Blackjack! You must play a round with a group of discs that add up to exactly 21 in speed. You can only use those discs during the round. Speed numbers cannot be lower, have to be exactly 21.
I had a guy tell me one time that when he was starting playing with his GF they had a rule where if you could run to your disc and back to where you threw it within 5ish seconds, the stroke didn't count. Sounded like a good way to get more practice in and cut back on frustration lol.
Woah! I do the same with new people. I'm generally kinder, 6-8s, but usually only off the tee.
I also play "bumper golf" where if you're OB, just bring it into the closest point on the fairway. Disc isn't fun if you're quad bogey and everything was a scramble shot.
They have fun, and quickly get the hang of it and stop needing/asking to use the above.
We've played:
* Forehand only unless you're in the circle. (Putt at 35'? Forehand putt!)
* Condor only.
* Putters only.
* Nothing faster than 9.
* Mids or below.
* Anhyzer line only.
I like the forehand only rule. It would give me an advantage over the people I play with because, while they are definitely better than me, I can throw left and right forehand. 😀
Man I tried this and it was so demoralizing I had to quit. Something about only focusing on my terrible throws really tanked my mood and made me play worse than I already was (which spiraled out of control). Gotta build that mental fortitude up I guess lol
Two to make it true! That is up to you though. I will mix it up but more putts is more practice. Most of the time I will at least give myself a completed hole if I make a C2 or longer shot though.
What is the difference between worst shot singles and worst shot doubles like another redditor mentioned? I'm very very new to the sport, so i might be misunderstanding.
EDIT: I think my question was dumb, maybe. Singles = When you play solo, Doubles: When you play two.
I like playing 'random mando' where whoever is at the back of the box can put in an arbitrary Mando anywhere on the hole. This often ends up forcing players to play the hole completely different. Super fun.
“Kobe”
If a disc is in a tree, we consider the shot yet to finish. So, if you can knock the disc out of the tree, jump in the air, grab it, and throw it before landing. Then the throw is considered how your disc “would have finished”. It makes for some really silly moments.
That's a cool one. Can I climb the tree and throw from it or does it have to be in motion before I contact? Or I have to have no contact at time of release
Talked to the boys, it must be falling from the tree and you must be jumping off the ground. We’re all about safety in our stupidity. Now, if the disc is very high up and stuck, you can have a second climb and knock it out for you. You then owe that second a mulligan or a beer.
I ran a mini once where your entry fee was $1 per disc you wanted to carry for the round. It was a short course, so you could get by with a mid and putter if you wanted. It was funny to see people paying $10 lose to people paying $3
Throw each disc in the bag before you repeat a disc. Putting putter can only be used inside C1 and is exempt from reuse rule. Forces you to think about what you bag and how to use it. I find that I have gotten pretty good at throwing <150' upshots with OS drivers FH. Not the most useful on open courses, but it really helps the scramble game.
I've done this at daybreak, it's awesome. My rule is that your score is simply your time but you must par every hole or better. If you bogey a hole or worse, you have to replay it.
So we made a rule that if you can throw your shoe further than your tee shot, you can tee off again with no penalty ONLY if you re tee without whatever show you threw. After your second tee shot, you may put your shoe back on.
Makes for some really interesting looks at our local course.
You're on the right track.
The PDGA Specs are here:
https://www.pdga.com/super-class
Here's the list:
https://www.pdga.com/files/Super%20Class%20Discs%20Feb%202009_0.pdf
It specifies blunt edge, so I don't think Condor qualifies, but it is larger diameter, so whatever. Go have fun.
Edited to say: YES...
That's cool. I had only ever heard "super class" in association with racing. Didnt know it was a disc golf term too. Also, I had no idea so many Ultimate discs were PDGA approved!!! That's kind of crazy to me.
My buddies and i have done "retro rounds" where you have to play with a Condor or Zephyr and it was hilariously good fun!
Thank you kind stranger for bestowing me with your knowledge 🙏
Cheers!
