REGISTRATIONS are open for the 2021 Inverleigh Disc Golf Open which will be played on the town\u2019s new eighteen-hole course.<\/p>\n
To be held on Saturday, 13 November, assistant tournament director Matt Hill said the competition will be hosted as part of the 2021 Aussie Disc Golf Day festivities.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvents will run all over Australia on the same day. There will be over 500 people across the country playing disc golf, everyone\u2019s scores will be put together, and they\u2019ll find an overall winner across the country for all the different events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can accommodate a maximum of 72 players on the day, and we\u2019re hoping to get that many people, mostly from regional Victoria; Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeelong has some of the top disc golf players in the country, so the standard in the professional division of the Inverleigh Disc Golf Open will be very highly fought.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Hill said Inverleigh Disc Golf and the regular golf club have been working together over the past year to expand their course, and make it one of the best in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe National Championships have been delayed to February next year, so this will be a warm-up event to test the course out before the Championships in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe course is a challenging one in the bush. It\u2019s very technical, and the new holes being put in will be a bit of a change, favouring bigger throwers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not many full 18-hole courses in Victoria, so it\u2019s really something to have another one, especially in the community of Inverleigh and in Golden Plains.\u201d<\/p>\n
Any disc golf player, whether new or experienced, can compete in the Inverleigh Disc Golf Open, even if it will be their first-ever tournament. Equipment can be purchased from the Geelong Disc Golf Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can still come and have fun in the novice division. There is also an under-15 division,\u201d Mr Hill said.<\/p>\n