Disc golf tournament arrives on campus, OPR provides equipment
April 21, 2015
Look out for flying discs around campus beginning April 16 as the weekly disc golf tournaments begins.
Every Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., students can sign up and play nine holes of disc golf for free.
Students just have to go inside the OPR building, sign up, pick up some equipment and start playing.
Students play on teams of two and scoring is based on the honor system.
“It’s not a very popular sport […] It’s just something that we’re doing for free for the students,” said Jordan Stinglen, intramural and special events coordinator.
However, Stinglen expects around 12 teams to be participating in the tournament this spring.
Stinglen said he believes the number of students playing can easily increase with the help of more advertising and word of mouth.
Posters will be created and set up around campus, with Central Intramurals planning to send out emails through Intramural Leagues accounts to announce when the course is set-up and ready to be played.
Stinglen said he believes that because the course is set up right in the middle of campus, students won’t have a choice but to notice other students playing and having a good time.
“A lot of people are probably going to be ducking,” Stinglen said.
Stinglen said the peak time to play is right after classes in the afternoon, especially when the weather is nice.
Stinglen believes spring time is ideal for disc golf.
“The weather, the spring feeling and everyone wanting to be outside makes it a perfect time for disc golf,” Stinglen said, “Many people want more things to do for fun and at their own time outside during spring. Disc golf gives them something fun to do without any feeling to be competitive or good.”
mike plansky • Apr 21, 2015 at 7:24 pm
Not a very popular sport? Disc Golf may be the fastest growing sport out there!
Below is great resource for learning more about disc golf history, growth, development, culture and design from the academic discipline of landscape architecture:
http://www.thesisabstracts.com/ThesisAbstract_736_Disc-Golf-Course-Design-Inscribing-Lifestyle.html