Brooks Greer
To many of us, the idea of playing the game of golf with a
Frisbee would seem to be a fairly new concept.
However, the first accounts of a competitive game go back to the 1920’s,
and organized “disc golf” leagues and tournaments emerged in the late 1960’s
and early 1970’s. With thousands of
courses in the United States and many more in forty other countries, the sport has
reached that “critical mass” point where there is currently an explosion of new
courses. In just the last two years, the
Charleston area has gone from two courses to six – similar growth to what is
happening nationwide with the sport.
Brooks and Arthur
Geer, owners of Sewee Outpost got hooked in Charlotte where well over a dozen
disc golf courses are maintained by the state.
Upon returning, they laid out a course for their own enjoyment, using
flower pots as targets. Given the
store’s focus on outdoor life in the lowcountry, it soon seemed natural to put
in a course that could be enjoyed by many.
Harold Duvall and Zeb Campbell of Innova Corp. came to Charleston and
designed a course for them, the course was put in, and now official “baskets” have
replaced the flower pot targets. A
basket, the equivalent of a “hole” in “conventional” golf is vertical pole
surrounded by two circles of chains that arrest the flight of a disc, allowing
it to fall into a basket below.
David Heyward
Mount Pleasant SC resident David Heywood, professor at College of Charleston and disc golf
enthusiast who showed me the ropes – or chains if you will. There are a wide variety of discs - some for
distance , some whose flight arcs to the left or right and some designed to
fall easily into the basket. Disc golf
has its own unique terminology to refer to the numerous types of throws, but overall
the rules and etiquette closely mirror those of “conventional” golf.
Vanessa Chambers
One of the local Mount Pleasant residents is a two time WORLD disc golf
champion, three time “woman disc golfer of the year” and inductee in the Disc Golf Hall of
Fame. She is Vanessa Chambers, who along
with her husband Coleman own Hunter Transportation based in Mount
Pleasant. Coleman, Vanessa and their two
sons structure all of their vacations around disc golf courses, having played
all over the United States, in Canada and Europe as well.
So, next time you
are up toward Sewee Outpost, give Disc Golf a whirl. “Greens fees” are $ 5.00 to play all day, the
expense of discs to get started is minimal and you don’t have to wear those
funny shoes. You might just find
yourself saying: “Under the magnolia tree, through the azalea bush, off the oak
sapling, nothin’ but…. umm, basket!”
A note to those of you who get this by email - I have been having issues with Google Blogger. It is such that I must start a website in order to continue providing the quality content I strive to send, which is going to take approximately two months to build. Today's post is very light on photographs in order to make sure it reaches you. In the meanwhile, I cannot resolve this issues unless I cut way down on the number of photographs per post or find another way for you to access the posts. Since the daily meditation is very light on photographic content I am going to try adding a link to both the top and bottom of each day's meditation that leads directly to that day's journal. Please bear with me while I get this straightened out.
I am back in Charleston for a few days to seek assistance with this issue as well as attend the grand opening of the clinic. I will post stories from here for a few days, and expect to be back on the road by the beginning of the week. I appreciate your patience with these technical issues.
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Have a great Wednesday !!
David
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