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Disk golf, anyone? Quarry course to start league

By Mike Camunas, Times Staff Writer
Published February 20, 2008

The Quarry Golf Course is starting up league for a different kind of sport. The Brooksville course will begin Evening Disk Golf League beginning March 12.

The league will meet every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and cost is $40 per person to join.

"It's basically golf with a frisbee," coordinator Mike Barnett said. "It's a weighted plastic flying disk, but Frisbee is the best way to describe it.

"Think of golf that is basically thrown."

The game is very similar to regular golf, as the lowest score wins. However, the disk must be tossed into a big metal basket with a chain around it and there are hazards on the course as well.

Barnett said that within the next two months there will be another nine-hole disk golf course opening in Hernando County. It will be located at Amity Trails, which is at Linden Road and Spring Hill Drive.

Register at the Quarry by calling 352544-5485 and for more information, contact Barnett at (352) 397-3257.

League results: The Belles and Beaus League at the Quarry in Brooksville proved to have some pretty impressive stats during its weekly meetings for Jan. 30 and Feb. 6.

On Feb. 6, the team of Lorrie Dulzo, Bill Crocker, Ed Foote and Vinie Prigoinieri was the team with the lowest score at 50. Ken Countryman had the closest to the pin on the No. 1 hole, while for the women, Helen Yeaton was the closest on the No. 2 pin.

On Jan. 30, Allen Lackey, Ken Countryman and Gordon Bigelow scored a 49 for the lowest score, and Rick Smith (No. 1 hole) and Peggy Parker (No. 5 hole) were the closest to the pin for the men and the women, respectively.

Upcoming tournaments: Plantation Palms Golf Club is hosting Habitat for Humanity of Central Pasco County Annual Golf Tournament on Feb. 25 at 12:30 p.m.

Fees are $75 per golfer, which includes a four-person scramble and lunch at 11:30.

For more information, contact Jerry McCarthy at (813) 949-3669.

March 27: Silverthorn Country Club will host a four-person team scramble with check in starting at 11:30 a.m. and tee off at 1:30 p.m.

Entry fee is $100 per player, which includes lunch. There will be 36 teams available and a hole-in-one contest with a $10,000 prize.

For information, contact Robin Pastore at (352) 683-5682 or Bobbe Allen at (352) 596-111.

March 29: The Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club is hosting the first Golf Tournament & Corvette Show with all proceeds benefitting the San Antonio Relay for Life, the Tampa Bay Tahitians chapter of the American Cancer Society.

Fees are $85 per person, which includes entry to the car show, the golf tournament and the awards dinner dance.

For more information, contact Rich Unger at (352) 588-0059 or (813) 299-5539.

Got golf scores? How about accomplishments on the course or upcoming tournament schedules? Then submit info, feedback to Community Sports Editor Mike Camunas at mcamunas@sptimes.com or call (352) 544-9480.

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