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Disc Golf has been around for 30 Plus years. I first played it back when I was but a tadpole and I’m and old codger now. Disc golf bags weren’t even considered. Still not allot of people know about it. They drive to the local park and wonder at those metal things sticking out of the ground with the chains hanging on it. In the last 15 years of so it has been gaining in popularity. It is a sport anyone can learn. It provides exercise, time in our wonderful parks, time with friends. There is no impediment to boys, girls, women or men of any age. I am and old fogey and even I can play!

All it really takes is a single disc. The course is almost always free to play on. That’s my kind of sport! I first started using one of those promotional flying discs you get for free at company picnics or fund raisers. You know the ones with the company logo stamped on it.  Many of you seasoned pros are laughing right now but it did get me interested in the sport.

If you are like me, and can’t do anything with out going all out, there are a few more items you will need. First, the disc I started out with just will not do. A Frisbee® won’t work either if you are serious. Both are too light and are made to float instead of zing. A golf disc is heavier, smaller, and flatter. You’re likely to lose a tooth if you try to play catch with them. Innova, Discraft, DGA (disc golf association), and Millennium are the leaders in disc golf discs.  Nite Ize, while not strictly a golf disc, is so much fun I had to mention it. These suckers light up for night time play!

Golf discs come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Just like with stick golf, (negative pun intended), each disc is made to do different things. You got your putters, drivers, mid-range drivers, and rollers. Within each category you will find they are made of different materials and do different things. they will naturally roll left or right. Some perform an S-curve. Still others fly straight and true. Some are made for rolling on the ground.

The basics are all you need to start. A driver, a mid-range driver, and a putter. If you are a beginner look for discs that are lighter in weight until you build up your arm. 150-165 grams. You may think you are strong enough to wield a heavier disc and you may be but your control will suffer until you strengthen those muscles. If you play a full course your first time out, whether you have light or heavy discs, you will feel it the next day.

Just like in stick golf, drivers are used for your long shots, ideally right off the tee. They are slivers made to cut thru the air. Some are faster than others but stick to a slower driver until you get the hang of it. You’ll appreciate using a beginners driver when you finally upgrade to a heavier faster driver.

Mid-rangers are for your approach to the pin and are more accurate than drivers. Think irons from stick golf. You won’t be able to push it father than a driver but when you get close to the pin, accuracy is more important.

Last comes the putter. Putters are designed to fly straight whereas drivers and mid-rangers tend to roll one way or the other. They have more rounded edges. The best ones in my humble opinion are made from softer materials the better to “grab” the chains. They are also fatter.

Another great thing about this addictive sport is the cost of gear. You can get a decent disc for about

$7-15 bucks. Obviously the more advanced the disc the more it costs. Disc golf bags are also nice. You can “put your weed in there!”. You can tell how old I am when I start quoting old Saturday Night Live Skits. Seriously good disc golf bags range in price from about $20-$70 bucks. Generally the bigger the bag with the more features the more it costs. You can even get bags with shoulder harnesses that carry 50+ discs.

After you buy your disc golf bag and discs grab a buddy and go after it. You will find that it is both frustrating and satisfying. The better you get the more you will be rewarded. Kinda like or so I’ve heard, “Stick Golf”.

About Disc Golf

I guess I would be remiss if I did not point out that disc golf was influenced by stick golf. OK, OK, it came from stick golf. Happy? The rules of disc golf are about the same as that of stick golf. But in stick golf you do not get to use a Flying Disc! The peasants call it Frisbee Golf. Seasoned Pros call it disc golf. Call it what you will it is an amazingly fun sport.

If you know the rules of stick golf, learning the rules of disc golf is pretty easy. I am a simple guy so I like that disc golf is uncomplicated. There are,  just as in stick golf certain protocols and courtesies that should be followed. More on that later.

A disc golf course is comprised of 9 or eighteen holes. It kind of depends on how much land is available. There are also an equal number of tee’s and baskets(pins or holes). The object as I’m sure you’ve no doubt guessed, is to put the disc in the basket with as few number of throws as possible. On well made courses, each hole has a par designation based on whether the player is a Pro, by gender, or a duffer like myself. And so it follows that you can bogey, birdie, par, etc. a hole.

Only one disc can be used per throw. Unless you play Mulligans. On the drive a running start is allowed so long as you do not cross the line. The only reason you cannot do this in stick golf is those guys are too out of shape to run. After your disc is thrown; the next throw is to be taken directly behind where the disc landed. No running start is allowed. You have to plant your feet on the spot and throw. If you are a stick golfer you are probably out of breath from the running start anyway.

Now the promised protocols and courtesies. These are not rules but rather “you shoulds”.

• You should play the course in order. 1-18. Many courses are designed to challenge you more the farther along you get.

• You should allow groups waiting for you to “play through”. Don’t make smaller groups wait on your group of ten players.

• You should only throw when people are clear. This includes people that annoy you.

• You should allow the player in your group whose disc is farthest from the pin to throw first. That way he doesn’t hit you in the back of the head.

• The player with the best score on the previous hole may throw first on the next hole if he chooses to do so.

• Players should not trash the course and should pick up litter.

In the last ten years or so, disc golf has been getting popular. Once again, all you really need is a couple of discs and disc golf bag. City municipalities have seen the benefit of adding disc golf courses to troubled parks. Parks that the shady people hang out in. I’ve seen it many times. The local disc golf club petitions the city for a course. The city puts them in crappy uncared for parks and disc golfers come and clean it up. Next thing you know, the trees are trimmed the grass mowed and the shady people are gone. Families move in with their picnics and rug-rats. I Long for the good ole days when you would have to spend 30 minutes hunting for your thrown disc in the un-cut grass.