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October 16, 2005 Some 50 disc golfers from Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin converged on Whitecap Mountains for the first annual Whitecap Disc Golf Octoberfest Retreat this past weekend. Disc golf is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. This summer, Whitecap Mountains installed a permanent 9 hole course within their Bunny Bowl beneath the main lodge designed by Dick Langton of Hayward. For this tournament, an additional 9 holes were added up and down Whitecap Mountain, the western-most of the three Penokee Mountains that make up the resort. Disc golf is played similarly to "ball" golf. Players use discs - professional Frisbees - of various designs. Some are weighted for long throws, medium throws and "putter" discs for those short shots at the basket or "hole". The object is to complete the course with the fewest possible throws.

Whitecap Mountains Disc Golf Course designer Dick Langton (left) congratulates the winners of the first annual Whitecap Disc Golf Octoberfest Retreat: (l-r) Nick Ham (Menomonie), second place at 10 under par; Kirk Olson and Jessie Doxtator (Menomonie), third place at 5 under par; Pat Blake (Chicago) at 12 under par.

For the tournament that ran Saturday and Sunday at Whitecap, players completed three rounds on a par 54, 18 hole course for a total of 72 holes and a par 162. Two rounds were played each day and one was a night round played Saturday after dark. At 12 under par, Chicago native Pat Blake (27) was the tourney champion. Blake spent the summer serving as the disc golf pro at Highbridge Hills outside of Ashland, the nation's largest disc golf complex. Students from UW Stout in Menomonie had a strong showing, with Nick Ham (20) coming in at second with 10 under par; and Jessie Doxtator (20) and Kirk Olson (19) in a tie for third at 5 under par. On a tie-breaker toss, Olson topped Doxtator to earn third place. The night course record was 7 under par by both Blake and Ham.

Dan Boss (18, Menomonie) tosses a medium range disc on the 8th Hole of the Whitecap Disc Golf Octoberfest Retreat.

Pat Blake (27-Chicago) tosses his disc on the 8th Hole during the tournatment at Whitecap Mountains this weekend. Blake was the overall champion of the tourney.

Jason Hendrickson (right-UW Stout Disc Golf Club President) makes a birdy on the First Hole of the Whitecap Disc Golf Octoberfest Retreat. 13 students from Menomonie participated in the event Saturday and Sunday.

Dan Boss (left, 18, Menomonie) tosses his disc on the 7th hole as Clayton Kuehl (20, Duluth) looks on.

Jason Hendrickson (right-UW Stout Disc Golf Club President) makes a birdy on the First Hole of the Whitecap Disc Golf Octoberfest Retreat. 13 students from Menomonie participated in the event Saturday and Sunday.

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