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GPT4: The 1979 Disc Golf World Championship, officially known as the IFA World Frisbee Championships, was held in Irvine, California, United States, from August 22 to August 26, 1979.

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Discs specifically engineered for disc golf didn’t come out until the mid 80’s so prior to that it was played with a regular frisbee (or ultimate disc in today’s terminology). That’s why they were so floaty but they also didn’t go as far

I think the longest hole was in the 200 ft

@@colerupert3435 i dont know why I laughed so hard at your comment, but I did 😂😂

Lol, ok

This is exactly what I thought. How in the world.

For 1st?!?! Wtf?!

I think a lot of that prize purse was in discs. I seem to remember that coming up on a podcast. The vast majority of those early prize purses was in “list prices” of discs.

They look like Midnight Flyers, which were not really regular frisbee's because they were some of the early discs actually made for Disc Golf. But they were fashioned more like a frisbee than today's Disc Golf Discs, because they did not have the beveled edge. That came in about 1983 I think.

@@rjwalker4153 They were smaller. I think they were around 9 inches like the 70 mold, these look more like regular 10 inch frisbees

@@hyzercreek I have a Midnight Flyer from 1979 and I just measured it. It is exactly 10 inches across. Later models might have been smaller, I don't know. But this one was larger than the modern discs for disc golf. It was made for Disc Golf as it says Disc Golf Association 1979 right on it. It does look much like a regular frisbee though. Also, they could have been using Wham-o Fastbacks (Pro Model) as those were frisbee's approved for Disc Golf and in flight would have looked like a midnight flyer in that they were white with a black ring.

@@rjwalker4153 OK that's good to know, I never had a midnight flyer I always tossed 70 mold in the 70's, which could be 180 grams up to 200 grams but they were only 9 inches. Fastbacks were much lighter I think maybe 119 grams???? Modern golf discs are 8 inches

@@hyzercreek Yes the Fastbacks and also Pro Models were much lighter, which to me would not be good for Disc Golf, but in the early days of Disc Golf (later 1970's) my understanding is they were actually used for it.

Then Scott won the 1978 Worlds? He says in the recent PDGA magazine that he won the 1982 Worlds but that's not true he finished 6th according to pdga.com. Must have won in 1978.