Text about Disc Golf
2011, was unknown for his accomplishment. Kevin began playing a form of
Frisbee golf in 1959 called Street Frisbee Golf. In 1961, he then began
organizing Frisbee golf tournaments. Hes tournaments were highly
publicized and included hula hoops as holes, with published rules, hole
lengths, pars, and penalties.
Two of the best-known figures in the sport are "Steady Ed" Headrick,] who
introduced the first formal disc golf target with chains and a basket,
and Dave Dunipacewho invented the modern disc golf in 1983, and was
one of the founders of Innova. The sport has grown at a rate of 12-15
percent annually for more than the past decade, with nearly 3000 courses
in the US and more than 4000 globally. The game is now played in more
than 40 countries worldwide, primarily in the United States, Canada,
Central and Western Europe, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and
Australia.