About Disc Golf:
The growing popularity of the game of disc golf begins with the essential fact that throwing a flying disc with power and accuracy is a marvelous sensation. The constant challenge, the social nature of the game, the good physical and mental conditioning, and the fact that it is inexpensive to play are also attractions. Disc golf is a recreational sport for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or ability.

The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc. Each consecutive throw is made from where the disc came to rest after the last throw. Score is determined by counting the number of throws made on each hole plus penalty throws and then summing all holes. The winner is the player who completes the course with the lowest score.

The course consists of a series of holes laid out so that when the player completes one hole he or she proceeds to the beginning of the next until all the holes have been played. The player is provided with a teeing area from which to begin each hole and a target to complete the hole. Disc golf courses are normally laid out among wooded areas with diverse terrain to provide natural obstacles to the flight of the disc. These natural obstacles are very much a part of the game and must not be altered by the players in any way to decrease the difficulty of a hole.

Disc golf is a game that expects high standards of etiquette and courtesy. Among the basic considerations of etiquette are such things as concern for spectators and other players and respect for plant life on the course.

For a more detailed look at the official rules of Disc Golf please visit the Professional Disc Golf Association.

Disc Golf at GCSU:
The BFC is presently building a disc golf course on West Campus.  Please contact us if you can contribute materials, money, labor, or other skills.  You can even sponsor a hole!

Check out the Myrtle Hills disc golf course!

Rolling Hills Disc Golf Course:
Our friend James Powell has constructed an eleven-hole course at Oak Hill Middle School.  The BFC sponsored hole #3 on this course!

Rolling Hills disc golf course

Middle Georgia Disc Golf Association:
The BFC is involved with this fine organization of local disc golf enthusiasts. 

Middle Georgia Disc Golf Association

National Collegiate Disc Golf Union:
This organization is helping college disc golf teams from around the country grow their programs.  In 2008, GCSU placed 9th in the country at the Collegiate Disc Golf Championship, held in North Augusta, South Carolina.  We are looking forward to improving on that performance at the 2009 Championships coming up April 17-19.

National Collegiate Disc Golf Union