Gateway basket guarantee!

Thanks for your interest in Gateway Disc Sports, our disc golf products and specifically the disc golf baskets!

Let me start off by saying I stand behind the quality and functionality of our Disc Golf Baskets so much, that I would be willing to guarantee the purchase of a Bulls Eye or Titan pro 24 portable…100%. If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase within 30 days you can return the basket and discs on our shipping account and I’ll refund the money you spent on the basket.

Either target would come with 6 putters of your choice, as you may already know Gateway disc sports Putters ( Wizard, Magic, Voodoo and Warlock) are each available in 4 different flexes ( soft, super-soft, super-stupid-soft and medium) and are considered by most to be the #1 putters in the game. You get to choose your exact 6 putters!!!

Even after just 1 session of practicing on the Bulls Eye Basket, you will notice a huge improvement in your putting.
The concept of aiming at a smaller target (12″ diameter with 15 outer chains) will make a regulation size basket much easier to hit as you learn to aim in the center.
The catching ability of a Bulls Eye when hit in the chains is as good as any target ever made, with literally no cut throughs or bounce backs.
Ive heard many top pros ( including Nikko,, who has trained on the prototype of this basket many times over the last 3 years) say that they wish this size basket was used for competition at the highest level. When your putt hits dead center on this target is pretty much always stays in, which can not be said for most current targets approved for championship play, where spit outs and cut throughs are very common.

The Titan Portable is the best catching target on the market with 24 chains and smaller diameter rings for holding them closer together.
This target is a scaled down version ( using 3/8ths” and 1/4″ steel) of our Titan pro -24 which uses 1/2″ steel for its entire construction.
I’ll put the titan 24′s up against any basket in the industry for durability and catch ability!!!

Both portable targets are engineered to set up and dis-assemble withing 1 minute and are designed so no bolts are required ( we use a swagging or “crimping” method for a tight fit).
They are as sturdy as a permanent, with 3/8ths” steel used for the entire base and the outside rings of the chain assembly and basket as well.
In a recent ring of fire at our clubs ice bowl,, I saw 17 discs stay in the basket at once and the target barely even rocked.

The red/ white color combination makes it a very attractive basket for placing in a back yard, the chains are all hot dipped galvanized,,,not electro-plated.

The cost of the BullsEye is $239 and the Titan pro-24 portable $299… both would be about $25 to ship. ( the value of the 6 free discs is $72.00)

Want to get a new course in your home town???

Everyone wants a new course and its easier than you think when you take the right
steps. Closing deals and getting a park/city/county to move forward on installing
 a new course, often requires "speaking their language". Key power points like:
 low  cost family recreation,
sustainable recreation,
prevention of obesity are direct and to the point and help allocate land/funds,
especially if the funds come from an existing grant or one they may want to write.
Rarely does a park have concerns about tournaments or leagues, but there are occasions
when it’s important as is the ability to generate revenue through admissions or disc sales.
 Theres also a keep up with the Joneses mentality where its important that residents from their
community are not going to another city for recreation that can easily be created
 and at a very low cost compared with any other park facility. It may also be
important for a city to have a course before a neighboring city,, city's are
very competitive with each other and for the low cost of a course and the ability
to use areas that cannot be used for other recreations,,,sometimes it just takes
a really good proposal in writing. Proposals that include free donations of any
equipment or labor get the attention of the higher ups, including the mayor.
Phone calls to park departments makes it too easy for one guy to say no, while
an official proposal in writing or given in front of a city council produces
many more course approvals.

Making parks/cities aware the hillsides and unused areas of the park are just
as good for disc golf as the well maintained park land that many parks already
have slated for passive areas or future developments. 

Our course design and installation contracts come with up to 300 FREE custom
stamped discs for the park/city/club to use as they see needed.
These can be sold as fund raisers to help off set the cost of a course or for
future course improvements. The FREE discs can also be given out at a grand
opening or a club launching event.

Gateway is NOW paying ADDATIONAL commission on leads that turn into course
contracts. This compensation will be 15-20% paid in merchandise and can be
great for disc golf clubs who can use the products to help grow disc golf
in their community or raise funds for benches or tee pads.

Most park dpeartments are in the middle of developing the 2012 budget,,,,,
Please don't hesitate to contact me personally to help get the ball rolling
for your towns NEW COURSE!!!!

314 303 1488 or david@gdstour.com

Earn Commission on course design and installation contracts.

Everyone wants a new course and its easier than you think when you take the right steps.
Closing deals and getting a park/city/county to move forward on installing a new course, often requires “speaking their language”.
Key power points like low cost family recreation, sustainable recreation, prevention of obesity are direct and to the point and help allocate land/funds, especially if the funds come from an existing grant or one they may want to write.

