(This is the latest in a series coming to PDGA.com spotlighting the tournament directors of the PDGA Elite Series and beyond)
Tournament directors are often the unsung heroes of disc golf competition.
Their work begins months before tournament action begins and a lot of the time, their work is done behind the scenes to ensure that a quality event is taking place for the competitors.
In this installment of the PDGA’s TD Spotlight series, we quickly caught up with John Baker, the director of College Disc Golf.
A few hours after the Missouri women completed a dominant win, the Tiger men followed suite with a victory of their own, catching fire down the stretch to leave Marion, North Carolina the same way they came in, No. 1, and complete the sweep.
At the conclusion of Saturday, two teams from the record-breaking field at North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina will emerge as champions and take bragging rights home to the respective universities.
A week later, they officially formed a club and hit the road.
That led to Marion, North Carolina this week at the 2022 CDGNC and, after Thursday’s opening round of the Men’s Division I singles event, Thompson finds himself atop the leader board.
Over 500 competitors gathered and were introduced during an energy-filled opening ceremony, complete with a message from veteran Paul Ulibarri, and then the action at the three-course complex at North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina got started in a big way.
It starts with organization and team building, literally.
Seventy-five universities from around the country will be represented this week at North Cove Disc Golf Club for the 2022 CDGNC, the first PDGA Major of the year.
Teams must not only build a competitive core of players, but must also go through the process of working with their universities to organize, grow and represent the school. This takes strong leadership on the part of the student athletes.
