Instead of using golf balls, and clubs, to put the golf ball into a small hole, disc golfer uses disc and baskets, throwing the discs closer and closer to the basket, until the disc comes to rest inside the basket. The Professional Disc Golf Association, PDGA, has more in depth information  on the history of the sport found here.

One disc can get a person started playing.  Generally discs cost between $10-$20. There are starter disc sets at shops: Dicks Sporting Goods and Play It Again Sports, as well as online disc golf stores.

Rules for Play

1. Start from the teeing area. Player must throw from behind the front of the teeing area.

2. Subsequent throws are played from behind the spot where the previous throw came to rest. This spot is known as the “lie.” If your disc comes to rest in a tree or a bush, the lie is the spot on the ground directly below.

3. A run-up and follow through are allowed, but the player must release the disc before stepping past the lie.

4. A “putt” is a throw from within 10 meters of the target. When putting, you may not step past your lie before establishing a balance. The hole is completed when the disc comes to rest in the basket or chains. The hole is not complete if the disc is resting on top of the target.

5. If a throw goes out of bounds, play from either the last inbounds with a one throw penalty or re-throw with a one throw penalty.

6. Throwing order: lowest score tees first, after the tee throw, the player whose lie is farthest from the hole throws first. Do not throw until other players or park users are off the hole or out of range

The OK Disc Golf Park is a part of Volunteer Park, therefore all park rules are also in effect on the disc golf course.

Course Courtesy

  • Remain quiet and avoid unnecessary movements while others are throwing.

  • Stand behind the player who is throwing until throw is complete.

  • Remove disc from basket after completing the hole.

  • Help new players learn the rules.

  • Allow faster groups to play through when possible.

  • Pick up trash and put in proper receptacles.

  • Do not alter the course (trees, bushes, etc.) in any way.

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1. Other disc golfers often have tips if you ask

2. YouTube tutorials

3. Throw, throw, throw

Additionally, disc golf clubs hold tournaments, league nights and sometimes clinics. The local club in the Kinderhook area is Discap. Visit them at their website, https://www.discapny.org/