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
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
6 pro tips on building your town’s first disc golf course
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...
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...
