World's FIRST Frisbee Golf Course - Pasadena, California
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DougK
N 34° 11.603 W 118° 10.527
11S E 391693 N 3784222
The Oak Grove Disc Golf Course in Pasadena is the first course with disc golf baskets permanently cemented into place.
Waymark Code: WMNYYW
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2015
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Ed Headrick worked for the Wham-O Corporation. He redesigned the Pluto Platter creating a disc that could be controlled and thrown accurately. He brought the professional model Frisbee to market and pushed "Frisbee" as a sport. Ed founded the the International Frisbee Association (IFA) and established standards for the various disc disciplines, such as golf, guts, freestyle and distance.
"Steady" Ed designed the first standardized disc catching device, known as a pole hole or basket and is regarded as the "
Father of Disc Golf".
From the History of Disc Golf at DGA:
In 1974 Ed Headrick approached the County of Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department with the idea of a permanent Disc Golf Course. Sy Greben, Director of the Park Planning Division saw the potential and Oak Grove Park was selected and approval was given to install the world’s first Disc Golf Course. Headrick and Mary Becker from the Park Planning Division designed and constructed the course with the county. In 1976 Ed replaced his Pole Holes which were just poles cemented into the ground with the first DGA Disc Pole Hole that where the first disc golf targets to use chains to stop a disc.
Today disc golf has become incredibly popular and is one of the fastest growing games. There are over 3000 formal courses in the United States and many courses around the world.
This course, know as Oak Grove (Hahamongna Park), is still in use today.
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