respected throughout the game. Vibram Open TD [...]
Written on December 10, 2008 | Posted in
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November 2008
PDGA #31162
Hailing from sunny San Antonio, Liz Lopez is one of the newest competitive female pro players on the disc golf circuit. Picked up by Discraft in 2007, Liz has been touring extensively and reaping the benefits from the experiences she’s had thus far. She began to play the game with college friends in [...]
Written on November 25, 2008 | Posted in
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When initially asked how he first started playing the game, Steve Wisecup replied, “To make a long story short and sweet, I thought we had invented it - but then around 1975 my friends and I discovered that other people were playing Disc Golf. When we bought our World Class Frisbees we found the IFA [...]
Written on November 14, 2008 | Posted in
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Many of you may not know that Nathan Doss has a very valid reason to support public television. At age 7, he and his dad Mark Karleskind tuned into a program on disc golf about DeLaveaga DGC (10 minutes from their house) on the local public access channel. During the program his dad chimed in [...]
Written on October 23, 2008 | Posted in
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A member of the Greater Cincinnati Flying Disc Association, Matthew Blakely has 26 disc golf courses to choose from within 30 miles. Having so many types of shots to practice on so many courses can really help your game, and Matt has most likely seasoned his consistent play on many of these fairways.
Born in Dayton, [...]
Written on September 19, 2008 | Posted in
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In 1997, Dave was a student at Western Michigan University studying to be a computer programmer. Friends Bill Kubek, Jordan Wiles and Scott Dana introduced him to the game of disc golf, and the rest is history.
Originally from Delton, MI - Dave Feldberg came home to the Kalamazoo area this August and put on a [...]
Written on August 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Valarie Jenkins was first introduced to disc golf when she was 5 years old. Her parents would take her to the local course, (most of the time she would play on the playground or in the creek) and occasionally she would be her dad’s partner in the weekly scrambles. Now, this doesn’t mean that if [...]
Written on August 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Discraft Pro Elite Z member Brad Schick (PDGA#7992) has been around the block. Rated 990 and up since August of 1999, and 1000 and up since July of 2005, he is no stranger to 1000 rated rounds, top-ten finishes, and the Disc Golf community in general. In the past three months he has competed in [...]
Written on July 30, 2008 | Posted in
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