What is Disc Golf?
Also known as frisbee golf, this game is kinda funky.
A mate introduced me to a game he invented on a beach around 10 years or so ago. I think he called it Folf or Foot Golf or something. Instead of a golf course – the beach. Instead of a golf ball – a tennis ball. Instead of golf clubs – your foot. Instead of a golf bag – a beer. Need a hole? Dig it.
Dig it?
As a kid I played variations of golf around the house and the golf concept has been applied to a whole range of other environments.
This frisbee or disc golf thing has been around a while now and predominantly confined to the US. More specifically, US colleges. Even as an avid golfer I find it a little odd but would love to give it a go.
Is it confined to geeks at US colleges? Perhaps that’s why I’m keen.
What can you say…..ummmm ridiculous, but damn can those boys throw a frisbee!
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Frisbee golf goes in and out of fashion in America, Michael. I live about 15-20 minutes from a recreational park that features an 18-hole Frisbee golf course as its main attraction. It was built in the 1980s.
The game is a lot harder than you might think. Even with a wide-open target, that basket is smaller than it looks. You don’t realize how much better you can throw when people are trying to catch it until you throw at a target that can’t move.
I think it’s fun every once in a while, but I’d still rather play “regular” golf.
I think it does look pretty hard and can certainly see the attraction. I find it amazing that there’s actually courses!
Good place for Golf I would say.
Frisbee golf or Disc golf as it is officially called is spreading like a forest fire and not only in USA. In Scandinavia, especially n Finland and Sweden there are already hundreds of disc golf courses.