PDGA US National Tour / Greater Tulsa Open 2008 The PDGA US National Tour continues this weekend in Tulsa, Oklaholma with the Greater Tulsa Open tournament. Big stars such as David Feldberg, Avery Jenkins, Coda Hatfield, and Kevin McCoy amongst other great disc golfers like a young gun from Texas Robbie Bratten will test their skills in one of the premier disc golf locations in the USA.
Tournament will take place in Mohawk Park, currently listed as America’s 35 largest municipal park at 2,820 acres. >>current registration for tournament
05/14/2008 Swedish national disc golf champioship tour 2008
Swedish national disc golf champioship tour 2008 started with Göteborg Open tournament. Over 100 top Swedish disc golfers gathered together to play a challenging 21-hole tournament course.
Markus Källström won Open division by one stroke ahead of Anders Swärd. Local player Karl Arnby placed third.
Angelica Frantz won womes division, Oskar Stenfelt won junior division and Jonas Lindholm won Masters division. >>results
05/7/2008 Discgolf lifestyle events in Finland are what the original & true
'spirit of the game' is all about. >> Stamina
A bus full of grazy disc golfers played six courses in one day, from the sunrise to the sunset in Helsinki, capital of Finland. Once again Stamina has proved to be the best
lifestyle tournament in the world. >> Tour de Oulu At the same time of Stamina, in Northern Finland, in Oulu took place Tour de Oulu. Again a bus full of sick disc golfers to play the game we love. From the sunrise to the sunset in Oulu, Finland. Disc golf all day long with your best friends. >>Stamina website>>Tour de Oulu website 05/7/2008 Steve Rico won Steady Ed Memorial Masters Cup
Steve Rico from Sylmar, CA, USA won Steady Ed Memorial Masters Cup in Santa Cruz, California.
Tournament was the third event of the 2008 PDGA US National Tour.
Avery Jenkins and Steve Rico were tied for first place after three rounds and they went to play off to battle it out. Rico won the play off.
David Feldberg placed third, Nathan Doss fourth and Ken Climo finished fifth. In the women's division Valarie Jenkins won by two strokes ahead of Carrie Berlogar. Kristy King finished third. >>Masters Cup 2008 results Next PDGA US National Tour event will be Greater Tulsa Open May 17-18. >> tournament website
Steve Rico is 2008 Masters Cup champion.
05/4/2008 Disc golf Swiss Open 2008 / A showcase of Finnish excellence >> Timo Pursio, Finland won Swiss Open EuroTour tournament
Timo Pursio won Swiss Open EuroTour tournament. Sylvain Gouge, France took second place in open division. PDGA rookie of the year nominee, Finnish junior star Jalle Stoor played well again and finished third. Toni Asikainen, Finland was fourth. >> Finnish JackPot
Anne Matilainen, Finland won women's division, Kari Vesala, Finland won masters division and Calle Välkki, Finland won junior boys division. How about that.
2008 PDGA EuroTour continues in late may with the British Open in Shrewsbury, Great Britain. >>British Open website Swiss Open 2008 video by Michael Priester from Austria. Good song & lyricks, Right now by Van Halen. Time is now and the future of international disc golf looks great.
A huge international Disc golf weekend coming up!
This coming weekend will be a huge one in the international Disc golf scene as the best touring pros in USA will play PDGA US National Tour tournament, Masters Cup in Santa Cruz, California. At the same time top touring pros in Europe will battle it out in Geneva, Switzerland in Swiss Open EuroTour Tournament. >>Masters Cup Preview >>Swiss Open website>>Masters Cup website
04/27/2008
Dave Feldberg won WellWare Copenhagen Open
Dave Feldberg from Oregon, USA won WellWare Copenhagen Open EuroTour tournament. Local player Karl Johan Høj Nybo finished second and last years Copenhagen Open champion Timo Pursio, Finland finished third. Congratulations! WellWare Copenhagen Open was a showcase of Mr. Feldbergs skills as he carded top scores two rounds out of three. First round 51, -11 under par and third round 50, -12 under par was just too much for the rest of the field to deal with. Total score 210, -38 under par secured the victory with six strokes before local Karl Johan Høj Nybo.
Timo Pursio, Finland was tied with Høj Nybo as they started the final nine. Høj Nybo shot the best final nine 26 -5 under par and last years champion Pursio took the third place four strokes behind. >>WellWare Copenhagen Open 2008 photo gallery >> Anne Matilainen, Finland won womens division.
