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| My disc and shirt match! |
How does one go about explaining disc golf? Well, it is like golf except it lacks the etiquette and “prestige” of regular golf. But do not become alarmed, as these characteristics have been replaced by more pleasurable characteristics. For one, rather than feeling constantly on edge of breaking some rule the disc golfer will find himself sharing pleasant conversations with other disc golfers whom he has never met. These conversations range from “how you shooting?” to “what’s your dog’s name?” (yes you can bring dogs) to even the occasional “Want a beer?”
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| bunch of dudes playing some disc golf. |
It is impossible to explain disc golf without comparing it to golf. There similarities are as a like as there differences are different. For one, both games use the “par” system where a player is trying to get it into a hole within a certain amount of shots. But with disc golf a disc is used while with golf a ball is used. In Golf the players attempt to get the ball in a hole in the ground while in disc golf the player attempts to get the disc into a chained basket that is above ground. In Golf, silence is more important than breathing. In Disc golf massive amounts of silence would just make for unnecessary awkward silence.
There is a constant tension and frustration I feel when I play golf. There is a constant relaxation and an “oh well” type of attitude when I play disc golf. For me, golf is perpetually painful. Even, when I make a great shot I am still stuck with the ever present anxiety of “I still have another shot” yet with disc golf there is the ever present excitement of “Can I do something awesome with this shot?”
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| Me next to the basket that you have to make the disc in. |
When I make a lousy shot in disc golf I simply shrug my shoulders and move forward. When I make a lousy shot in golf I must listen to my peers explain the miniscule details which lead to the massive error in my shot.
Though both games could be simply summed up with “put that thing in there” I find one incredibly enjoyable while the other flat out painful.
We all define “making it” in life in a different way. The day I hold my first “business meeting” on the disc golf course I will “have made it”…
Let me sum it up with this simple analogy. If Golf were a woman I would go against all the lessons I have learned in my life. I would go ahead with my impulse and kick it really hard in the shin! If Disc Golf were a woman I would take it on a date and even pay for her when she ordered the expensive salmon on the menu!
