I was recently having a beer outside at a pub that I had never been to before and a friend asked me if I wanted to play disc golf. An odd request when drinking beer but before I could point that out he said that there was a course there.
I made the mistake of saying I thought that they had gone the way of pet rocks. The people at the table next to ours seemed to take great glee in pointing out my ignorance and even said that there was a number of professional leagues and they followed one called Ultimate Disc.
I argued, to no avail, that there could not be a professional league because ESPN would be showing it instead of spelling bees. Anyway there is, and possibly more than one, and there may be a tournament near you, or even the playoffs, which will be continuing this weekend.
http://www.pdga.com/
The league that I was pointed to was the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL), apparently because the people I talked with were transplanted Bostonians. There are other leagues as well, such as the Professional Disc Golf Association or PDGA, which we will likely look at in the future.
The league has just finished a 15 week season and its playoff teams have risen to the top of the heap with two team from both of its conferences, the Western and Eastern, with the winners of each conference playoff slated to play in the inaugural AUDL championship game that will be held September 11 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
The Western division played last weekend and the top ranked Bluegrass Revolution lost to the Indianapolis AlleyCats 24-20. This weekend Eastern Division Championship will be played with the Philadelphia Spinners, owner of best record in the league, hosting the Rhode Island Rampage.
I never did make it out to the course, I guess I will have to head back for a round and try my hand in the near future.
two different sports, Ultimate disc League is sometimes called frisbee football, Disc golf is golf with discs (frisbees) played like “ball golf” on a course usually 9, 18, 27 holes. try it sometime.
PDGA just completed the world championships in Charlotte NC with approximatly 1100 competitors
Thanks Tim, I did not realize that there was a difference. I will make that clear when I do a piece on the PDGA next week.
You do realize, that the Eastern Division playoffs is not featuring the two best teams, since the AUDL in its infinite wisdom has decided to ignore the Connecticut Constitution, who earned the right to comete against the Spinners as the second best team in the East.
Yes, but the team has suspended operations and I did not want to get into a he said, she said conversation about the relative merits of the positions of both sides, coming into the issue so late.