On the third round Anne Matilainen scored the hottest score in womens competition 63, +1 over par. She cruised past the Swedes Lydie Hellgren and Angelica Frantz and secured the victory in the final nine by two strokes before Hellgren with a score 241, +23 over par. In the middle Anne Matilainen, Finland winner of the 2008 WellWare Copenhagen Open. On the right hand side Timo Pursio, Finland and on left Anders Swärd, Sweden.They all represented team Europe in 2007 President's Cup. >> Dan Johansson, Sweden won Masters division.
Dan Johansson won masters division by eight strokes with a score 200, -18 under par. Second place went to Germany as Robert Delisle shot a total score 208, -10 under par. Christer Köhler from Sweden finished third.
PDGA EuroTour continues next weekend in Geneva with Swiss Open tournament. >>Swiss Open website>>PDGA EuroTour 2008 >>WellWare Copenhagen Open website>>results
04/22/2008
PDGA EuroTour 2008 / WellWare Copenhagen Open 04/26-27 >> Dave Feldberg, USA VS Timo Pursio, Finland The PDGA EuroTour continues this coming weekend as the WellWare Copenhagen Open will take place in Valbyparken, Denmark. Last years champion Timo Pursio will face a fierce competitor from USA, 2005 USDGC Champion, 2006 European Open Champion and 2007 Players Cup Champion Mr. Dave Feldberg from Oregon, USA.
Feldberg had a great start for his 2008 season as he won the Memorial in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Pursio is the all time best disc golfer from Finland and 2006 European Open runner up just behind Feldberg. Wellware Copenhagen open will start Pursio's 2008 international disc golf season.
The WellWare Copenhagen Open will start on saturday morning and these fellows will battle it out all the way from the very first hole as they start in the same group and play hole #14 as their first hole. Good luck, may the best player win. >>first day results>>first day report [ in Finnish ] >>tournament website
04/20/2008 Disc golf in media / Russia & Sweden Check out Russian Disc golf Championship 2008, Tour 1 from Russian TV. You do not want to miss this! As you try to understand something they say in Russian, you might also want to practise your Swedish before the Scandinavian Open in Skellefteå, Sweden. They have already started promoting the event and have got media coverage for their PDGA Major in Europe. Read it and learn. >>article in local Skellefteå newspaper
04/18/2008
The second event of the 2008 PDGA US National Tour >> Barry Schultz won the Bowling Green Open Mr. Schultz won the second tornament of PDGA US National Tour with a score 213, -30 under par, by four strokes over Eric Mccabe 217, -26 under par. David Feldberg, winner of the Memorial, the first PDGA US National tour event in 2008, finished third with a score 218, -25 under par. After two tournaments Mr. Schultz leads the 2008 PDGA US National Tour with one victory and one second place.
In the womens division Valarie Jenkins won two with a score 245, +2 over par. Second place went to Des Reading 247, +4 over par, and Carrie Berlogar 253, +10 over par finished third.
The next PDGA US National Tour event will be the Steady Ed Memorial Masters Cup May 2-4 which takes place on one of the legendary disc gof courses in the world, De laveaga in Santa Cruz, California. >>read full article on the PDGA website>>tournament results
04/15/2008 Flying disc magazine / make the team FDM
Flying disc magazine is doing a great promotion for the sport. Check it out!
04/7/2008 Jussi Meresmaa is the new world champion in distance! >> A new national record of Finland in the finals, 204 meters! WFDF distance world championships in Primm, NV took place last weekend. In the open division two Finns made the finals. Jussi Meresmaa won the event with a result of 204 meters. Juho Parviainen finished second with a 201 meter throw.
Big favorites like Christian Sandström, Sweden, Cris "Max" Voigt, Germany and Avery Jenkins, USA did not even make the finals. " Winds were really high, which made the conditions hard. You needed just the right angle to get the maximum results. Studying the wind was the key to my success", the new world champion Jussi Meresmaa explains. >> Happy Finns in Nevada. Happy Finns. Juho Parviainen, silver medal in the open division, 201 meters. Jussi Meresmaa, gold medal in the open division, 204 meters. Kari Vesala, bronze medal in the masters division, 181 meters. Way to go Team Finland! >> Grip it & Rip it!
BigD in the desert tournament offers the best players in the world pretty much the optimum playground for throwing distance. Warm wheather with nice steady breeze to give your performance the maximum results. Jussi Meresmaa got his personal best, 204 meters in the finals, with Innova Champion Pro Destroyer at 166 g.
