Just last week, the esteemed PGA Tour came to the historic Greenbrier Resort here in southern West Virginia near the New River Gorge and played some golf.
The tools of the trade- disc golf discs
We hoped some of the players would make it over for a little white water rafting, but no. Didn’t happen.
Actually, the rafting was just a plot to trick them to play disc golf with us.
Hmmm, flying discs, you say? Yup. We have a great disc golf course and, yeah, it’s 18 holes. We don’t charge a thing to play it. The game is a blast, and it’s physically accessible for all ages and athletic ranges.
Okay, the key facts to the game are that the players must keep track of how many throws they take. The object is to get the target, which is a basket that your disc eventually (hopefully) lands in. The player who completes the course in the fewest number of throws wins the day.
Like golf. But with flying discs. And don’t call it a frisbee (that’s a whole different post).
You can stop in Songer’s Outfitters Store and get a map of the course. Oh, and having discs for each player helps, though it’s not necessary. We sell them in the store.
If you’re going white water rafting on the New River with us (or even -GASP- with another outfitter), stop by and play around. We’ll meet you on the first tee.
Tags: disc golf, free stuff, New River Rafting, vacation ideas
Disc Golf is the fastest growing sport in the world for many reasons. It is fun, inexpensive, and courses are so plentiful they are never far away. There are over 3000 courses in the world including the 4 at my home park, Lemon Lake in NW Indiana. My 3 kids and I have played disc golf since they were toddlers. We always had a pole hole (disc golf target) in our yard and a little creativity resulted in multiple tee spots for many exciting back yard competitions. For more info/video/golf discs see my cool disc golf site at:
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