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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Lue lisää… from Why Toronto golf courses welcome winter disc golf
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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Ahvenanmaa on pieni autonominen alue Suomessa. Ahvenanmaan saaristo on suuresti turismista riippuvainen ja vuonna 2020 he päättivät keksiä suunnitelman turismin kasvattamiseksi. Tämä suunnitelma kuulostaa oudolta jos et harrasta frisbeegolfia, mutta frisbeegolfin harrastajien korvaan se kuulostaa unelmalta! Ahvenanmaa julisti, että hieman yli vuoden aikana he rakentaisivat yhteensä 16 frisbeegolfrataa saariston alueelle. Aivan kaikkia ratoja ei ehditty […]
Lue lisää… from Ahvenanmaa — Pieni saaristo panostaa täysillä frisbeegolfiin
Nummelan Pajuniityn frisbeegolfrata päivittyi kesän 2021 aikana MultiGolfParkiksi. Radasta tehtiin 18-väyläinen ja se koostuu kahdesta 9-väyläisestä kokonaisuudesta. Ensimmäiset 9 väylää vaihtelevat 23 ja 57 metrin välillä. Jälkimmäiset 9 väylää ovat lyhyitä, 10-15 metrisiä. MultiGolfParkissa pystyt pelaamaan frisbeegolfin lisäksi puistogolfia, pallogolfia ja jalkapalloa. Lyhyemmät väylät ovat todella lyhyitä ja pyörätuolilla liikkuvat voivat kulkea väylällä asvaltoitua reittiä […]
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Cara Hovius on ensimmäinen naispuolinen DiscGolfPark-suunnittelija. Hän tutustui frisbeegolfiin ensimmäisen kerran kolmekymppisenä vuonna 2017: ”En ole koskaan ollut erityisen urheilullinen ihminen, mutta rakastan vaeltamista ja luonnossa liikkumista. Siksi oli mahtavaa tutustua urheilulajiin, joka yhdisti nämä molemmat asiat. Toivon, että olisin jo vuosia aiemmin tutustunut lajiin”. Cara alkoi pian sen jälkeen ilmoittautua vapaaehtoistyöntekijäksi useissa eri tapahtumissa […]
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