Disc Golf Live

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 3:45pm

Disc Golf Live is a magazine-style program covering all aspects of the popular sport of "frisbee" or disc golf.

Topics include tournament coverage, player profiles, course tours, throwing techniques, even the occasional music video. DGL mixes in-house produced segments with pieces submitted by disc golfers across the country, bringing the full scope of this lifetime sport to viewers.

As a low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative to its more famous cousin, disc golf is popular with the younger crowd as well as older folks looking for a great way to enjoy some leisure time outdoors.

Disc Golf Live is one of the unique programs operating in the PEG sphere. To start, disc golf is a great spin on a traditional game, with a broad player base across the country, a great opportunity to focus on a healthy, green alternative, certain to provoke a few folks to get out and get some exercise. DGL is a unique format in that we produce our own material and include viewer-submitted segments as well.

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Disc Golf Live - Beauty and McBeast

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:24pm
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This episode concludes our coverage of last summer's PDGA World Championships from Charlotte, NC. We've left the best players for last, as the top Open division players battle for the title of the World's Best Disc Golfer. In addition, the show features Central Coast Disc Golf's coverage of the Coyote Point Classic from Lake Casitas, California, and a unique match-play adventure in Florida from the folks at ClashDVD.

Disc Golf Live - Return of the Champ

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:23pm
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We've titled Disc Golf Live episode 53 “Return of the Champ” to recognize Ken Climo's quest for his first PDGA World Championship title in the Master's division. Our coverage includes footage from rain-soaked Renaissance Park as well as the Final Nine. Scenic Traverse City, MI, is the setting for the story of a disc golf course created from broken hearts.

Disc Golf Live - Ladies Day Out

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:21pm
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The most recent Disc Golf Live episode features women disc golfers from end to end, including notables such as Val Jenkins, Catrina Allen, Sarah Hokom, Paige Pierce, and Sue Stephens. The show starts with action at Disc Girls Gone Wild, a ladies-only event in Michigan. The focus then shifts to the 2012 PDGA World Championship for action among the Pro Women. A pro-am skins finale from Disc Girls Gone Wild is next, and Final Round play from Worlds wraps things up.

Disc Golf Live - Charlotte's Old Men

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:19pm
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This episode starts with action among the professional senior grandmaster men at last summer's PDGA World Championships in Charlotte, NC. That's a group of players 60 years of age and older. The scene then shifts to Helsinki, Finland, for a bit of the 2012 Tali Open, before returning to Charlotte for coverage of the grandmaster division. That's guys over fifty, for those who don't speak PDGA.

Disc Golf Live - Minors and Masters

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 09/04/2013 - 12:18pm
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This milestone episode kicks off coverage of the 2012 PDGA World Disc Golf Championship from Charlotte, NC, including early and final round action among the master and grandmaster professional women, and several junior and senior divisions. The Guardians of Recreation have provided a comprehensive tutorial called How Discs Fly, certain to entertain and enlighten. Finally, Disc Golf Me TV brings us more of the story from Charlotte and an interview with Ken Climo, disc golf's most legendary champion.

Disc Golf Live - Alternate Formats

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 12:49pm
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Alternate tournament formats are the theme of Disc Golf Live video magazine, episode 48. Match play is featured at the Player's Cup from Texas, thanks to footage sent along by Steve Dodge at Vibram Disc Golf. Virginia is the stage for Billy Crump's call of the Virginia Team Invitational, courtesy of ClashDVD. We also introduce a crew from California called Disc Golf Me TV. Chuck Kennedy checks in with a piece about PDGA putting rules.

Disc Golf Live - Top Flight Tips

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 4:05pm
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Episode 43 brings together in one episode a variety of how-to segments created over the 7 years DGL has been in production. To start the first half of the show, Michael Raley provides a primer on the basic backhand drive, and Phil Arthur offers up tips on ambidextrous throwing. Next, Chris Sprague shares his thoughts on the proper swing plane, and Brian Schweberger rounds things out with a discussion of the overhand throw.

Disc Golf Live - Somebody Has To Win

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 4:05pm
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This episode begins with a slice of the early action from the final round of the 2010 USDGC. Nate Sexton’s ace on the seventh is just one of many highlights. Next, the Player’s Cup takes center stage as Billy Crump and Liz Carr make the call from this match-play event. Then it’s back to Rock Hill, SC and the Winthrop Gold course for the conclusion of the USDGC. Rounding things out is multiple Emmy Award winning producer Derek Hastings’ take on the Vibram Open.

Disc Golf Live - Parking Break Required

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 4:05pm
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This episode kicks off with action from the first round of the 2010 USDGC, as the history and future of the event are discussed and players tackle the starting hole. We then visit a re-purposed ball golf course in Florida called Pine Oaks as Billy Crump and Nate Doss make the call in a Clash doubles event. We head back to Winthrop Gold for second round action at the USDGC, as players negotiate the watery fifth and sixth holes. To round things out, we head up to Massachusetts as Steve Dodge brings us up to speed on the action at last year’s Vibram Open.