Rarely does a park have concerns about tournaments or leagues, but there are occasions when it’s important as is the ability to generate revenue through admissions or disc sales.
Theres also a keep up with the Joneses mentality where its important that residents from their community are not going to another city for recreation that can easily be created and at a very low cost compared with any other park facility. It may also be important for a city to have a course before there neighboring city,, city’s are very competitive with each other and for the low cost of a course and the ability to use areas that cannot be used for other recreations,,,sometimes it just takes a really good proposal in writing. Proposals that include free donations of any equipment or labor get the attention of the higher ups, including the mayor. Phone calls to park departments makes it too easy for one guy to say no, while an official proposal in writing or given in front of a city council produces many more course approvals.

Making parks/cities aware the hillsides and unused areas of the park are just as good for disc golf as the well maintained park land that many parks already have slated for passive areas or future developments.

Our course design and installation contracts come with up to 300 FREE custom stamped discs for the park/city/club to use as they see needed.
These can be sold as fund raisers to help off set the cost of a course or for future course improvements. The FREE discs can also be given out at a grand opening or a club launching event.

Gateway is NOW paying ADDATIONAL commission on leads that turn into course contracts. This compensation will be 15-20% paid in merchandise and can be great for disc golf clubs who can use the products to help grow disc golf in their community or raise funds for benches or tee pads.

Most park dpeartments are in the middle of developing the 2012 budget,,,,,Please don’t hesitate to contact me personally to help get the ball rolling for your towns NEW COURSE!!!!

314 303 1488 or david@gdstour.com

Columbia upsets St Louis 34 ½ to 28 ½!

The 18th annual Ryder cup which features the 12 best players from St. Louis and Columbia was contested on 2 very challenging disc golf courses in Vichy, Missouri on Saturday, October 29th.  This would be the first time this event would be held on a neutral site in 6 years.  For the first 11 years, this event was held in Foristell, Missouri, where Professional Greens Keeper Matt Seifert carved 9 challenging and beautiful holes out of 4.5 acres of trees on a gently rolling hillside.

Captains for this year’s event were Keith Amerson (Columbia) and David McCormack (St Louis). The first round format was best shot doubles, where 7 two-man teams competed against each other in match play style with three points per group at stake (one each for each of the front back and total) and 21 points all together. The round was played on the 8700ft par 72 Ozark Mountain course, which is regarded as one of the hardest courses in the world where the demand for throwing great shots starts at the hole one tee and does not let up until you putt out on the 18th green.

Columbia jumped out to a rather large lead, 13 ½ to 7 ½, even though several Columbia teams had never seen the course before. Unfortunately for St. Louis, some dude forgot when the event was held and made no plans to attend, which caused a major shuffling of the St. Louis teams. Luckily, Roger Reye’s son Tommy was there to fill the last spot, which I’m sure was a great experience for him, but not quite a replacement for that one dude who let the team down.

Down but certainly not out, St Louis was confident it would rebound during the head to head singles round, as now 42 total points were at stake. The event moved to the 5400ft par 54 Akita’s run course, which was recently re-worked on a few holes due to some logging and the course played a little easier than in the past.  When playing a par 3 style course, it can certainly become deuce or die, but on this particular course par can win any one of these holes. The per hole scoring spread on Akita’s Run makes this a great course for match play format.

This round featured several VERY close down to the wire matches as well as several lopsided ones and when all was said and done the singles round ended in a dead heat 21-21, giving the Columbia boys the cup in a 34 ½ to 28 ½ upset over the heavily favored St. Louis team.

‘Team play’ sets such a different tone to a disc golf event as pressure to perform for your city and team can make a 20 footer look like you have to send you disc through a mail slot in a door.

Celebrating a win as a team is also quite different than winning as a singles event, because sharing the spoils of a VICTORY with friends creates a sense of togetherness for a disc golf club and community, not to mention a rivalry with your cross- state or town club. Looking forward to next year and hoping the event will return to McCormack Farm, where plans are underway for a 3rd course called Spencer-Davis, it’s possible that this event could turn into a full weekend tourney.

Results from the 2011 Ozark Fall Harvest

The results from this year’s Ozark Fall Harvest is here!! CLICK on the link to view and save the PDF file. Thanks for all the great support and for all those who came out this past weekend!!!  Ozark Fall Harvest 2011

FALL 2011 Newsletter

^^^Click on the cover to see our Newsletter for Fall 2011!!! (PDF file)^^^

There is exciting news about the Ozark Fall Harvest!! And there are also updates, a new course and deals to check out.

Ozark Fall Harvest – Course Changes




This summer we had some logging done on our farm where the 2 disc golf courses are located which created a lot of extra work for the crew.

We have made several trips down this fall to get it all cleaned up and ready for this weekend’s Ozark Fall Harvest.

The courses are looking good with the finish mowing going on today and tomorrow.

Come down early or show up on Saturday by 11:30 or so and take a shot at taming these beasts.

 

A few changes were made to Akita’s run:

A new hole one was installed, it’s a little putter shot straight down hill about 200 feet, a bit too steep and below an out-cropping of rocks for an ace run, but should be an easy bird if you know this type of shot.

