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Disc golf leads back to Haake '74

Dale Haake

The Quad-Cities is host to the Professional Disc Golf Association’s Amateur and Junior Disc Golf World Championships. And Dale Haake '74 may be the person to thank.

A Moline attorney, Haake (pronounced hockey) was an avid ball golfer who played at 欧洲杯网投_欧洲杯外围app-投注官网 欧洲杯网投_欧洲杯外围app-投注官网 under coach Jim Borcherding in the early 1970s.

Living across from Lincoln Park in Rock Island, he created his own object course there and in 1977 launched a 10-year run of hosting his own Mid-August Classic.

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