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Let’s go disc golfing
Play something new with the family this spring
By Calgary's Child Magazine
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What is disc golf?
Disc golf is a game in which a concave plastic disc (that’s a Frisbee, to you and me) is thrown into each of a series of metal baskets situated on an outdoor course, the object being to complete the course using the fewest possible throws.
Origin
Disc golf was first invented in the early 1900s. Ronald Franklin Gibson of Bladworth, Saskatchewan and a group of his elementary school buddies played a game of throwing tin lids into four-footwide circles drawn into sandy patches on their school grounds.
Fun Facts • The first official game of disc golf was held in Bladworth, Saskatchewan in 1927 • It was not until the 1970s that modern disc golf would be introduced to Canadians at the Canadian Open Frisbee
Championships in Toronto and Vancouver. • According to the Calgary Disc Golf Club, our city and surrounding area is home to 21 public and private courses. • Disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports in Canada. • The World Record for most holes played in 24 hours is 2,900 by Michael Sale of
Los Angeles in 2014.
Disc Golf Locations: X 18 HOLES • Baker Park - 9333 Scenic Bow Road NW • David Richardson Memorial - Located north of the junction of Stoney Trail and
Country Hills Boulevard in the NW • Old Refinery - 4687 Barlow Trail SE • Lloyd Park - Located on the south of 22x about 8.5km west of McLeod Trail • WJ Homestead - 258002 192 Street
West Foothills • Strathmore – 95 Brentwood Drive W • Currie Reservoir - 2539 33 Avenue SW • North Glenmore Park - 7305 Crowchild
Trail SW • Stanley Park - 4011 1a Street SW • Lindsay Park - 2225 Macleod Trail SE • Park 96 - 14660 Parkland Boulevard SE • Four Sisters (24 holes) – North of
Strathmore
X 11 HOLES • Redwood Meadows - Located at end of
Manyhorses Park in Redwood Meadows • Edgemont - Located at the corner of Edgemont Drive and Edgemont
Boulevard • Big Marlborough Park - 6033 Madigan
Drive NE
X 9 HOLES • Thorncliffe - Located near the intersection of McKnight Boulevard and
Centre Street N • Forest Lawn - 1425 52 Street SE • Bonavista Downs - 1165 Lake Huron
Crescent SE • Okotoks - Located in the forested area northeast of the Water Treatment Plant • Lake Midnapore - 185 Midlake
Boulevard S • Lake Sundance (6 holes) - 63 Suncrest
Way SE CCM
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