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Archive for August, 2007

Kim Scott-Wood of ON was honored by the PDGA this week as the 2006 Pro Rookie of the Year. Also in the running were Iowa’s Adam Olsen and Michigan’s Geoff Bennett. Minnesota’s Timmy Gill received an honor of a different sort, when the PDGA voted him the disc golf Sportsman of the Year and awarded him the Brent Hambrick Award for Sportmanship. The awards were announced at the PDGA Pro Worlds banquet in WI. Also

The much anticipated FLX Challenger is now available! FLX offers the ultimate in grip and durability in all weather conditions, and now we’ve added the Challenger putter to our existing FLX lineup, which includes Surge driver and Buzzz midrange. Get your FLX on!

Columbus, Ohio - Stanford Superfly won their third straight UPA College Women’s Championship and the Wisconsin Hodags earned the Open College Championship after finishing runner-up a year ago.

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2005 World Champ Nate Doss won his first National Tour event of the season with a playoff victory at the Beaver State Fling in Oregon. The win was thanks in part to an awesome 1055 rated first round, when he shot 52. Teammate Kathy Manley was one throw out of second place and finished third for an additional strong finish. Adam Olsen won the Iowa SuperTour. Other weekend winners included Barrett White, Kim Scott-Wood and Mike Raley

Minnesota’s Cale Leiviska defeated teammate Gregg Barsby in a playoff over the weekend to earn his first National Tour victory at the Discraft Great Lakes Open in Michigan. Also winning their divisions: Washington’s Scott Papa (Masters) and Grandmaster Mark Ellis.

The National Tour was in Kansas City last weekend, where Oklahoma’s Ron Convers came in to steal some thunder, winning the Masters division by four throws. Nate Doss was solid, taking 2nd in Open with Eric McCabe 6th, Adam Olsen 7th, and Kathy Manley 3rd.

Now available from your favorite disc golf retailer: ESP Avenger SS driver, X Soft Banger GT putter, ESP Tracker driver, and ESP Comet LE midrange.

Better grip in the cold and wet; but how does it fly? See FLX in action and learn what random players think in a new video review posted at discgolftv.com.

Do you just want to play, or do you want to improve? Pro coach Mark Ellis leads a group of competitive Am players in an exercise designed to reinforce the basics you’ll need to grow your skills. Length: 12 minutes. Now see all our videos in our new in-page MediaPlayer.

Also known as the tomahawk or thumbahawk, this shot can be deadly accurate and an easy way to get out of trouble. Disc golf pro Jim Davidson explains how it works.