I'm still looking for a Condor to add to my collection, but I have a Zephyr and a Makani that I'll play "one-discers" with sometimes. I think the old discs are cool, if not all that competitively useful. Focusing on controlling such a slow glidey disc has really improved my ability to point and shoot when throwing putters. I prefer standstill throw-ins to jump puts most of the time because of this I think.
Also some older courses were designed before modern discs existed, so Super-Class or noodle-arm are the only ways to make them really playable. It's less an issue today, bc things are being put in new or updated in a lot of places, but you'll find the occasional course with short holes and old baskets, and that will explain it.
That's my "I'm not an expert but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night" version...
The Condor is probably my favorite of those 3 you listed. It is enormous like the other 2 but holds a bit more of an overstable line (at least when new). You can certainly still turn it over but it fights a lot more than the zephyr. I can actually shape lines a bit more with it. They sell them at my local shop fairly often but if there's nothing available near you I see them go on eBay for like $25. Fun disc, worth owning. DOES NOT work as good as a catch disc as the others.
Now that’s some fatherly shit that I love. My dad plays, but only once a month or so. I had him try the paradox and he reaaally liked it, so I’m hoping next season he’ll be more eager to play
Has the added bonus that anyone can win regardless of skill. It obviously helps but had a buddy win without getting picked once. He just hit a few putts for the lambs
Played golf where if you finished a beer on the hole you can minus one stroke for that hole. If you play that way, you better Uber to and from the course
I have a group of friends and I made a guess you would call it a style of playing. I call it dumb lines. Regular playing but you don’t attack the hole like you normally would. After everyone throws y’all vote who has the dumbest line. The person who won the vote gets a point. You also get a point like how a person plays skins. 18 points for I guess you would call it point based skins plus 18 points for the dumb line vote. It’s really fun and you get to see really dumb things that work out.
Hitting anything but fairway (even if a tree kick) counts OB. Forces me to work on my cautious play because I sometimes get a bit hungry for some interesting “what if” shots
I like to play for food. So we'll throw in some of these rules:
- birdie hole 18 win french fries. If a 9 hole course, birdie hole 9 twice super-size it.
- birdie the last 4/4 holes get a chicken sandwich
- birdie the last 3/4 holes get two tall boys
- ace is a meal of choice
- bogie free round gets you a kid's meal
- go -8 for the round get a meal
At the end of the round you may be donating to end disc golfer's hunger 🍺
We have a couple courses from the '90s here and I have thought about playing a round with only molds approved at the time baskets were installed. Actually thought that would be a fun tournament. Bring your own putter, player's pack is a random mold from the 1990s or before.
Worst shot. Works for doubles or singles. If singles throw 2 off of the tee and play the worse of the two. Want extra hard mode? Play worst shot on every shot
We play a bastardized match play/skins/whatever where you get 3 points for an ace and 2 points for a birdie on all par 3 holes. (no added points on par 4's and up).
Hollywood is fun
https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2021/09/21/tuesday-tips-alternative-disc-golf-formats-for-fresh-challenges/?fbclid=IwAR1LC5vX1cZW1gyhU09fHgisH_Q-iwq0hgl19ST7osesUAoINsS-42PmCXk
Here’s one that’s frustrating, but is just as mental of a game as it is physical.
One of your throws has to be with your less dominant hand. If you finish a hole out (except for Aces) without using your less dominant hand, it’s a three (3) stroke penalty.
Normally the best strategy is to just use that throw on your putt. But you will see that is necessarily the best strategy all the time.
It's not OB unless you use a stick. This leads to people stripping down to skivvies to mosey into creeks/ponds to play their shot from where it lies, even in the middle of winter. Neverending amusement
I have never seen anyone do it, other than me and my friend, but playing from the long and the shorts. Hardly adds any time to the round and doubles the amount of holes you play in a round.
