Disc golf courses host inaugural amateur championship
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on August 27, 2024.
If you saw many flying discs in the university and Nicholas Sheran areas over the weekend it was because disc golfers were competing in the inaugural National Amateur Disc Golf Tour (NADGT) Canada national championship.There were a couple dozen qualifiers across Canada and disc golfers were invited to the national championships from those events.
Eighty participants showed up to compete on the Aperture Park and Nicholas Sheran courses. Aperture Park is located at the U of L.
The key was for players was to keep their discs inbounds in windy conditions.
“The players that can manage the wind the best will shoot the best scores today,” said Kevin King, NADGT Canadian director.
“Nobody’s immune to the wind, everyone’s in the same tough conditions, so I think players that play well are the ones that are going to be the most confident with the wind this weekend.”
King was asked about the skill levels.
“These are very good players,” said King.
“All these players here have an amateur status and haven’t won money.”
King thought by the scores that player were shooting pretty well considering the wind.
Micah Raugust talked about his low first round of six under.
“If you told me I was going to shoot six down in the wind today, I’d be ecstatic,” said Raugust.
“I feel like I left a little bit on the table because I played a lot better than I scored.”
Raugust saw the competition as being close.
“I know lots of the guys out here and I don’t think anybody’s too far behind in the skill category,” he said.
He has been playing for four years.
“When you see a disc fly, it’s super cool, it’s something unique,” said Raugust.
“There’s no other sport that you get the satisfaction when you see a circular object just flying (through) the air.”
Nicholas Sheran is a long course while U of L’s narrower course forced more precise shots.
“Some of them are coming from courses where their home course is maybe a really wooded course and you don’t feel the wind so much,” said King.
There were eight different winners crowned over the weekend and players who do well are invited to the NAGDT championships in Texas in November. 2
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