discgolftom
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You are fortunate to be starting your venture in a time when it is literally almost impossible to fail in terms of attracting players to disc golf events.
I agree and thus my reasoning for getting into the Sport.
I may have glossed over it in reading the thread but have you ever played the game? What was your introduction to it if not?
My God-Son, Jamie, loves the game. Plays almost daily. He was living in upstate SC and moved back home to Georgia the first week of December. My youngest Son, Austin, a 16 y/o is his best friend. They started to go play at the course here in Bulloch County all the time and have lot's of fun. Jamie would give Austin some discs and they'd go compete.
I grabbed a few discs and went to our high school football field to throw. I have a bad back and rotator cuff - I just couldn't do it. But - I came home and watched some videos of some local Tournaments. I immediately loved Disc Golf. I wanted to participate, but couldn't as a Player, so since my skills include hosting events / tournaments, I decided to create a Tournament Series and have fun with the sport.
So - I reached out to the PDGA on Monday and got a little info, but the man I needed to work with was headed to vacation till the 4th. So - I reached out to some local TD's to get their opinion on the state of the Sport. They invited me to come play ( talk ) with them one day soon, and I'm going to volunteer at their upcoming Tournaments as well. I then reached out to a few Vendors to get their opinion, they were 100% confident that the Sport was going to grow.
A few days later, I put together a basic idea of the concept that I wanted to create. I ran it by these same TD's and Vendors and they loved the idea. After reviewing my concept - one Vendor went as far as to say " That sounds really good. I think you will get a full field. "
Jamie, had mentioned it to a few Players and they too loved the idea.
Please note that imo playing the game is not a prerequisite for running a successful event. Covid has propelled disc golf onto a trajectory that is going to have folks from outside the game recognizing potential value in it. Just as the legions of young talented players are coming so will people with experience marketing and promoting things other than disc golf events. Whether the game is ready for this in the longer term remains in question but in 2021 it will be hard to fail if your metric for succeeding is attracting players.
Agreed. The Southern Classic Tournament via the ADGA will be a HUGE success if we do what we say we are going to do. Only time will tell.
Hopefully, we will get the PDGA's blessing on our divisions and payouts. Would love for them to sanction our Tournaments.
Thanks for input. Glad to see there are a few Peeps here that get it . . .