The Disc Golf Experience
Disc golfers enjoy an experience similar to traditional “ball” golfers--- the camaraderie of friends, the enjoyment of the great outdoors, and the excitement of harnessing personal speed and accuracy to propel an object toward a target --- without any of golf's prohibitive cost.
There are no expensive green fees, since nearly all the disc golf courses are in public parks. Instead of investing in a set of clubs and a pile of balls, disc golfers need only a disc or two, which retail between $7- $12 each.
The courses designed for disc golf are environmentally friendly and tend to fit into a park's existent flora, rather than requiring clear-cutting of trees, filling of wetlands and over-fertilization of fairways which occurs on to many of today's ball golf courses. Trees, shrubbery, water and terrain changes offer plenty of hazards to avoid, and it becomes possible to lose
a disc in areas with thick growth, tall trees or (SPLASH!) deep water.
Traditionally dominated by 18 to 49 year-old men, disc golf has greatly expanded in recent years to include men, woman, and kids of all ages. And unlike their ball golfing neighbors, disc golfers play in just about any weather. Rain, snow, sleet, and mud... these are mere distractions for your typically obsessed disc golfer.
In short disc golf is big fun for nearly every potential park user, regardless of their age, sex or socioeconomic status.