By Ronald Sitton Kalim Holoch sinks Burns Park's 13th hole during the Arkansas State Disc Golf Championship. Shows drove four hours from his West Monroe, La., home to play in the Arkansas Disc Golf State Championship, one of this year's qualifying tournaments for the Southern Nationals . Yet he didn't have to drive home after spending all day at the tournament.
Shows believes people are the reason disc golf is prospering in the South.
We're all out here to have a good time. That attitude may be unique to the South. In Minnesota it's treated more professionally, like a big-time sport. Down South, it's more casual and laid back. While some regions favor wide-open fairways, Southern disc golf courses are often set in wooded areas which require navigational skills.