Thanksgiving Holiday $ale$

Gotta get on the bandwagon - don't like to call it Black Friday sales, but we have some sales that will save you some money - In-Store Only - you don't have to fight the people at the malls, come on in to Disc 'n Dat, 155 Lloyd Ave. Florence, Ky 859.371.3668
Friday 11/27 and Saturday 11/28 only:

$139.95 DGA Mach Lites w/free DGA Shield Tee-shirt - reg. $150
- only 6 in stock, 3 red and 3 blue

$1 Off all golf discs

$3 Off all disc golf bags

We have lots of non-disc golf stuff too:

10% off all Jewelry

20% off all books and Tarot Cards

20% off all pottery

10% off all boxes

Fundraiser Katanas for the Japan Open are here

We have some Champion Katanas, some Champion Blemished Katanas and some Pro Katanas that are fundraisers for the 2010 Japan Open. Here's the info on the disc:

The first Japan Open fund-raising offering is the First Run Prototype Katana (unreleased from Innova).
Calling all distance challenged throwers! The Katana is built with the finesse thrower in mind. Recommended downwind driver. Hit the angle right and watch it bolt out of sight. The physical characteristics resemble a Boss with the flight characteristics of a Sidewinder on steroids. Master the technique of Katana and rule the course.
KATANA- [kah-tah-nah] Origin Japan 1392~ A curved single-edged sword traditionally used by Japanese Samurai. The samurai would give names to their swords as they believed their warrior spirit lived within the Katana.
Origin Rancho Cucamonga, USA 2009~ An INNOVA DISC GOLF TECHNICAL DISTANCE DRIVER with flight chart numbers: 13 +, 5, -3, 3.

Course Challenge Series Finale at Lincoln Ridge/Banklick 11/14/09

Come on out for the CCS Finale at Lincoln Ridge tomorrow 11/14/09 at Lincoln Ridge/Banklick.

Signup by 9:00 am tee-off 9:30 am. For more information go to Cincinnati Disc Golf Dot Com -= going to be a great day to play, warm and sunny. Can't beat that for November.

We will be playing 24 holes the first round, lower tees and the original 18 holes the second round, upper tees. We will try to move holes #1 and 13 for the second round.

The day's tourney prizes will be given out at the end of the tourney. After that we will convene at Buffalo Bob's Restaurant for the Course Challenge Series Awards. We're working on them as a sponsor so come on out and support them and us.

PDGA ROY and POY Candidates

Who's in the hunt for Player or Rookie of the Year?
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Click on the pic above to see the charts better.

The current standings for the 2009 PDGA Players & Rookies of the Year have been updated. Seven men and seven women have the best Average Ratings in their seven best events for Player of the Year (POY) for events thru the USDGC. Six men and six women have the best Average Ratings in their five best events toward Rookie of the Year (ROY) thru the USDGC. The top 7 (POY) and top six (ROY) players with the best Average Ratings in their best events by yearend will make the finals before the final calculations determine the POY and ROY award winners for 2009. These players are on top so far. You can click on the above pic to see it better. Full details for each candidate and the calculation process have been posted here.

The Women rookies with Average Ratings in red do not yet have the minimum five events needed by the end of the year to qualify as finalists. So they need to play well in qualifying events the rest of the year to keep up with Haley Konrad who is technically in the lead right now. All of the other players in the four tables already have the minimum number of events needed. They can still improve their Average Rating if late season events are better than ones already included.
Almost three months of events have not yet been reported. Positions can still change within the top candidates. Other players just out of the top six or seven can still get in with many events to go. However, only events that are B-tier or higher where at least 54 holes are played can count toward the standings.
In addition to their Average Rating shown here, the finalists' Average Rating at Worlds and Finish Percentage (100% is best) in their best events are part of the final awards calculation. For POY only, Head-to-Head peformance against the other finalists will be included.

In the Bag - Nikko Locastro

2009 USDGC Champion Nikko Locastro is sponsored by Gateway Discs, but they allow him to throw a mixed bag of all manufacturer's discs. So here's a video showing what's in the bag for Nikko.

Disc Golf Course #3000!

This comes from the PDGA Website:

A Milestone for Disc Golf!

by Michl Priester #34623(Introduced by Dan “Stork” Roddick #3)
Just recently, Cliff Towne, keeper of the PDGA Course Directory, reported that he had registered the 3,000th disc golf course. This was particularly exciting because the course, which is the Schmitten Discgolf Parcours, is the first to be registered in Austria. To put this milestone into some perspective, do remember that the first permanent disc golf course in the world, at Oak Grove Park in Pasadena, California, was established by Ed Headrick and Wham-O in 1974. Disc golf had been played for a good many years at tournaments prior to 1974, but this was the first permanent installation. So… it’s been 35 years from the first to the 3,000th course. That may seem a long time to you, especially if you’re under twenty. But, if we take a look at our much older cousin, ball golf, we see an interesting comparison of development. The first mention of golf was way back in 1452 when King James (not of Cleveland... King James II of Scotland) banned the playing of golf because it was cutting into time spent on archery practice. So, we know the game was being played informally for many, many years before the Society of St. Andrews Golfers got it together to form the first club in 1754, which would later become the Royal and Ancient. It’s hard to find a good timeline of global ball golf course development, but we do know that the 3,000th course did not get built in the U.S. until 1916. So, it took the grand old game roughly 450 years from inception to 3,000 courses. Or, more realistically, 162 years from the first club to that point of development. Given that, our 35 years is pretty darn impressive. We got traction on this game very quickly. Now, do remember that ball golf has continued to grow and now boasts over 31,000 courses worldwide, with about 17,000 of them in the U.S. It’s also estimated that there are about 50 million ball golfers on the planet… and of course there’s been one on the moon.
But, back to our 3,000th course, which is special in several ways. For one, because it’s the first registered course in Austria, it’s emblematic of the global burst of interest that has hit disc golf.

For more on this course and a run-through of the course catch this link;

Course #3000

Final Round Video from USDGC