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Three ingredients for cooking up a winter disc golf destination course

Three ingredients for cooking up a winter disc golf destination course

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...

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

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

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...

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Course building 101 by Benjamin Smith

Course building 101 by Benjamin Smith

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...

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Why Toronto golf courses welcome winter disc golf

Why Toronto golf courses welcome winter disc golf

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...

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

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

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....

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

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

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...

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How to build a disc golf course: 3 important dos

How to build a disc golf course: 3 important dos

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...

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Longyearbyen — the world’s northernmost disc golf course

Longyearbyen — the world’s northernmost disc golf course

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...

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

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

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...

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Case: Åland Islands

Case: Åland Islands

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...

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Åland — Tiny island with the world’s first Disc Golf stamp

Åland — Tiny island with the world’s first Disc Golf stamp

In Finland there is a small, autonomous region called Åland. These tiny islands rely heavily on tourism and in 2020 Åland announced a plan to increase it. The plan was something that sounds odd to those who don't play disc...

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Pajuniitty MultiGolfPark – A wheelchair accessible course

Pajuniitty MultiGolfPark – A wheelchair accessible course

Pajuniitty Disc Golf course in Nummela, Finland expanded into a MultiGolfPark during the summer of 2021. The course has 18 holes and consists of two 9 hole entities. The first 9 holes vary between 23 and 57 meters. The latter...

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Designer Spotlight: Cara Hovius – The first female DiscGolfPark designer

Designer Spotlight: Cara Hovius – The first female DiscGolfPark designer

Cara Hovius is the first female DiscGolfPark designer. She was in her 30s when she was introduced to the sport of disc golf in 2017: “I have never been a very sports-orientated person, but I love hiking and being outdoors,...

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How to Build a Disc Golf Course?

How to Build a Disc Golf Course?

There is a high demand for disc golf courses around the world right now. Disc golf is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide - especially in the Nordic countries and the US. The sport appeals to people of all...

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New More Affordable Disc Golf Target Now Available

New More Affordable Disc Golf Target Now Available

Since 2005, DiscGolfPark has made it a goal to introduce disc golf to new audiences. One of the best ways to accomplish that goal is to make it easy to establish a new course. The DiscGolfPark concept does just that...

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