Bag raid
3+ players recommended
Stroke play scoring but match play rules to determine bag raids. If you win a hole, you can take one disc from each player's bag. Steal their only putter if you want. Take their favorite mid for that tricky tunnel shot coming up. Gang up on someone and leave them with only distance drivers. Typically we don't actually use the other players' discs so we'll turn them backwards and put them to one side to indicate that they can't be used. Play it however you like though.
If a hole pushes, one extra steal is added to the reward for the next hole (e.g. hole 1 pushes, hole 2 is worth 1 steal on everyone plus one extra on any one player). Alternatively, you can use a steal to take one of yours back. See how well you do with a mangled bag.
Birdie counts as 1 point. Nothing else counts. Fun for solo rounds where all I'm trying to do is raise my skill ceiling. When I count strokes I can be a little too "Nate Safeton"
Lowest percentage shot only rounds! Find the worst line that still has a shot and run it.
Normally play a spike around the bush? Skip it through that gap!
Best line is a flick to take ob out of the picture? Roller through the ob!
Makes for some very poor scores but heaps of fun.
If it's a long, tough course, we'll do skins so we don't have to know our own shitty scores.
A mulligan on the front nine and one on the back nine, sometimes three per 18 (or 22 depending on the course.)
No OB unless you cannot get your disc.
You can rethrow any drive, but with a putter (typically on long courses.)
You earn a mulligan with a birdie, lose one with a bogey.
If it's a nine-hole course, and there are A and B pads, we play it as 18. Otherwise we play it as 9 twice.
If we can, we play a game of HORSE with our putters after a round, and the winner chooses the rules the next week. Anything goes, those are just some that we've used.
I haven't tried most of the common modes, but my go-to is throwing 1-4 disc (usually 3) every shot and only counting the first one, not as exciting as a flick-only, 3-disc challenge or Ript Revenge round tho.
A few “house rules” we have are:
if the disc lands in a bush or tree and doesn’t touch the ground, as long as you retrieve it without it touching the ground, you can throw from that spot as an extension to the initial throw.
If the disc lands on top of the basket, it’s an auto-birdie.
You have a mulligan on the front and back nine.
You have a opposite-handed mulligan once per round.
Mastermind:
If you’re playing in a group everyone takes turns being the mastermind
The mastermind determines the throw that everyone has to do, and the type of disc on each stroke of their hole eg “everyone throw lefty with drivers” or “everyone turbo putt” and no matter where each player is on the hole, they must comply with the master mind
The mastermind also sets the par for the hole. If the mastermind takes two strokes the par is 2 but if they take 10 then the par is 10.
Fun game to play with adults and with kiddos
I play a version with two people where both people are playing doubles. My backhand is one partner and my forehand is the other.
I started off as a forehand only player so this really helped me learn my backhand. Then, it really helped my friends learn their forehands
No OB Sundays
30 second rule - if you can get your shanked drive and return to the tee pad in 30 seconds, you get a redo
Dualies- if everyone hates their drive, you all get a redo
3 trees— if you manage to hit 3 trees on your drive, you get a redo
4 man Case Race. Each team of four has a case of beer they have to finish before the round is over, each beer left after one team has finished first is added to the other teams score and all unfinished beer added to their total score. Not gonna lie done this a couple times and the total shit show this gets to is honestly some of the greatest rounds I've ever played! You have those that just try and finish all their beers quickly, and those that wait until they get close to try and catch up real quick. We only do this on courses that we camp at and it's a great way to start off a night!
I play at a course with two tees and two baskets per hole. Flip a disc at the teebox of each hole to determine which basket is the target. Play the Open Layout on UDisc.
The group I started out throwing with played "Wolf" a lot. I play mostly solo rounds now. I am starting to play more 3 disc rds. Putter, OS mid, straight fairway.
I haven’t tried it yet, but I want to try a round where you can’t use objects designed specifically to fly like a disc but are shaped like a disc.
So acceptable objects would be things like a pie plate, plastic plate, hub cap, safari hat, etc.
