Frisbee golf, anyone ever played it?

So I was mountain biking at a local park and saw they have a 27 hole Frisbee golf course that is free to use. I'm thinking about piecing a Frisbee golf set together and trying it. Just curious if anyone else has played.

Once but just used a regular Frisbee. Interestingly enough, I rode up to the local park last evening and realized they have a Frisbee golf course. I thought it would a fun free thing for the family to do when everyone finally gets here.

I play it with my son, wife finds it to be the most boring sport she's ever encountered. We just play for fun, and really don't keep score.

We started just renting discs at the course, cost like a buck a day. We've purchased a few ourselves now, a few drivers for distance and putters for close in. We've gotten good enough to be able to tell the difference and even have preferences. At first, it just didn't matter.

Very generically, I'd suggest starting with a putter. They fly straight(ish) and that lets you work on aim. Distance is irrelevant until you build up skills to toss far. I still can't fling a driver much further than I can fling a putter. But as the drivers will curve and arc more, I can get them lost in the woods better.

It is a fun way to kill a few hours, and somehow even though you're just walking around, after a full 19 holes or nets, both the boy and I are surprised at how tired we are.

Like foxtrapper, we play for fun. For me its like playing fetch with yourself, but in a good way. It replaced our annual Thanksgiving family road bowling tournament when the park we gather at changed its road bowling season.

You can get a starter set of discs (driver, mid-range, putter) for like $20 but, like real golf, I seem to get the same result regardless of which disc I use.

Used to play all the time.

Don't listen to these nancy boys up here, if you can do more than 1 pushup you should be able to throw a driver MUCH MUCH farther than a putter. A 250ft+ drive is cake once you have the technique down.

Don't throw a driver the same way you would throw a regular Frisbee (keep all your fingers under the lip).

I used to Frisbee golf quite a bit. There are a bunch of course around this area and, all but one, are free.

http://www.innovadiscs.com/home/disc-golf-faq.html

After learning a bit, I'd get a driver and putter (or approach). The little numbers/letters that the manufacturers use to describe the flight characteristics might as well be in Sanskrit because I have to look at the charts to figure them out every time for every manufacturer.

There are different types of plastics used for discs and I prefer the clear ones since when they inevitably bounce off of trees, they don't turn into tacos. Putters/approach discs are better when they're softer since their are less likely to bounce off of the chains.

Other than that, keep an eye out for lost discs in the woods. I think I had half a dozen discs before I bought a second one.

Oh, and try to throw in different forms: regular (across your chest), side arm low and high, tomahawk, ... between the legs. Don't forget to try different grips too. Sometimes the weird ones work out..

Does anyone else do night discing?

Based on most of the frisbee golfers I've met, I think there's a drug test required to be allowed to play.

They aren't looking for negative results

created by stoner frat boys in South Carolina is all I know.

looks like a great excuse to drink too much on a hot day just like regular golf:)

RossD wrote: Does anyone else do night discing?

All the courses around here close up after sunset and none have lights.

Can't imagine how many discs I would lose trying to play at night.

It's funny, a few of the places I ride MTB have Frisbee Golf courses. Coincidence?

I was totally addicted for a while. Cheapest hobby I've ever had, lol. Lmk if you want to play some time...in the fall lol.

Play it again sports and others often have cheap used discs. Grab a couple cheap "drivers" and a "putter." There's a pile of youtube videos on grip, how to throw, etc.

but, like real golf, I seem to get the same result regardless of which disc I use.

Lol. I feel your pain.

Played for awhile in high school. Lotta fun. Stopped because I was getting annoyed of running into police officers all the time--Frolfing has to be 90% drug users, and the cops knew it.

I used to play Ultimate a lot (like 3-5 times a week) and a friend dragged me out to try Frisbee golf. It's exactly like it sounds - golf, but instead of hitting a ball with a stick you throw a Frisbee. If you like golf, you might like Frisbee golf. If you're not a big golf fan, you may not find it to your taste. It's certainly less expensive than the ball and stick type.

