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Article #649FRISBEE GOLF TOURNAMENT
From: Ross Hammond
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:00
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DISC/FRISBEE GOLF. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT. MAYBE EVEN SEEN
IT AT 2:00AM ON ESPN-2. COME SEE IT LIVE!!!
SOME OF THE TOP DISC (FRISBEE) GOLFERS IN THE COUNTRY WILL
COMPETE THIS WEEKEND FOR A PRIZE PURSE OF $6,000 AT THE 5TH ANNUAL
SENECA CREEK SOIREE PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT. ON SUNDAY
(APRIL 21ST) THERE WILL BE ONE ROUND OF 18 HOLES STARTING AT
10:00AM, WITH A FINAL NINE FOR THE TOP THIRD OF THE FIELD. AN AWARD
CEREMONY WILL FOLLOW.
AMONG THE COMPETITORS WILL BE MANASSAS, VA RESIDENT MIKE
MOSER, WHO PLACED EIGHTH IN THE 1995 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WAS
THE THIRD LEADING MONEY WINNER ON THE PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF
ASSOCIATION TOUR LAST YEAR. ALSO COMPETING WILL BE PHILADELPHIA
NATIVE JOE MELA, WHO PLACED 4TH IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1995
AND SECOND IN 1994.
THE OBJECT OF DISC GOLF IS TO LAND THE DISC IN A TARGET KNOWN
AS A "POLE HOLE", WHICH CONSISTS OF A METAL BASKET SUSPENDED ON A
POLE. CHAINS HANGING ABOVE THE BASKET HELP DEFLECT THE DISC INTO
THE HOLE. THE PERMANENT 18-HOLE COURSE AT SENECA CREEK, WITH TWO
TEE PADS AND THREE PIN PLACEMENTS PER HOLE, IS ONE OF THE MOST
HIGHLY RATED AMONG THE COUNTRY'S 500-PLUS DISC GOLF COURSES.
SPONSORS OF THE TOURNAMENT INCLUDE HDO PRODUCTIONS, HARD TIMES
CAFE, INNOVA CHAMPION DISCS, MARYLAND STATES PARK FOUNDATION AND
THE MID-ATLANTIC DISC CLUB.
SPECTATORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DIRECTIONS: TAKE I-270 NORTH TO EXIT 10 (CLOPPER ROAD). FOLLOW
CLOPPER ROAD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES TO SENECA CREEK STATE PARK
(ENTRANCE ON LEFT). FOLLOW THE PARK ROAD PAST THE LAKE, RIGHT AT
THE STOP SIGN, THEN LEFT OVER THE BRIDGE. DRIVING TIME
APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES FROM THE JUNCTION OF 270 AND 495.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10f164,c39e9ee19866f499,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10f164,public From: Ross Hammond <margross@igc.apc.org> Subject: FRISBEE GOLF TOURNAMENT Date: 1996/04/15 Message-ID: <APC&1'0'88b89c44'90e@igc.apc.org> X-Deja-AN: 147627164 x-gateway: notes@igc.apc.org newsgroups: dc.media