Every beginner does the same thing. They walk into a disc golf shop \u2014 or worse, start browsing online \u2014 see 47 different discs with flight numbers that don’t mean anything yet, panic, and either buy way too much or ask some guy at the counter who sells them a 15-disc starter set they absolutely […]
The Only 3 Discs You Need to Start (I’m Serious, Just 3) Read More »
I check my PDGA rating probably once a week. Sometimes more. I’m not proud of this. It’s not a healthy habit. Brendan has caught me doing it on my phone and made fun of me about it multiple times. “Your number go up?” he’ll ask, which is annoyingly accurate as a summary of what I’m
How Disc Golf Ratings Work (And Why I Wish I Didn’t Know) Read More »
There’s this guy at Milo McIver \u2014 I’ve seen him probably six or seven times over the years \u2014 and every time I see him he’s doing something that makes me want to scream. Last time he was playing music out loud from his phone speaker. Not headphones, not a quiet bluetooth speaker, just his
Disc Golf Etiquette: The Unwritten Rules Nobody Tells You Read More »
There’s a hole at Milo McIver \u2014 hole 5 on the East course \u2014 where water guards the right side on the approach. The smart play is obvious: stay left, have a longer approach, take your par. The hero play is threading a line that cuts closer to the water, saving maybe 30 feet on
Course Management for Mortals: When to Stop Being a Hero Read More »
Okay. We need to talk. Sit down. This is an intervention. I’m not even kidding \u2014 I’ve had this conversation so many times at this point that I’m just gonna write it all out so I can send people a link instead of repeating myself at Milo every other Tuesday. You bought a Destroyer. I
Why You Don’t Need a Destroyer \u2014 An Intervention Read More »
For my first year of disc golf, I avoided understable discs like they were defective. Someone at a shop told me they were “flippy” \u2014 said it like it was a bad thing \u2014 and I internalized that. Flippy sounded unreliable. Flippy sounded like a disc that wouldn’t do what I wanted. I wanted stable,
Understanding Understable Discs (And Why I Wish I’d Started With Them) Read More »
Most beginners make the same mistake: they go overstable too fast. They hear “stable” and think “good.” They see overstable discs fighting the wind and think “powerful.” They buy a bag full of meat hooks and then wonder why everything fades into the same spot. Meanwhile, understable discs sit on the shelf, ignored. Dismissed as
Understable Discs: Your Secret Weapon (Seriously) Read More »
If you only owned one disc \u2014 like, desert island scenario, one disc forever \u2014 it should be a midrange. I will die on this hill. Drivers are fun but inconsistent. Putters don’t go far enough. Midranges do everything. And if you’re asking me which midrange, I already know my answer because I’ve had this
Best Midranges for Beginners (The Buzzz Is Perfect, I’m Not Taking Questions) Read More »
I live in Oregon. It rains here approximately 200 days a year. If I only played disc golf on dry days, I’d play maybe twice a month from November to April. So I play in the rain. A lot. I’ve developed systems. Some of them even work. Here’s everything I know about disc golf in
Playing in the Rain: A PNW Survival Guide Read More »
Pier Park is where I first saw disc golf being played. I didn’t know what it was at the time \u2014 this was maybe 2015, before I’d started playing \u2014 I was just walking my dog through the park and saw people throwing frisbees at metal baskets. Thought it looked weird. Interesting, but weird. A
Pier Park: Portland’s Best Free Course (And Where I Learned to Play) Read More »