A disc to go for BigD. 204 meters is approx 669 feet. Awesome! Jussi Meresmaa, Finland, is the world champion in distance 2008.
04/5/2008 International season 2008 is in full swing
>> EuroTour disc golf / the Dutch Open
This weekend starts the 2008 disc golf EuroTour with the Dutch Open in Rijswijk, parc Elsenburgerbos. >>Dutch Disc Golf Open 2008 website >> BigD in the desert
Big D in the Desert VIII Is the World Flying Disc Federation Distance Championships. The event will be held at Ivanpah dry lake in Primm, Nevada April 5 and 6th with April 7th being an all out world record breaking distance challenge day.
The Big D in the Desert events have produced 7 WFDF world records with the most notable being the current world distance record throw of 250 meters with an Innova Champion discs Valkyrie.
04/4/2008 DiscCast - The Frisbee Freestyle PodCast / DiscCast Extra
DiscCast Extra will be released occasionally in one-off specials that will be shorter and have just one main feature. These features will include things such as interviews, discussions, how-to segments and news updates. DiscCast Extra podcasts are created by British freestyle duo John Coxhead and Joe McCrave. >>UK Disc Style website >> DiscCast Extra / episode 1.
The first DiscCast Extra features an interview with legend of the game John `Z' Weyand. >>Listen to the DiscCast Extra / episode 1. [ Length: 21mins 30secs File size: 14.7MB ] >> DiscCast Extra / episode 2.
An interview with The Legend himself Joey Hudoklin. Joey was in Europe for Paganello last week. While at Paganello, Joey spoke to John about how his career began, its many highlights, including Team Bud Light and his first FPA World title in 1979, his views on the freestyle explosion in Europe and much more. >>Listen to the DiscCast Extra / episode 2. [ Length: 26mins 42secs File size: 18.3MB ] More about frisbee freestyle / Paganello 2008 results and links to youtube videos: >>Shrednow.com
03/25/2008 PDGA Radio
PDGA Radio news is an internet service to PDGA members and other disc golf enthusiasts that delivers a 20 minute audio broadcast each week. Listen to the latest news.
03/13/2008 Puerto Rico Winter Jam 2008
Once again freestylers from arond the globe gathered together in middle of the winter for Puerto Rico Winter Jam. Amazing airbrush and bodyroll game in a nice sea breeze.
I bet Geoff Gregory, Steve Scanell, Doug Korns, Todd Brodeur, Carlos “Pipo” Lopez and the whole gang had a blast! >>watch part two on the youtube
03/11/2008 2008 Paganello Beach Ultimate & Freestyle / March 20-24
1500 atheles, 550 games, 110 teams, 100 freestylers, 16 fields. The world's greatest frisbee party on the beach in Rimini, Italy. This year the Paganello video competition is back. Film and produce a clip and win a prize. Winning clip 2007: Director - Whit Scott.
03/9/2008 2008 PDGA US National Tour started in Phoenix, Arizona
>> Dave Feldberg won the Memorial tournament 2006 European Open champion and 2007 player's Cup champion Mr. Dave Feldberg won the first 2008 PDGA US National Tour event in Phoenix, Arizona.
Last years PDGA US National Tour winner Nathan Doss placed fourth and "The Champ" Ken Climo finished fifth. Markus Källström, orinally from Sweden, tied for seventh place.
In the womens division Team Innova Champion Star member and 2007 PDGA World champion Valarie Jenkins won by three strokes ahead of Des Reading. >>photos >>read an article on the PDGA website>>tournament results
Next 2008 PDGA US National Tour Event will be the Bowling Green Open April 12-13 in Kentucky.
