Ricky Wysocki, the #2 ranked disc golfer in the world, and arguably the best putter, gives a few putting tips to a clinic at the Cache County Fairgrounds. There are a lot of different ways to putt, different ways to grip the disc, and different stances that all work. Ricky recommends that you use the grip and stance that works best for you.
He emphasis these three points to improve your putting game:
1. Use your entire body.
2. Use your lower body to provide the power. Your arm guides the disc while the lower body provides the power.
3. When you bring the disc down before the putt, bend your leg, shift your weight to your back leg, and let the leg pop forward to provide the power.
During the biggest online shopping day of the year, all discs manufactured by Innova (the biggest disc golf manufacturer) will be on sale. These include Discmania and Millennium golf discs.
Discmania is one of the fastest growing brands and their discs continue to become more and more popular. Infinite Discs has among the largest selection of Discmania discs available including a huge selection with our popular Bomber and Illuminati stamps which are all on sale for Cyber Monday.
Cyber Monday marks the last day we are offering gift cards for the purchase of Large Bags, Backpacks and Disc Golf Carts. Purchase today and you will receive a gift card of the following denomination:
If the bag or cart you order is not in stock locally, we will have it drop shipped directly from the manufacturer. In case of drop ship, we will email you your gift card code.
At 11:59PM on Monday, November 28th our huge sale will end. This is the last day to get a deals box for $62.99. It’s also the last day to get reduced shipping on all discs, so quit reading, and thank you for shopping with Infinite Discs!
For spectacular Sunday, all Gateway, Legacy, Prodigy, and Vibram discs will be on sale. These “mid major” brands make excellent discs that the casual disc golfer may not be familiar with.
Gateway – Gateway has a full lineup of discs, but they are most well known for their top selling putters. The Gateway Wizard is one of the most popular selling putters on the market and is available in dozens of plastic blends — the most popular being Super Stupid Soft. One fun thing about Gateway putters is that they are available in a variety of different stamp types including popular the Infinite Bomber and Illuminati stamps. Gateway putter plastics are on sale today for just $8.99.
Legacy – Legacy discs also offers a full selection of discs. They regularly release unique limited edition stamps and beautiful plastic blends. If you’re interested in trying out Legacy discs while they are on sell, their most popular selling discs are drivers including the Outlaw, Enemy, Rival, Cannon, and Patriot.
Prodigy – Prodigy discs offers premium plastic discs with easy release technology that provides a comfortable feel and in many cases — more distance. For an even better deal on Prodigy discs, be sure to check out our huge selection of Prodigy factory seconds and misprints. Our top selling Prodigy discs are as follows: A4, D6, D2, D3, PA-1, and M4.
Vibram – Vibram offers a unique disc golf experience in that Vibram discs are actually made out of rubber rather than plastic. These discs offer exceptional grip, especially in cold and wet conditions. Vibram Soft is even more unique in that this blend is completely floppy and you can literally fold these discs in half. The Onyx and unLace are perhaps two of the best disc golf drivers available for beginners. The uniqueness of Vibram discs make them a great gift idea for the disc golfer. The Lace is Vibram’s top selling disc.
Reduced Shipping on ALL Disc Orders
During the sales weekend, we are discounting ALL discs by temporarily subsidizing our normal shipping charges.
Shipping for a one disc order this weekend is only $1.99 and the max disc shipping cost is just $4.69!
The more discs you purchase, the more money you save, even if you’re purchasing a disc that isn’t on sale today.
For Super Saturday, all plastic manufactured by Latitude 64 will be on sale. Latitude 64 is a major disc golf manufacturer located in Sweden. They manufacture their own discs, as well as the discs branded by Westside and Dynamic Discs. Many disc golfers feel that Latitude makes the best disc golf plastic on the market.
