Spinthrift
Eagle Member
"I like disc golf because it IS NOT mainstream. . ."
"I can see this pov. Courses are crowded enough as it is."
Sorry fellas, it's hard not to feel that's close-minded. Like everything else in life, you don't gain something unless you lose something. Sure, disc golf can stay the special, private, little fun you and your buddies have, but publicizing and promoting the sport is the only way to get what we all really, honestly want -- more quality, compelling courses. Selling the benefits of the sport and garnering support by a broader community -- lemme tell you -- pays off in a big way.
The real story behind 2012 Worlds was the campaign of civic and government backing that, yeah-so-what, resulted in the largest DG tournament ever, with unprecedented media coverage and sport-awareness by the larger-Charlotte market. But what did it all really, honestly mean? How about NINE new tourney-level courses built in just five years. There's your answer to "Courses are crowded enough as it is."
And now that Worlds is gone, what's left? Why, look, a county with 16 disc golf courses with plenty of opportunity to play for both the open- and closed-minded.
But wait, as the TV guy says, there's more. . .The network created to foster Worlds and the positive community reaction generated by the event has engendered conversations that could pay off in a double-digit number of new courses affiliated with schools in our region. That's big. No, huge.
Picture this. Wouldn't you love to see new designers and manufacturers enter the sport, with waves of improved technology? Can't you see what it will mean when courses are integrated into neighborhood and school design, and Park & Rec departments include disc golf in their long-range budgeting and strategic planning? It can and will happen, because more and more players will embrace the idea that it's good to share something good.
I have a hard time seeing any displeasing colors in that portrait.
"I can see this pov. Courses are crowded enough as it is."
Sorry fellas, it's hard not to feel that's close-minded. Like everything else in life, you don't gain something unless you lose something. Sure, disc golf can stay the special, private, little fun you and your buddies have, but publicizing and promoting the sport is the only way to get what we all really, honestly want -- more quality, compelling courses. Selling the benefits of the sport and garnering support by a broader community -- lemme tell you -- pays off in a big way.
The real story behind 2012 Worlds was the campaign of civic and government backing that, yeah-so-what, resulted in the largest DG tournament ever, with unprecedented media coverage and sport-awareness by the larger-Charlotte market. But what did it all really, honestly mean? How about NINE new tourney-level courses built in just five years. There's your answer to "Courses are crowded enough as it is."
And now that Worlds is gone, what's left? Why, look, a county with 16 disc golf courses with plenty of opportunity to play for both the open- and closed-minded.
But wait, as the TV guy says, there's more. . .The network created to foster Worlds and the positive community reaction generated by the event has engendered conversations that could pay off in a double-digit number of new courses affiliated with schools in our region. That's big. No, huge.
Picture this. Wouldn't you love to see new designers and manufacturers enter the sport, with waves of improved technology? Can't you see what it will mean when courses are integrated into neighborhood and school design, and Park & Rec departments include disc golf in their long-range budgeting and strategic planning? It can and will happen, because more and more players will embrace the idea that it's good to share something good.
I have a hard time seeing any displeasing colors in that portrait.
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