Here's a little info on pre-PDGA history to get you started. I found this a www.wfdf.com (http://www.wfdf.com) look for the history link near the bottom of the right hand column.
The first official disc golf tournament was held in Brookside park, Pasadena, CA, USA in 1969. It was one of the events during the "All Comers Meet". Jay Shelton won golf. The goals were natural objects marked with a ribbon.
In 1974 Disc golf was played in organised tournaments in USA. OCTAD was won by Keith White, The Northwestern Frisbee Tournament was won by Bruce Koger. Finally at the American Flying Disc Open (AFDO), Dan Roddick finished first and won a car. In this tournament small wooden boxes were put on the ground as targets.
The year after, disc golf was introduced into the World Frisbee Championship and the tournament was played on the first permanent course in Pasadena, California.
Click here to go to the WFDF rules for disc golf.
Winners of Disc Golf in World Overall Championships:
Prior to 1982, there had been no separate world championships held for disc golf and the winners of disc golf at the World Overall Championships were considered the world disc golf champions for each particular year. In 1982, the Professional Disc Golf Association began offering world championship events. The winners of those contests are now considered to be the world champions of disc golf for each particular year.
Open, Women, Juniors
1975: WFC, Tom Kennedy, USA,-,-
1976, WFC: John Kirkland, USA, Jo Cahow, USA,-
1977, WFC: Mark Horn, USA, Marie Murphy, USA, -
1978, WFC: John Connelly, USA, Gail McColl CAN,-
1979, WFC: Snapper Pierson, USA, Michele Marini, USA,-
1980, WFC: Jeff Watson, USA, Michele Marini, USA,-
1981, WFC: Craig Hunter, USA, Judy Horowitz, USA,-
1982, WFC: Scott Zimmermann, USA, Joann Loftus, USA,-
1983, Santa Cruz: Jerry Garrett, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA,-
1983, US Open: Dave Dunipace, USA, Judy Horowitz, USA,-
1984, Santa Cruz: Travis Reynolds, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA,-
1984, US Open: Steve Bentley, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA,-
1985, US Open: Randy Amann, USA, Judy Horowitz, USA,-
1985, WFDF: Sam Ferrans, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA, Mikko Laakso, FIN
1986, US Open: Randy Amann, USA, Wende Coates, USA,-
1987, US Open: John Ahart, USA, Chris O'Cleary, USA,-
1987, WFDF: Harvey Brandt, USA, Amanda Carreiro, USA,-
1988, US Open: Randy Amann, USA, Anni Kreml, USA,-
1988, WFDF: Snapper Pierson, Chris O'Cleary, USA,-
1989, US Open: Randy Amann, USA, Amy Bekken, USA,-
1989, WFDF: Mats Bengtsson, SWE, Joanne Gallagher, CAN, Timo Pursio, FIN
1990, US Open: Steve Valencia, USA, Tami Pellicane, USA,-
1991, WFDF: Jim Oates, USA, Amy Bekken, USA,-
1992, US Open: John Schiller, USA, Anni Kreml, USA,-
1993, WFDF: Snapper Pierson, USA, Amy Beken, USA,-
1994, US Open: Scott Stokely, USA, Amy Bekken, USA,-
1995, SWEdisc Open: Anders Sw�rd, SWE, Linda Isberg, SWE-
1996, US Open: Tomas Burvall, SWE, Anni Kreml, USA,-
1997, WFDF: Hartmut Wahrmann, GER, Regina Olnils, SWE
1999, WFDF: Laszlo Persson, SWE, Amy Bekken, USA,-
2001, WFDF: Snapper Pierson, USA, Tita Ugalde, USA, <18 Boys- Vehro Titcomb, USA, <12 Boys- Lee Chia-pin, ROC, <18 Girls- Lee Chen-chieh, ROC, <12 Girls- Tsai Hsin-jung, ROC
2003, WFDF: Conrad Damon, USA, Niloofar Mossavarrahmani, SWE,-
flynvegas
Jan 31 2005, 10:49 PM
There were many World Frisbee Championships held at the Rose Bowl, 1st was in '74, and I believe the last was in '82, maybe '83. Before my time. They played all the Frisbee events, and you had to qualify to get in. They had MTA, Accuracy, TRC, Distance, Freestyle, K9 dogs, Disc Golf, ......
They played disc golf at the first disc golf course down the road at Oak Grove. The winners got their names on the World Class Frisbbe each year. Victor was the winner of the first one.
Whamo was a big sponsor back in the day when Ed worked there. The PDGA Worlds and US Open at La Mirada replaced the Rose Bowl Tournaments.Now WFDF does all the events.
