Snow blankets disc golf courses
NoC Sports Desk
If there’s anything that could possibly make playing disc golf more fun, it’s got to be playing disc golf in snow. The aptly named Lawrenceburg Disc Golf Association’s (LDGA) Slide and Glide II used mother nature’s slippery elixir to do just that on January 22. Of the 32 golfers who participated in this year’s event at the Anderson County Community Park, not a single soul came away with anything less than fond memories.
Some of the 32 disc golfers who enjoyed the sun and snow on Jan. 22.
“Everyone had a great time,” said event organizer and LDGA Vice President Ricky Spalding, adding that “despite the extreme weather the event went very smooth with no back ups.”
Each golfer was given Star Discs for entering the 36-hole tournament. A portion of their $15 registration fee went to the Anderson County High School Disc Golf Team, he said. Any leftover monies went towards the tourney’s ace pool, which was set at a whopping $150, a $100 of which was offered up front as a bounty.
“Since there were no aces, the $100 bounty was forfeited and the original ace pool of roughly $50 was offered,” said Spalding. “Randall Roseman won the ace pool in a throw off.”
In addition to the registration fee golfers could purchase mulligans: three for $5. And a closest to the pin (CTP) competition was offered for each of the tourney’s five divisions. CTP winners received additional discs for their sharp shooting efforts.
CTP winners for each division were: Zack Skees (Hole #4) – Advanced, Dan Skees (Hole #2) – Intermediate, Cameron Harris (Hole #1) – Intermediate, Lara Panayotoff (Hole #3) – Women’s and Tanner Kirkpatrick (Hole #3) – Junior.
Division winners
Of this year’s 32 entrants, two were women. The women’s division ended with Panayotoff besting Lisa Hicks. Panayotoff’s final score was a 154 (77-77) compared to Hicks 178 (89-89).
The other four division’s top three finishers were as follow:
Advanced
102 (50 – 52) Zack Skees
108 (55 – 53) Kevin Hall
111 (56 – 55) James Robinson
Intermediate
114 (55 – 59) Dan Skees
117 (58 – 59) Kevin Harris
118 (60 – 58) Ricky Spaulding
Recreational
118 (58 – 60) Cameron Harris
130 (62 – 68) Matthew Pinkston
133 (65 – 68) Allen Miller
Junior
145 (72 – 73) Lee Kenyon
171 (87 – 84) Tanner Kirkpatrick
Up next
Up next for frisbee golf in the area is the Bluegrass Disc Golf Association’s (BDGA) annual Ice Bowl on Feb. 5. This year marks the fifth occasion the event will be held. The tournament is sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) and will consist of 36 holes to be played at Shillito and Veteran’s Parks.
Anyone interested in participating or registering for the tourney should visit the BDGA’s website, www.bdga.org. In addition the PDGA’s website (www.pdga.com) has a link for registering and also has numerous tools for learning more about the sport.
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