Squaw Valley Hosts PDGA Pro/Am Disc Golf Tournament

August 20-21, 2011

[Squaw Valley USA] August 10, 2011 – Squaw Valley USA is hosting the resort’s first PDGA-sanctioned professional and amateur disc golf tournament on Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, 2011. The tournament will consist of two rounds of 18 holes, one round per day. Only in its second year, Squaw Valley’s disc golf course is quickly gaining recognition as one of the top disc golf courses in Lake Tahoe with steep vertical, challenging holes and gorgeous lake views.

The only lift-accessed disc golf course in the Lake Tahoe region, Squaw Valley’s course is of championship caliber. Holes 1, 2 and 18, located directly behind the High Camp complex, account for the easier holes on the course, while holes 3 through 17 offer a more extreme challenge as the course winds down and up Squaw Valley’s Rainbow Bowl under the Solitude chair lift.

“It’s one of the most incredible courses that I’ve ever worked on,” said Craig Getty, a veteran disc golf course designer and one of the mastermind’s behind Squaw Valley’s course. “The course could easily be one of the top ten disc golf courses in the country.”

Getty notes that hole 3 is Squaw Valley’s signature hole—a par four with a 1,080 foot downhill drop and a basket or “pin placement” that Getty describes as an “island in the sky.” “This hole is key to the course,” noted Getty.

Overall, the course is both fun and challenging, using the mountain’s granite rock formations and trees to frame fairways and pin placements. The course also overlooks spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding Sierra Nevada.

Registration for the Squaw Valley’s Pro/Am disc golf tournament ranges from $40 to $80, depending on bracket level, with $10 off for current PDGA members. Discounted Cable Car tickets are included in the entry fee. Participants can go to www.squaw.com for further details and registration forms.

Outside of the tournament, Squaw Valley’s disc golf course is free to play with the purchase of Cable Car ticket and discs are available for purchase at the High Camp retail shop.

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Squaw Valley USA was founded in 1949 and hosted the 1960 Olympic Winter Games, the first televised Olympics. Squaw Valley is one of the largest and most diverse mountain resorts in North America, with incomparable outdoor recreational amenities that attract both local residents and visitors from around the globe. For more information, please visit www.squaw.com