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Basket cases. McCall and Crossman put in crazy hours at our KDH course. Photo: Ryan Moser
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OUT OF THE WOODS Two local teens chase disc golf dreams. Five years ago, it was still just a chunk of woods at the base of Run Hill. Lots of trees, a few dunes — and a single wrecked car. Today, Kill Devil Hills’ Casey R. Logan Disc Golf Course is one of the most popular recreational outlets on the whole Outer Banks. A place where athletes of all ages come to stretch their legs and sink a few baskets — and probably clunk a few branches. Where two young teens, Beckett Crossman and Owen McCall, threw their first serious discs just a few years back and now send them soaring across courses all over the country.
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“I didn’t know about disc golf until this course,” says KDH’s Owen McCall. “Now, this has the potential to be my future, my
career — and I wouldn’t even have known if this course had never been put in here.”
boasts more than 120,000 members in 54 countries.
Disc golf, which has been around since the 1970s, involves getting a flying disc from a tee box to a basket in the fewest number of throws. It shares terminology with “regular” golf — birdies and bogeys, putts and pars — but is more accessible to the masses. Anyone who has ever tossed around a Frisbee can pick up an inexpensive flying disc and give the game a try.
“The one thing that stood out at our last tournament was probably how big the sport is growing all over,” says Crossman, who traveled to Kansas this July for a national comp. “Almost all the stores in Emporia had signs welcoming the players, and restaurants throughout the town sold discs, as well.”
As a result, more than 8,000 municipalities have installed disc golf courses around the globe, leading to a recreational craze — and bonafide professional sport. In fact, the Professional Disc Golf Association currently
The appeal is easy to see. No greens fees. No carts. All you need is a disc, a couple of hours — and maybe some patience. On a recent summer excursion, a handful of players — both first-time tourists and longtime locals — walk through Logan’s
