Disk Golf the 40+ year old sport that most people don’t know about!

Disk Golf or what is sometimes called Frisbee golf or Frolf (our family calls it Folf) is a great outdoor sport for anyone with a little extra time on their hands.

Disk Golf is fairly inexpensive to play; in fact you can pick up a kit with a driver, mid-range, and a putting disk on Amazon or at Sports Authority for approximately 30-40 dollars.

All that is left is to find an old backpack to hold your disks, a bottle of water, your score card, a pen and you are set. The majority of courses are free to play, so the only real cost is for the disks and any accessories you may be interested in purchasing.

The disks?

There are actually several brands of Disk Golf disks. A few of the manufacturers include Innova, Diskcraft, Discmania, and Prodigy Discs. Our family prefers Innova not because they fly better or perform better. The reason we like Innova disks is they provide their own Flight Rating System.

The Innova rating system is simply made up of speed, glide, turn, and fade. This allowed a guy like me who had never played the sport before, to figure out which disks to purchase so my family could play the sport. You will find more information on the Innova Disk Flight Rating System here!

Innova DX Disc Golf Set (3-Disc) (Colors may vary) Just $24.99 for Amazon prime Members.

Innova Champion Material Disc Golf, Set of 3 (Colors may vary) Just $37.28 for Amazon prime Members.

The rules?

The rules are very similar to golf you tee off or throw your first disk from the teeing area. Your feet must be within this area when you release the disk and you must be in contact with the teeing area with at least one foot when the disk is released. If any of these rules are violated first you get a warning and on the second time you take an extra stroke or throw.

When throwing from a location where your disk landed you throw from the back of where the front of your disk was located. Same rules and violations apply to throws from a fairway area as from the teeing area.

When you are throwing a disk and it lands in an out of bounds area. Your options are to re-throw the disk from the previous lie; or, A lie that is up to one meter away from and perpendicular to the point where the disc last crossed into out-of-bounds, even if the direction takes the lie closer to the target; or, Within the designated drop zone, if provided. Remember if you are taking a drop you will be given an extra stroke / throw just like golf.

The object of the game is to put the disk in the goal or basket target. They call this holing out!

When you are done holing out record your scores and move on to the next hole!

The Official Rules of Disk Golf can be found here!

Who can play?

The great thing about Disk Golf is the courses are walked so if you can walk, and throw a disk this could be your Sports! This means anyone from my 3 year old granddaughter to my 65 year old mother can play if they are willing to walk the course. It is a great way to bond with your kids if you have a young family, get the kids outdoors and have a little fun with them!

You might even get them to put down their phone long enough to get to know them. Why not teach your kids the merits of an active healthy lifestyle.

Where to play?

The best thing about playing Disk Golf is you get to do it outdoors, if you get to play in the great state of Idaho even better. There are a great number of free to play disk golf courses in Idaho and across the nation.

You can search them on google maps or visit the Professional Disk Golf Association Website and look at the courses on their map.

PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory Map
Gem State Disk Golf Course List
Idaho Parks and Recreation Disk Golf Course List
discgolfcourses.org Idaho Disk Golf Course List

You can even pick your self up a couple of goals from amazon and make your own course where ever you want!

Idaho Disk Golf Clubs!

The Gem State Disk Golf Club (GSDG) is a nonprofit sports organization dedicated to the development, promotion, and enhancement of disc golf in the state of Idaho. If you are interested in checking them out visit their website here.

The PDGA!

The Professional Disk Golf Association is the regulating body for the sport of disk golf with over 16000 members. For rules, questions or if you would just like to become a PDGA member please visit here.

Tournaments?

In 2014 the Gem State Disk Golf Club is holding 6 PDGA Sanctioned tournaments. The tournament series is called the 2014 Strange Disc Tour. There will be tournaments held in Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Rupert, and twin falls.

At the time this article was written there were several of the tournaments that were completed. However if you are interested in playing there should be openings available in the tournaments that have not been played yet. For more information please visit here.

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