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==Alabama thru Indiana==
 
==Alabama thru Indiana==
 
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<table> <tr> <td>'''State'''</td><td>'''City'''</td><td>'''Last'''</td><td>'''First'''</td><td>'''Group'''</td><td>'''Contact''' </td></tr> <tr> <td>'''AL'''</td><td>'''Hoover'''</td><td>'''Monroe'''</td><td>'''Tom'''</td><td>'''Master Designer'''</td><td>[[User:TMonroe|Web page]] </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Huntsville</td><td>Wagnon</td><td>Bill</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Huntsville</td><td>Wolfe</td><td>Lavone</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Mobile</td><td>Sherrod</td><td>Joe</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Ontario</td><td>Dunipace</td><td>Dave</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>San Jose</td><td>Challas</td><td>Jim</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Solana Beach</td><td>Cade</td><td>Sunny</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Somerset</td><td>Callahan</td><td>Charlie</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Willow Creek</td><td>Belchik</td><td>Mike</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CO</td><td>Ft. Collins</td><td>Young</td><td>Kirk</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>FL</td><td>Orlando</td><td>Hosfeld</td><td>Gregg</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>FL</td><td>Tampa</td><td>Ritner</td><td>Denny</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Athens</td><td>Porter</td><td>Doug</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>David</td><td>John</td><td>Master Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Ritger</td><td>John</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Augusta</td><td>May</td><td>Pete</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Evans</td><td>Gentry</td><td>David</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IA</td><td>Des Moines</td><td>Kenton</td><td>Steve</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IA</td><td>Des Moines</td><td>Latch</td><td>Jon</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>ID</td><td>Blackfoot</td><td>Lyksett</td><td>Jon</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>ID</td><td>Boise</td><td>Bekker</td><td>Walter</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Joliet</td><td>Lewis</td><td>Gary</td><td>Master Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Rantoul</td><td>Wallis</td><td>Wilbur</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Waukegan</td><td>Klem</td><td>Jim</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IN</td><td>Bloomington</td><td>Madsen</td><td>Steve</td><td>Designer</td><td>Phone </td></tr> <tr> <td>IN</td><td>Munster</td><td>Cummings</td><td>Brian</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> </table>
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<table> <tr> <td>'''State'''</td><td>'''City'''</td><td>'''Last'''</td><td>'''First'''</td><td>'''Group'''</td><td>'''Contact''' </td></tr> <tr> <td>'''AL'''</td><td>'''Hoover'''</td><td>'''Monroe'''</td><td>'''Tom'''</td><td>'''Master Designer'''</td><td>[[User:TMonroe|Web page]] </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Huntsville</td><td>Wagnon</td><td>Bill</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Huntsville</td><td>Wolfe</td><td>Lavone</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>AL</td><td>Mobile</td><td>Sherrod</td><td>Joe</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Ontario</td><td>Dunipace</td><td>Dave</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>San Jose</td><td>Challas</td><td>Jim</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Solana Beach</td><td>Cade</td><td>Sunny</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Somerset</td><td>Callahan</td><td>Charlie</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CA</td><td>Willow Creek</td><td>Belchik</td><td>Mike</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>CO</td><td>Ft. Collins</td><td>Young</td><td>Kirk</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>'''FL'''</td><td>'''Orlando'''</td><td>'''Hosfeld'''</td><td>'''Gregg'''</td><td>'''Designer'''</td><td>[[User:GHosfeld|Web page]] </td></tr> <tr> <td>FL</td><td>Tampa</td><td>Ritner</td><td>Denny</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Athens</td><td>Porter</td><td>Doug</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>David</td><td>John</td><td>Master Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Atlanta</td><td>Ritger</td><td>John</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Augusta</td><td>May</td><td>Pete</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>GA</td><td>Evans</td><td>Gentry</td><td>David</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IA</td><td>Des Moines</td><td>Kenton</td><td>Steve</td><td>Senior Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IA</td><td>Des Moines</td><td>Latch</td><td>Jon</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>ID</td><td>Blackfoot</td><td>Lyksett</td><td>Jon</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>ID</td><td>Boise</td><td>Bekker</td><td>Walter</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Joliet</td><td>Lewis</td><td>Gary</td><td>Master Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Rantoul</td><td>Wallis</td><td>Wilbur</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IL</td><td>Waukegan</td><td>Klem</td><td>Jim</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> <tr> <td>IN</td><td>Bloomington</td><td>Madsen</td><td>Steve</td><td>Designer</td><td>Phone </td></tr> <tr> <td>IN</td><td>Munster</td><td>Cummings</td><td>Brian</td><td>Designer</td><td>Email </td></tr> </table>
  
 
==Kansas thru North Dakota==
 
==Kansas thru North Dakota==

Revision as of 15:22, 29 October 2008

DISC GOLF COURSE DESIGNERS

The Disc Golf Course Designers (DGCD) is a group dedicated to pursuing excellence in disc golf course design for all skill levels. The DGCD was founded in 1994 by Ed Headrick, Tom Monroe, John David and Chuck Kennedy. We have grown to more than 120 members at the end of 2008. Our basic design standards have been adopted by the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) and are posted at their website.

