The Disc Golf Guy - Vlog #186 - Jay & Des Reading at the Silver Cup - PDGA A-Tier Disc Golf Event
The Disc Golf Guy brings you his latest vlog from the Silver Cup, a PDGA A-Tier disc golf event held in Manetwalk, Wisconsin. Jay and Dez Reading, renowned players with roots in the Wisconsin tour, share their experience returning to their home state for the prestigious tournament. The guys reminisce about what drew them back to Wisconsin, citing its natural beauty, world-class courses, and welcoming community. The Silver Cup's organizers, led by Jim, played a significant role in bringing Jay and Dez back to the area as ambassadors for the sport. The duo shares their insights on what it took to secure their appearance and the initiatives they undertook while in Manetwalk. Topics include clinics, community engagement, and outreach programs, such as the Edge program, which aims to introduce disc golf to a wider audience. With special appearances by local businesses and organizations, this video offers a unique look at the intersection of disc golf and community development.
Watch top players Jay & Des compete in the high-level Silver Cup PDGA A-Tier tournament at the Disc Golf Guy Vlog #186.
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I'm the disc golf guy. I'm the disc golf guy. I'm the disc golf guy. I'm the disc golf guy. And this is my video. I'm the disc golf guy and this is my video blog. Today I'm joined by Jay and Dez Reading who are in Manetwalk, Wisconsin for the Silver Cup. Guys, I know you got your start, well, one of your starts in Wisconsin in the Wisconsin tour. What brought you back here all these years later? Wisconsin. Okay. Cheese, beer, BRZ, ice cream, great courses, good people. Um, and Jim's really promotion that website that he had up had up for the silver cup. I think it probably debuted around January, February of the year, and so it caught our eye right off the bat. Yeah, Jim worked really hard. He worked with uh visitors and and convention bureaus. You work with tourism people, grants, all of that. And part of that was to get you guys here as great ambassadors of the sport in of a champion disc and the PDG and everything else. Talk a little bit about what that took to get you here and what you guys did while you were here. Yeah, Jim uh approached us about like, yeah, I've heard you guys have been doing some clinics around the nation. Uh I'd like to do some things. Uh you know, do you have any ideas? And you know, of course, I got a few ideas. So, uh, he ran with one of the community concepts that we had and, uh, he was all about that. Uh, uh, it's very obvious that this area is blessed with the amount of courses. Uh, a lot of people know about it, but there's still a whole segment of the population that, uh, is still learning about this golf. So, uh, what we did was we got with, uh, the YMCA, we got with a couple of the local groups and businesses, uh, distributed some flyers, uh, the Edge program, uh, educational disc golf experience, uh, granted, uh, 50 of our lightweight, uh, age specific discs as well as some minis. Uh, his grant provided some other discs. So, uh, every participant that came out, not only did they participate in, uh, a demo that we did that showed all the disciplines of the sport, but then they did activities and they had a...
