Santa Cruz local and World Champion Nate Doss. Educating the spectators on teeing off, at the DGA “Steady” Ed Memorial Masters Cup in Santa Cruz 2008. Nate is known for his skill, composure and good sportsmanship, all traits Ed recognized and valued in Nate as a kid before Ed past away in 2002.

Throws & Strategy of Tournament Play by "Steady" Ed Headrick was written in the late 1970 early 1980's and was the first book about how to play disc golf. At the time Throws & Strategy of Tournament Play, was written, Ed was running the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) out of the Disc Golf Association (DGA) offices in Lakeport California.

At this same time in Disc Golf history Ed Headrick was writing the first official P.D.G.A. Rules of Play with help from Dan Mangone the Professional Disc Golf Association Regional Pro for Southern California, Dr. Dan Roddick, Director of the International Frisbee Disc Association, and Al Bonopane, also of the International Frisbee Disc Association. An excerpt from the book "Throws & Strategy of tournament Play" Titled "Putting" was included in this first edition the P.D.G.A. Rules of Play.