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A Northwest Indiana Disc Golf Resource
*On Wood We Knock*
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Our group is here to help continue the growth of disc golf in the region and abroad! We want to foster the relationships between established players, newcomers, the public, park districts, businesses, and media corporations to increase the reach the sport has so that it becomes a household name akin to other sports!
KOWabunga, BB!
News and Highlights
Summer's Almost Gone! Daylight Savings Time: Coming Soon!
Have you stayed busy keeping your rating above last years? Was your summer all work and no play? It feels like the time flew by in an instant for us.
Aside from the memorable parts: 100F degree weather, humidity wetter than a swimming pool, and a few sunburns there was also a lot of disc golf in there! Multiple Region Rumble Events came and went. Plus, LEDGESTONE! Such a crazy experience and we hung out with Forge Discs at every Fly Mart, making it even better.
One last hurrah of rated rounds will be the 2025 NWI Club Challenge Tournament. This year it's at Forsythe Park in Whiting, IN and so far Knock On Wood has the highest turn out of players compared to any club! That should give us a leg up, since the scoring is different from last time. This time, they take your best player in each division (division must have 3 players minimum for it to be included at all) and throws that score down as points for the cluh. Club with the LOWEST score wins this year. Last year it was 5 best scores (stroke count/under par).
Sign up on DiscGolfScene here: Click Me!
Forge Discs Ace Race Recap! - Lake Hills Single/Doubles/Triples! - Summer Schedule
June 1st is here and we're into warmer weather!
The Forge Discs Ace Race (click to see photos/videos from the event) was a huge success! 45 people attended and over 60 discs were sold along with other great items you can find online at www.forgediscs.com or in person at any event we host!
Lake Hills is hosting one of their annual tournaments and this year we're helping by adding prizes! The Triple Double Singles (or any order of that) Event is scheduled for June 14th and sign ups are ready by clicking the image below!
Come get the best breakfast sandwich you've ever tasted and play three rounds of the main twelve holes with a new partner each time! Your grand total score could win you a few prizes!
We'll be hosting a mini version of this Friday June 13th as a league day. Two rounds of main twelve, random doubles, change partners each round!
Lastly, check out what's on the schedule for June and July!
These updated schedules override anything previous, so be sure you have the up-to-date version! (Our first release calendar covered the entire year but has since been adjusted.)
Thanks!
The Forge Discs Ace Race (click to see photos/videos from the event) was a huge success! 45 people attended and over 60 discs were sold along with other great items you can find online at www.forgediscs.com or in person at any event we host!
Lake Hills is hosting one of their annual tournaments and this year we're helping by adding prizes! The Triple Double Singles (or any order of that) Event is scheduled for June 14th and sign ups are ready by clicking the image below!
Come get the best breakfast sandwich you've ever tasted and play three rounds of the main twelve holes with a new partner each time! Your grand total score could win you a few prizes!
We'll be hosting a mini version of this Friday June 13th as a league day. Two rounds of main twelve, random doubles, change partners each round!
Lastly, check out what's on the schedule for June and July!
These updated schedules override anything previous, so be sure you have the up-to-date version! (Our first release calendar covered the entire year but has since been adjusted.)
Thanks!
Spring Schedule - Forge Discs Ace Race - Lake Hills Single/Doubles/Triples!
Here's the confirmed Spring Schedule for our group.
Sign up on Discgolfscene here: CLICK ME for the Forge Discs Ace Race!
Also look for the Lake Hills Charity Event "Singles/Doubles/Triples" on UDisc where you can register ahead of time: HERE
2025 Promo Work
Look for these designs on business cards at local business, as stickers available for free when you attend our events, and on planned apparel that will also include our sponsors logos this year!
Earth Day 2025! Come Clean Up the Courses! Take a Chance at Winning a Prize!
