What is disc golf?
Disc golf mimics many ideas based on traditional ball golf. Instead of using a ball and clubs, players use a flying disc or frisbee. The object of the game is completing each hole in the fewest throws using a golf disc from a tee area to a target, the most common is called a Pole Hole® an elevated metal basket.
What’s so great about it?
Disc golf shares the same joys and frustrations of traditional golf, whether it’s sinking a long putt or hitting a tree halfway down the fairway. Some other great things about disc golf:
- Disc golf rarely requires a greens fee, in Perth you have so many free courses to choose from!
- Very cheap to get started, a starter 3 disc pack will typically cost under $50
- It is designed to be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities. We’ve seen 3 year old children playing the courses, upwards to 70+ year olds still masters of the game.
Get started with your first set
Get started with your first set with one of our league day sponsors
Where to next?
Get a disc set
For beginners who have never thrown before or are primary school aged; Try grabbing the lighter 150 gram set. For people who may have thrown before or played other throwing sports, try the 165-175 gram sets. Each set typically comes with 3 discs:
- Fairway driver – typically the furthest throwing disc; but you may need to work up to it.
- Mid range – in between your putter and driver; more control, but less distance.
- Putter – used to throw at the basket and even for longer throws.
A good place to start might even be sticking with 1 disc to get the hang of throwing. You will notice that each of your discs will do different things that you will need to learn. It helps to play with local disc golfers to help point you in the right direction for technique, then it’s up to you to practice.
League Sponsors and some local WA stores
Join the online community, say hi 👋 on the PDGC Facebook page
Keep up to date with event announcements, ask questions about disc golf or tee up a round with other players in the local community.
You will need to request to join, but there will be an administrator to approve you. There are also a few other Facebook groups players regularly communicate on:
📓 Rules of disc golf
Keeping it as simple as possible the following are the disc golf rules for recreational play.
🏌 Tee throws
Tee throws must be completed within or behind the designated tee area. Do not throw until the players in front of you are out of range.
🅿 Lie
The spot where the previous throw has landed. Mark your lie, pick up your disc and throw directly towards the basket from that spot.
🙅♂️ Out of bounds
There are some areas of the courses marked with OB such as roads, water and paths. If you do cross OB, just move your disc where it last crossed in bounds inline with the basket.
🔢 Throwing order
After teeing off, the player whose disc is farthest from the basket always throws first.
👌 Completion of hole
A disc that comes to rest in the basket or chains constitutes successful completion of that hole.
Scoring
Download the UDisc app to view the course in your area as well as keep score and show maps/pars for the course. Paper and pencil you say? Nah, save a tree.
Once downloaded, you will be able to use the free account. We recommend you open the app to download all the course data near you before you start a round; it can sometimes take a while for it all to be there.
📅 At the course
- Select “Rounds” (if not there already), then “Create Scorecard” button.
- It should already have the course you are at based on your GPS… eg. “Chichester DiscGolfPark” in the top, select that.
- Select the layout, typically the top layout is the standard course as it was designed.
- Click the add player button in the top right. Add yourself and any others playing with you.
- Repeat that step for other players.
- Click “Confirm Players”
- Check that “Score Mode” is “Scores Only (if you are new to the game), then “Create Scorecard”
- The app can keep statistics that you may understand once you’ve been around the game for a while
- All set!
Get to your local course
For beginners we recommend:
- North suburbs, we recommend Chichester Park, Woodvale
- South suburbs, we recommend Dick Lawrence Oval, Beaconsfield
If you want to find more in your local area, jump over to WA course list? or look at the course in the Udisc website or app