I can see it being fun with kids. I never played a second time.

A friend and I used to play way back in high school. It was a great reason to get away from the parental units. This was way before the specialized disks. I haven't really played since.

Never tried it but a lot of the GA state parks have courses now. I've considered giving it a go, but I'm not much on golf, so....

They had a disc golf course at USI in Evansville.......I learned that disc golfers 2-3 holes in don't like having to dodge golf balls.

I played once or twice, but decided I'll stick to real golf. I have the gift of Happy(longball)

I more or less got a Minor in Frisbee in college. I played a lot of Ultimate and Disc Golf but my main focus was on Freestyle. Now I'm old and fat and wonder how I ever did it.

Freestyle video

These days, golf, disc or otherwise, is just an excuse to drink beer and tell adolescent jokes.

I've only played a few times, but we used to sell the discs at the bike shop. Yeah, it was mostly stoners that played then, and some of them would get really ocd about discs. I remember this one dude brought in his own postage scale to verify the weights recorded on the disc were accurate. I don't know, maybe his game was off that week.

Putters are going to have a tall, flat edge. Drivers have a short, tapered edge, typically the longer the taper the longer the flight characteristics of the disc. If you are playing with kids, make sure they understand these are not intended for catching. They will hurt your hand if you try to catch it like a frisbee.

foxtrapper wrote:

RossD wrote: Does anyone else do night discing?

All the courses around here close up after sunset and none have lights. Can't imagine how many discs I would lose trying to play at night.

Our city parks are open until 11pm and the course is not lit. So some genius duct taped those little LED fishing bobber lights to their discs. Top and bottom if the disc isn't clear/see through. It doesn't affect the flight at all. And now it super easy to find your disc in the woods! Here's the light: http://www.amazon.com/Thill-Nite-Brite-Battery-Light-Green/dp/B0010FH0AW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404403200&sr=8-1&keywords=bobber+light

Of course you need to know the course, but we did tape another light to a coat hanger and hang it on the basket for the people who needed it.

Played the E36 M3 out of it right up until my shoulder told me to go berkeley myself. It was either sell all my discs or have rotator cuff surgery. I sold all my discs, because berkeley losing my dominant arm for however many months. I learned that I liked lighter discs, I could huck em further without as much effort (good for a blown shoulder) but they kited like a mofo in the wind (bad for open courses/windy areas) under/overstable meant jack E36 M3 to me. I like Innova plastic for the way it felt, Discraft felt weird in my hand. They all had pretty colors.

Overall I really liked it because there's free courses all over MN and I kept my discs in my car so it was super easy to drop in and pitch a disc across a field for 20min or so (a solo 9 hole can go fast on a short course) and continue on your day.

bludroptop wrote: I more or less got a Minor in Frisbee in college.

Same here with a dose of skate boarding thrown in.(8) Specialized discs didn't exist when I frolfed so I made-do with 160g and 200g Frisbees; they worked just fine.

For a few years I lived with a county park behind the house. There was no designated course so I made my own by choosing designated trees up and down the access road. At the time I had six or seven discs and also used them on the park's softball fields. It was fun to stand at home plate and pop center field, over-the-fence homers.

I've played twice and really enjoyed it. We have a couple of courses here, but I've not been on one in a few years. I should do that.

foxtrapper wrote: All the courses around here close up after sunset and none have lights. Can't imagine how many discs I would lose trying to play at night.

I haven't touched a Frisbee in probably 30 years so I'm not familiar with the current product line, but they used to make glow in the dark ones.

This thread reminded me that my son was/is interested in playing golf on the middle school team but all he's done is putt-putt and Wii golf. Maybe we should explore the disc thing first? I've played regular golf off and on since I was 8 but retired the clubs when my kids were born since I can only afford 1 expensive hobby at a time; I chose cars.