These disc brands are on sale beginning midnight Eastern time on Saturday, November 26th for one day only. Use these links to shop now for extra discounts on incredible discs now:
If you just now found our website, we have a lot more than just Trilogy on sale today. Save on a shirt, bag, towel, or if you aren’t sure what you want but would like several discs at a great price, you may want to try a deals box. Our mystery deals boxes offer a random assortment of premium plastic discs for less than $10 a disc! Every deals box includes at least one putter, midrange, and drivers of varying stabilities. Each box contains at least one limited edition disc, and disc molds from at least three different manufacturers. Use the link below to find out all the great disc golf deals we have going on all weekend.
For Black Friday all Discraft and DGA discs are on sale!
This includes all Discraft stock discs as well as the limited edition discs used as fundraisers for the Ledgestone Insurance Open only available on InfiniteDiscs.com. Some premium plastics with a MSRP of $25 are priced as low as $10.99! Be sure to check out the ridiculously low prices on the Glo Undertaker, Sparkle Buzzz, Titanium Crank SS, CryZtal Buzzz GT and Titanium Roach. With Discrafts prices increasing in 2017, today is the day to stock up on all of your favorite Discraft discs.
DGA has also stepped it up for the big sale by offering their two most popular selling discs, the Pipeline and Sail in SP line plastic. The 4th Midnight Flyer (Steady) is now also available as a limited run.
New Releases by MVP
Black Friday also marks the release of several new and limited edition molds by MVP. The popular Matrix (midrange used in the MVP circuit) will finally be available for retail purchase. It will be available in the stock stamp as well as the limited edition Dual Foil Sci-Fi Dyscotopia stamp.
Deals All Weekend!
To help you celebrate savings and get some incredible disc golf deals, we have a number of doorbuster deals, as well as huge savings on discs, bags, apparel, and accessories. Full details on where you can find the best savings can be found here:
Our weekend of disc golf deals begins on Thanksgiving with all MVP and Axiom discs on sale. Unlike most other disc golf brands, MVP/Axiom discs are substantially different than other golf discs that use a single uniform plastic. Maple Valley Plastics uses something called “Gyro” technology, where the outside rim of the discs is more dense than the flight plate creating different flight patterns and tendencies. If you haven’t tried MVP or Axiom Discs before, this is a great opportunity to try a unique new disc while they are on sale.
Not only will Thursday’s deals get you an even better price than our already low MVP prices, but we will also be introducing our Triple Foil Blitzkrieg Bomber stamp. Inspired by our popular bomber stamp, the Blitzkrieg utilizes three different foils.
This is a LIMITED edition disc and there were only 1000 total discs made. On Thanksgiving day only, these Blitzkrieg stamp discs will also be priced on sale well below market value.
MVP & Axiom discs make a great gift as they provide something different for the disc golfer who has everything. Whether you’re looking for an artistic collectible, or just something different, the Blitzkreig stamp is the perfect gift for the gift golf fanatic.
To search specifically for Blitzkreig Stamped discs, use our Advanced search.
Simply select “Extras” then stamp type “Infinite Discs Blitzkrieg”
All Weekend Deals
In addition to MVP being on sale, we have a number of doorbuster deals that will begin Thursday and will be available while supplies last. Check out this post for our deals on discs, bags, apparel, and accessories.
This weekend Northern Utah will host the Pureline Championships disc golf tournament on the Sherwood Hills “ball golf” course. The TD, Steve Suhaka, has spent countless hours meeting and negotiating with the course owners and groundskeepers to allow us to have this tournament there. The price agreed on to reserve the course for the day is not cheap, but the course is amazing, and we’re hoping that this tournament will open doors for potential of a future permanent disc golf solution on this underutilized land.
I don’t have financial numbers, but know from general observation that this golf course is rarely (if ever), at full capacity. The course, including 200 acres of land and a nice club house is currently listed for sale for just $2,000,000, which leads me believe that the golf course itself is not very profitable. When I called to make a “tee time” to play a round this afternoon and the course pro admitted that it’s never busy so reserving tee times isn’t necessary.
