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The Covid 19 pandemic caused havoc for disc golf during 2020. Its effects strained the supply chain, disrupted tournaments, and even closed many courses. But the effects of the pandemic also caused unprecedented growth for the sport.
With disc golf growing at an unprecedented pace, your input matters more than ever. The results this survey provides are beneficial for sponsors, tournament directors, disc golf companies, and parks departments considering adding disc golf.
This survey takes about 15-30 minutes to complete and will close on January 31st.
To review topics covered in past State of Disc Golf surveys, click the “State of Disc Golf” category in the sidebar for any appropriate year, or just click this link here.
Disc golf related prizes of all types will be given to random winners who fill out the survey. Past years prizes have included discs, bags, and portable disc golf baskets.
Please share the survey with your disc golf friends and disc golf social media groups. The results to this survey are valuable to disc golfers everywhere, and everyone’s input matters.
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My time playing disc golf has been defined by things that have changed. Course basket locations change, my form as a player has gone through many changes, and even the discs themselves have physically changed when I slam them into trees off the tee-box.
Although some of the changes we have seen during 2020 have been awful, there have been many positives for disc golf. PDGA memberships, discs sold, and interest in the sport are at an all-time high. The PDGA reports that memberships are up above 15% from the previous year and tour events are up over 15% worldwide (with a 12.91% increase in the USA, and at least a 20% growth in Europe, Canada, Africa/Asia, and Latin America). And I’ve been told that not everyone in that 15% growth is a former Ultimate Frisbee player, despite what you may be hearing out there.
Unfortunately, some of the changes haven’t been great for disc golfers. Higher interest in the sport means courses are seeing more traffic, tournaments are seeing larger waitlists, and it has become tougher to find new discs due to production and stock issues.
On the topic of finding new discs, it feels like this could be an easier problem to solve. The PDGA has strict technical standards for all disc manufacturers, so there are only a finite number of possible combinations in making discs.
If there are only a limited number of configurations allowed, then there must be discs that I would love out there that I haven’t tried to throw yet. It also means, there should be multiple options to replace my favorite lost, out of stock, or out of production disc.
In disc golf, sometimes great results happen due to skill, and sometimes they happen due to sheer luck. I need all the luck I can out on the course, so I will defer to the data in answering this question.
Using data from the Infinite Blog, I wanted to see what brands/discs were popular, and what other discs could be considered.
Let’s first look at what disc types make the Top 20 most often from the past 3 months.
Interesting to note that Control Drivers make the list the fewest number of times. Though I don’t have much arm speed or skill in general, I noticed that I also bag more distance drivers than control drivers.
Now let’s see which brands show up the most in the Top 20 data.
The big brands make up most sales, but we see some other great, smaller brands too. Now let’s see which individual discs appear most on the Top 20 data we are examining.
So, given today’s out of stock issues and the rise of some great new brands, I wanted to identify which discs are just as worth throwing as the most popular discs using disc dimensions provided by the PDGA, flight numbers provided by manufacturers, and all other data I could find.
It was eye opening to see how many similar options were out there from both big and small brands. The below table shows some of my findings.
| Disc | Similar Alternative 1 | Similar Alternative 2 | Similar Alternative 3 | |
| Distance Driver | Destroyer | Discraft Surge | Axiom Discs Defy | MVP Photon |
| Control Driver | Sphinx | Discraft Heat | Westside Discs Underworld | Legacy Mongoose |
| Control Driver | FD | Latitude 64 River | Gateway Assassin | Kastaplast Falk |
| Mid Range | Buzzz | Innova Colt | Axiom Theory | DGA Squall |
| Putt & Approach | Zone | Dynamic Discs Suspect | MVP Entropy | Infinite Discs Ruin |
| Putt & Approach | Aviar | Discmania Link | Yikun Discs Claws | Infinite Discs Alpaca |
If you’re interested in seeing alternatives for other discs, I’ve compiled this research into a web tool. This is a great tool to help you find discs golf discs similar to your favorites when they are sold out. Check it out here: www.TryDiscs.com
The quest to find my perfect disc is still ongoing. I may never get there but the journey of throwing and trying new discs is most of the fun.
