by Bob
I started playing Ball golf at the age of 7 when my father brought me home a couple irons and some wiffle balls, I started playing disc Golf at 16 when a local park installed baskets. I love both sports each requires the same amount of concentration and both respect the golfer who is shooting. Now I must say disc Golf requires more athletic skills, more hand eye coordination, and more all around endurance. The course nearest to me that has offered both, has no restriction on when we play, charges us the same and we play right in line the the ball golfers. We are not playing in their sights, and we have been both curtious and entertaining by the comments made by them. I think the writter of this story is in the minority. If he is that easily distracted, then it might be time to work on his concentration not blame others for his own deficiency.

by David
So, there is a beautiful course that people pay to walk around hitting little white balls into little holes. Why do (ball) golfers think that it should be all for them. Personally, I think the elitist MORONS who play golf and want these courses all to themselves are wearing similar blinkers to those worn by the high horse atop which they sit! Are you superior to disc golfers because your sport is older? Better? Or are you just disappointed that you now have to share your Shangri-La with members of the lower classes. (As an addendum....disc golfers are not any different to ball golfers (classwise) except that they (we) are usually a hell of a lot more accommodating and accepting than most of you snobs). Try it sometime, you might actually meet a real person.

by Closed Minded One
You are completely right. You don't want these dope smoking losers out there discracing such a great game.

by Nick
I agree with you 100+% Doug, disc golfers and ball golfers do not belong on the same playing field at the same time. In fact disc golfers don't belong on a golf course at all. Our fairways get chewed up enough with the divots we make (and sometimes don't fill). Also, look at the liability these "idiot" managers placing on themselves as well as (potentially) on the true golfer. Lower fees are definetly one but not the only answer for increased revenue.
Hacker Hellman
Hurricane Alley Florida

by JIM HEFFNER
PLAY DISK GOLF ON THE SIDE! HAS ANY DISK "GOLFER" EVER HEARD OF A HOOK OR SLICE? EVEN THE TOP TOUR PLAYERS KNOW THE BALL DOESN'T ALWAYS GO WHERE WE WANT IT TO. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS WALKING DOWN HIS FAIRWAY TO THE GREEN WHEN HE WAS HIT SQUARE IN THE FACE FROM AN ADJACENT FAIRWAY BY A SLICED BALL. 6 MONTHS LATER AND AFTER MUCH PLASTIC SURGERY HE FINALLY STARTED TO LOOK LIKE HIS OLD SELF AGAIN. DOES THE GOLF COURSE OWNER REALIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR LAW SUITS HE IS OPENING HIMSELF AND THE REGULAR GOLFERS TO?

by Tim Naylor
Just to clarify, a three-some or four-some of disc golfers is just that. They have their tee-time and will follow the group in front of them and the group behind them will follow them.
I play golf with my boss at Sarasota Golf Club. We usually play 18 hole skins. I play disc golf and he plays ball golf. We share a cart and usually end up playing through a group or two along the way (with permission). I usually win 1 or more than he does, but we have tons of fun and always show the utmost respect for ball golfers since we are the new kids on the block at this course.
It can be done, with open minds and could benefit both types of golfers by making sure they have the income to keep the courses open and keep them maintained properly. Disc golfers don't need the perfect greens, or grass at all to play, but we don't mind paying the same greens fees as ball golfers in order to share the beautiful courses on which we play.
We play golf, whether with discs or clubs and balls. We all play for the exact same reasons and should cherish this game the same way the Europeans do. This is not destroying the integrity of the game as we know it, only giving it a boost for more people to enjoy it.
Keep it long, straight and dry......applies to all of us. See you on the links :)

by joe gabbard
so what makes you less of a target

by Cher Street Lee
If the American courses want to fill tee times, why don't they lower their greens fees? A round of golf is getting to be a major investment in the states. Some of the courses do not warrant such high fees. Let more real golfers enjoy the sport and keep this "crazy golf" off the golf course and on the beach where it belongs.

by Tim Naylor
I play both types of golf and the only difference between the two, mentally, is that ball golfers will use everything they can as and excuse for not playing well.
If the proprietor of a golf course wants to let disc golfers play in order to make more money.....good.
If the proprietor of a golf course wants to only cater to ball golfers......good.
If you don't like disc golfers at the course....don't go!

by Jennifer McCray
I agree with you Tim...both kinds of golf are mentally challenging. Perhaps if the people who play regular ball golf would come out to a Fly 18 course and see the professional layouts designed especially to keep us morons (DISC GOLFERS) out of the ball golfer's way, then ball golfers just might have a different opinion.
The Sarasota Golf Club allows disc golfers ( I mean morons as quoted above in a previous post) allow disc golfers to have regular tee times after 2pm, that's when most of the ball golfers are on/in hole 19 anyway.
It was also stated above that if a golf course wants to fill tee times then they should lower the prices (WHY?) They are a business first and formost. We disc golfers can play for free at our local parks but sometimes we would also like the challenge on ball golf courses.
ALL Ball golfers should go to a disc golf tournament somewhere in their area and see what a tight nit group disc golfers are and see that we actually have to use our brains to throw the great shots and see that we actually raise money for charities and much much more. We are a family across the nation. Ball golfers should not be calling us MORONS because we are certainly not MORONS. We are hard working people just as they are and we also enjoy a nice round of golf with our friends just as they do.

by Sal Casolaro
It's not enough that we have "golfers" out there who are slow, discourteous,loud, and terrible players, do we really need these morons who have nothing better to do come ruin our golf day? If the course owner wants to allow them to interfer with our round of golf then I suggest an alternative golf course be found where disk golf is not allowed. How long will it take for the owner to wake up and realize how nuch revenue he's losing?
Disk golf? Get a life!

by Kari Larson
Way to perpetuate the image of "traditonal" golfers as being elitist, red-neck snobs...! If course managers are willing to let disc golfers play their facilities -- and, thus, enhance ROI re course design, PR/branding/marketing, maintenance, etc. -- and eco-friendly, "alternative" disc golfers are willing to shell out the same greens fees that divot-making "regular" players pay, then let 'em all play side by side. Vive la difference!

by John Frawley
I agree...disc golf would add a significant distraction to a game that, for many of us, requires enough concentration already. Besides, I'm not keen on the idea of having that many more folks running around as potential "fore" targets, especially when they're paying more attention to their flying discs than to the regular golfers on the course. And even less keen on having to dodge frisbees while I'm trying to shoot from the rough! Ouch!

by Nick Aramino
You got that right. Want to increase play? Allow kids to play -- with their parents and with certain restrictions. You aren't going to develop as a golfer to a professional level of play by starting the game at the age of 18. As it stands now, only the rich kids will ever have the chance to become great. Keep teh disks off the course. What's next? Trap shooting?