Justin Weilacher

Justin Weilacher played a few rounds of disc golf at the University of Florida but then lost touch. He earned a bachelor's degree in English literature, started managing bookstores, got married and moved to Arizona before finding disc golf again five years ago. Justin now lives in California, writes on his blog, DB Free Disc Golf, to grow the sport he loves, and fits disc golf into all the free spaces of his life.

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• 3 big issues facing disc golf in 2014

  Tuesday, January 28, 2014

  The year of 2013 witnessed big things for disc golf. Record numbers of new players are finding the sport. Record numbers of players are becoming members of the PDGA and playing in sanctioned events. There are more disc manufacturers, bag designers and retailers than ever before. There are also more opinions about how we should grow the sport. Here is an overview of three of the most pressing issues that disc golf faces to start 2014.

• The evolution of the disc golf tournament series

  Wednesday, November 06, 2013

  ​Everyone dreams of winning on the PDGA National Tour, playing every event, traveling the country, living the disc golf life. I dream of that anyway. For me, I found the game too late for that to be a reality. I have too many responsibilities and obligations to make the leap. Not to mention that I don't have the game for it. But I could win my local disc golf series.

• Disc golf etiquette: A final word

  Wednesday, October 16, 2013

  Disc golf and the PDGA are at a turning point. It seems obvious from the tone of the survey the PDGA put out after the recent Board elections that the organization is trying to decide what the future of sanctioned events will look like. Everyone has an opinion.

• Disc golf etiquette: Issuing warnings

  Wednesday, October 02, 2013

  ​Disc golf and ball golf have in common game parameters, scoring mechanism and competition formats. We also share the self-regulated nature of a "gentleman's game," gentle-person's game anyway. The players have the responsibility of scoring and policing the game. If an indiscretion occurs, it is part of the group's responsibility to help inform, regulate and penalize players.

• Disc golf etiquette: Dogs and music on the course

  Wednesday, September 18, 2013

  One way we lift our sport's profile is to be responsible and respectful about our dogs and our music on the disc golf course. Bringing unleashed pets and blaring offensive music at the course is the wrong direction if we want to have a professional organization. More than any other sport, we play in public shared spaces. As representatives of disc golf, we have to respect every other golfer and park user when we are using these public spaces.