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Diamond X

Disc golf course in Montana, USA

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ83178847 ↗
Source-derived summary

Diamond X is a 36-hole disc golf course located in Phipps Park, in Billings, Montana. Established in 1997, it is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and most wish-listed courses in the sport. Diamond X is notable for being where Brent Bell set the world record for disc golf's longest ace at 726 feet during the 2002 Big Sky State Games.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Diamond X” as disc golf course in Montana, USA. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Diamond, Disc and golf.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1997. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Diamond, Disc and golf providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Diamond X”, the useful work is to connect “disc golf course in Montana, USA” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q83178847. Authority coordinates are 45.816, -108.688. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Diamond X” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.