The current member list is shown with many members providing their design experience on this site and/or linking to their design websites. At this point, there are no professional requirements for becoming a member. However, within our group, more experienced designers have earned the title of Senior or Master designer which is designated by their name. Contact Chuck Kennedy for information on membership.


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Choosing the Best Course Designer for your Project

Once you’ve provided the property, nothing will impact the experience of your players more than the course design. Make sure it’s the best you can afford. This is a guide to help land owners and park supervisors choose the appropriate designer to develop safe, challenging and enjoyable courses for their community.

Disc golf has come a long way since the 70s, when many courses used trees and light poles for targets. Older courses – many times designed by local players with little design experience and few qualifications – have become outdated and even less safe in some cases. As disc technology, park operations experience and player expectations have advanced through the years, the art and science of course design have also advanced. In the past 10 years, the PDGA has been systematically developing course design guidelines in cooperation with the Disc Golf Course Designers (DGCD) group. The DGCD is an independent group of 120 designers with a wide range of experience, dedicated to excellence in course design for players of all skill levels.

There is no formal certification or state licensing program for course designers. So, beware of anyone indicating they have such credentials. No colleges yet have a curriculum for disc golf course design. The closest relevant degree is in landscape architecture. But even those programs aren’t known to directly address disc golf issues. Here are several questions a land owner/developer should ask a potential course designer to determine whether they have the necessary skills and experience to design and develop appropriate courses to meet the needs of their project and their community.

1. PDGA Course Development Guidelines – Designer openly supports designing disc golf courses following the PDGA guidelines available here: PDGA Basic Disc Golf Course Design and PDGA Skill Level Design Guidelines

2. PDGA Course Evaluations – Does the Designer have courses with good evaluation scores in the PDGA Course Evaluation program? Is the designer also an experienced evaluator? Courses that have been evaluated and their ratings for different elements are located here: (Temporarily not available) Designers and evaluators are indicated for each course.

3. References – Contact those who hired the designer for their projects. Contact target manufacturers to locate experienced designers in your area. Contact PDGA HQ for information on designers in your area at: 706-261-6342

4. Courses Designed Resume – The designer should provide a list of courses developed indicating their level of design involvement with each project. Most designers have fulltime jobs and have honed their design skills over several years working part-time on a few local courses. The handful of designers who develop courses as a primary part of their professional activities will likely have their design resumes on a website.

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5. Specific Experience for your Project – Does the designer have experience with your type of course development project? Is your project a public or private development, a multi-course complex, or a property with alternating seasonal use like downhill or cross-country skiing? Does the designer have experience developing courses on your type of terrain such as dealing with erosion issues on steep hills, identifying appropriate trees for clearing and saving on heavily wooded parcels, or designing safely on sites with several bodies of water?

6. DGCD Membership and Level – People may join the Disc Golf Course Designers group by paying dues. They automatically receive the basic title of Designer. However, DGCD Members who have significantly more design experience earn the higher levels of Senior Designer and then Master Designer (noted on their member cards). However, even relatively new Designers are at least exposed to the current advances for developing good courses.

7. Training & Education – Has the designer studied under and/or worked with more experienced designers to learn the craft? Does designer have much experience with landscape architecture projects, possibly a degree, to assist with your property development issues? Or how about having business experience or education to provide guidance for helping set up your “for profit” disc golf operation? Does designer have experience teaching disc throwing skills in a class environment or with national education programs such as EDGE for children?

8. Technology Expertise – Does designer own and use state-of-the-art equipment and processes such as laser rangefinders for distance measurement, GPS system if mapping the base site is needed, or topographical software and related graphics programs to produce professional maps and scorecards?

9. Years as a PDGA Member – Indicates the designer has likely been exposed to and possibly participated in the evolution of the current PDGA course development guidelines.