April 19, 2025
DeYoung's Grove - South Holland, IL - 9am to 11am
Join Craig in a walk through the property filling a trash bag (or two or three!) at DeYoung's Grove, a newly installed course by Brian Cummings and the town of South Holland, Illinois! Come see this beautiful place and experience a round at a hidden gem!
River's Edge - Munster, IN - 9am to 10am
Join Sam as she hosts a group of volunteers in bagging up trash, lining fairways with fallen limbs, and livening up one of the hubs for disc golf in our region. Afterward follow her to Riverside where she'll be making a second stop for Earth Day!
Riverside - Hammond, IN - 10:15am to 11:15am
Sam will be making a follow up to her efforts at River's Edge here until noon. She hopes for a great turn out to help pick up any debris littering the course and afterwards stick around for some disc golf together!
Autumn Creek - Schererville, IN - 3pm to 4pm
Matt has bags, gloves, and his Warlock ready to beautify this property then attempt to throw a perfect round on this backyard 9 Hole that hosts the Annual One Disc Challenge. Come see why he loves the place and lend a hand.
All volunteers will have access to clean gloves, garbage bags, and fresh water to keep them hydrated. As a thank you the club is providing a prize disc to each event that can be won after the first walk through is done. A hole will be chosen by the director, and everyone present gets an attempt at winning it by coming Closest To the Pin (CTP)! A sign in sheet will also be present for you to log your name and efforts and receive a shout out on our website and social media outlets as a thank you and sign of your generosity!
Also! Trash Panda Disc Golf is hosting Earth Day Bingo this year: Earth Day Bingo 2025 – Trash Panda Disc Golf
Be sure to fill out the bingo card and take pictures for fun to really encourage the rest, even though no proof is required to submit your card and be given a Free Disc!
April KOWDG Updates!
Change of schedule!
We will still be holding an Earth Day course cleanup on April 19th, but our Tags and Dubs events (4/6 and 4/20) will be cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. More info on which courses and what times to be announced on our Facebook. We apologize for the inconvenience and still encourage you to visit Hidden Lake for preparation of the Sasquatch event hosted by Adam Goodman/Portage Disc Golf!!
The Region Rumble 2025! Now with B-Tier Tournaments!
Play It Again Sports - Merrillville, IN: Disc Golf Outreach!
We're setting up shop at Play It Again Sports in Merrillville, IN thanks to the owner Joe Molosky and his invitation! We'll have league calendars, tournament information, discs, and more to show off. We will hopefully meet a ton of new faces, introduce some newcomers to the sport, and spark interest in the community for the activity we love!
2025 Plans! Leagues / Events / Knockdowns / More!
Our entire schedule for the year of 2025 is posted and ready! Download a copy and schedule your PTO ahead of time!
KOWTags 2024 Finale (Click to view the gallery of photos from the event!)
These are our club members that contributed their scores to the final rankings for the club challenge. A gigantic thank you and props on your performance in the field!
We're happy to have taken 2nd Place together! Thank you to each of you that represented and showed support for this event! I'm already looking forward to the event again next year!
Regularly we'll pick a member and give them a shout out for their recent achievements in the sport or community.
Head over to the Members page to see all of our players and their accolades!
2025: It Could Be You!
PDGA Rating:
Playing Since:
Recent Highlights:
May 2025: Ken "RUFF" Fortunato Jr.
PDGA Rating: Pending!
Playing Since: 2024
Recent Highlights: Capturing an ace, a sponsorship from Gateway, and his own custom stamped disc (The Gateway Odyssey) in that order all in less than a year, Ruff is off to a great start in the sport!
Ken is more than a disc golfer, he's a family man, an artist, and an actor as well. While only playing casually, he does enjoy a good marketable promotion so you can see featured here his custom stamped disc that he generously donates to leagues as prizes but also sells if you're interested!
His next venture is a custom stamped Gateway Voodoo putter (2/3/0/0) which is his go-to disc for short range. Keep your eyes peeled for those this year and don't be shy to engage our buddy RUFF on the course!
