John Houck
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John Houck was born May 15, 1960 in Long Beach, CA. He has designed more disc golf courses than anyone living today. He has been devoted to the love and evolution of disc sports for 30 years with 25 years of devotion to the growth of disc golf
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John began his career in disc sports with back-to-back World Champion titles in Freestyle Frisbee for 1984 and 1985 Freestyle Frisbee. In 1989 John founded the Circular Skies Over Texas tour, which was the largest regional tour in the country. He was Commissioner of the Professional Disc Golf Association
from 1994 to 1996, and has been President of the Disc Golf Foundation since 1998. He was inducted to the Disc Golf Hall of Fame in 1998. John is the Head of Course Design for the International Disc Golf Center http://www.houckdesign.com/john_houcks_bio.html, and has designed or consulted on course designs for numerous world and national tournaments, with over 100 course designs, revisions, and consultations spanning his career. John Houck is also the Founder of the annual World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend Disc golf
, an international public event that was started in May 1991. The event raises money for local, national and international non-profits Non-profit while it introduces disc golf to people around the world. It is held the first weekend in May every year and is currently hosted by 130 cities around the world. http://www.wbdgw.com/10locations.html
In 2010 Worlds Biggest Teams Tournament was held at Circle R Disc Golf Ranch and 456 Players competed in November.
John Houck http://www.houckdesign.com/john_houcks_bio.html finished designing the first disc golf course at a business park, a 550 acres (2.2 km²) commercial development in Austin, Texas Austin, Texas
called the MetCenter http://www.metcenter.com/. The course opened for public play in 2009.
John has recently finished designing a championship course on Prince Edward Island, Canada. In Talco, Texas, he recently finished designing two Championship courses at a resort called Selah Ranch.
He is currently designing a course on Nantucket Island and the course should be complete and open in Spring 2012.
Related websites:
http://www.houckdesign.com
http://www.circularproductions.com/
Disc golf
Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...
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John began his career in disc sports with back-to-back World Champion titles in Freestyle Frisbee for 1984 and 1985 Freestyle Frisbee. In 1989 John founded the Circular Skies Over Texas tour, which was the largest regional tour in the country. He was Commissioner of the Professional Disc Golf Association
Professional Disc Golf Association
The Professional Disc Golf Association is a membership organization dedicated to the promotion and sustainable growth ofdisc golf...
from 1994 to 1996, and has been President of the Disc Golf Foundation since 1998. He was inducted to the Disc Golf Hall of Fame in 1998. John is the Head of Course Design for the International Disc Golf Center http://www.houckdesign.com/john_houcks_bio.html, and has designed or consulted on course designs for numerous world and national tournaments, with over 100 course designs, revisions, and consultations spanning his career. John Houck is also the Founder of the annual World's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend Disc golf
Disc golf
Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc." Of the more than 3000...
, an international public event that was started in May 1991. The event raises money for local, national and international non-profits Non-profit while it introduces disc golf to people around the world. It is held the first weekend in May every year and is currently hosted by 130 cities around the world. http://www.wbdgw.com/10locations.html
In 2010 Worlds Biggest Teams Tournament was held at Circle R Disc Golf Ranch and 456 Players competed in November.
John Houck http://www.houckdesign.com/john_houcks_bio.html finished designing the first disc golf course at a business park, a 550 acres (2.2 km²) commercial development in Austin, Texas Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
called the MetCenter http://www.metcenter.com/. The course opened for public play in 2009.
John has recently finished designing a championship course on Prince Edward Island, Canada. In Talco, Texas, he recently finished designing two Championship courses at a resort called Selah Ranch.
He is currently designing a course on Nantucket Island and the course should be complete and open in Spring 2012.
Related websites:
http://www.houckdesign.com
http://www.circularproductions.com/