>> DISC GOLF IS
A SPORT THAT IMMITATES THE GAME OF --
EVERYBODY KNOWS, CALLED WALL GOLF.
IT STARTED WITH PEOPLE PLAYING CATCH IN GAMES, WHICH WAS THE
PHRASE ON THE OLD FREEWAYSBERRY, HOW THE FATHER OF DISC GOLF,
STEADY ED HEADRICK, THE PERSON WHO BASICALLY, TURNED A TOY INTO
A SPORTING TYPE DISC.
SO, HE, BASICALLY, TURNED SPORT FROM WHAT WAS A FRIVOLOUS PAST
TIME ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
HE SAID THESE THINGS FLY SO LET'S HAVE A BASKET.
LET'S HAVE SPLK THAT'S GOING TO HIT IN THE AIR, SO HE CAME UP IN
1976 WITH WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE POLE HOLE.
IT'S LIKE I SAID, A BASKET TO CATCH THE DISC, AND IT DROPS,
AND YOU COME OUT.
>> OH, YEAH.
THERE WE GO.
>> WE TRY TO GET TO THE BASKET, IN AS FEW OF HOLES, THROWS AS
POSSIBLE.
AND YOU HOLD OUT, AND THAT'S HO YOU COMPETE.
I STARTED OUT, BASICALLY, I LOVE, I STARTED OUT AS A
FRUSTRATED BASEBALL PLAYER, AND I THREW TO THE EXTENT WHERE I
GOT ATTENTION FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE I WENT TO A
COUPLE OF TOURNAMENTS, AND I ENDED UP GETTING THE INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR WORLD RECORDS, AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO THROW OVER
400 FEET IN 1976.
SO, I BECAME SORT OF A PART OF THE SPORT EARLY, AN EARLY
PIONEER OF THE MODERN DISC SPORTS, AND I AM STILL PLAYING
TODAY, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO WHAT A GREAT GAME THAT THIS IS.
>> YOU REALLY APPROACH THE GAME LIKE REGULAR GOLF, SO IT'S A
MENTAL CHALLENGE.
IT'S NOT A REACTIONARY SPORT.
YOU HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU
CAN DO CORRECTLY OR INCORRECTLY SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO
VISUALIZING THE SHOT.
RELAXING AND EXECUTING.
>> NICE PUTT.
>> WE HAVE A TRADITIONAL FRISBEE RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A ROUNDED EDGE, AND IT IS RELATIVELY UNSTABLE SO IT HAS A
TENDENCY TO FLIP UP FLAT AND THROW TO THE RIGHT.
A FLYING DISC FOR DISC GOLF IS DIFFERENT WITH A LOW PROFILE AND
A SHARP EDGE, SO THIS HAS A TENDENCY TO FLY TO THE LEFT FOR
A RIGHT HANDED PLAYER WHO THROWS BACKHAND.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUTTERS.
I CARRY ONE WITH ME, BUT SOMETIMES PLAYERS CARRY THREE OR
FOUR, THIS PUTTER, IF I THROW IT, WILL GO THE WAY IT GOES, IT
HAS A RABID DOUBLED EDGE, AND IT WILL USUALLY, IF I THROW IT
STRAIGHT, I WILL BE REWARDED WITH HITTING THE CHAINS, WHICH
IS HOW YOU HOLD UP.
>> THIS IS IN WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS RIGHT OFF ROUTE
20, DAN, THE CO-FOUNDER, HE DISCOVERED THIS PIECE OF LAND,
HE'S A WILBRAHAM NATIVE.
HE SAID HEY, THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE TO PUT A DISC GOLF
COURSE.
WE TURNED THIS INTO A REAL PARK, AND A RECREATION OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE, NOT JUST WILBRAHAM BUT ALL OVER THE AREA.
>> DISC GOLF APPEALS TO MY LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS, AND IT APPEALS
TO MY LOVE OF COMPETITION AND APPEALS TO MY LOVE OF THROWING,
AND APPEALS TO MY LOVE OF, OF LIKE MINDED PEOPLE, FRISBEE
PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO GET INTO THE SPORT, SOME OF THE GREATEST
PEOPLE AROUND.
THIS COURSE COMING INTO PLAY, HAS BUILT UP AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
OF GREAT PEOPLE AND I MADE A LOT OF NEW FRIENDS, AND EVERY PLACE
I'VE BEEN, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, IT'S A
WONDERFUL SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY, A WONDERFUL SPORTING OPPORTUNITY,
AND IT'S JUST ALL POSITIVE.