Hyde Park DGC held the very first sanctioned disc golf tournament in the city of Chicago yesterday and I was there to be a part of that history. It was a beautiful day for disc golfing with temps around 60 deg F and sunny. Here's some pics:
The outstanding logo created by the TD:
Jackson Park Harbor, across the street:
People just starting to filter in for the morning players meeting:
A view of the property. This is hole 4's fairway, which is about 540 ft:
Warming up:
Sharing the property with the Jackson Park Golf Club. The fairways for their hole 1 (left) and our hole 4 (right of the tree's) run parallel then break off. A really well thought out course design:
A dyed disc for the raffle which was signed and donated by Paul McBeth:
Players meeting. There were about 60 people registered, which was perfect for time purposes:
The Statue of the Republic (Golden Lady) of Jackson Park:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_The_Republic
What a great day. I took 2nd.