State games continue in Jackson with Disc Golf
JACKSON, Tenn.—The State Games of Tennessee continued Sunday in Jackson with disc golf.
The disc golf tournament was a two-day event beginning on Saturday and continuing Sunday morning.
In disc golf, players compete by tossing a disc at a target, aiming to complete a course of 9 or 18 ‘holes’, in the fewest throws possible.
Sunday’s tournament took place at the Bend on Highland located at 40 Match Point Drive.
The games are sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association and more than 20 players competed over two rounds of play.
“Same format as your traditional golf as far as scoring wise and everything like that. You’re starting at one location and the goal is to end at an endpoint in the least amount of strokes. We do it with a chained basket and different molds of disks. You’re going to have putters, mid rangers, fairway drivers, and distance drivers just like your stand club selection,” said Thomas West, Tournament Director for NADGT.
Winners within each division also will receive gold, silver, or bronze medals.
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