IMPORTANT NOTICE

PDGA AND DISC GOLF FOUNDER SUFFERS STROKE AT PDGA AMATEUR WORLDS COMPETITION

“Steady” Ed Headrick, the “Father of Disc Golf”, and owner and founder of
the Disc Golf Association, Inc. (DGA) nand the Professional Disc Golf
Association (PDGA), suffered a stroke on Monday, July 22 at the PDGA
Amateur World Championships. He is recovering at the Baptist Hospital in
Miami, Florida.

Ed's numerous contributions include inventing the modern-day Frisbee®
while working at Wham-O, where he went from VP R&D to CEO. He later went
on to create the sport of Disc Golf in the ‘70s, and invented the first
disc catching device, which revolutionized the game.  “Steady” Ed turned
over the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), the governing body of
Disc Golf worldwide, to the players in 1983.

“Steady” Ed was in Miami to meet and address the 300+ competitors
attending the Amateur World Championships. He was with the current PDGA
Commissioner, Pat Govang, evaluating the courses for the competition when
the stroke occurred.

Govang, who has been in constant communication with the hospital and
Headrick’s family, recently spoke with “Steady” Ed, who requested that
expressions of concern and support from the worldwide disc golf family be
sent to the Disc Golf Association (DGA) at:

16 Maher Road 
Watsonville, CA 95076 (USA) 
(831)722-6037
Fax (831) 722-8176 
steadyed@discgolfassoc.com.