Tom Sawyer Days to include disc golf tournament on Saturday at Huckleberry Park

HANNIBAL, Mo. — There are more sports at National Tom Sawyer Days than fence painting and mud volleyball. This year, there’s also disc golf.

The Don Crane Memorial Huck Finn Open disc golf tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 5, at the Don Crane Disc Golf Course in Hannibal’s Huckleberry Park.

Disc golf is a variant of ball golf but with special frisbees or flying discs. Instead of hitting a ball off a tee and aiming at getting it down a hole in as few strokes as possible, disc golf involves throwing a disc from the tee and hitting an above-ground target in as few throws as you can.

Registration for the tournament will begin at 8 a.m. John Shaw of Excitement Disc Golf is the tournament organizer.

The tournament is sponsored by Hannibal Parks and Recreation and Excitement Disc Golf. Registration is available at www.discgolfscene.com.

Shaw said the tournament has typically been in the fall but has been rescheduled so participants can take advantage of the National Tom Sawyer Days festivities.

Don Crane, who designed the disc golf course at Huckleberry Park, died in 2016. Crane voluntarily organized, facilitated and implemented disc golf tournaments at the Hannibal disc golf course. The disc golf course at Huckleberry Park opened in 2006. The course was expanded in 2021.

 More information is available from Shaw at 319-470-6938.