Why are the course owners opposed to having disc golf on golf courses if it has potential to bring extra revenue for almost no additional cost?
I went with Steve to one of the negotiating meetings with the owner (an elderly lady in her seventies) and it seemed that her two big concerns were:
It would interfere with the “ball” golfers experience.
The discs would cause damage to the greens, and nice greens are where the money is made.
I saw this video on my Facebook feed this morning posted by Dude Apparel that illustrates the cultural judgements of Skiiers attitudes towards Snowboarders in the 1980’s.
When this news report was filmed, ski resort operators simply refused to allow snowboarders to ride their lifts. A similar attitude likely exists between many “golfers” and disc golfers. The reason they are likely opposed for now is because they don’t fully understand.
Is this a real issue? Is it simply judgments and stereotyping that make it difficult to get disc golf on ball golf courses, or are there negative consequences that make having the disc golf option a bad idea?
After having the temp course in for two days the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The course manager has even requested that we leave the baskets up for a few more days. Now that it appears we have overcome the stereotyping and potential conflicts, it looks like having a coinciding permanent disc golf course might indeed be a real option.
If we look at golfing trends, a disc golf option really is something many golf courses should consider.
Graphs Comparing the Growth of Disc Golf and the Decline in Ball Golf
Here are trends showing the number of golfers in the United States according to the National Golf Foundation. As you can see, the trend over the past five years has been declining for both “total golfers” and “committed golfers”.
In disc golf there isn’t a survey that accurately reflects the total number of people that play disc golf in a way similar to the NGF data. However, the trend in active PDGA member clearly shows a rapid increase in the amount of tournament participating disc golfers.
Number of Traditional Golf vs Disc Golf Courses
While the number of open ball golf courses has declined for the last decade, the number of disc golf courses have dramatically risen in most areas.
This Graph is not an apples to apples comparison, but the trends are clear. For statistics used in the graph, ball golf only counts 9 hole courses as a “half” course, and the number of disc golf courses displayed is any sized course including the little 6 holer. In addition, I was unable to dig up US only courses, so the disc golf course statistics displays course throughout the world and not just in the US.
In Utah unprofitable golf courses, many of which are publicly owned, are a big problem for local governments and economies. Many cities have had to spend public taxpayer funds to pay the bills because the golf course revenue alone is not self sustaining. In recent years, several courses throughout the state have been shut down because they simply lost too much money. The question of what to do with the current public golf courses has been a political hot topic. One of these courses, the Jordan River Par three course, was completely shut down as an operating golf course and has now been transformed into a permanent disc golf course that requires very little public maintenance. With disc golf, they don’t have to maintain expensive greens and fairways or mow as often. At the Jordan River course, it doesn’t even look like they water a good portion of the disc golf course.
What Disc Golfers are Willing to Pay for a Round of Gold
The reality is that most disc golf courses are in public areas that are free to play. In general, disc golfers are used to playing a round without financial constraint. However, if the course is excellent and well maintained, almost all disc golfers are willing to pay for a round of golf.
From the 2016 State of Disc Golf Survey we see that 95.6% of disc golfers are willing to pay up to $3 for a round and almost 90% are willing to pay up to $5. There starts to be a significant decline when the rounds get more costly, but more than half–53.6% of respondents said that they are willing to play up to $10 per round.
While the average disc golfer isn’t willing to pay as much per round as the average ball golfer, they are willing to pay to play. Perhaps many financially strained and closing golf courses could remain open by creating additional revenue streams through disc golf, even if disc golf is only available during non peak hours.
The 9 hole Mulligans golf course in Ogden, Utah is now also a championship level disc golf course used for the Utah Open, a premier tournament that will be on the 2017 Disc Golf Pro Tour. With the way things seem to be going with our trial experience, perhaps we will also see the Sherwood Hills golf course on this exclusive tour.
Have you played disc golf on a ball golf course? If so where is the course at, and what was your experience?