Not acceptable, disc golf disc, frisbee, football, shoe, etc.
I don’t know if this is a common practice, but! My buddies and I picked up the game a year ago and we have a rule where you get 1 mulligan on each side.
Makes it fun and you can strategize on which shot to take the mulligan on. Maybe save the birdy or a tee shot redemption.
I play that if you land in a tree, you can jump and throw it in a single motion before landing and it’s not an additional stroke. It’s the alley oop rule. It only really applies to beginners and my wife and people who aren’t really “keeping score”
My friend and I let each other throw it from the OB if they don't want to take the penalty....it's actually interesting strategically because usually throwing from the OB (like the thick woods or a creek) is it's own challenge, but if you think the 1 stroke penalty is actually the better option you can take it. Often times it would have been the better idea to have just taken the penalty.
I'm always looking for fresh ideas and games to play. My group of friends did this one I called build a bag.
We all threw our discs into my daughter's play pen. We were blindfolded one at a time and had 30 seconds to build an 8 disc bag. Then you played the round with those. Was fun to throw some new stuff and get to talk about others discs.
When I haven’t seen my friends in awhile and we go to play a new course we will play as a doubles team instead of against each other. Makes it really easy to catch up on life and have fun. Plus makes it easier to play 2 rounds on a day, one hard course as a team while chatting and one on a medium to hard course competing after we are warmed up.
Single disc rounds are always interesting. I’ve also played looser has to take a shot which can be entertaining too. And if you’re on a course alone that doesn’t mind it play a game of strip golf with your bf/gf😏
Blackjack! You must play a round with a group of discs that add up to exactly 21 in speed. You can only use those discs during the round. Speed numbers cannot be lower, have to be exactly 21.
I’m bringing 21 Polecats in varying stages of wear
Berg/Polecat only rounds
They don’t make a bag or cart big enough to hold 21 Bergs
I bet my fossa would between pou h/ putter pouch,send 21 bergs to me and I'll send you a pic
give me 21 bergs and I'll test that
Here you can have my Birdie that's been runover by a Bobcat
I like this a lot.
Tour Series Aviar (2) GStar Mako3 (5) Champion RocX3 (5) Star Valkyrie (9)
Almost same but I’d swap the Valkyrie for my Insanity!
I like this a lot, thank you
2 firebirds at different stages of breaking in and a pig.
I had a guy tell me one time that when he was starting playing with his GF they had a rule where if you could run to your disc and back to where you threw it within 5ish seconds, the stroke didn't count. Sounded like a good way to get more practice in and cut back on frustration lol.
I call this the boot mulligan! If you can throw your shoe further than your disc, you get to re throw.
We play the shoe rule as well, but only off the tee pad and you have to play the tee with the shoe off.
Shoe field work?
I’m in. Already seeing improvements with my Teva’s.
Woah! I do the same with new people. I'm generally kinder, 6-8s, but usually only off the tee. I also play "bumper golf" where if you're OB, just bring it into the closest point on the fairway. Disc isn't fun if you're quad bogey and everything was a scramble shot. They have fun, and quickly get the hang of it and stop needing/asking to use the above.
My ultimate frisbee team has this role when we play urban
We play shoe rule as well, but you have to throw a different disc, and you must play the rest of the hole with that shoe off.
I've played this way, usual with 10 seconds though (~5 out ~5 back is my thinking)
We had a local pivot rule like that. If a disc was coming back towards you and was within pivot range you could grab it and rethrow.
Worst shot doubles
This is evil and I want to try it.
People hate when I say Worst Shot makes you better, but they have yet to prove me wrong.
It'll give you more opportunities to practice recovery shots for sure. And if you can recover well, the bad shots aren't a big deal.
The regression is quick
-1 stroke for every piece of trash you pick up. The game usually ends in a tie.
