How to Score in Frisbee Golf

Video Transcript

"Hi there. I'm Steve Carson from Stumptown Disc Golf, and we're here at Leverage Park in Vancouver Washington, USA to talk about how to score in disc golf. Disc golf is scored like other forms of golf: ball golf, miniature golf, or even the card game golf, where the person with the lowest score wins. In disc golf, the object is to throw a flying disc from a tee area to a goal in as few throws as possible. Each throw counts as one point, or stroke. The person with the least number of throws wins. Occasionally, a throw will land out of bounds, or some other event will happen which causes a penalty. A penalty stroke is added to the number of throws, and the letter P is written on the scorecard to designate that the score was the result of a penalty. Golf scores are normally compared to a par score for each hole. The par score is set based on the distance and difficulty of the hole. Longer, more difficult holes have higher pars. Most disc golf holes have a score of three designated as par. Disc golf uses the same scoring vocabulary as balled golf. If it takes you one less throw than par, then players call that a birdie. A hole that takes one more throw than par is called a bogey. An eagle is two strokes under par, and a double bogey is two strokes over par. Disc golfers usually refer to a hole-in-one as an ace. One of the greatest things about playing disc golf on an established course is that you can compare your score to how you played the last time on that course. There are many good websites and scoring systems you can use to keep track of your best games."