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A university for the Deaf builds D.C.’s first permanent disc golf course

Posted on April 19, 2024 (April 19, 2024)

Established in 1864, Gallaudet University is the world’s only liberal arts university dedicated entirely to education for the Deaf, the hard of hearing, and others who use ASL (American Sign Language). It’s located in the heart of Washington, D.C., under three miles from the White House. Established in 2023, Gallaudet University DiscGolfPark is the U.S. […]

Three ingredients for cooking up a winter disc golf destination course

Posted on December 1, 2023 (December 4, 2023)

We’ve talked before about what makes a place ideal for disc golf tourism, but here we focus on a special niche: Destinations that can be havens for players hoping to escape cold and snow. Though there are plenty of disc golfers willing to brave icy conditions, almost no one would trade in t-shirt weather for […]

Frisbee Meets Golf: DiscGolfPark at FSB Trade Fair 2023 in Cologne, Germany

Posted on October 20, 2023 (October 25, 2023)

In the rapidly growing world of leisure and sports, there is an emerging sport that is capturing the attention of cities, municipalities, communities, leisure facilities, and private organizations. Disc Golf, one of the rising sports of our time, is winning the hearts of people worldwide, and DiscGolfPark is right in the midst of it! DiscGolfPark, […]

Why Your Disc Golf Course Needs Tee Pads

Posted on August 15, 2023 (August 17, 2023)

The simplicity of building disc golf courses is a big part of their appeal. For instance, when experienced disc golf course designers work in fairly open areas of city parks, it’s easy to design courses that require virtually no new landscaping. Still, constructing a fun, safe disc golf course can’t be done effortlessly, and there […]

Central Europeans want more disc golf – DiscGolfPark commits to helping them get it

Posted on April 20, 2023 (April 20, 2023)

Across Northern Europe, access to disc golf is a given almost anywhere you live. All of the top five countries in disc golf courses per capita are in that part of the world. Thanks to the wide availability of courses there, the region has seen a recent boom in people of all ages getting outdoors […]

Course building 101 by Benjamin Smith

Posted on March 3, 2023 (March 3, 2023)

Over the last few years I have been pleasantly surprised to find out that I have a natural ability to build quality disc golf courses. It has been something I have worked on for nearly 2 decades and I am happy to say this gift has allowed me to build 40 courses so far along […]

Why Toronto golf courses welcome winter disc golf

Posted on December 15, 2022

It was late in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height, and winter was quickly descending on Toronto, Canada, and its nearly three million residents. To keep spirits up and infection rates down in the months ahead, city leaders were planning an initiative to get people outdoors where transmission was least likely. But Toronto’s […]

Paul McBeth Foundation & DiscGolfPark unite to create Montenegro’s first course

Posted on October 11, 2022

Find the heel of Italy’s boot shape and draw a line northeast across the Adriatic. There you’ll find the small country of Montenegro, which has just over 620,000 residents – a total a little under the population of Memphis, Tennessee. In 2022, this former part of Yugoslavia became the site of the first European project […]

How to build a disc golf course: 3 important don’ts

Posted on September 21, 2022

Welcome to the counterpart to our article “How to build a disc golf course: 3 important dos.” Here we continue our look at guidelines for planning great disc golf courses. This time, though, we focus on some of the things inexperienced course designers may overlook that they definitely shouldn’t. Like in our post on the […]

How to build a disc golf course: 3 important dos

Posted on August 12, 2022 (August 12, 2022)

When a disc golf course is done right, everything seems straightforward. The lines from each tee to each basket make sense, transitioning from hole to hole is easy, and you never feel lost even if it’s the first time you’ve ever stepped foot on a property. But creating a simple, enjoyable experience for players is […]

Longyearbyen — the world’s northernmost disc golf course

Posted on June 21, 2022 (June 21, 2022)

Playing disc golf at the world’s northernmost course in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, has lots of advantages. If you catch just the right conditions in the winter, you could strap on a headlamp and play under the Northern Lights. During some summer months, the 24-hour sunlight lets you get a round in at literally any time. No […]

6 pro tips on building your town’s first disc golf course

Posted on June 2, 2022

So you’ve just heard about disc golf and think a course could really benefit your community. Maybe you want to offer locals a new possibility for healthy, outdoor recreation or believe that a course can help your area attract tourists after the sport’s recent boom. No matter why you’re interested in building a disc golf […]

Want more tourists? 3 signs disc golf is your perfect answer

Posted on March 4, 2022

Disc golfers, like dedicated hikers or cyclists, often base travel around their favorite hobby. However, very few places have taken deliberate steps to attract disc golf tourists. Is your community in a prime position to benefit from this currently low competition market? Read on to learn: What disc golf is How one community turned disc […]

Case: Åland Islands

Posted on February 24, 2022 (March 2, 2022)

In early 2020, the Åland Islands – an autonomous region of Finland with just under 30,000 residents – made a decision: They would become the world’s most attractive destination for disc golf tourists. Situated in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland, Åland wanted to install 16 disc golf courses – one in each of […]

A DiscGolfPark in Finland named one of world’s top 5 courses

Posted on February 11, 2022 (February 11, 2022)

It’s official! Out of over 13,000 courses on the planet, one of the top five places to play disc golf is a DiscGolfPark in the small city of Heinola, Finland: Kippasuo Pro. The designation comes from the UDisc app, which has the largest disc golf course directory in the world. UDisc annually updates rankings of […]

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