The first DiscGolfPark in the state of Vermont is coming to the Town of Dover as the Horace Hill DiscGolfPark! Horace Hill is located just off Vermont Route 100 in the center of the village of West Dover. Spanning 53 acres, the land was purchased by the Town of Dover in 2019 in order to […]
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For the first time, the sport of Disc Golf will be represented at the prestigious GaLaBau trade fair in Nuremberg (September 11-14. Room 1, Stand 112), and DiscGolfPark is proud to be the one making it happen! This unique event offers municipalities, cities, clubs, and organizations the opportunity to discover how this rapidly growing sport […]
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To protect players and the environment as well as to keep visitors coming back, disc golf courses need tee pads. While any well-constructed teeing surface is better than none, we at DiscGolfPark recommend using high quality artificial turf in the vast majority of cases. What makes turf the best teeing surface for most disc golf […]
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Established in 1864, Gallaudet University is the world’s only liberal arts university dedicated entirely to education for the Deaf, the hard of hearing, and others who use ASL (American Sign Language). It’s located in the heart of Washington, D.C., under three miles from the White House. Established in 2023, Gallaudet University DiscGolfPark is the U.S. […]
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We’ve talked before about what makes a place ideal for disc golf tourism, but here we focus on a special niche: Destinations that can be havens for players hoping to escape cold and snow. Though there are plenty of disc golfers willing to brave icy conditions, almost no one would trade in t-shirt weather for […]
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In the rapidly growing world of leisure and sports, there is an emerging sport that is capturing the attention of cities, municipalities, communities, leisure facilities, and private organizations. Disc Golf, one of the rising sports of our time, is winning the hearts of people worldwide, and DiscGolfPark is right in the midst of it! DiscGolfPark, […]
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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 […]
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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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