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1. #HAPPY LITTLE DISC GOLF BASKET PROFESSIONAL#
2. #HAPPY LITTLE DISC GOLF BASKET SERIES#
3. #HAPPY LITTLE DISC GOLF BASKET FREE#

Headrick was always looking forward-never looking back or thinking about the history. “He welded all the original baskets himself, him and his son Ken, and some of those baskets are still in use today,” said Keasey. Headrick, along with his son Ken, tried different designs but ultimately decided upon the circular design seen in the patent. “He threw a Frisbee at it, and the way that the chain wrapped around the disc was his ‘aha’ moment.” The unassuming house (and garage) where Headrick first realized chain was the key for disc entrapment. “So the story I’ve heard was, as Headrick was playing around with different objects to deaden the disc and slow it down, he was in his garage, and he had some chain hanging from the rafters,” Keasey said.

The solution to this issue came to Headrick while tinkering in his garage. Imagine, for example, the heated discussion that could occur at a tournament about whether a disc grazed the side of a pole above a certain height when all players were 250 feet/76 meters away. Subjective in that players hitting poles would often argue about if a disc touched the target. They obviously played around with posts and other methods, but it was one of those things where it was kind of subjective.” He knew they needed some sort of device that would stop a disc. “He definitely played around with some things. “What became the Pole Hole-the Mach I-was not where started,” explained Keasey. The original patent filed by Headrick for the “Flying Disc Entrapment Device” The Prototype “Flying Disc Entrapment Device” Through talking with Keasey we learned how the company Headrick founded has taken his original idea and adapted it to both fit and shape how our ever-evolving sport is played.

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DGA is still a top producer of chain disc golf baskets, with various targets in its Mach Series catching discs on courses across the world. Keasey was personally hired by Headrick in 2001. To do this, we reached out to Scott Keasey, General Manager at DGA, the company Headrick created shortly before founding the PDGA. These compelling revelations about such an integral piece of disc golf equipment made us want to delve more deeply into the history of baskets generally. “He designed the chains so that you’d have to have a certain amount of touch on your putt.” “The chains didn’t always catch perfectly, and his explanation for that was if you putt too hard, you’re going to hurt your friend,” Risley said. "The best way to make sure the other person would catch the Frisbee was if you hit them right in the stomach.” Risley reported Headrick adding another interesting tidbit, too. “He was trying to come up with something that mimicked if you were playing catch with another person,” Risley said. Risley said at one point their conversation turned to the logic behind Headrick’s original design for his disc golf target. The Pole Hole is the first ancestor of today’s disc golf baskets. In a gallery at the finals of a big event, Risley was walking and chatting with “Steady” Ed Headrick, the man known as the father of disc golf and the inventor of the Disc Golf Pole Hole.

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While we were interviewing Allen Risley, creator of the Professional Disc Golf Association’s (PDGA) first course directory, for a recent article, he told an interesting anecdote. This disc catching device didn't stick, but below we tell you the stories of ones that did. You're not connecting anything right now just making the holes for later.Father of disc golf "Steady" Ed Headrick (left) and son Ken (right) with a "Friz-Hole-Pole" at Oak Grove Park in California in 1976. Drill the four holes through where the flange will fit onto the basket. Now fit another flange in the center of the basket. These are the holes where the eye hooks will go. Divide this by the 6 holes you will drill, and you'll find you need to space them about 6.3" apart.

Use this to draw a circle 12" in diameter (the tip of the marker should be 6" from the center of the string).

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Next tie a marker on a string, staple the free end to the middle of the wood. Drill through the four holes on the flange. Find the center of it, and place your toilet flange there. Make them big enough to slip the S-Hooks through. This is how far apart you will drill your holes in the lip of the lid. Now take the circumference and divide by 12. Take out your trash can lid, and measure the diameter to get the circumference.