All photos within this article provided by Nathaniel Samsel #104929, IDGC Assistant

Nine of the original 18 baskets from the IDGC’s Steady Ed Headrick Memorial Course have a new home in the Augusta area.

As part of the PDGA’s ongoing efforts to develop the sport and build connections locally, the baskets were donated to install a new course at the Boy Scouts of America’s Georgia-Carolina Nature and Adventure Center in late July. 

Darryl Furby, a Cub Scout Unit Leader and Scout Lodge Advisor, spearheaded both the design and installation with help from local PDGA staff. He said he sees the course as a mutually beneficial partnership.

“We’d potentially like to host small tournaments to gain interest for scouting and also gain interest for the disc golfing community for the kids who come here,” Furby said.  

Dan Rogers, Scout Executive for the Georgia-Carolina Council, said the nearly 100 children were enrolled in day-camp for the week with similar numbers throughout the summer and nearly all of them would take advantage of the course at some point. In addition to campers, he said he expects many local troops to put it to use as well. 

“There will be scout units that will come and that will be what they do for the meeting that night,” Rogers said. 

Furby said the inspiration for his involvement came from another PDGA and Boy Scout collaboration at Camp Knox, where the PDGA helped install a temporary course for the summer camp and introduce many scouts to the sport. 

The PDGA’s donation sped up the timeline for completion tremendously and allowed for the course to open with the facility’s official ribbon-cutting, according to Furby.

“Without that [donation] it would have been dragging on, trying to get money raised to get them from somewhere else,” Furby said. 

Air Force Technical Sergeant Richard Douglas assisted with the initial course construction and helped clear several new fairways. Douglas plays regularly in the Augusta area and even though his own children weren’t interested in scouting, he was excited to help bring another course to the area. 

“I got a call from him saying, ‘I need your help setting up a disc golf course.’ I thought, ‘Awesome!’ and I get to help out the Boy Scouts which is also awesome,” Douglas said. 

The layout for the nine-hole course came from looking at overhead maps of the property and working with Atlanta Gas and Light to clear and cut fairways. Furby also brought in local PDGA staff for feedback on design and course safety before opening the course to the public on a not-to-interfere basis.