Disc Golf

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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 Time: 9:06 PM

Disc golf has increased in popularity as both men and women are catching great fun with this game. The game is more like the regular golf game, only that specially designed flying discs are used in disc golfing rather than the normal balls and clubs used in regular ball golf game. Like the conventional golf game, Frisbee golf has different discs which are used for different purposes. Anyone who can throw disc can play disc golf.

What You Need

If you are a beginner in disc golfing and just started to have Disc Golf Fun, you will need a starter set. Also, if you are a pro Frisbee golfer, you would need to heighten your experience by trying out new Disc Golf Discs and also replace your worn-out playing kits. In a well organized disc golf online store, kits and items are organized by type and brand to help you find what you want easily.

How the Game Works

Now, in disc golfing, the game is focused on throwing a golf disc into a target which is known as a Pole Hole basket, with as few number of throws as possible. To start playing, the player ‘drives’ from a specific tee area, and advances towards the target; each successive throw is done from the point or spot where the last throw landed. At last, the disc is sent into the target with a successful ‘putt’. Every Frisbee golfer gets excited when the ‘ching!’ sound is heard – this is when the disc comes crashing the chains prior to dropping into the basket.

Disc Golf Drive

While you will find some nine-hole courses, most disc golf courses comprise of 18 or 24 holes. There are different holes lengths, but typically, holes lengths are between 150 and 500 ft each. Certain hazards from trees, water, terrain and shrubbery changes should be avoided; also, the possibility of losing a disc in regions with tall trees, thick growth or deep water is high.

Historically, disc golf is associated with the seemingly puzzling history of the leisure flying disc – particularly as popularized by Wham-O. However, there is no solid evidence. Generally, modern disc golf is traceable to late 60s, as it is perceived that it probably had been invented by many people in different places independently. The major renowned personalities in golf disc are Steady Ed Headrick and George Sappenfield. The PDGA which is the first disc golf association was formed by Headrick. PDGA now officiates the standard rules of play for disc golf.

Disc Golf’s growth rate has increased to 12-15 percent yearly for over ten years now; there are almost 3,000 courses in the United States alone, and more than 3,000 worldwide. Frisbee golf is currently played in more than forty countries of the world, especially in Central and Western Europe, North America, New Zealand as well as Australia.

Although male players are more when compared to the number of women that play disc golf, there is Women’s Disc Golf Association which was formed to boost the zeal of female players, and also to organize disc golf tournaments for women.

About the Author

Dave Wills is the author of this article on Disc Golf. Find more information about Frisbee Golf here.

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