It's spin city. On courses throughout the country--and, for
that matter, throughout the world--disc golfers are turning up
interest in a sport heretofore largely undetected on the national
radar screen. Somewhat reminiscent of traditional golf, disc golf
is built around the notion of getting a frisbee disc to land in a
metal basket perched atop a pole on what's generally an 18-hole
course.
"It's not as easy as it looks," contends Rick
Rothstein, publisher of Disc Golf World News magazine.
"It simulates golf in terms of the concentration
[needed]."
According to a recent survey by the Professional Disc Golf
Association, the number of fully equipped disc golf courses
worldwide has jumped from 250 eight years ago to more than 750 now,
the majority of which are located in the United States. Some 50,000
people--93 percent of whom are male--are believed to play disc golf
on a regular basis.
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"It's cool to play disc golf," raves Rothstein,
who points to the sport's exposure on ultra-cool MTV. "A
lot of the growth in the country is coming from [young
people]."
Fun to watch, fun to play, disc golf could ultimately make
flying-saucer watchers of us all. Spin city, indeed.
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