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TODAY I AM SO VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT JEFFERSON PARISH WILL WELCOME THE DISC GOLF PRO TOUR THIS SPRING WITH THEIR BIG, EASY OPEN MARCH 13TH THROUGH 15TH.
THE DISC GOLF PRO TOUR IS THE WORLD'S TOP PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF CIRCUIT WHERE THE OFFICIAL PRO TOUR OF THE PROFESSIONAL DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION OR THE PDGA, THE BIG EASY OPEN IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A DISC GOLF PRO NATIONAL TOUR IS COMING TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SO, OF COURSE, WE ARE THRILLED THAT IT'S IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOUR AND THE DESTINATIONS FOR THESE PRO PLAYERS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PLACES LIKE SWEDEN, FINLAND AND JEFFERSON PARISH.
SO WE ARE REALLY GLAD TO BE IN THAT NUMBER.
EVERY DISC GOLF PRO TOUR EVENT GENERATES BETWEEN TWO AND $5 MILLION OF LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT BASED ON GUEST NIGHTS FROM SPECTATORS TRAVELING IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SOMETIMES ACROSS THE WORLD.
OUR 150 PRO TOUR COMPETITORS DO THIS FULL-TIME, SO FANS FROM ALL OVER, UH, THE DISC GOLF WORLD, WANT TO SEE THEM PLAY.
PARK DAY FOR ME IS THE NUMBER ONE RATED COURSE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
IT'S RANKED IN THE TOP 100 IN THE WORLD.
PEOPLE LOVE TO COME TO THIS COURSE.
THERE IS SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT BEING OUT THERE, EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE LOCALLY AND THEY PLAY LAIER PARK OR THEY PLAY CITY PARK.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS ENVIRONMENT, THE GIANT, UH, CYPRESS TREES AND THE KNEES AND, YOU KNOW, BEING NEXT TO THE CANAL, IT'S ALL UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE DISC GOLF WORLD.
DISC GOLF'S BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY.
WE SAW A HUGE UPTICK AROUND THE PANDEMIC, AND PEOPLE KEEP COMING OUT TO PLAY BECAUSE IT'S ACCESSIBLE, IT'S HEALTHY, IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET GOING.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN TRADITIONAL GOLF, AND IT'S A GREAT CONNECTION THAN NATURE.
BEING THAT IT'S A DISC GOLF PRO TOUR COURSE NOW IT'S GONNA ATTRACT TOURISM FROM EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING GLOBALLY.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CHANGES TO THIS COURSE.
IT WAS A VERY LOVED COURSE TO BEGIN WITH, ONE OF THE TOP IN THE WORLD, AND IT IS NOW GETTING A MAJOR EXPANSION AND A RENOVATION.
IT IS LOUISIANA, AND SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ELEVATION.
SO WE ARE CREATING STRATEGY WITHOUT THE USE OF ELEVATION LARGELY, AND WE'RE BRINGING WATER INTO PLAY.
WE KNOW THAT PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE GONNA BE EXCITED TO PLAY HERE.
WE KNOW THAT LOCALS ARE GONNA BE EXCITED TO SEE ALL THESE VISITORS COME TO TOWN.
WE'RE ALWAYS GREAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WELCOMING PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE OUR CULTURE.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A DIFFERENT TOURNAMENT, I THINK, FOR THIS PRO TOUR.