Now that June is upon us, summer is officially coming into full effect. That means longer days for playing disc golf – FTW!

^{Took the Shark for a swim on the way to the hole}

For the uninitiated, disc golf is a game very similar to the game known as golf. (Shout out to all my disc golfing steemians!) However, there are some distinctions to be made between traditional golf and disc golf.



Conveniently, Hive account@curtross made a detailed post about how disc golf is different and why that's good for society, 5 reasons Disc Golf will overtake Ball Golf in 5 years for anyone interested in getting into the game.

I started playing disc golf about ten years ago. What's still so appealing to me about the game is that, basically speaking, it's just a walk in the park with benefits.

One of the fitness benefits of disc golf is nobody uses a cart while playing, so a lot of walking (or sprinting, if you're feeling frisky!) is involved. Another benefit of disc golf is there are fewer restrictions, limitations and barriers to entry compared to the traditional game of golf (a.k.a. “ball golf”), therefore a larger demographic constitutes its body of players.

Disc golfers are a mostly friendly lot, from my experience over the last decade. Players on the course are generally very courteous and helpful to one another, instilling a spirit of camaraderie into the game. It's good clean fun for the whole family.

Together with Hive account@jschindler (who started playing in March 2018), I've been getting in more rounds than ever. When I started playing, I lived in a different state, so I am still exploring the courses around North Texas, where I currently reside. With my new partner on the course, disc golf has been extra fun this year!

Proof of Fun

Watch out for the train that runs next to the first hole at Jimmy Porter in Carrollton, it's hungry for discs. Too bad that reward is in dollars...

The Champion Valkyrie (a kind of driver disc made by Innova) was lost this season to a slimy, reedy creek at Jimmy Porter. A grabber is handy at this park for those of us with room for improvement in the accuracy department.

Short and shady putt, hole 4 at Jimmy Porter

I ate some beets, then a chocolate granola bar as a pre-game before going to Lenard L Woods Park in Lewisville. Someone with a knack for these kinds of things once told me there is great pleasure to be had in this food combination. Looks like it put a ☺ on my face.

LLW in Lewisville is very forgiving. There are far more pedestrians than "official" hazards.

LLW is also a long and skinny course, if that's what you're into.

Here at Hive account@jschindler, we endorse and support good times, especially at hole 3, LLW.

Water hazard at North Lakes in Denton. This was the first round Hive account@jschindler and I ever played together. He found the disc underwater that day, to my [slight] disbelief.

We didn't see any snakes. That's false advertising and I want my money back. (North Lakes is a free course, ma'am.)

My after face, all 18 holes at North Lakes. Also the same face I made when I realized I have no pictures of me throwing, only videos that I won't be uploading tonight.

Excuse me, would you care for some cheese with that disc?

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