HR 55
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Date of Hearing: August 21, 2025
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Blanca Pacheco, Chair
HR 55 (Lackey) – As Introduced August 18, 2025
SUBJECT: California Disc Golf Day and Month.
SUMMARY: Recognizes August 2, 2025, as California Disc Golf Day and the month of
August 2025 as California Disc Golf Month, in recognition of the teamwork, physical, mental,
and emotional well-being the sport provides. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1) In the 1920s, the earliest known games of disc golf were played by children at Bladworth
Elementary School in Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1965, George Sappenfield was attending
California State University, Fresno, and working as a recreation counselor with a new idea of
playing golf with Frisbees.
2) On August 2, 1974, the American Flying Disc Open was launched and a group of avid
golfers turned the City of Rochester Disc Golf Championship into a national tournament.
They offered a prize for the winner to gain the attention of the Frisbee community.
3) In 1975, the first official disc golf course was installed by American toy inventor Ed
Headrick at Oak Grove Park in the City of Pasadena, California, where the targets are simply
permanent poles.
4) In 1976, the success of disc golf at the World Frisbee Championships suggested that this
sport was the next big thing, and Ed Headrick created the Disc Golf Association (DGA),
which even today functions as a leader in the sport.
5) The sport of disc golf is great for people of all socioeconomic classes, age groups, and
demographics, provides a way to exercise and spend time outdoors, and provides a wide
range of mental health benefits.
6) This sport is so popular and rapidly growing that there are 11,300 courses globally, with 75
percent of all disc golf courses being in the United States, and over 400 courses in California.
FISCAL EFFECT: This resolution is keyed non-fiscal by Legislative Counsel.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Michael Erke / RLS. / (916) 319-2800