Tag: key to reaching women disc golfers

Women, Men and Disc Golf: An interview with Valarie Jenkins

by Parked, posted in Gender, Grow the Sport

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Women represent an underserved group in the disc golfer population. Per the PDGA, between 1999 and 2015, the share of women among PDGA members has stayed within a range of 6.9 percent to 7.7 percent. A few surveys drawn from PDGA-centric populations have reported similar or lower estimates of the number of women who play disc golf. Continue reading “Women, Men and Disc Golf: An interview with Valarie Jenkins” →

Women’s disc golf network takes root in Wisconsin: An interview with Jenny San Filippo

by Parked, posted in Disc Golf Clubs, Gender, Grow the Sport

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The work of coordinating a local disc golf league is difficult, time consuming, potentially frustrating, and breathtakingly unprofitable. For this reason, the idea of organizing not one, but several leagues across four states seems bold, forward-thinking and, yes, a little crazy. Continue reading “Women’s disc golf network takes root in Wisconsin: An interview with Jenny San Filippo” →