The Memorial is the first of 9 national PDGA tournament of the 2010 season for pro disc golfers. These tournaments are similar to the majors in ball golf; they are the ones that everyone wants to be part of, and almost everyone that plays the big tournaments will be there. The courses are tough and if you don’t like water hazards, you won’t like these courses.
The courses for the tournament are 2 beautiful courses in the Scottsdale, Phoenix Arizona area. Fountain Hills Park, and Vista Del Camino Park. The tournament is 4 rounds on 4 consecutive days on alternating courses for the pro’s and 3 rounds on 3 consecutive days for the amateurs. Round 1 on March 3 will be played for the pros at Fountain Hills. On March 4 the pros will play at Vista Del Camino and the Amateurs will play round 1 at Fountain Hills.
Friday March 5 will be round 3 for the pro’s back at Fountain Hills and round 2 for Am at Vista Del Camino. On Saturday are the final rounds, for the pros at Vista Del Camino, and the Am at Fountain Hills. On Sunday there will be a ball golf tournament for anyone who want to play ball golf.
Minnesota is well represented in the Memorial with 5 golfers in the pro open division, Cale Leiviska 16th last year, Mike Gerads, Greg Schwartz, Kyle Pinkman 56th last year, and Ross Brandt 29th last year. In the open women’s division is Katy Schreder who finished 4th last year. There are also 4 men in the masters division, Brian Kohout, Topher Toring, Brian Donahue and Brian Vymola. As well as 3 Minnesota amateurs, Tony Moccia, Joey Gonzales, and Michael Christian.
Disc golf is a great sport and the tournaments are great for pro and amateur disc golfers who want to compete with the best players there are. Something that you may not know about disc golf tournaments is the PDGA and the sponsors and the players for many of the disc golf tournaments around the country donate money from the tournaments back to the community and to charities around the country. Part of the entrance fees and money from the sponsors goes to help people in need for many different things that have nothing to do with disc golf, so even if you don’t play, it is good to support the tournaments.
If you want to watch coverage from the tournament online, that is an option this year at Disc golf planet TV.
Video from last years final round at Vista
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