All About Disc Golf

Series Summary

Disc golf is played in parks throughout the United States and is enjoyed by amateurs and pros alike. One great hallmark of disc golf is that it is usually free to play and discs are cheap to buy. Another key feature to disc golf is that it is enjoyable for brand new beginners because it is easy to learn (much easier than golf). However, there is a great variability in technical skills that a disc golfer can use; consequently, the game never get old for even veteran disc golfers. If you have never played disc golf and would like to learn some basic disc golf skills and disc golf rules, you have come to the right place. Our expert can show you for free how to play disc golf.

In this free how-to video series, learn how to play disc golf from expert disc golfer C.R. Willey. C.R. will teach you what you need to know to get started playing disc golf, with tips such as what equipment you need, what accessories are good to buy for playing disc golf, and how to play with proper disc golf etiquette. He will also teach you how to use the disc golf tee pad, and will demonstrate how to grip the disc for a backhand throw, how to drive the disc down the fairway, how to do the forehand throw, how to approach the disc golf basket, how to mark your disc before you throw, how to throw a disc around obstacles on a disc golf course, how to play a disc golf hole, how to putt in disc golf, and how to stretch before playing disc golf.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm C.R. Willey on behalf of Expert Village. We're here to learn how to play Disc Golf today. Disc Golf is similar to ball golf. You can have nine hole courses, eighteen hole courses. You use Frisbees instead of the little white ball and you try to make your way around the park in as few throws as possible. It's not just a little pitch and put game. It's often times you walk more than a mile while you play Disc Golf. Through the woods, through the trees, over the hill, across lakes, ponds, to grandmother?s house we go. It's a lot of fun and most of the parks are free to play, because they're set up city and county parks. Very few of them are privately owned that you have to pay to play. The Golf?s have different flight characteristics, where some will fly better to the left; some will fly better to the right. Of course, unless they have enough spin they?re going to fall to the ground. Originally it started out with people just smacking a tree. Then they came up with these great targets that catch the Frisbee. When you throw the Frisbees into the basket it actually catches them, and that signifies the end of that hole. Then you go to the next teeing area and you start from there and the whole game begins all over. It's a challenge on every hole. Like I said, some are nine holes, some are eighteen holes. I've even seen some twenty seven hole courses. I'm here with my friend Darren Matola to help teach you and show you how to play Disc Golf. If you want to come out and play, go online and find a course near you. There's a course directory that shows where the courses are throughout the United States and the world. It's a worldwide sport. It's not just in Florida or California. Everyone that has a dog, they bring their dogs out to the course, but my dog doesn't really throw the Frisbee that well. He is basically my spotter."