How to play Disc Golf

Learn the rules to the sport game Disc Golf quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.Show more

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RULES:
The object of the game is to have the fewest total strokes. One throw, called a stroke, is counted each time the disc is thrown and when a penalty is incurred. Each hole begins with a tee throw and is completed when the disc comes to rest in the designated disc golf basket called the hole. Tee throws must be completed within or behind the designated tee area. Once all players have thrown, the player whose disc is farthest from the hole is always the next to throw. A player can use any of their discs for each throw, or use the same disc for multiple throws, so long as they only throw 1 disc at a time. You may throw the disc however you like.

The lie is the spot where the player’s previous throw landed. Mark each lie with a mini marker disc or leave the thrown disc on the ground where it landed. That player’s subsequent throw is made from directly behind the marked lie.

The fairway is any location that is more than 10 meters away from the hole. Fairway throws must be made from directly behind the lie. A run-up and normal follow-through, after release, is allowed, unless the lie is within 10 meters of the hole. Any shot within 10 meters of the hole requires that the player maintain balance and not move past the lie until the disc comes to a complete rest.

A mandatory, also called a mando, is one or more designated trees or poles in the fairway that must be passed on the correct side as indicated by an arrow. If you pass your disc to the wrong side of mandatory, you must either play from the previous lie, or from a marked drop zone area if applicable, and add a one penalty stroke to your total.

If the disc lands out of bounds, as indicated by the out of bounds terrain being visible between the disc and the out of bounds line, then the disc is considered out of bounds and it must be played from a point up to 1 meter in-bounds from where the disc crossed over the out of bounds line. Permanent water hazards, public roads, and most park boundaries are almost always out of bounds.

A disc that comes to rest in the disc golf basket or is suspended in the chains constitutes the successful completion of a hole and the disc is removed before another player takes a throw. Once all players complete the hole you all move onto the next hole and the player with the fewest number of strokes from the previous hole is the first to tee off on the next hole, followed by the next lowest and so on.

At the end of the course, the player with the fewest total strokes, wins.