Blast From the Past Disc Golf Videos!

Ever hear the 50+ year old disc golfers talk about the “old days”?  About how baskets were smaller, discs were bigger, shorts were shorter and porn-star mustaches were everywhere? Well, fresh from the video vault of Snapper Pierson come some videos of disc golf at Morley Field from back in the ’80’s.  So far there are a handful of videos from the Southwestern Team Tournaments of the late 80’s available on YouTube, posted under the account “Morley Field”.  They are rather long, 1-2 hours at least, raw footage, so there are a few shots of the ground or the sky when the cameraman forgot to turn off the camera, and there is very little narration.

These videos are a great piece of disc golf history and we thank Snapper for having them converted and posted for the world to see.  It’s very interesting to see which holes have remained nearly unchanged for 25-30 years and to try to recognize some of our now-Master/Grandmaster/Senior Grandmaster/Legend players back when their hair wasn’t gray (or it existed), they didn’t have pot bellies and they didn’t creak and groan when they threw.  A couple of things to note:

• Attire: Dri-fit shirts were 25 years in the future.  Short shorts or sweatpants (sometimes both at the same time) were the norm.  Trucker hats were the only hats you could get.
• Discs: Lots of Aviars, Aeros, Super Puppies, XDs, Stingrays, Kitty Hawks. Those big ones with the numbers on them were Midnight Flyers.
• Putting: We’ve gotten better.
• Morley: A lot of the Morley layout hasn’t changed in 25-30 years.  Some trees look about the same as they do now, some are tiny (or non-existent).
• Players: So far I think I’ve seen Snapper (looks remarkably the same), Dan “Stork” Roddick, Sam Ferrans, Marcus Cisneros, John Ahart, Steve Killian, possibly Jerry Goff or Dan Shorkey.

I encourage you to take a look at these videos when you have the time.  If you played back then or are psychic, help us ID these golfers!  In the comments section list who you think you saw, the time stamp on the video, and what they were wearing.  Maybe we can get someone to put together a viewer’s guide?

You can find the videos here.  Once again, big thanks to Snapper!  Enjoy!!