PDGA Rating: 804
Playing Since: 2024
Recent Highlights: Starting his career less than a year ago, DAG has jumped in headfirst by joining leagues, PDGA tournaments, and even applying as an ambassador of the sport for Gateway Disc Sports!
(Use his code "DAG4PAR" on GatewayDiscSports Website for a discount!)
Dave is tall. Dave is loud. Dave is gonna go swimming to help you get your disc out of that water!
As a generous guy, he will be your best bud and help you have a fun round while on the course. We give our shouts out to DAG for laughing his way through it, staying committed, and helping grow the sport that he found a love for quickly like almost everyone else here has. Thanks DAG!
March 2025: Sam and Jordan - 2024 Champions!
PDGA Ratings:
Sam Zaborowski: PDGA# 255962- 853
Jordan Hillegonds: PDGA# 255961- 842
Playing Since:
2022
Recent Highlights:
Recently, these girls both moved WAY up to FPO; quickly!
They are signed up to compete in the upcoming Greater Joliet Tour: Fraction Run Cup 7 against Disc Golf Hall Of Famer: Juliana Korver.
These two are my favorite example of why it's never a bad thing to hear "You throw like a girl!" Their power on the course is unmatched by most of the men on the field in our region. Sam having won her first 7 out of 7 events and Jordan winning 4 out of 5 of her own in 2024, they're literally top of their class.
That's not even the best part of their story. In 2024, Discraft's Ledgestone Open hosted both of these female athletes in the FA2 (Sam) and FA3 (Jordan) divisions and they BOTH took down FIRST PLACE!
That's 1st out of 35 in FA2 and 1st (with baby on board!!) out of 18 in FA3 at one of the LARGEST disc golf events in the world!
I never have enough great things to say about these ladies and I'm proud to say I know them. Good luck this year and going forward!
PDGA Rating: 894
Playing Since: 2018
Recent Highlights: Jake has easily made an impact on the club, in short time, by being consistent, passionate, and dedicated.
His daily activity in the club, and weekly at various leagues, is what gives us our impression of him. Never afraid to lend a hand, he's often volunteering to help another in the sport or go out for a casual round. Plus, can easily outshoot the field and we've seen him rise from an MA4 rating to his recent standing of 6pts below MA2. Even when taking a loss though, Jake is quick to bounce back the next round and look inward to see how he can improve on some form or function of his own to correct the previous mistakes.
On top of that, he raises his family well. Supporting his three children alongside his wife Alexa (#stronglikelex), they keep busy enough! They all love disc golf and it's probably discussed in their home 15x a day. He is always suggesting ideas for the sport and encouraging others to play.
Most recently he surprised us all when we arrived at Bluebird Tattoo in Portage, IN (owned and operated by our very own Jordan Clough) for a holiday club party and he was there getting the KOWDG logo tattoo'd onto his calf muscle!!!
Shouts out to Jake for being an example in the club as a leader and director for great things to come!
PDGA Rating: 881
Playing Since: 2021
Recent Highlights: Jesse took 1st Place in MA3 at the 2024 Black Friday Flex Start hosted by Dellwood Disc Golf.
While the win is enough to celebrate, it was also ONE STROKE away from Hot Round (held by an MPO player) for the entire event!
Jesse's -7 that day at Dellwood awarded him a 1000 rated round rating.
Having only recently stepped out of MA4, this is insane work and incredible progress from his career start. Way to crush that layout and keep that up!
#StrongLikeLex
One last thing to highlight that is special to us is the #StrongLikeLex fund. I've had a chance to talk disc golf, life, friends, family, and general morals with Jake Forstall and it has been a pleasure. Nothing breaks my heart more than the condition his wife Alexa was left in after being struck by a moving vehicle while on a snowmobile with their family. This couple from the area love disc golf and the clubs we all participate in and are struggling financially and emotionally right now. Support them by purchasing Alexa's art in the mobile game Disc Golf Valley!
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