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The highest governing body in disc golf, the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), classifies baskets into three categories, based upon hierarchical criteria: championship, standard, and basic. [2] These levels of disc golf baskets differ in several ways, including design, size, and color. The PDGA defines baskets as:
Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, [2] [a] is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target, using rules similar to golf. [ 4 ] The sport is usually played on a course with 9 or 18 holes, each consisting of a teeing area and target (basket).
In 1976 "Steady" Ed Headrick and his son Ken Headrick started the first disc golf company, the Disc Golf Association (DGA). [3] The purpose of DGA was to manufacture discs and targets and to formalize the game for disc golf. The first disc golf target was Ed's pole hole design which basically consisted of a pole sticking out of the ground.
Disc Golf Association's Mach 1 Disc Pole Hole disc golf basket [1] was the first formal disc golf target to incorporate chains and a basket on a pole and became the Technical Standards used by the PDGA. [2] Disc Golf Association (DGA) sponsors a disc golf team called Team DGA and various Disc Golf Tournaments. [3]
The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the promotion and sustainable growth of disc golf. [1] The PDGA is the global governing body of disc golf. [ 2 ]
A disc golf throwing technique where the outside edge of the disc is tilted downward so that the top face of the disk is facing away from the thrower. This release causes the natural turn of a disc to be reduced. The steeper the angle, the more pronounced the effect. Hole out To successfully complete play of a hole.
Disc golf is a game based on the rules of golf (referred to by disc golfers as "ball and stick golf"). It uses discs smaller and denser than an ultimate disc. The discs are thrown towards a target, which serves as the "hole". The official targets are metal baskets with hanging chains to catch the discs.
"Steady Ed" Headrick [7] and Dave Dunipace are two inventors and players who greatly impacted how disc golf is played. In 1976 Headrick formalized the rules of the sport, founded the Disc Golf Association (DGA), the Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), [8] the Recreational Disc Golf Association (RDGA) and invented the first formal disc golf target [9] with chains and a basket. [10]