Disc Golf Daily: Miles Parkhill and the DGPT - S0E10

summary
Miles Parkhill, founder of Paragon Disc Golf, shares his journey into disc golf and his involvement in the Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT). He started playing disc golf in California and continued when he moved to Illinois. He got connected to Steve Dodge through Dana Vicich and became involved in the DGPT. Miles played a crucial role in creating various assets for the tour, including leaderboards, festival games, OB walls, feather flags, and elevated baskets. He also helped with merchandising and apparel for the tour. Miles reflects on the early days of the tour and the challenges and excitement of being part of a new venture in disc golf.

keywords
Miles Parkhill, Paragon Disc Golf, Disc Golf Pro Tour, DGPT, disc golf history, disc golf apparel, disc golf merchandising, disc golf festival games, disc golf course assets

takeaways
Miles Parkhill got into disc golf while living in California and continued playing when he moved to Illinois.
He got connected to Steve Dodge through Dana Vicich and became involved in the Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT).
Myles played a crucial role in creating various assets for the tour, including leaderboards, festival games, OB walls, feather flags, and elevated baskets.
He also helped with merchandising and apparel for the tour.
Miles reflects on the early days of the tour and the challenges and excitement of being part of a new venture in disc golf.

Chapters
00:00
Introduction and Background
03:07
Connection to Steve Dodge and the DGPT
06:03
Creating Course Assets for the Tour
10:06
Innovating Festival Games
15:12
Finding Creative Solutions
21:39
Taking Risks and Shaping the Sport
23:29
Challenges and Excitement of the DGPT

We are the podcast that covers disc golf news and growth in about ten minutes. And on the weekends, we cover the future of our sport with interviews with movers and shakers as well as the history of our sport as we recap the formation of the Disc Golf Pro Tour with the people that made it happen.

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