This is a guest post submitted by Hasan Iqbal
Author Bio:
Hasan grew up in Georgia and has become obsessed with disc golf since he started playing in 2018. Hasan attended Georgia State University and the University of Delaware and is now working as a data scientist. In his spare time, Hasan has been working on Try Discs to help disc golfers find their next favorite disc. He can regularly be found on the wonderful courses around metro Atlanta with his dog, Scooby.
With the global pandemic shutting down much of organized Ultimate in 2020, many Ultimate Frisbee players have picked up disc golf as a new hobby.
While these are both flying disc sports, the flight of Ultimate discs is substantially different than that of most disc golf discs. Ultimate Frisbee players are able to adapt to and excel at disc golf faster than many without frisbee backgrounds, but learning to throw disc golf discs can be a frustrating experience.
In this article we are going to discuss the best golf discs for ultimate frisbee players. We’re going to go over some of the different golf discs that fly and feel more like Ultimate Frisbees, and provide tips for helping Ultimate players transition to disc golf.
We’ve asked hundreds of Ultimate players for their feedback and have assembled our own local panel of players to help us determine the absolute best frisbee golf discs for the Ultimate player.
The overwhelming feedback from Ultimate to Disc Golf converts is to start out with putters and midrange discs. From our online voting, these are the top 15 golf discs recommended for the Ultimate Frisbee player. Note that not a single driver made the top 15.
| Rank | Disc Name | Disc Type |
| 1 | Innova Mako3 | Midrange |
| 2 | Innova Sonic | Putter |
| 3 | Discraft Buzzz | Midrange |
| 4 | Discraft Comet | Midrange |
| 5 | Infinite Discs Anubis | Midrange |
| 8 | Innova Zephyr | Specialty Disc |
| 6 | Discraft Buzzz SS | Midrange |
| 7 | Discraft Meteor | Midrange |
| 9 | Innova Aviar | Putter |
| 10 | Innova Condor | Specialty Disc |
| 11 | Discraft Zone | Approach Disc |
| 12 | Innova Nova | Putter |
| 13 | Innova Polecat | Putter |
| 14 | Innova Fuse | Midrange |
| 15 | Dynamic Discs Truth | Midrange |
It’s also interesting to note that almost all of the most highly recommended discs are made by the top two brands Innova and Discraft. It’s no surprise that a high number of Ultimate players choose Discraft as this brand is by far the #1 choice for Ultimate Frisbees. When it comes to organized Ultimate teams and leagues a few teams use Aria, but basically everyone else in the US throws Discraft.
According to our online feedback, the following are the best putters for Ultimate Players. In general, the more understable flying putters — like the Innova Sonic, and the deep dish putters were recommended.
| 1 | Sonic |
| 2 | Aviar |
| 3 | Zone |
| 4 | Dart |
| 5 | Nova |
| 5 | Polecat |
| 5 | Rattler |
| 7 | Luna |
| 8 | Fierce |
| 9 | Myth |
| 9 | Sol |
| 10 | Banger GT |
| 11 | Birdie |
| 12 | Challenger |
| 13 | Cohort |
| 14 | Deputy |
| 15 | Ruru |
| 15 | Tui |
When it comes to Midranges, neutral flying wide diameter mids were the most highly recommended.
| 1 | Innova Mako3 |
| 2 | Discraft Buzzz |
| 3 | Discraft Comet |
| 4 | Infinite Discs Anubis |
| 5 | Discraft Buzzz SS |
| 6 | Discraft Meteor |
| 7 | Latitude 64 Fuse |
| 8 | Dynamic Discs Truth |
| 9 | Innova Roc |
| 10 | Innova Shark |
| 11 | Innova Cobra |
| 12 | Prodigy M4 |
| 13 | Innova Tomahawk |
| 14 | DD Emac Truth |
| 15 | Discraft Archer |
While drivers are the most difficult for Ultimate Players to get used to, once they do they absolutely love getting the incredible distance that only a bevel edge golf disc can provide. While many like to recommend the low speed drivers that are best for normal beginners, many Ultimate players can handle understable high speed drivers after just a few throws. Listed below are the most recommended drivers for the Ultimate convert.
| 1 | Infinite Discs Maya |
| 2 | Discraft Avenger SS |
| 3 | Innova Leopard |
| 4 | Innova Roadrunner |
| 5 | Latitude 64 Diamond |
| 6 | Innova Shryke |
| 7 | Innova Teebird |
| 8 | Innova Sidewinder |
| 9 | Discmania FD |
| 10 | Discraft Hades |
| 11 | Axiom Insanity |
| 12 | TSA Mantra |
| 13 | Latitude 64 River |
| 14 | Infinite Discs Sphinx |
| 15 | DGA Sail |
Are you an Ultimate player who has picked up disc golf? Let us know what discs did it for you and helped in your transition. Our goal is to help make disc golf as enjoyable as possible for everyone, and having the right discs makes a big difference.
