Disc-golf - now with rubber discs

ERJ staff report (DS)

North Brookfield, Massachusetts -- Players of disc-golf will now have the chance to use rubber discs rather than the more common plastic models in the final stages of the game.

In disc-golf, players attempt to use a flying disc -- often called a frisbee -- to move from a tee area to a target. Players can use different weights and designs of disc for different stages of the game, equivalenet to drivers, wedges and putters used in ordinary golf.

Quabaug Corp. which owns the Vibram mark in the United States is now offering disc-putters made from its proprietary cross-linked rubber compound.

“Usually, plastic has been the material of choice for discs,” explained Vibram Open Tournament Director Steven Dodge. “The Vibram X-Link rubber compound offers a step up in both grip and durability. Over the life of the disc, this will lead to a more consistent flight, which is the overall goal.”

Vibram's rubber compound offers improved durability in hot and cold conditions and better grip, which leads to greater flight consistency. Designed by Quabaug Corporation, the exclusive North American manufacturing licensee for Vibram, the putters and mini will be launched at the Vibram Open at Maple Hill in Leicester, Massachusetts August 14-16.

The VP (Vibram Putter) is a driving putter available in standard or firm X-Link. Referred to by one field tester as “the greatest driving putter ever made,” the VP will be released at the Vibram Open. The Summit, with a name borrowed from Vibram's hiking legacy, is a straight putter for anhyzer (slice) approaches or drives.

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Press release from Quabaug