Agility. Skill. Form. Release. All important aspects of a player's game. That game: Disc Golf. Yes, it's a sport. If you don't think so, you can take it up with 7,137 members of the Professional Disc Golf Association. 205 professionals kicked off the 2008 national tour this week in Phoenix. For those of you who don't know how the sport is played, let me enlighten you. It's more than just throwing a frisbee at some trees like most of your family reunion match-ups. There are actual holes. There are tees. There are drivers and there are putters. There are mandatory routes that the disc must fly through or you receive a penalty.
In all honesty it's a lot like real golf. You have to mark your disc after it comes to a stop. Instead of trees, holes look like this:
So you have a tee, a disc and you let it fly until you you get it in the hole. Disc Golf, as that's its proper name - not frisbee golf - is a great sport that is pretty decent exercise. I'll rarely post pictures of myself in my blog, but here's one of myself playing the great sport that you can see highlights on ESPN 8 The Ocho. Get after it!
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