1. Choose a beginner friendly course. Disc golf is meant to be fun. It is not fun playing courses that are too difficult and frustrating for your skill level. It is not fun to lose, or even spend lots of time looking for your new expensive disc golf discs. Most disc golfers who learn to play on easy courses are the ones who become lifers and are still playing today.
2. Buy used and inexpensive discs when you start. Used discs are more understable and so generally work better for beginners. Until you have played enough that you’ve mastered basic control, you don’t really know which discs you should be getting anyways. Once you feel comfortable, head over to Infinite Discs where you can buy inexpensive disc golf discs. You can purchase on sale discs, x-outs, misprints, and bulk sets for extra savings. Be sure to check out the section on discs recommended for new players.
3. Don’t Imitate but build good habits. Dave’s third disc golf beginner tip is don’t imitate. Everybody is different. You don’t have the same length arms, you don’t have the same body type, speed, height, or weight. Learn how to throw biomechanically, with the proper technique which does not have to be the exact same as the way someone else throws. When you throw biomechanically you are throwing like in any sport. There is a correct way to move your arms, your legs, your head, the timing and the whole thing. Be sure to build good habits as building bad habits is hard to break. If you learn the correct technique at the beginning it is harder to have moderate success in the beginning, but by the end you will be the better player.
This is the question nobody is asking, but a lot of people are curious to find the answer to thanks to lots of extra Covid 19 stay at home time. What is the farthest flying putter?
In this video, professional disc golfer Drew Gibson helps us answer these all important questions. He also likely sets the world putter distance record for about ten different disc brands.
For this video, Drew used our top selling putter, over the last six months, from each disc golf brand. We carry over 40 different disc brands, but several of those brands are mostly irrelevant or no longer producing discs, so we didn’t bother including putters of disc golf brands unless their best selling at least made our top 75 putters list. The big brands like Innova, Discraft, and Dynamic Discs have dozens of different putters that all sell well. By comparison the top selling putter from Viking is not as popular as the 17th best selling putter from Innova.
Note, the Reptilian Stego thrown in this video is not really considered a putter, but as you can tell, in terms of distance it doesn’t go nearly as far as a putter, so Drew thought it would be good to compare that unique utility disc here.
In this quick clinic, professional disc golfers and UPlay Disc Golf founders Zoe Andyke and Dustin Keegan teach us basic tips of how to throw the disc farther and get more driving distance.
The number one thing that new players want is driving distance. Here are a few tips to help you get more:
1. Line up your arms to see how far you can reach back. By reaching back all the way, you have potential for more hit speed and much more power.
2. Turn your head, hips, and shoulders with your throw. Line your head up with your reachback and throw
3. Load your body for that perfect line by maintaining a perfect 90 degree angle.
4. Allow your bodies to pull through your arms utilizing the muscles in your legs and hips.
5. Allow your off hand (the one not holding the disc) to follow through.
6. Stay “springy” at the legs in an athletic position to maximize leg power. Don’t stand up straight when trying to throw for distance.
A “spin putt” is where you spin the disc by rotating your wrist at least 90 degrees during your putting motion. Spin putts are more effective when putting into headwinds and for longer distance putts. The spinning motion helps the disc travel farther and makes it less susceptible to movement from wind.
A “push putt” is often the preferred choice for closer putts. This putting style is also referred to as a loft or shovel putt. With a push putt you simply open your hand and let the disc come out. The push putt is recommended for short term accuracy. A big advantage of the push putt is that when these putts miss they generally stay much closer to the basket and require shorter comebacks.
Click this link for more disc golf putting tips by professional disc golfers.
