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Dr. Rick Voakes

Division: Open/Master/Senior Grandmaster

PDGA#: 2632

Height: 5'8

Weight: 170

Hometown: Bowling Green, KY, USA

Wingspan: 5'8

Year born: 1949

Pro since: 1985

2010 Events: 10

2010 Earnings: $3980

Rating: 989

Dominant Hand: Right

Titles: 4x Grandmaster World Champion '06, '05, '97, '95, Hall of Fame Inductee 1995

Website: Health-bytes.com

Distance Drivers:

Champion Sidewinder - (150 class)

Fairway Drivers:

Star TeeBird - (150 class)

Champion Banshee - (150 class)

Star Leopard - (169 g)

Putt & Approach:

DX Aviar - (150 class)

Star Aviar - (150 class)

Course

Location

De Laveaga

Santa Cruz, CA

Sinnissippi Park

Sterling, IL

Swope Park

Kansas City, MO

Shelly Sharpe

Phoenix, AZ

Tuscawilla Park

Daytona, FL

Tournament

Location

MSDGC

Leicester, MA

USDGC

Rock Hill, SC

Mad City Open

Kansas City, MO

Great Lakes Open

Ann Arbor, MI

KC Wide Open

Kansas City, MO

Bell South Open

Bowling Green, KY

TOP FINISHES

2011
1st Alabama Disc Golf Championship [MPG]
1st Bluegrass Open [MPG]
1st Hall of Fame Classic [MPG]
1st Music City Open [MPG]
2nd Brent Hambrick Memorial [MPG]
2nd Louisville Classic [MPM]

2010
1st Augusta Classic [MPG]
1st Gentlemen's Club Challenge [MPS]
1st Masters Cup [MPS]
1st Pro World Championships [MPS]
1st The Memorial [MPS]
1st US Masters [MPS]

2009
1st Bluegrass Open [A - MPG]
1st Brandenburg Open [B - MPO]
1st First Class Challenge [NT - MPG]
1st Gentlemen's Club Challenge [A - MPS]
1st Lebanon Open [B - MPM]
1st PDGA World Championships [M - MPS]
2nd Lexington Open [A - MPG]
2nd Masters Cup [NT - MPS]
3rd Alabama DGC [A - MPM]

2008
1st Bluegrass Open [A - MPO]
1st Bowling Green Open [NT - MPG]
1st Las Vegas Halloween Classic [B - MPG]
1st Lexington Open [A - MPG]
1st Melbourne Open [A -MPG]
2nd Charlie Vettiner Strikes Back [B - MPM]
3rd Augusta Classic [A - MPG]
3rd Lebanon Open [B - MPO]

1988 Masters World Champion
Hall of Fame Inductee 1995

Home Course:

White Park

Number of Aces:

1

Longest Measured Throw:

400'

Memorable Win:

At my age, with failing memory, probably the most recent one! That would be Augusta Super Tour (2000). It was my second super tour win since turning 50.

Advice:

Try to observe several of the top pros. Play practice rounds with them if possible. Learn some basic techniques the "right" way, then practice a lot.

Goals:

Promote the sport. Maintain world-class ability as long as I can, to find out what the expectancy is for this sport. That is, can an athlete remain competitive in disc golf into is fifties, sixties? Continue to raise the standard of competition.