BEST BETS

By: Lauren Clonts AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
May 6, 2006

World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend - This international event created was by John Houck, disc golf's premier course designer. 3 to 6 p.m. $25, includes T-shirt and golf disc. Zilker Park. www. circularproductions.com.

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THROWING THE GAME
Disc golf catches on throughout Austin

By: Jason Gordon AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN
March 25, 1993

Disc golf fever is catching on in the Austin area.

About 100 people entered a two-day Professional Disc Golf Association tournament last weekend at Old Settler's Park.

"Disc golf has been around for 20 years, and it is larger now than it has ever been," said Eric Marx of Circular Production, a disc wholesaler. "Less than 10 years ago, there was only one nine-hole disc golf course in Austin. Now there are five 18-hole courses in the area."
On May 15, about 1,000 disc golfers in Austin are expected to enter the World's Biggest Disc Golf Day in Old Settler's Park. The event originated in Austin three years ago, and more than 25,000 people in 200 cities are expected to enter the event.

"We had a lot of stores calling us for more golf discs after the weather was nice a few weekends ago," Marx said. "Since there is no (fee) to play on the courses around town, all you need to do is buy a disc. The low cost is another reason disc golf is getting so popular."

Winners at the Master's Doubles and Women's Doubles National Championships last weekend in Round Rock were:

Ken Climo and Dave Greenwell in the master's division. Sam Ferrens and Marx took second.
In the women's division, Teresa Keith of Cincinnati and Kelli Hughes of Cedar Falls, Iowa, won the title.

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