The #1 Name in Disc Golf Course Design
3DG-CON
Disc Golf Course Design Conference
The 3rd Annual Disc Golf Course Design Conference
Offered by 3DISCGolf--Safer, Smarter, and More Sustainable
Sponsored by HouckDesign
Main Conference January 8 to January 10, 2025
Post Conference On-Site Design Exercise, January 11, 2025
Location: Hampton Inn & Suites --New Orleans/Elmwood location
5150 Mounes St, Harahan- La 70123
Book your group rate for 3DG-CON3 Course Design Conference
Use the link at the bottom of this page for booking your hotel room directly at group discounted rates.
Select your number of days and dates at special low rates of $139 a night for conference attendees and includes breakfast, parking, and wifi.
Conference
DAY ONE: Wednesday, January 8th, 2025.
ABCD WORKSHOP - 8:00am to 6:00pm
The ART & BUSINESS OF COURSE DESIGN
LUNCH INCLUDED
A Rich and Complex Overview of Many Topics
Everyone Speaks/Presents/Group Exercises
Updated New Material for Past Attendees
Great for ALL levels of Designers
Wealth of Knowledge -- Fast Paced
HD Principles-- John’s Foundational Concepts for Strategy, Risk and Reward, Designing for Skill Levels
How to Make Decisions in Course Routing – The Right Answer Out of Thousands. 4 Examples of Projects
Business of Disc Golf Today: Best Way to Calculate Design Fees, Other Items for Billing, Proposals for RFP’s,
Ball Golf to Disc Golf – the Latest Data, Trends, and Designs
Features – What Works and What Doesn’t on Tournament Courses.
Plus More...
DAY TWO: Thursday, January 9th, 2025.
MAIN CONFERENCE BEGINS -- 8:00am to 6:00pm
LUNCH INCLUDED DAILY
8:00am to 8:15am: Opening & Welcome Speakers
8:15am to 8:30am: Overview/Pool of
Shared Meanings
8:30am to 8:45am: Disc Golf Signs,
Richard Rasch
8:45am to 9:00am: Break
9:00am to 10:15pm: Elite Pro Players Panel -- Sarah Hokom, Avery Jenkins, &
Steve Brinster - Pro Players share what they would like to see on designs.
10:30am to 11:15am: Parks Directors Panel -- What Works and What Doesn't.
11:15am to 12:15pm: Bigger Better Budgets -- Why? How? Dee Leekha Houck
12:15 to 1:30pm: Lunch Provided. Stay & Enjoy Social Time. Course Design Fun and New Information on Course Rankings.
1:30pm to 1:45pm: Break
1:45pm to 2:15pm: Matt Boehner, Harmony Bends Upgrades
2:15pm to 2:30pm: Break
2:30pm to 3:30pm: Chuck Kennedy - Topic What Games Are We Playing?
2:30pm to 2:45pm
3:45pm to 6:00pm: John Houck Intensive. Advanced Theory and Hot Topics
DAY THREE: Friday, January 10, 2025
8:00am to 8:00pm
8:00am to 8:30am: DGPT-Jeff Spring via Zoom
9:00am to 9:15am: PDGA-Nate Heinold
9:15 to 9:30: Break
9:30 to 10:15 Panel on Sustainability -- Landscape Architects, &
Engineers, etc.
10:15am to 10:30: Break
10:30 to 12:00pm: John Houck Intensive -- Hot Topics Part II
12:00pm to 1:30pm: Lunch & Worst Holes, Votes
1:30 to 2:45: John Houck Intensive -- Hot Topics Continued...
Break & Drive to Dinner Restaurant - Vincent's Italian, Private Dining Room
An Evening of Gratitude. Thank You Dinner, Awards & VIP Guests, Speakers.
We meet at Vincent's Italian Cuisine, 4411 Chastant St, Metairie, LA 70006
4:00pm to 4:45pm: Appetizer Fried Catfish -- Locally Famous. Cash Bar.
4:45 to 5:30: Welcome & Thanks. PDGA Executive Director, Doug Bjerkaas, City Councilwoman -- Jennifer Van Vrancken, Visit Jefferson Parish--Randall Michael, Jefferson Parish Parks & Rec -- Leo Webb, NOLA Disc Golf Club -- Rob Deluane
5:30pm to 7:00pm: Buffet Dinner Open and Dessert.
6:00pm to 6:30pm: Sarah Hokom, Elite Pro Player -- Why it Always Matters.
6:30pm to 6:45pm: Guest Speaker, CEO Jeff Spring, DGPT
6:45pm to 7:30pm: Hole Reviews of Parc Des Families by Players/Designers
7:30pm to 8:00pm: Future of Course Design by
Dee Leekha Houck and John Houck
DAY FOUR: SATURDAY January, 11, 2025
POST CONFERENCE EXTRA DAY FULL DAY - 8:00am to 6:00pm
ON-SITE DESIGN EXERCISE & REVIEW
8:00am to 10:30am Each Design Team (2-3 people) will design a fairway in a designated area in a park or an old golf course.
10:30am to 6:00pm Showcase it to the group with an on-site walk-through (lunch included) Feedback and critique by John Houck on-site.
This Session LIMITED TO 30 Designers
Team members will be assigned by 3DG-CON
Great exercise to gain deeper insights into design
For Questions: Send a Message to HouckDesign at the Bottom of the Page.
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3DG-CON-3 Disc Golf Course Design Conference
Safer, Smarter, and More Sustainable
All 4 days $500 includes lunch. Individual days $175 each.
Registration Extended till Jan 2nd.
Your room rate includes a full breakfast, parking, wifi, etc. The conference will be at the same hotel all three days. Please contact us if you have any difficulty with booking using this link and do not call the hotel directly.
To book your hotel room at the special rates, please use the following unique link.
All Attendees Will Receive A Custom Embroidered Conference Logo Shirt
