Neutral Corner
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2014
- Messages
- 43,148
Disc golf, aka frisbee golf, is played very much like traditional golf (which disc golf players refer to as stick and ball golf 
). You stand in the tee box, throw a disc, and keep track of how many throws it takes to put it in the hole. The hole in this case is called a polehole, which is a pole set vertically with a round metal basket a couple of feet off the ground. The pole projects above the basket and eight metal arms draped with chains stick out of the top. You can putt to drop the disc in the basket, or if you are further away, throw to bury your disc in the chains and then drop into the basket.
Otherwise very much like golf - holes have a par, out of bounds, water hazards, rules regarding when you get relief, etc.
A short hole would be maybe 250 to 300 feet, par three. A long one might go 700. That does not sound so long until you think about throwing a frisbee. Picture yourself standing on the goal line at a local school. How many throws to reach the other goal line? Rather like golf, the harder you try to hit/throw, the harder it is to make it go straight or the direction you prefer. Wind can be a huge factor, as can trees and tree branches.
The disc itself is not your usual beach frisbee. It is smaller, flatter, with a sharply beveled edge and the top dome is thin. Max weight is 175 grams.
The current distance record for throwing one of those discs is 1,109 feet (338 meters), which is ridiculous. That's a pure distance throw, accuracy be damned.
I'll just post the video I just ran up on of a guy posting an insane round, you'll pick it up easily. Note that if you throw right handed in the traditional way, across your body, the disc will always tend to tail off to the left. The first drive you'll see is difficult because he brings it around to the right. These are pros, and do things that normal people can't manage. The round you'll see (or see a little of, most likely, lol) is not what regular people do any more than PGA is comparable to weekend hackers.
I had my disc bag with with me at a family gather a few years ago, and my son got one out and was throwing it. My niece asked me what it was, and I told her it was a disc for frisbee golf. She looked at me for a long few seconds, and then in her very best oh so world weary and cynical nineteen year old voice she said, "Do you seriously expect me to believe that you put that thing on a tee and hit it with a golf club?" >grin<
It's cheap and fun. No green fees. Buy a few discs (driver, mid range, putter) and a couple of beers and you're good to go.
). You stand in the tee box, throw a disc, and keep track of how many throws it takes to put it in the hole. The hole in this case is called a polehole, which is a pole set vertically with a round metal basket a couple of feet off the ground. The pole projects above the basket and eight metal arms draped with chains stick out of the top. You can putt to drop the disc in the basket, or if you are further away, throw to bury your disc in the chains and then drop into the basket. Otherwise very much like golf - holes have a par, out of bounds, water hazards, rules regarding when you get relief, etc.
A short hole would be maybe 250 to 300 feet, par three. A long one might go 700. That does not sound so long until you think about throwing a frisbee. Picture yourself standing on the goal line at a local school. How many throws to reach the other goal line? Rather like golf, the harder you try to hit/throw, the harder it is to make it go straight or the direction you prefer. Wind can be a huge factor, as can trees and tree branches.
The disc itself is not your usual beach frisbee. It is smaller, flatter, with a sharply beveled edge and the top dome is thin. Max weight is 175 grams.
The current distance record for throwing one of those discs is 1,109 feet (338 meters), which is ridiculous. That's a pure distance throw, accuracy be damned.
I'll just post the video I just ran up on of a guy posting an insane round, you'll pick it up easily. Note that if you throw right handed in the traditional way, across your body, the disc will always tend to tail off to the left. The first drive you'll see is difficult because he brings it around to the right. These are pros, and do things that normal people can't manage. The round you'll see (or see a little of, most likely, lol) is not what regular people do any more than PGA is comparable to weekend hackers.
I had my disc bag with with me at a family gather a few years ago, and my son got one out and was throwing it. My niece asked me what it was, and I told her it was a disc for frisbee golf. She looked at me for a long few seconds, and then in her very best oh so world weary and cynical nineteen year old voice she said, "Do you seriously expect me to believe that you put that thing on a tee and hit it with a golf club?" >grin<
It's cheap and fun. No green fees. Buy a few discs (driver, mid range, putter) and a couple of beers and you're good to go.
