I have only been playing disc golf for about 18 months now. But for the last 18 months I have been addicted to the sport. And every time I get the chance to grow the sport I do. My fiance's brother, Joe, is 21 and just had his first kid while attending the University of Oregon this past spring. Until March of this month Joe had never played the game of disc golf before. He had heard plenty about it from myself and his friends though. My fiance and I had a trip planned down to Eugene to see Joe and his girlfriend, Marissa. Marissa's due date was a week prior to Katie and I coming down to visit. So my goal was to get Joe out of the house to relieve some stress. Once we got down to Eugene it was game on! Strangely, there is only one disc golf course in the city limits of Eugene, Oregon. That is just plain sad actually. So it was a trip out to Dexter Park Disc Golf Course we went! Dexter Park is a very well known course with just about every golf shot coming into play. Joe and I got to the course around 2pm and got to huking. Since Joe had never really played disc golf before I gave him three of my first ever purchased discs. A aviar, wraith, and skeeter. The round went well from the get go. What I mean by going well is that we didn't lose any plastic. Once we get to hole 16 it starts raining buckets. We decide to skip hole 16 and run over to hole 17 because it was a covered tee pad. Low and behold on the tpad there is a disc with no name or number. Score! I get up to the tee pad and unleash my drive. Not too shabby, a little short and left. Joe gets up to the tee pad and heaves his wraith with all his mite. As soon as he lets go of it he turns around and starts talking to me. I watch quietly as the disc skims the outer ring of chains. Joe sees my facial reaction and asks "Did I get close?". Yes Joe, you were three inches away from an ace on the first day you have ever played the sport.
So now it has been 7 months since then and Joe is now hooked just like I am. I guess that was my best way of passing on The Spirit of the Game.