Morley Field legend Ken Jarvis shown here in classic David and Goliath!
Brian Schweberger #12989 6′5″ 250 lbs vs. Ken Jarvis #14118 5′9 140 lbs go head to head in front of hundreds of people at the 2002 USDGC.
Morley Field Archives – Ken Jarvis
Posted in In The News with tags jarvis distance, ken jarvis on June 30, 2009 by morleyfieldsd
Morley Player Profile: Tyler Courtney
Posted in Player Profiles on June 28, 2009 by morleyfieldsdTyler Courtney 
Intermediate / Recreational
Began Playing Disc Golf:
October 2007 at Morley. Thought the game was pretty lame until I hit my first birdie. Been hooked ever since!
First Disc:
Pro Wraith and yea, it was pink.
Favorite Holes at Morley:
5 (long positions), 8 (any position)
Morley Field Aces:
1! Hole 2. Took me two and a half years to get it!
Favorite Disc:
Champion XCalibur, 175
Favorite Drivers:
Champion Boss, Champion TeeBird
Favorite Midrange:
Champion Spider, Champion Stingray
Favorite Putters:
Magnets (Hard)
In My Bag:
Drivers : 175 Champ Boss, 175 Champ XCalibur, 175 First Run Star XCalibur, 173 First Run Champ Groove, 175 Champ Teebird, 167 CFR Wraith, 171 Star TL. Midrange : 175 Champ Spider, 177 Champ Stingray, 172 Star Gator, 180 Champ Shark, 168 Champ Shark,173 ProD Wasp. Putters : 3 ProD Magnets (Various weights), Max Weight Elite Z Magnet.
Tourney Placements :
None yet. Need to have tourneys on weekdays!
Favorite Disc Golf Website:
dgcoursereview.com
Favorite Pro Player:
Ken Climo
Tips for New Disc Golf Players :
Buy 3 of the exact same putters and practice your form often. Find a field and unload your bag including midrage and putters to get your disc’s flight pattern down. Do this often until comfortable with all your plastic. Always throw at 70% power. Less is more in this game. HAVE FUN and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
The Latest and Greatest
Posted in Pro Shop on June 26, 2009 by morleyfieldsdSnapper’s Current Hot Pick-
R-Pro Boss (Distance Driver)
Finally, the Boss is available for humans! Grippy plastic, great glide, and ginormous go. This is the Boss for players of all levels. Easier to throw, it will add sweet, golden distance to your game. A great uphill driver for more advanced players. INNOVA’S R- Pro material is a special compound of plastics that features the durability of our Pro-Line, along with an enhanced rubber grip and feel. The R-Pro discs are more flexible and consistently softer at low temperatures. This makes R-Pro ideal for cold weather play. R-Pro provides the most grip of any of Innova plastics, wet or dry. R-Pro has more grip, flexibility and durability than DX plastic. R-Pro material is good to grip and good to stick. Available in 135 to 164 grams
Only $12.00 at the Morley Field Pro Shop!
Player Profile: Jonathan Wilson “jdub”
Posted in Player Profiles on June 26, 2009 by morleyfieldsdJonathan Wilson
“jdub”
YDGA#: 1
Future Pro Tour Top Money Earners ($100,00 and above)
Began Playing Disc Golf:
2006 at Morley Field. My dad (mdub) brought me when I was 3 years old. My friend at the course is Luke (Kayleen’s son). He and I will be battling it out in a few years just like Micah and Carlo do now!… (and Adazm’s son). I like Morley Field but I wish they had golf carts like Emerald Isle. That place rocks!
First Disc:
100g ROC
Favorite Hole at Morley:
Either hole 5 (which I can crush) so I can hang out with all the dogs (canines) usually resting near the 5 and 7 teepad or hole 15 because its near the snack bar. I have pared holes 1, 2, 16 and 17!
Morley Field Aces:
Zero (the same number that my dad has and he’s been playing 30 years!)
Favorite Disc:
Orange 120g ROC that Steve Rico gave me at Sylmar
In My Bag:
Yellow 100g ROC
Orange 120g ROC
Clear 110g #2 Hyzer
Clear 110g Upshot
Tourney wins and / or Top 5 finishes (not necessarily from Morley):
None yet, but I’ll take on all-comers’ with the proper handicap scoring!
