An inaugural tournament will be taking place at Rambadt Park on Saturday to benefit a local high school track and field team.
While the tournament will not be a fully sanctioned event, the tournament will consist of two full 18-hole rounds and a distance contest. Buy-in costs are 20 dollars per player with fifty percent going towards the track and field program and the other fifty percent going to the division winners of the tournament rounds. The distance contest is an additional 10 dollars with a similar fifty-fifty split. All registration will be cash only.
The idea for the event came from senior Track and Field standout, Anthony Kianus, who originally had other ideas of a tournament.
"I always thought of little ideas to get money on the side like a cornhole tournament or like a Euchre tournament, but I never really thought of a disc golf tournament before," Kianus said. "It just kind of came into my head when I started playing disc golf this past year and I just thought it'd be a good idea."
Registration for the event begins at 9:30 A.M. with a players’ meeting following at 10:40 A.M. for official rules for the tournament. Round one will start at 11:00 A.M. and lunch will be provided before the second round that is estimated to start around 1:30 P.M. Scoring for the tournament, as well as card pairings, will be seperated based on experience and skill level.
Kianus said the tournament has inspired some of his teammates who've never played the sport before.
"I know a lot of the kids on the track team were asking me about pointers. I hope that they bring some of their families out there and get to learn how to play disc golf because it is a nice little fun thing to do."
Raffle drawings and trophy presentations will be conducted after the conclusion of the second round.