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About the Japan Open.
Join the adventure June 10th through the 12th in beautiful Nasu Highlands, Tochigi, Japan for the 2010 JAPAN OPEN DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT.
Held every two years, this event not only brings the competitors a disc golf experience of a lifetime, but also gives the participants a chance to experience the wonders of Japan and the Japanese culture. Players should plan on taking on the challenge of a course not designed for the timid, but for world class competition. Set in the majestic mountains of Nasu Shiobara, this famous golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. will be transformed into 36 holes of demanding disc golf. Your three day Japan Open Disc Golf passport entitles you to three rounds with tee time formats. You’ll receive an international player’s package, a daily Japanese bento-style lunch and the chance to compete for ¥ 4,000,000! (approx $40k) in prize money. Plan your vacation around this historic Disc Golf event.

This event is brought to you by: Hero Discs Japan, Innova Champion Discs, Innova Disc Golf, Hero Discs USA, DiscGolf.com, DiscSports Japan, and DiscGolfValues.com.

About the Japan Open Chronicles
* JO-Japan Open
* USDGC-United States Disc Golf Championship
* PDGA – Professional Disc Golf Association
* JPDGA – Japan Professional Disc Golf Association

As with any good sporting event, there will be a loyal following of fans eager to engage in the daily news and overall experience of the Japan Open as it unfolds. The Internet is a great way to feed this PDGA Major event to other countries on a daily basis. Long before 2006, Marty Hapner of discgolf.com, gathered and posted all of his materials from the event. Marty helped to pioneer much of the early efforts to utilize the internet to spread the disc golf message, and continues to do so today, via discgolf.com and various social media sites. Marty also competed in each JO that he has attended.

In 2006 the JO organizing committee entered into conversation with USDGC organizers about the feasibility of heightening the publics’ awareness of this spectacular event from the Japan tournament location. Replicating the basic idea of ongoing daily news would be beneficial to the disc golf community for the JO. And so, the “JO Chronicles” was born in 2006 to fill that very requirement. USDGC Technical Director and Organizing Committee member, Steve Hackenberg (Innova Disc Golf) and Disc Golf World News owner Rick Rothstein teamed up that year to provide internet coverage from the Nasu Highlands Golf Club in Tochigi, Japan.

For 2008, Dr. John Duesler and Terry Roddy (Terra Firma Media Group) joined the team to help shoot and direct video coverage for the DVD projects, and to write comprehensive bulletins for the “Chronicles” website. Their expertise has been invaluable to convey the mystique of this enchanted Nasu mountain land, and the competition the ensues within the event.

Brian Graham (Director for the PDGA) also joined the team in 2006 to cover the JO for PDGA.com, and to play in the event.

A team of Hero Disc staff and JPDGA (Japan Disc Golf Association) staff, continue to run and cover this event as well, and have since it’s beginnings, in Tokyo.

2010 Team
Internet Media Producers: Kozo Shimbo, Dave Dunipace, Sam Ferrans, Steve Hackenberg
Terra Firma Media Producers: John Duesler and Terry Roddy
PDGA Coverage: Brian Graham
Contributing Media: (Crazy) John Brooks, Dave Greenwell

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