Disc Golf
History of Disc Golf
When Frisbees were invented people started creating and playing games. Frisbee golf, in some form, was probably played around the turn of the century. But the modern day Frisbee golf started in the late 60's. George Sappenfield, a Californian, realized that golf would be a lot of fun if played with Frisbees. He set up a course of targets for kids to play on. A year later Sappenfield introduced the game to many other Frisbee players. Many of them brought the game back to the U.C. Berkeley. It quickly became popular and they installed a permanent course in 1970. Meanwhile on the East coast standardized targets were created and the game became more serious. It was "Steady Ed" Headrick, a great Frisbee innovator, that made the biggest contribution the modern game. In 1976, Headrick and his son invented and patented the standardized disc catcher called a "Disc Pole Hole", that is still used today. With this invention he established the first permanent 18-hole course at Oak Grove Park in California. 1976 is known and accepted as the beginning of modern Frisbee golf. After 1976 the sport grew like crazy and never looked back. Now Frisbee golf has become the most widespread and popular organized frisbee sport.
In USA there are over 1000 Frisbee Golf courses.
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Frisbee Golf Rules
A.Players should not throw until they are certain that the thrown frisbee will not distract or injure another player.
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Teeing order on the first teeing area is determined by the order in which the scorecards.
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Teeing order on all subsequent tees is determined by the scores on the previous hole, with the lowest score throwing first, and so on. If the previous hole was a tie, the scores are to be counted back until the order is resolved.
D.After all the players in the group have teed off, the player farthest from the hole, (the away player), throws first.
Definitions:
Ace: Making the hole in one stroke
Away: Frisbee furthest from the hole, to be played first
Birdie: Making a hole in one stroke less then par
Match: A game
Par: Expected score for a hole; a set number of strokes
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(Text adapted from New Egypt H.S. website)
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