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Mason Healy - PDGA #296853
PDGA Rating: 897
Playing Since: 2024
Recent Highlights:
Traveling salesman for Aptive Pest Control, Mason dropped into the Region to showcase his marketing skills and accuracy distance driving at disc golf. He introduced himself to us at the Forsythe Fling Region Rumble, summer of 2025 and showed a passion for throwing that made him want to join us weekly for leagues and casual rounds.
By the end of summer Mason was representing Knock On Wood at the NWI Club Challenge in MA2, playing above his rating!
His goals are ambitious and with his youth and drive I see him obtaining them all.
He highlights meeting Matthew Lake (me), Brian Cummings, and Erik Ledbetter during his visit as a humble shout out. Thank you, Mason! Safe travels back and forth to Kansas and on your sales journey!
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!
David "DAG" Greene - PDGA #293383
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!
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!
Jake Forstall - PDGA #280905
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!
Jesse Pettit - PDGA# 169517
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!
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