Design expectations and requirements have advanced to the point where land stewards run the risk of making a poor choice by placing inexperienced local player volunteers in charge of their course design. Some local disc golf pros feel they can design courses even without relevant design experience. These volunteers should definitely be encouraged to work with a hired professional designer to provide design feedback and especially to test each draft of a course layout as it evolves. Safety and liability concerns for your course layout in addition to lack of design experience are important reasons to avoid placing local players, scouts, or high school students in charge of the project. Scouts are a great resource for building course amenities like tee signs, benches and information boards, just not doing the course design.

Actual design fees range from 10-20% of the true total cost of a course development project. The true total cost includes the estimated labor cost of local volunteers and public workers, who are usually involved building Park & Recreation courses, even if their wages aren’t specifically considered part of the project cost by the supervising authority. If the designer’s quote is more than 20% of the project cost, it’s usually because they will have additional costs such as non-local travel expenses, or they are quoting additional services not part of the basic design such as more comprehensive site mapping, supervising or actually performing tree clearing, or providing business operations training.

Good luck with your course project. Contact the PDGA 706-261-6342 for additional information.

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DGCD Current Members

Contact Chuck Kennedy to get Member Email address or Phone if not shown.

Alabama thru Indiana

IDGC Steady Ed Hole 5, Appling, GA
StateCityLastFirstGroupContact
ALHooverMonroeTomMaster DesignerWeb page
ALHuntsvilleWagnonBillDesignerEmail
ALHuntsvilleWolfeLavoneSenior DesignerEmail
ALMobileSherrodJoeSenior DesignerEmail
CAOntarioDunipaceDaveSenior DesignerEmail
CASan JoseChallasJimDesignerEmail
CASolana BeachCadeSunnyDesignerEmail
CASomersetCallahanCharlieSenior DesignerEmail
CAWillow CreekBelchikMikeDesignerEmail
COFt. CollinsYoungKirkDesignerEmail
FLOrlandoHosfeldGreggDesignerWeb page
FLTampaRitnerDennyDesignerEmail
GAAthensPorterDougDesignerEmail
GAAtlantaDavidJohnMaster DesignerEmail
GAAtlantaRitgerJohnDesignerEmail
GAAugustaMayPeteDesignerEmail
GAEvansGentryDavidDesignerEmail
IADes MoinesKentonSteveSenior DesignerEmail
IADes MoinesLatchJonDesignerEmail
IDBlackfootLyksettJonDesignerEmail
IDBoiseBekkerWalterDesignerEmail
ILJolietLewisGaryMaster DesignerEmail
ILRantoulWallisWilburDesignerEmail
ILWaukeganKlemJimDesignerEmail
INBloomingtonMadsenSteveDesignerPhone
INMunsterCummingsBrianDesignerEmail

Kansas thru North Dakota

North Valley, Twin Cities, MN
StateCityLastFirstGroupContact
KSSt.Mary'sMannPaulDesignerEmail
KSValley CenterPaulsonBillDesignerEmail
KSWichitaSchoenhoferMichaelDesignerEmail
KYBowling GreenClarkH. B.Senior DesignerEmail
KYLouisvilleGreenwellDavidSenior DesignerEmail
KYNicholasvilleLasleyEverettDesignerEmail
KYWilmoreMcCoon, Jr.LyleDesignerEmail
MDGathersburgGangloffCraigDesignerEmail
MEAuburnAdellGordyDesignerEmail
MIAnn ArborCalhounTerryDesignerEmail
MIDexterRifeGregDesignerEmail
MNAndoverSnelsonMikeDesignerEmail
MNBurnsvilleAshtonBillDesignerEmail
MNInver GroveKennedyChuckMaster DesignerWeb page
MNLauderdaleWalliBrianDesignerEmail
MNNorth OaksWestSteveDesignerEmail
MNRichfieldGillTimmyDesignerEmail
MNSt. CloudMackeyTimMaster DesignerEmail
MNVirginiaTomonovichAntonDesignerEmail
MOBransonKalichSeanDesignerEmail
MOKansas CityLoweJackDesignerEmail
MOSt. LouisMcCormackDaveSenior DesignerEmail
MODrazDaveDesignerEmail
NCCharlotteHolgateMikeDesignerEmail
NCCharlottePooleJonathanDesignerEmail
NCGarner BibbyLoweDesignerEmail
NCIndian TrailMcDanielStanSenior DesignerEmail
NCIndian TrailSchwarzRussellDesignerEmail
NCRaleighHowardCarltonSenior DesignerEmail
NCMeigsBrianDesignerEmail
NDDickinsonNodlandDarrellSenior DesignerPhone

