Believe it or not, Valarie Jenkins #17495 didn't take to disc golf from the start.
Despite the fact that the three-time PDGA World Champion grew up immersed in the game, she said didn't really begin to enjoy it until she was a teenager, instead preferring to spend her time on the playground or splashing around creekside while the rest of her family collected birdies.
And although her parents were shepherds of the sport, maintaining their hometown course and spending summer vacations at the World Championships, they never pushed her to pick up a disc if she didn't want to.
It was that spirit of freedom, she said, that moved her to toward the game on her own terms.
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The Professional Disc Golf Association announces that Avery Jenkins has resigned from the PDGA Board of Directors.
Avery writes:
"I hereby resign my position on the Board of Directors so that I can focus my energies on my game and other outside initiatives to promote the sport. I felt that as a Board Member I could only do so much to give back to the sport but I feel that as Player that I can do so much more to increase the exposure of Disc Golf Worldwide. Thanks to everyone including fellow players and PDGA members for their tremendous support."
The Professional Disc Golf Association announces that Avery Jenkins has resigned from the PDGA Board of Directors.
Avery writes:
"I hereby resign my position on the Board of Directors so that I can focus my energies on my game and other outside initiatives to promote the sport. I felt that as a Board Member I could only do so much to give back to the sport but I feel that as Player that I can do so much more to increase the exposure of Disc Golf Worldwide. Thanks to everyone including fellow players and PDGA members for their tremendous support."
The 2011 Asia Open International Disc Golf Event took place on February 19-20 in Taipei, Taiwan at the very challenging Hsintian Riverside Disc Golf Course. The Tournament hosted 64 Professional Players from all over the World from the US, Australia, Finland, Korea, Thailand, China and Japan. The Tournament Director, Kuan Chen, organized this PDGA event for the second time, as he plans on hosting the event every other year at various locations throughout Asia in years to come.
Two of the game’s best. Major titles and World titles. Brother and sister battle each other to claim DGU bragging rights. This season Avery and Valarie Jenkins will compete head-to-head through the use of the DGU Handicapping system to see who can best the other.
After the first round Avery was trailing the world's top ranked disc golfer David Feldberg by two. Dave broke the existing course record by four strokes only to have Avery shatter his course record a day later by three with a blistering 1085 rated 51. Avery's four stroke lead would be difficult to overcome and after Dave's five on hole eight, the result was all but determined. When asked about his lack of aggressive play on the back nine holes Dave explained that Maple Hill could bite you and he saw a greater opportunity to lose second than gain first. Avery would end up winning by seven.
