Disc
Golf
Disc Golf is
the fastest growing sport in the US. About
5 million individuals have played disc golf.
Texas has over 100 courses (the most in the US).
In our area there are courses in Amarillo, Big Spring, Midland, and
Abilene. There are preliminary
plans for courses in Seminole, Roswell, and a second course in Lubbock. Lubbock has the distinction of being home to one of the best
courses in the state and region. Our
course has pro and recreational tees (most are concrete), multiple basket
positions, and a very diverse
terrain (big trees, water, hills, brush, etc.).
Disc Golf is
played very much like regular golf….you try to minimize the shots that you
take. But, instead of swing a club
and hitting a ball, you throw a disc. Simple?
Now throw in the wind and trees (the tree is 80% air no longer applies).
In regular golf there are different clubs….same in disc golf. There are discs, if thrown correctly, slice or hook (in disc
golf that is hyzer and anhyzer). There
are discs that work well with the wind, there are discs that work well into the
wind, there are discs that are used as rollers, there are discs that float, etc.
We use drivers off the tee (record was set in New Mexico at 694
feet…that is about two and a third football fields long!), we use different
disc to approach the basket, and we use putters to hit chain. There are also the
different types of shots: forehand, backhand, tomahawk, turbo, forehand roller,
backhand roller, and more. So, you
can see that disc golf is probably more diverse than regular golf and is not the
‘old throw the Frisbee in the back yard’.
Patrick Kitten.
A GREAT SOURCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DISC GOLF IS THE PDGA