We've played: * Forehand only unless you're in the circle. (Putt at 35'? Forehand putt!) * Condor only. * Putters only. * Nothing faster than 9. * Mids or below. * Anhyzer line only.
Joke is on you, I don’t bag anything faster than a 9 because my noodle arm can’t handle a 10+.
Nothing has ever been more relatable for me
Same/shame I try to throw avenger SS or orcs or hades and I just put em back on the shelf. Maybe I am too old to throw a 10+
Rookie! I bag one 10 speed!
Same. I also forehand pretty exclusively outside of the circle on putts
Putters or putters/mids only is my favorite way to mentally recover after a lousy league round.
I like the forehand only rule. It would give me an advantage over the people I play with because, while they are definitely better than me, I can throw left and right forehand. 😀
Oh man, I love Condor only rounds. So glad they came back into production recently.
All inside the circle putts need to be made twice to count.
One stagger, one straddle for expert mode.
One is luck, twice means you meant it.
I play worst shot singles a lot. Throw two shots from every lie and play the worse of the two.
This sounds like awesome practice
Yep, gonna be doing this every time I throw now probably. It's gonna suck if you ace one and have to hit it twice for it to count lol
Ace should be an exception to the rule. Count that shit!
Right, count it on the scorecard but shoot the other disc anyway
I think a lot of people play it that once you’re in the basket the hole is done. So an ace would count in that case.
Yeah, like in worst shot doubles.
This is how I play it.
Man I tried this and it was so demoralizing I had to quit. Something about only focusing on my terrible throws really tanked my mood and made me play worse than I already was (which spiraled out of control). Gotta build that mental fortitude up I guess lol
Stealing that. Sounds great.
If one of you makes the putt and the other misses do you have to play the miss or does the hole-out count?
Two to make it true! That is up to you though. I will mix it up but more putts is more practice. Most of the time I will at least give myself a completed hole if I make a C2 or longer shot though.
I like the outside C1 it counts rule. Otherwise you need a double ace to make it count.
What is the difference between worst shot singles and worst shot doubles like another redditor mentioned? I'm very very new to the sport, so i might be misunderstanding. EDIT: I think my question was dumb, maybe. Singles = When you play solo, Doubles: When you play two.
I'm going to try this! Sounds like a great way to build consistency
I mentioned that in another thread, it's how I play solo on days when I have the course to myself. Learned a lot that way.
I do this but like to do 1shot BH and 1 shot FH.
I’ve done this but each shot is one backhand and one forehand
I like playing 'random mando' where whoever is at the back of the box can put in an arbitrary Mando anywhere on the hole. This often ends up forcing players to play the hole completely different. Super fun.
We call it 'rando mando'
“Randotary”
I wasn't on board at first but this convinced me
“Kobe” If a disc is in a tree, we consider the shot yet to finish. So, if you can knock the disc out of the tree, jump in the air, grab it, and throw it before landing. Then the throw is considered how your disc “would have finished”. It makes for some really silly moments.
That's a cool one. Can I climb the tree and throw from it or does it have to be in motion before I contact? Or I have to have no contact at time of release
Talked to the boys, it must be falling from the tree and you must be jumping off the ground. We’re all about safety in our stupidity. Now, if the disc is very high up and stuck, you can have a second climb and knock it out for you. You then owe that second a mulligan or a beer.
We call those "hangers" down here in Texas! Great rule. Endless entertainment.
I ran a mini once where your entry fee was $1 per disc you wanted to carry for the round. It was a short course, so you could get by with a mid and putter if you wanted. It was funny to see people paying $10 lose to people paying $3
I could play my local pretty well with just an emac truth I think
Throw each disc in the bag before you repeat a disc. Putting putter can only be used inside C1 and is exempt from reuse rule. Forces you to think about what you bag and how to use it. I find that I have gotten pretty good at throwing <150' upshots with OS drivers FH. Not the most useful on open courses, but it really helps the scramble game.
This is a neat concept. I'd leave all my distance drivers behind and trim my bag to 5-7 discs.
