DISC DRIVE
Originally published August 17, 2005
By Stan Goldberg
Sports Editor
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Dan Becker takes his putt, attempting to place the disc into the steel basket. |
AT FIRST GLANCE it looked like four men tossing a Frisbee around on a recent hot and humid Thursday evening at
Middletown Park. But in this case, looks can be deceiving.
They were playing disc golf, a sport that has been around since the 1970s and claims more than three million participants.
There are about a thousand disc golf courses in the United States. There is a league for the 20,000 pro players (the Professional Disc Golf Association founded in 1975) and close to 400 sanctioned tournaments.
But the four men that were at Middletown Park weren't interested in turning pro or playing in tournaments. They were just four men who come out to the park at Middletown several days a week to play disc golf. Every Thursday during the summer they play doubles.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 10:42 | 
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