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The Other Golf

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All my life, I’ve been terrible at sports. I couldn’t hit a baseball to save my life, or sink a basketball either, and I don’t even want to talk about football. I used to think I’d never be able to experience the joy that more athletically gifted people derive from a sunny Sunday spent out on their field of choice. All that changed when I went to college and learned about disc golf, and now I finally have an answer when someone asks me what one of my favorite sports

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Affectionately known as a “non-sport”—that is, a sport for people who don’t like disc golf is very similar to regular golf, but instead of hitting balls with a club, players throw weighted flying discs at basketlike targets. Just like in traditional “ball golf,” you start from a tee, and the object is to get your disc in the hole in the fewest number of shots. Disc-golf courses are similar to those of traditional golf in that normally have 18 holes, some of which are harder than unique combinations of traditional golf obstacles like trees, bushes, and ponds.

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Disc golf is sometimes mistakenly “Frisbee golf,” but the discs used are actually very different from Frisbees: they’re weighted and have tapered edges, and so can be thrown much greater accuracy. There are even different kinds of discs, designed for different types of shots: drivers for distance, putters to land safely in the basket, and “trick” discs that curve to get around obstacles.

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Despite the game’s “non-sport” reputation, it takes skill and practice to get good at throwing a disc accurately. The have obviously spent a lot of time getting good enough those amazing shots Most people who play disc golf are so laid-back that the game is more about being pleasantly surprised you make a good shot than embarrassed when you make a bad one.

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Although such a claim is hard to prove, disc golf is commonly referred to as the fastest-growing sport in the world.
Most of them are located in public parks and are free to play on. The discs can be found at almost any sporting-goods store, and a quick Internet search will you about courses in your area. So if someone who thought you’d never be good at sports, what are you waiting for?