When hosting a Disc Golf league, random draw doubles or a tournament, make sure you do enough to allow the newer players to organized competition to walk away having had fun and enough for the seasoned players to have felt it was worth their time...even if they didn't cash.
Encouraging new players could include giving them a disc, t-shirt, mini or something for them playing in their first organized event. Paying out as much as possible or as deep as possible helps with the seasoned players.
Over the years, I've learned doing little things during tournaments make a difference. Having plenty of water on the course and have free fresh fruit (specially in the middle of summer) at the mid point of the course helps. Asking a local produce stand or hometown grocery store might be willing to give a good price on fruit and/or free bottles of water.
As tournament or league directors, we've taken on the responsibility of encouraging competitive play, building a grass roots organization in our community and making our sport more visible to those that haven't discovered the joys of Disc Golf yet.
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