After hole 8 (what used to be seven) that plays over the creek, we installed a 300 foot straight shot into a really tight green with the creek directly behind the pin, again another good chance at birdie before embarking on the next hole, an extreme up hill 190 footer sitting on a rock bluff, which is now hole 10 ( formerly 8-up). We added a new rope and cleared up the first part of the hole making it a bit easier to climb and reach the hole.

We had to remove the hole on the 25 foot bluff, so the next hole goes from its tee into the corner making it longer and the creek on the left will probably come into play a lot more now.

 

After the next hole, which goes over the creek twice to the pin by a big rock, we added a tight right to left up hill shot with a few fairway options and routes to the hole.

 

The only real change on Ozark is hole 15′s tee is now in the middle of the field and plays through a tight gap  for 270 feet and then cuts left pretty sharply for another 90 to the same green as before.

 

We also added a few astro turf tees, one on hole 9 and the other on hole 16, where the logger took a lot of trees out opening up the landing area and the remaining path to the elevated pin.

 

Most people will like the changes to the course as it certainly makes it play easier in spots.

I got through the front 9 at -5 under, making and eagle 3 on hole 8 over the water and had no bogies.

 

The back nine yesterday was a bit rougher on me as birdies were awfully hard to come by  ( just one on hole 16) card my first bogey on 12 and then tripled the new 15.

 

Weather is looking good for the weekend, hope to see lots of people camping and having a good time.

New Course in Farmington, MO

New course breaking ground in Farmington, MO. In a joint effort between Gateway Disc Sports and the City of Farmington, an 18 hole par 62 disc golf course is being developed in Engler Park. The course will feature a shorter technical front nine with a nice par, four on hole nine with the lake coming into play on the drive and again by the basket. The back nine is a much longer and more challenging course that will rival any nine holes in the state. A tourney layout will feature an island green and some very tough shots; especially from the long tees. It is well worth the hour drive from Saint Louis and it’s only twenty-five minutes from the new 18 hole course already installed in Potosi.

The Potosi Course Update – Back Nine

Back nine in Potosi will be going in by the end of the month. What a great 18 hole course; well maintained , nice grass and a creek that comes into play for a great experience on five holes. Theres also a lake on a few holes and a good mix of long and short holes. Only about an hour south of St. Louis at Hwy 21 & 8.

2011 Gateway Open Recap

This past Saturday we hosted the 20th annual Gateway Open at Foundation Park DGC in Centralia, Ilinois. I’d like to start off by saying this disc golf course plays as close to ball golf as a course can get. The course and park were in immaculate condition with the entire 18 holes cut down to 3-4”, virtually no sticks laying on the course and long, flat natural tee offs on every hole. The course played to a par 71 for both rounds. The first round was played from the short tees and the second round was played from the long tees; all par threes were set up in the short position and all other holes were set up in the long position for both rounds. Birdies were extremely hard to come by; you had to execute at least 2 good shots on every hole to score well. Making par after par on this course is actually a good thing and if you’re not making bogeys, I’d say you’re playing awfully well.

Brian Johnson had the low score both rounds, shooting a very respectable 64 from the short tees and a GREAT round of 65 from the long, for a total of 129. If I’m not mistaken, that 65 is a course record from the long tees. Justin Bunnell took second place with a score of 65-71=136, and Jerry Barklage at 47 years young took third with 2 -69′s and a total score of 138. Those three players were the only ones under part for the event.

Rob Nahlik won the Advanced division with a score of 73-77=150, and our own James “Ozzy” Osbourn took the Rec division with a score of 74-84=158.

Last but not least, Doug Bickell took the Bullseye basket prize by winning a Ring of Fire competition with a Wizard after qualifying on an accuracy shot using a Slayer. Way to go, Doug! Congratulations to you and all the division winners.

Results are below:

Open Division Payout
Bryan Johnson 64 65 129 $200
Justin Bunnell 65 71 136 $140
Jerry Barklage 69 69 138 $100
Aaron Walther 68 76 144 $80
John Ruvalcaba 66 79 145 $60
Tom Murdick 72 75 147 $40
Roger Reyes 73 74 147
Tim Lewis 73 75 148
Greg Doh 73 77 150
Doug Bickell 70 80 150
Matt Wellman 77 74 151
David McCormack 76 76 152
Dave Dick 80 85 165
Jay Baird 83 90 173
Advanced Division Payout
Rob Nahlik 73 77 150 $60
Dave Rudibaugh 76 81 157 $40
Butch Apfel 78 83 161 $20
Eric Fussell 84 81 165
Jeff McClusky 76 89 165
Tony Devoto 80 93 173
Rec Division Payout
“Ozzy” 74 84 158 $60
Steve Bevel 80 88 168 $40
Greg Van Horn 81 87 168 $20
Drew Weyenberg 95 109 194
Tony Nasser 106 111 217
Danny McLean 83 DNF