Design and Consulting Partners
Stewart McIsack and Chris Hartmann
Stewart and Chris have designed and led the development of numerous temporary and permanent courses in British Columbia and Washington State, and have contributed expertise to many others. Several of their designed courses have hosted the BC Open, one of the premiere A-tier events in Canada and U.S. Disc Golf Championship qualifier. They led the design and construction of Raptors Knoll DIsc Golf Park in Langley, British Columbia, listed as the #13 best disc golf course in the world by Udisc in 2021. Today they sit as Directors with the society that continues to develop and maintain the course. They are obsessively committed to the pursuit of excellence in the science and art of disc golf course design and bring this enthusiasm to each project regardless of scope or budget.
Chris Hartmann
As a professional competitor, Chris is sponsored by Innova Disc Golf and represents AceRunners and Ready Disc Golf. He is one of the top 25 rated players in Canada and has played well over 100 courses in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
Chris was a member of Team Canada who won gold at the WFDF World Team Disc Golf Championships in 2017 in England. He again represented Canada at the event in Estonia in 2019, and in Croatia in 2022 where the team secured the bronze medal.
Chris has competed in over 90 Professional Disc Golf Association sanctioned events including numerous World Championships and U.S. National Tour events. As top Canadian at the Canadian ChampionshIps in 2018 at Hillcrest Farm in PEI, he qualified for, and subsequently competed in the United States Disc Golf Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Chris has a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from Western Washington University. He has held coaching certification in four different sports and is currently the head coach of Canada’s first collegiate disc golf program at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C. He has a passion for course design and bringing disc golf into mainstream recreational programming.
Stewart McIsack
Stewart is sponsored as a professional member of Innova DIsc Golf’s Masters team and is captain of Team AceRunners. He is consistently one of the top rated disc golfers in Canada.
Stewart competed with Team Canada at the WFDF World Team Disc Golf Championships in Estonia in 2019 and again in 2022 in Croatia, where the team brought home the bronze medal.
In 2019, Stewart qualified for and competed in the United States Disc Golf Championships in Rock Hill, South Carolina. In 2020 he finished in the top spot in the Professional over 40 division at the Las Vegas Challenge, one of the largest events in the sport and won the same division at the Canadian National Championships in 2022.
Stewart has played over 85 courses in Canada, the U.S. and Europe and has competed in over 75 PDGA sanctioned events..
Stewart has a Certificate in Professional Golf Course Management from Camosun College and has successfully Introduced disc golf to golf course owners resulting in the largest sanctioned disc golf tournament in the Province, the BC Open, being held on these two properties in 2017 & 2018.
Kitimat, B.C.