Favorite Disc Golf Website:
www.morleyfield.com because my dad does the website
Favorite Pro Player:
Snapper or Steve Rico or KG or Carl Renda
Tips for newer players and players looking to improve:
“Keep your head in the game”
Disc Golf Lessons at Morley Field
Posted in Pro Shop on June 18, 2009 by morleyfieldsd
Morley Field now offers lessons through the pro shop from our our local pro Micah Dorius. Whether you are an advanced or novice player you will walk away with tips to improve your game. Micah is a Team Innova sponsored disc golf pro and a very well respected personality in the disc golf world.
Sign up soon at the Morley Field pro shop. Spots will fill up fast.
See the attached flyer for more info.
Disc Golf For The Wii!
Posted in Useless Information with tags tiger woods disc golf, wii disc golf on June 12, 2009 by morleyfieldsdEditors Review -
This is a must have for and disc golf / Wii owner. You can play on 16 realistic golf courses – Pebble Beach, Doral, and even Torrey Pines!; to name a few (Torrey Pines must be unlocked during the ball golf section of the game…bummer). Do not buy this without the new Wii FullMotion control adapter. This new tecnology from Nintendo allows full 360 degree range of motion. This allows hyzer, anhyzer, rollers etc…. Save some money buy purchasing the bundle of game and adapter.
The game also adds realism through real-time weather. Your internet connected Wii will access the local weather in your area and incorporate those conditions into your round. This definitely makes a difference. There are a lot of cool features like that that make this a must have video game.
Putting is a little too easy and many birdies are to be had but you will agree to the standards after playing a few rounds. Overall rating (disc and that silly ball golf game) we’ll give it a 9.5. The ONLY issue aside from not being able to play all the course at the start, which stop it from receiving a 10 is that the Wii graphics are good but not great (as expected on this limited platform).
Graphics – 9
Control – 10
Fun Factor – 10
Difficulty – Normal (6 year old beat me by 2 strokes disc golfing at Pebble Beach)
Players – Up to four at one time
Discs – Three: Driver, midrange, putter
Playing disc golf at Torrey Pines… priceless!
editors note – Thanks to Tiger Woods for puting his name behind our sport. Thanks (sarcastically) to Tiger Woods for the upcoming throngs of crowds to the already overloaded Morley Course and parking. lol
Noah McBride – A Cool Kid!
Posted in Player Profiles on June 8, 2009 by morleyfieldsdHis dad knew long before their first visit with Auntie to Morley Field that the boy could throw a Frisbee. Sure, lots of kids can fling one, but Noah’s first throws as a toddler in the backyard were natural and possessed an uncanny accuracy. His casual nature and competitive drive eventually led him to the first tee. Noah started playing disc golf regularly this year (2009).
At ten years old, he is not the youngest player ever seen at the Morley Field links. But Noah’s enthusiasm for the sport is beginning to attract attention and valuable lessons from more experienced players here. His stature as a novice often leads to friendly advice from players much more “in the know” than his old man. Noah is soaking up every word.
Disc golf at Morley also seems to be teaching Noah there is more to this disc-shaped world than simply waiting at the next tee. With each round, Noah is recognizing and greeting familiar faces on the course and with that he seems to be learning the meaning of community.
These days, Noah proudly carries a budding collection of discs in his own green shoulder bag and, though he won’t brag, he will tell you about his first hole-five par. Noah is certainly hooked on Disc Golf and he can’t wait to play that next round.
From his dad –
On December 10, 2007 Noah was eight and half. A benign tumor was found on his optic nerve near his pituitary gland nine months earlier. It had to come out because he would likely lose peripheral vision (or worse), if not. Skilled hands at Children’s Hospital removed it; he spent five days at the hospital and recovered at home after that. Back to school in January. Baseball season started in March and he made the allstar roster by May; then allstar soccer in the fall. He is very low-key about it, but it is a significant part of his life and I consider it an amazing life event that he probably won’t fathom until he’s much older.
It certainly helps me with perspective in my life…
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Say Hi to Noah when you see him on the course. He’s a cool kid!
