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Archive for August, 2007

A new study shows that among all 86 private US national universities, those ranking in the top half for Ultimate have a graduation rate of over 85%, while those in the bottom half graduate just 60%. The difference in the totals of Rhodes scholars and Marshall scholars among their graduates during this decade is even more dramatic: 208 versus 15.

Discraft announces the limited release of a new, highly flexible version of its ESP plastic. Dubbed “FLX,” this plastic is currently being made available only to tournaments and clubs in Surge drivers and Buzzz midrange models.

Hot on the heels of his 3rd place finish at Worlds, Cale Leiviska outlasted teammate Geoff Bennett in a three-hole sudden death playoff to win the 2007 Marshall Street Disc Golf Championship. Bennett shot the lights out in the final round for a three-shot swing to catch the leader. Leiviska pockets a cool $5k for the weekend.

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Watch as Mike Randolph, Cale Leiviska and eventual winner Nathan Doss battle it out during the final nine showcase at the 2007 Disc Golf World Championships.

With a final drop in putt, California’s Nathan Doss became only the fourth player ever to win two Disc Golf World Championship Open titles. His first came in 2005. Doss defeated Sweden’s Marcus Kallstrom by a single throw in Highbridge, Wisconsin. Finishing in third place was Cale Leiviska, with Mike Randolph in fourth.

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.