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Oregon disc golfers fly high at tourney

Jon Neuneker
The Commuter

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

One hundred eighty-eight of the world’s best disc golfers, including some from Oregon, met in Rockhill, S.C., on Oct. 1 for the 2008 U.S. Disc Golf Championship. This four-day event was held at one of the most pristine courses in the country and was this year’s Super Bowl of disc golf, also having a purse of over $100,000.

The tournament was set up for each player to play one round of 18 holes per day, for four days, with the winner having the lowest combined score. Tournament director Jonathan Poole said that six countries and all 50 states were to be represented in the field of participants, according to the Rock Hill Herald.

This year’s champion was Nate Doss from Capitola, Calif.; he made $13,545 for the win and this year has made over $27,000 according to pdga.com. The boys from Oregon did OK as well, considering that two of the top three competitors were both from this state. Avery Jenkins from Springfield got second and made over $8,000; David Feldberg, also from Springfield, got third and made about $3,000. Corvallis’s own Nate Sexton placed 41st and made about $750.

Disc golf is continuing to gain more popularity across the world, and in the next 10 years it could become the next biggest sport, being shown on ESPN and other sport networks. There are new courses opening up all over, like the new one in Philomath. David Feldberg was also a guest on the Conan O’Brian show, giving a small demo on the sport of disc golf. Britney Spears’s little sister was also shown playing disc golf on a local cable channel a few months ago.

With disc golf entering mainstream media, newspapers, and magazines, the possibilities are endless. For more information regarding this tournament and others look at www.pdga.com.

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