03/8/2008 USDGC 2008 / 10 year anniversary
"Established in 1999, the US Disc Golf Championship has since grown into disc golf’s most prestigious event. The USDGC has the strongest field, the largest purse, and an amazing disc golf course that challenges even this illustrious field. Join us this October as we celebrate the event’s 10-year anniversary", explains USDGC promoter Jonathan Poole. >>zonedriven sports website>>USDGC website >> Something international special at the USDGC 2008
Most likely Discmania and FrisbeeSports Promotions will travel to Rock Hill to organize the international team competition between team USA and team Europe, The President's Cup, with the PDGA, Innova Champion and zonedriven sports. More news soon. >>2007 Disc golf President's Cup
>>2007 President's Cup team USA>>2007 President's Cup team Europe
03/6/2008 PDGA EuroTour 2008 / King of The Park 2, Potsdam, Germany
The 2nd king of the park disc golf event will take place October 25-26 at the Hyzerpark in Potsdam, right next to Germanys capital Berlin. You will experience the pleasure of disc golfing 18 hole course in beautiful well-cut park environment and challenge yourself with a tough EuroTour layout. >>King of the park website
03/3/2008 WellWare Copenhagen Open 2008 / PDGA EuroTour 2008
Photo: Innova Champion WellWare Copenhagen Open 2008, EuroTour A-Tier tournament, is doing something special. Not just a great EuroTour event, but a new and a right way to push the sport of International professional disc golf to the next level. >>read more
02/19/2008 Tali Open 2008, Helsinki, Finland / USDGC 2008 qualifier
Welcome to Helsinki, Finland, to play the Tali Open 2008, EuroTour event and 2008 USDGC qualifier. Tournament will take place in one of the best permanent disc golf courses in Finland on june 27-29. Registration is open now! Register as soon as possible to secure a spot in one of the best events in EuroTour. >> Tali Open website >> Pursio VS Stoor, juniorstar challenges the champion Timo Pursio, the all time best disc golfer in Finland won last years event. Disc Golf World rookie of the year nominee Jalle Stoor played great at his home course last year and finished second. Can the juniorstar Stoor challenge the champion in this years competition? What about the top swedes like 2004, 2005 and 2006 Tali Open champion Jesper Lundmark? >> Top five will recieve an invitation to the USDGC 2008
Disc golf's most prestigious international tournament, United States Disc Golf Championship, is the playgroud for the top 180 touring professional disc golfers in the world. Tali Open, USDGC qualifier, will give a chance for the top five finishers in the leaderboard to compete in this special event. So travel to Finland and prepare yourself for fierce competition with best touring European pros and fight for the spot in the USDGC 2008. >>USDGC 2008 website
02/13/2008 WFDF Newsletter
Check out the latest World Flyind Disc Federation newsletter / january 2008.
The Swiss Open is a PDGA B-tier event and will offer you a minimum prize-money of 4000 euros. Tournament will take place on may 3-4 in Geneva. >>tournament website
02/9/2008 World Disc Games 2008 / Santa Cruz California, USA
The World Disc Games will take place in Santa Cruz this summer from July 1st - 6th. This
also is officially recognized as the World Flying Disc Federation, WFDF, World Titles for
men's and women's pairs in frisbee freestyle. The University of California, Santa Cruz, offers the best and most scenic playing fields in the world. >>tournament website
02/6/2008 2007 Beaver State Fling / What a great Trailer! Disc Golf by the best players in the world. >>dgflicks.com
Copenhagen Open is for the second time part of the PDGA EuroTour and this year tournament will only offer Pro divisions for current PDGA members.
WellWare Copenhagen Open 2008 is proud to announce, that they have been granted permission from the PDGA Europe Steering Committe to upgrade to A-tier.
A great purse / prize money: > Minimum 8.000 Euro in total prize purse > Minimum 900 Euro for the winner in Open division > Minimum 500 Euro for the winner in Master division > Minimum 300 Euro for the winner in Women division
Tournament will take place April 26-27.2008 on the challenging course in Valbyparken.
54 players have already registered, so register now for this exciting event!
01/18/2008 Wham-O Toymaker Richard Knerr Dies at 82
Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O, the company that popularized Frisbee, has died. >>read more
01/15/2008 DiscgolfersR.us
Check out new cool internetional web portal for disc golfers. R U connected? >>DisgolfersR.us
01/14/2008 News from the Chairman of WFDF Individual Events Committee
WFDF World Titles were awarded for several of the individual and team events for this coming season.
>> Distance
The WFDF World Title will be contested at the Big D in the Desert. Dates are April 5-7 and you can find info here >>Big D website
>> SCF and Discathon
The WFDF World Titles in both of these events
will be given out at the US Open, coming July 14-19 in Reading, PA, USA. >>Event website
>> Double Disc Court / DDC
The WFDF World Titles (Open, Women's, and Mixed)
will once again be decided at the Arizona State Overall event, November 6-9, in Scottsdale, AZ. Web site is not up yet.
01/1/2008 PDGA EuroTour 2008
The preparation of the PDGA Eurotour 2008 is almost finalized. The tour will start with the Dutch Open at Rijswijk, Den Haag beginning of April and will end with the Bern Open in Switzerland mid of October.
