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.