~ Latta Park ~

The club has had several names since it's inception in 1979. They are: Charlotte Frisbee Club
Cooperative, Charlotte Frisbee Club and Charlotte Disc Golf League.

The "Charlotte Frisbee Cooperative" was originally founded in the late 70's by a University of
North Carolina at Charlotte student. "Frisbee Golf" was played on campus using light poles
as targets and even a corner of a building. In the early 80's, a course was developed in Latta Park
in the Dilworth neighborhood near uptown Charlotte. The targets started out as marked trees,
moved to hand-crafted cedar posts and eventually baskets were installed in the late 80's.


Chief Course Architect and Director, Stan McDaniel....Mule #1

Thanks in a large part to tireless efforts of local Hall of Famer, Stan McDaniel, Charlotte has
become a true mecca for disc golf. In particular, his course designs at Hornet's Nest and
Renaissance define the local scene. The blood, sweat, and tears shed at Renny to make it
possibly the most challenging course in the world (while fair and fun), have earned
Stan the title, Mule #1.

In 1986, the PDGA's World Championships came to town, organized by Steve Lambert. Temporary
basket courses were setup at Reedy Creek, Hornets Nest and Latta Park for this event. A decade
later, the World's returned in 1997 at the permanent Hornets Nest course and Winthrop University's
Lakefront Gold Course in neighboring Rock Hill, SC.

A web presence was created in July, 1997 to promote the World's event and to celebrate the
completion of course improvements throughout the city.

Since then Charlotte has been an active disc golf city with many regularly scheduled events
that have been well attended and enjoyed by thousands.
Event History