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Glass Blown Open Disc Golf Tourney Draws Crowds to Emporia

By Greg Echlin
Published May 1, 2019 at 8:57 PM CDT
Paige Bjeerkaas, a 22-year old disc golf pro who lives in Emporia, was the 2018 world disc golf champion. At this year’s Glass Blown Open, she finished in 6th place. (Photo by Jacob Torkelson, Dynamic Discs)
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22-year-old Paige Bjeerkaas is the 2018 world disc golf women's champion
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Matt Bjeerkaas is the tournament director and Paige's dad. He moved his family here from Denver to work for Dynamic Discs.
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The Glass Blown Open trophy for which the tournament is named.
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A basket on the course is being moved between the women's and men's rounds to increase the degree of difficulty.
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Dynamic Discs in downtown Emporia supplies all the equipment needed to play disc golf.
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Perhaps you didn’t hear about last week’s Glass Blown Open disc golf tournament in Emporia.  But it's a pretty big deal.  It drew competitors from 47 different states and from nine foreign countries.  The annual event has become so popular that it's even caused some people to make a permanent move to Kansas. KPR's Greg Echlin explains.  

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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