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New disc golf course at Stockholm

Stockholm has long been known for its excellent ball diamond facilities.

The area will soon also be known as hime to another sport — disc golf.

“Our Council had a presentation on disc golf late last fall, and we like that it was an outdoor sport/recreation that was something all ages could participate in,” said Mayor Fran Herperger. 

“We turned over the idea to the Ball Diamond Committee, and they were interested too.”

Ron Banga said a course was a good fit.

“We have a great area we are already maintaining, but it doesn’t get used for ball for a long a season as it could,” he said. “When the idea of incorporating a disc golf course in the same area, we thought it was great as it gives our community another recreation opportunity, one that should be available from spring thaw to after the early snows.”

This spring Calvin Daniels, who made the initial presentation last fall to Stockholm Council, returned to the community along with Trevor Lyons, one of his disc golf buddies, and they undertook design of the new course.

“It’s a great space,” said Daniels, who is also interim chair of the recently formed Parkland Association of Disc Golf (PADG). “Lots of trees to throw threw and around, which is great, and we even managed to incorporate the diamonds, which are considered out-of-bounds, so an errand toss will cost players a stroke.”

For those unfamiliar with the sport, disc golf is played much like traditional golf. Instead of a ball and clubs, however, players use a flying disc specific to the sport of disc golf. The sport was formalized in the 1970's, and shares with ‘ball golf’ the object of completing each hole in the fewest strokes (or, in the case of disc golf, fewest throws). 

Disc golf uses a frisbee-like disc engineered specifically to the sport is thrown from a tee area to a tonal target which is the ‘hole’.

As a player progresses down the fairway, he or she must make each consecutive throw from the spot where the previous throw has landed. 

The trees, shrubs, and terrain changes located in and around the fairways provide challenging obstacles for the golfer. 

Finally, the ‘putt’ hits the tonal target, and the hole is completed.

It is also hoped the course will host a tournament later this summer or fall.

“A tourney series was part of the reason for creating the regional association last November,” said Lyons who is the PADG Tournament Chair.

 

The winners at series events not only earn prizes at the individual tournaments, but will be invited to participate in a PADG ‘Champions Challenge Tournament’ in October.

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