Ever seen disc golf?

It’s a nice way to spend a couple hours. I’ve played very casually, except for when I’ve competed for my company in corporate challenge settings.

 

The city charges to rent discs, but playing the course is free. We picked up a couple of used sets for 20 bucks each. We usually eat lunch in the park and play a round on weekends.

 

Nothing like it on a pretty morning. Step up on the teepad at one, try a few practice swings to get the feel. Take a couple of quick steps, plant your foot and rip your first drive into the side of a big tree fifteen feet in front of you. The only thing that makes you feel better is when you notice that the bark on that side of the tree is all chewed up by those before you.

Have fun.

 

We have a couple of courses near us.
We did it as a family last year at a state park. My wife is TERRIBLE at it. She can't throw a frisbee at all. She would be on the tee and throw the disc 30 yards backward. It was hilarious!
She and my both 10-y-o struggled. But we had a good time.

 

Different discs. Like Irons.

 

That's cool. I've not seen discs for rent. There's a guy who has a truck full of discs that he sells who hangs out at the biggest course in town, though, and he usually has some used discs he sells beginners for cheap. He was Senior National Champion fifteen or so years ago, probably pushing sixty now. He makes a few bucks sitting in the shade drinking beer and playing a bit when the spirit moves him or an old friend comes through.

 

Much like a bag of clubs. Designs differ according to purpose. You'll have to play a while for it to matter. Drivers for long shots, they'll sail but can be hard to control. Midrange for approach shots, so you can control it better and lay up close enough to have a chance putting. Once you get good you can try for a long putt with one, but if you miss you're liable to wind up with a long return shot. Putters for close approach shots and putts.

You'll hear a lot of terms like stable and overstable, hyzer and anhyzer, but for a beginner it won't matter a lot. Sometimes a local sporting goods store carries discs and maybe has a beginner's set of three. Lots of the chain stores are starting to carry at least a limited selection.

As to marking, you can flip over the disc you just threw - the edge then closest to you at the point it was closest to the pin, or mark it with another disc if you want to throw the same disc. They sell little minidiscs that you can use to mark your throw as well. Or you can just note where it was and throw from there, or put a stick or rock down to mark yourself. It's not a tournament and you're a noob, don't sweat it.

 

There discs weighted for draws, slices, etc. and the fall under basic kinds:

Drivers: light and lean
Long range: more control than drivers
mid-range/approach: heavier, easier to control.
Putter: heaviest, closest in rim design to a traditional frisbee. Not designed for much English.

 

Here's a beginner's three pack at Academy, something like this would be fine. Twenty bucks.

Innova Disc Golf DX Stack Pack 3-Disc Disc Golf Set | Academy

 

And you should be BAKED when you play