Nebraska thru South Dakota

Little Lehigh Park, Allentown, PA
StateCityLastFirstGroupContact
NEAmherstRodiekDustyDesignerEmail
NELincolnChisholmAndrewDesignerEmail
NELincolnJacksonAnitaDesignerEmail
NMKingstonFustPeteDesignerEmail
NMVaditoLeslieBillDesignerEmail
NMVaditoLeslieSueDesignerEmail
NYGrand IslandStephensPaulDesignerPhone
NYIthacaGovangPatDesignerEmail
NYWarwickDoyleDanSenior DesignerWeb page
OHClintonGriffithBillDesignerEmail
OHColumbusWarnerDerekDesignerAddress
OKDuncanLowryTomSenior DesignerEmail
OKTulsaMcCoyKevinDesignerEmail
PAEmmausWinnShannonDesignerEmail
PAHaverfordStembelDaveDesignerEmail
PAHermitageGivensRichDesignerEmail
PAHuntingdon ValleyDuesler JrDr. JohnDesignerEmail
PAKunkletownKofronSteveDesignerPhone
PAMechanicsburgLynnJoeSenior DesignerEmail
PAPittsburghDropchoJ. GarySenior DesignerEmail
PAWest LawnLaGrassaJeffDesignerEmail
SCGreenvilleFarrellPatDesignerEmail
SCRock HillDuvallHaroldMaster DesignerEmail
SDSioux FallsWheelerJohnDesignerEmail
SDVermillionHuffBrianDesignerPhone
SDVermillionWoodsDionDesignerEmail

Tennessee thru Wisconsin

Granite Ridge 3, Highbridge, WI
StateCityLastFirstGroupContact
TNBrentwoodPittmanRonDesignerEmail
TXAbileneKingstonJerryDesignerEmail
TXArlingtonBrennerPatDesignerEmail
TXAustinHouckJohnMaster DesignerEmail
TXAustinOlseMichaelDesignerEmail
TXAustinTolbertZacDesignerEmail
TXHoustonLehmannAndiDesignerEmail
TXIrvingMorrowK. KevinDesignerEmail
TXPlanoDukeGaryDesignerEmail
TXSpringYoungDonDesignerEmail
TXTylerNanceLawrenceDesignerEmail
VAAlexandriaBeronTimDesignerEmail
VAWallops IslandCongerMikeSenior DesignerEmail
VAWilliamsburgRoyJohnDesingerEmail
VTGraftonFerraraChrisDesignerPhone
WAPort OrchardConteJohnDesignerEmail
WIAppletonJenkinsTomDesignerEmail
WIAppletonMartinRichDesignerEmail
WIBlue MoundHoffmanDonMaster DesignerEmail
WICedarburgDornJohnDesignerEmail
WIMarkesanBlakePatDesignerEmail
WIMenomonee FallsMillerTerryDesignerEmail
WIMenomonieHendricksonJasonDesignerEmail
WIMilwaukeeLennieBrianDesignerEmail
WIMosineeHooverPeteDesignerEmail
WIOsseoTicknorDonDesignerEmail
WIStevens PointSchukarRandyDesignerEmail

International

CountryLastFirstGroupContact
FinlandNieminenSeppoSenior DesignerEmail
FranceLegerDavidDesignerEmail
JapanNakajimaSaoriDesignerAddress
New ZealandMarchbankTimDesignerEmail
New ZealandCaesarScottDesignerEmail
CanadaForbesGlennDesignerEmail
CanadaHoenigerBrianDesignerEmail

Designer Levels

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Designer

1) played a minimum of 10 courses with at least one in four states, provinces and countries

2) designed or co-designed two courses

3) submitted PDGA Course Evaluations on two courses in your area


Senior Designer

1) played a minimum of 25 courses with at least one in eight states, provinces and countries

2) designed or co-designed five courses, at least four permanent 18s

3) submitted PDGA Course Evaluations on five courses in your area

4) Your 18-hole hole design scores average 5 or higher on PDGA evaluations


Master Designer

1) played a minimum of 75 courses with at least one in twelve states, provinces and countries

2) designed or co-designed ten courses, at least eight permanent 18s

3) submitted PDGA Course Evaluations on ten courses in your region plus strive to get other 18-hole courses within 50 miles of Designer’s home evaluated or updated

4) trained at least one other person on design methods

5) recommended by another DGCD member familiar with your designs