{"id":395383,"date":"2026-07-12T05:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395383\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T05:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T05:18:24","slug":"navy-helps-with-finishing-touches-for-new-long-beach-disk-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395383\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy helps with finishing touches for new Long Beach disk golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) \u2014 On Saturday, A new disk golf course in South Mississippi received its finishing touches following a soft opening two months ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Volunteers from the Navy helped lay concrete for the course\u2019s tee pads.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Volunteers from the Navy helped lay concrete for the course\u2019s tee pads.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UO2RVKI4BZFYFFQNZNHHMXCHWQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Volunteers from the Navy helped lay concrete for the course\u2019s tee pads.(wlox)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The City of Long Beach donated the land it stands on and Harrison County donated the baskets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Course designer Mike Smith said he thinks the support comes from the versatility disc golf offers the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s an inexpensive way for parents to get kids involved. It\u2019s a great way to get exercise,\u201d Smith said. \u201cIt\u2019s very cost-effective, because other than a $15 disc, you really don\u2019t need anything. You don\u2019t need pads, you don\u2019t need safety equipment, you don\u2019t have to have referees or umpires. You don\u2019t need to install lights out here. After it\u2019s all installed, it\u2019s a very easy way to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"On Saturday, A new disk golf course in South Mississippi received its finishing touches...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HSRIRWZCYVHTDPMGNRCLFY2L2E.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>On Saturday, A new disk golf course in South Mississippi received its finishing touches following a soft opening two months ago.(wlox)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">In addition to the labor, the Navy also donated signage for the course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammar error in this story? Report it to our team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/page\/error-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WLOX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) \u2014 On Saturday, A new disk golf course in South Mississippi received its finishing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[158948,15992,131,133,132,158949,5923],"class_list":["post-395383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-disk-golf-course","tag-harrison-county","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-mike-smith","tag-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}