Discipline: Disc golf
Ken Climo
From Clearwater’s Cliff Stephens Park to twelve Open world championships, Ken Climo set a standard of sustained success that defined an era of disc golf. His nine consecutive…
Steve Slasor
Steve “Slaz” Slasor helped establish competitive disc golf in Florida during the sport’s formative years. Winner of the first PDGA tournament in 1977 and the 1984 Masters world…
Jeff Watson
Jeffrey Allen “JAWs” Watson became Florida’s first PDGA Open world champion in 1983. The Sarasota player had already won golf at the 1980 World Frisbee Championships, where he…
Gregg Hosfeld
Sarasota native Gregg Hosfeld combined world-championship disc golf with freestyle competition, professional demonstrations, writing, and course design.
Tim Willis
Tim Willis turned an early love of Frisbee into decades of work for the people who played it. From neighborhood games in Sarasota to club leadership and statewide…
Tom Monroe
Tom Monroe’s career combined championship competition, tournament direction, promotion, and service to the PDGA.
John Kirkland
John “Friz Whiz” Kirkland helped define what a flying-disc athlete could be. An Orlando-born competitor with a background in swimming, he became a champion across the field events,…