Jables Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Anyone ever play this? I discovered a course not far from my house, and being that I already spend a lotta my free time in parks on nice days I figured this would give me something to do aside from chasing babies playing with my kids. I tried it without kids first, with only a promotional frisbee from Sony for the PS2, and loved the shit out of it and am very excited to report I've just bought my first starter kit(bag and 5 discs) and seeing as I even get the weekend off, can't wait to break them in. So it turns out Disc Golf frisbees are designed with similar send to golf clubs. So you have drivers for distance, mid-rangers for accuracy/control, and then putters. I'm across the theoretical differences in design but am keen to see and feel how these actually uhm, look and feel. More to come as I chuck me way around town, apparently there's a decent community for this stuff here. Gosh, imagine what other grown-arse frisbee enthusiasts are like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted Tuesday at 09:11 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:11 PM this sounds like something i'd give a go and likely be terrible at, but at least have a bit of fun at it. how uh, how is it played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted Friday at 07:12 AM Share Posted Friday at 07:12 AM From my understanding, its essentially taking the overall rules of golf, but you're replacing the ball and club with a frisbee and your arm. So each course I'd presume has hazards, a par score etc. The biggest difference is the hole in golf is replaced with a funky looking chain basket for Frolf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted Friday at 02:22 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:22 PM 7 hours ago, the division of joy said: From my understanding, its essentially taking the overall rules of golf, but you're replacing the ball and club with a frisbee and your arm. So each course I'd presume has hazards, a par score etc. The biggest difference is the hole in golf is replaced with a funky looking chain basket for Frolf. Worth noting the word Frolf makes me deeply uncomfortable. Bur yeah, the only thing I'd add to this assessment is that the discs have different make ups for parity with golf clubs- there are drivers rated for glide and speed, mid range discs to replace your irons and wedges, then putters for getting it through the chains. It's the kinda thing I can take anywhere because there are courses all over the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted Saturday at 07:10 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:10 PM Is it because of Australian national treasure Frolf Harris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted Saturday at 10:33 PM Share Posted Saturday at 10:33 PM ahhh okay, as someone who deeply loathes the concept of most golf courses & the land they take up, at least this sounds more fun. i remain convinced that, outside of miniature golf, the majority of the fun golf can provide is easily found in driving ranges - with few exceptions okay, different sized discs for different tasks also makes sense - the daunting bit mostly comes from my realizing i've rarely thrown a frisbee with precision being the highest priority. how wide is this chain basket goal? can you take a mulligan, is the opposition given the opportunity to throw counter discs, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted yesterday at 08:28 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 08:28 AM (edited) 9 hours ago, The NZA said: ahhh okay, as someone who deeply loathes the concept of most golf courses & the land they take up, at least this sounds more fun. i remain convinced that, outside of miniature golf, the majority of the fun golf can provide is easily found in driving ranges - with few exceptions At the risk of being lazily racist, I choose to believe this 8bit gem is Takahashi from Curb your enthusiasm's origin, as it explains his strong feelings about black swans and maintaining order. I dragged the fam out to play nine holes this morning and despite being aggressively awful at throwing a frisbee, apparently, we still had a blast. Better yet, I didn't lose any gear! There's probably incorporated rules about mulligans, playing it where it lies, etc, but today has for sure shown me that I'm not ready to do this thing in front of people who take it seriously on any level, and will continue to sling my amatuer hour game in shame, away from the prying eyes of the Pine Rivers Disc Golf League. sidebar though- I get the conservation angle- flora and fauna were there first and there's nothing whiter than paving paradise to play an exclusionary AF game that is boring as hell, realised as I was typing it why you wouldn't dig hours out in the sunshine and was about to question why haha. Edited yesterday at 08:31 AM by Jables 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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