Region 7 Disc Golf Championship
In Fargo-Moorhead, the layout for Hole 12 in the Region 7 Disc Golf Championships may end up with a more earthy nickname by the end of today’s opening round.
At 666 yards, Hole 12 is bordered on the right by a tempting oxbow of the Red River. It is s tempting because the fairway is a tangle of trees, leading to a pole-hole triangle bordered by out-of-bounds sidewalks and paths.
Right now, it is the Devil’s Hole’s . By the end of today? Hey, this is a family paper.
There will probably be some discs in the Red River Golfing tournament Director Chris Dew said Friday. They should have to think. It is not all physical prowess.
Chris Dew of Horace is the tournament director for the Region 7 Disc Golf Championships being held in Fargo-Moorhead this weekend. David Samson / The Forum
Dew said there are at least four holes where water comes into play, including one requiring a toss from Fargo’s Oak Grove Park to Riverfront Park in Moorhead.
€œI think is going to be a fun thing to say I threw from North Dakota to Minnesota,Dew said.
Dew said at least 150 players from juniors to professionals will take on the Fargo-Moorhead course. The pros will gun for a $1,000 top prize. Other winners will receive discs and merchandise, he said.
Players can sign up until 8 a.m. today at The Broken Axe in Moorhead. At 8:30 a.m., it is a shotgun start on the course’s 27 holes for pros, masters and advanced players. Amateurs and juniors tee off in the afternoon.
Unlike a golf course, trees aren it just the boundaries for the holes, they are everywhere, particularly in Oak Grove Park, which has one of the oldest disc golf courses in the nation at 26 years, Dew said.
“A lot of guys are going to hit a lot of trees, he said.
Like golf, disc golf has players trying for the lowest score on the course. Using specially crafted versions of the ubiquitous Frisbee, top pros can spin their discs the length of two football fields, Dew said.
Many junior and amateur players will test the course with as few as three discs – driver, mid-range and a light “putter†– but pros and advanced players might have a mini-duffel of discs, 18 or more, all with slightly differing flight characteristics, Dew said.
This is first time the Region 7 tournament has been played in Fargo, Dew said. The region includes North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but participants are welcome to play from anywhere., he said. The tournament will not provide an automatic qualifying spot for national events, but players will accumulate points toward rankings, he said.
If you go: Region 7 Disc Golf Championships
Where: 27 holes between Fargo’s Oak Grove Park and Moorhead’s Riverfront Park.
Tournament headquarters and registration site: The Broken Axe, 700 1st Ave. N., Moorhead.
Tournament director: Chris Dew
Registration: Until 8 a.m. Saturday at The Broken Axe. Tournament play begins for professionals, masters and advanced players at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in a shotgun start, and 9 a.m. Sunday. They will play 27 holes each day. Amateurs and juniors begin play at 2 p.m. Saturday. The final nine holes for professionals begins at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Cost: Juniors, $20, Novices, $25, Advanced: $50, Pro and Masters, $75. All but juniors may also have to pay a $5 Professional Disc Golf Association fee.
Top prize: $1,000
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