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Disc golf
 | This article contains instructions, advice, or how-to content. (November 2023) |
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| Highest governing body | Professional Disc Golf Association |
|---|---|
| Registered players | 298,147 (as of December 2024)[1] |
| Clubs | Yes |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | Single competitors, doubles |
| Type | Outdoor, passive recreation |
| Equipment | Flying disc, target, tee off location |
| Presence | |
| Olympic | No |
| World Games | 2001 |
Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf,[2][a] is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf.[4]
The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes, each consisting of a teeing area and target (basket). Players complete a hole by throwing a disc from a tee pad or tee area toward a basket, throwing again from where the previous throw came to rest, until the disc comes to rest in the designated basket. Disc golf targets are composed of a metal basket supported by a center pole, with chains hanging from an upper band.[5] They are designed to catch the incoming discs, which then fall into the basket.
Usually, the number of throws a player uses to reach each basket is tallied (most often in relation to par), and players seek to complete each hole in the lowest number of total throws.[6] Par is considered to be the number of strokes a skilled player is expected to make for a given hole or a group of holes (usually 9 or 18).[7]
The game is played in about 40 countries, and as of 2023, there are 107,853 active members of the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) worldwide. According to the UDisc course directory, there are over 15,000 disc golf courses, with roughly 90% being accessible for free.[8]
- ^ "PDGA Player Search". Professional Disc Golf Association. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Delaney, Tim; Tim Madigan (2021). The Sociology of Sports: An Introduction (3rd ed.). McFarland. p. 439. ISBN 9781476644097 – via Google Books.
- ^ Williamson, Alex (26 September 2022). "Frisbee Golf: The Same Thing as Disc Golf, Just Not in the U.S." ReleasePoint. UDisc.
- ^ "What is disc golf". Disc Golf Association. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ US4039189A, Headrick, Edward E. & Headrick, Kenneth A., "Flying disc entrapment device", issued 1977-08-02
- ^ "On Your Own; Connecting a Fairway". The New York Times. 2 July 1990. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Golf Scoring Terms (Par, Bogey, Birdie, Eagle, Albatross, and More)". GolfBit. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Disc Golf Courses | UDisc". udisc.com. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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