Taken from nwdiscgolfnews.com
"KANSAS, April 1 (Reuters) The emerging sport of disc golf may have been dealt a crippling blow after an injury sustained recently at a disc golf course in Emporia, KS. The game follows similar rules of golf, but is played with specially designed flying discs. Some of the discs have sharp profiles to enable them to fly farther and faster than a typical Frisbee, and many of the courses are built in public multi-use parks.
Deborah Blackwell, 21, was walking through Jones Park with her three year old daughter, Natalie, when seemingly out of nowhere, a disc golf disc came hurtling out of the air and crashed into Natalie's face. She was rushed to the emergency room and found to have a broken bone in her orbital socket. "I don't know how this game was ever considered a good, safe idea by the park," Blackwell stated.
Blackwell has since started a campaign to ban the manufacture and use of the type of discs known as "drivers," the models with the sharpest profiles. The campaign is quickly gaining momentum, as other concerned park users across the country echo Blackwell's concerns. She says that she already has well over 7,000 signatures.
"I just don't see the need for these flying weapons," Blackwell said, "I wouldn't even want to try catching one of those things, let alone have them flying into my loved ones." The campaign's initial focus is the removal of the drivers from the market, but they would eventually like to see foam products, like Hasbro's Nerf toys being used. "My kids have fun with Nerf, so I don't see why everyone else can't have fun with it too," said Blackwell.
Dave Dunipace, owner of Innova Discs, one of the primary disc golf manufacturers, could not be reached for comment."
This is absolute bullshit. If all drivers are banned, then that is drastically going to change the game and course design. The nerf thing would obviously never happen and seems like a sick joke, but the driver thing scares me if this is taken seriously.
Here's your sign....don't take your 3 year old walking across a disc golf course!!! I have seen this at Milo McIver too...people unfamiliar with the game walk right on to the course as people are trying to throw their drives. You wouldn't do this on a real golf course would you??? Only playing with a foam rubber ball would suck too.
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Its a weak sauce April Fool's joke, but it actually has real world relevance.
Pay attention, be smart about the game.
very, very SICK joke..... with a lesson to be learned though....
Not a funny joke! That can definitely happen, so we all need to be watchful of idiot peds that walk across our courses
Not a funny joke! That can definitely happen, so we all need to be watchful of idiot peds that walk across our courses
Easy there. Most of our courses are on public lands, so we should expect to find a variety of recreational users there. The best bet is to be sure that there aren't people down-range of where you intend to throw.
Ya, that was a little too forward. But we do need to watch for people who walk on the course, whether its a designated area just to disc golf or for other recreational use as well. I think we have all been hit with a disc at one point or another, and it is definitely not a pleasant feeling!
Yer dirty Lyle, real dirty!
Not me, blame Tim Coye.
If he comes to LCO this year, you can "blame" him in person ^^
Gun control, absolutely not. Disc regulation, are you serious? I do feel for her. It hurts like hell to get hit in the head by a driver but while we are at it lets ban:
large cc drivers for ball golf, fast and strong d-backs, aluminum bats, McDonalds, dirty diapers, and nascar. There should be a campaign to dismiss KS from the union.
Drivers are made to go fast not fold, someone from Kansas should understand intelligent design.
Never take life too seriously, nobody ever gets out alive anyway.