PEORIA — The 2021 Ledgestone Insurance Open is bigger and better. Historic big, in fact. "We have 2,000 participants registered this year, the most ever here for this tournament, and a record as ...

The event brought out around 100 golfers from Fort Wayne and around the nation as the biggest disc golf event in Fort Wayne.

Comparatively, there were a record-setting 263 participants at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Disc Golf Championships in California in May.

The number of active members in the Professional Disc Golf Association (open to duffers and elite players alike) went from 53,366 in 2019 to 71,016 in 2020. It’s an overwhelmingly male group ...