While the rock-stacking fans were flooding into Llano, another tournament was happening at the golf course.

Contestants from 30 Texas cities and 3 states converged to fling the plastic discs that derived from college students playing with pie pans as early as 1938. Today’s discs are more refined and aerodynamic and more accurate.

The development of the disc popularized challenging games such as disc golf and the rise of competitions, clubs and associations.

Disc golf champion Jay Reading said Saturday at a luncheon in Kuykendall Event Center, “There are four tournaments in Texas today with well over 500