Play Disk Golf

1. Disc golf is a sport that has grown very popular since its invention in the late 60's. George Sappenfield, a Californian, realized that golf would be a lot of fun if played with frisbees, so he set up a course of targets for kids to play on. A year later Sappenfield introduced the game to many other frisbee players. Many of them brought the game back to the U.C. Berkeley. Meanwhile on the East coast standardized targets were created and the game became more serious.

2. Find a disc golf course near you to play on. A good source for this is the course locater in the External Links section.

3. Get yourself a set of discs. An initial set usually consists of a Driver, a Mid-range and a Putter. Getting these can be done several ways. There are a few select courses that have pro shops, some that even rent discs. However, this is the exception and not the rule, so it is advised to find a local retailer or purchase online. A good way to do this is on the Innova Discs website or Discraft or any of the retailers linked in the External Links section.

4. It helps to go out to the course you are going to play a few minutes before your "tee-off" time so you can walk the course and get an idea of the targets locations, this will make your game easier as you won't have to scout for them as you play.

5. You'll find most courses have no greens fee so you can play as much as you desire all for the price of any lost discs, which WILL happen eventually.

Warnings
1. Your arm will get tired! To prevent this you can play the first few times on only the top or bottom 9 holes and take breaks to rest your arm.

2. You will lose discs! This is a fact that every disc golfer must deal with. To minimize this buy brightly colored discs and keep track of the flight path of your discs.

3. Avoid throwing your discs into trees as they will become stuck and dense plants as they are hard to find even if brightly colored.

4. Avoid throwing your disc onto pavement or any other hard surface as this will warp the plastic causing erratic flight.

5. Do not store your discs in a high temperature area as this will also warp the plastic causing erratic flight.