Disc Golf History & Rules

Disc Golf

Skills-Based Lifetime Activities

Disc Golf History

• "Steady" Ed Headrick is considered the Father of Disc Golf

• Disc Golf is played like traditional golf, but with discs (frisbees) instead of balls and clubs

• PDGA stands for Professional Disc Golf Association

Multiple Choice

Who is considered the Father of Disc Golf?

• James Naismith

• William G. Morgan

• British army officers

• Ed Headrick

Multiple Choice

Disc golf is played similarly to which sport?

• basketball

• badminton

• tennis

• golf

Disc Golf History

• In 1975, “Steady” Ed installed the first official disc golf course at Oak Grove Park in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California

• The targets were nothing more than permanent poles placed into the ground for targets

Multiple Choice

• In 1975, “Steady” Ed installed the first official disc golf course where?

• San Antonio, Texas

• Pasadena, California

• Nashville, Tennessee

• San Diego, California

Disc Golf Rules

• Each hole begins with a tee throw.

• Tee throws must be completed within or behind the designated tee area.

Multiple Choice

Each hole begins with a __________

• tee throw

• running start

• at the disc baskets

• fairway throw

Disc Golf Rules

• The lie is the spot where the player’s previous throw has landed.

• Mark each lie with a mini marker disc or leave the thrown disc on the ground where it landed.

• The player’s next throw is made from directly behind the marked lie.

Multiple Choice

• The lie is the spot where the player’s previous throw has landed.

• True

• False

Disc Golf Rules

• The player with the least amount of strokes on the previous hole is the first to tee off on the next hole.

• After all players have teed off, the player whose disc is farthest from the hole always throws first.

Multiple Choice

Who is the first to tee off on the next hole?

• the person with the most strokes

• the person with the least strokes

Multiple Choice

• The player whose disc is ________ to the hole always throws first

• closest

• furthest

Disc Golf Rules

• A disc that comes to rest in the disc golf basket or suspended in the chains constitutes the successful completion of that hole

Multiple Choice

• A disc that comes to rest in the ________ this constitutes the successful completion of that hole

• fairway

• tee throw

• disc golf basket

• out of bounds

Disc Golf Common Courtesy

• REMAIN QUIET AND AVOID UNNECESSARY MOVEMENTS WHILE OTHERS ARE THROWING.

• STAND BEHIND THE PLAYER WHO IS THROWING UNTIL THROW IS COMPLETE.

• REMOVE DISC FROM DISC POLE HOLE® AFTER COMPLETING THE HOLE.

• ALLOW FASTER GROUPS TO PLAY THROUGH WHEN POSSIBLE.

• PICK UP TRASH AND PUT IN PROPER RECEPTACLES.

• DO NOT ALTER THE COURSE (TREES, BUSHES, ETC.) IN ANY WAY.

Multiple Choice

When a person is throwing, you should stand ______ them

• in front

• behind

• beside

Multiple Choice

You should allow faster groups to play through when possible

• True

• False