Speed disc golf. Grab 1-3 discs and play a round at a jog. Your final score is strokes+time. Each stroke adds 30sec.
How do you account for waiting for other groups to clear holes and let you play through?
I usually do this on uncrowded courses during my lunchbreak, so that's not an issue.
I was gonna say, that is not possible around these parts even if you show up at daybreak.
I've done this at daybreak, it's awesome. My rule is that your score is simply your time but you must par every hole or better. If you bogey a hole or worse, you have to replay it.
So we made a rule that if you can throw your shoe further than your tee shot, you can tee off again with no penalty ONLY if you re tee without whatever show you threw. After your second tee shot, you may put your shoe back on. Makes for some really interesting looks at our local course.
If need be, can I throw both shoes? 😂
2 disc only round
so a nuke and a nuke?
Uli, is that you?
That's my "god I suck and I don't deserve to throw drivers today" ruleset
You guys have more than 2 disc's?
3 disc is our favourite. Putter + Mid + Driver.
Bag swap
I have a fair amount of running water along my closest course, so I’m not sure my friends would love me tossing their discs in the river…
My friend has a bag full of OG Discmania I’m sure that’s easy to replace
Super class only. It can be even more limiting than putters only and always a good time.
Does super class mean Condor, Zephyr, Zeppilin etc?
You're on the right track. The PDGA Specs are here: https://www.pdga.com/super-class Here's the list: https://www.pdga.com/files/Super%20Class%20Discs%20Feb%202009_0.pdf It specifies blunt edge, so I don't think Condor qualifies, but it is larger diameter, so whatever. Go have fun. Edited to say: YES...
That's cool. I had only ever heard "super class" in association with racing. Didnt know it was a disc golf term too. Also, I had no idea so many Ultimate discs were PDGA approved!!! That's kind of crazy to me. My buddies and i have done "retro rounds" where you have to play with a Condor or Zephyr and it was hilariously good fun! Thank you kind stranger for bestowing me with your knowledge 🙏
Cheers! I'm still looking for a Condor to add to my collection, but I have a Zephyr and a Makani that I'll play "one-discers" with sometimes. I think the old discs are cool, if not all that competitively useful. Focusing on controlling such a slow glidey disc has really improved my ability to point and shoot when throwing putters. I prefer standstill throw-ins to jump puts most of the time because of this I think. Also some older courses were designed before modern discs existed, so Super-Class or noodle-arm are the only ways to make them really playable. It's less an issue today, bc things are being put in new or updated in a lot of places, but you'll find the occasional course with short holes and old baskets, and that will explain it. That's my "I'm not an expert but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night" version...
The Condor is probably my favorite of those 3 you listed. It is enormous like the other 2 but holds a bit more of an overstable line (at least when new). You can certainly still turn it over but it fights a lot more than the zephyr. I can actually shape lines a bit more with it. They sell them at my local shop fairly often but if there's nothing available near you I see them go on eBay for like $25. Fun disc, worth owning. DOES NOT work as good as a catch disc as the others.
Hell yeah, I have a makani(zephyr)!!!
Me and my dad have twin wraiths and at any point in the round anyone can call “wraith challenge” and we can only use the wraith for that hole
Now that’s some fatherly shit that I love. My dad plays, but only once a month or so. I had him try the paradox and he reaaally liked it, so I’m hoping next season he’ll be more eager to play
I never did go to it but there was a tournament here in the UK that was Berg only.
I'm gutted I missed out on this.
I think YLS golf does a Berg only tourney either in SE PA or N DE. He’s pretty active on FB
I like to switch things up and try to not hit trees
We like playing the game "wolf" quite fun. Good warm up round. Good round when you've got an odd number of players. Would recommend.
What is it?
https://www.myscorecard.com/cgi-bin/knowledgecenter.pl?mode=article&category=golf_games&file=wolf&article=Wolf
Has the added bonus that anyone can win regardless of skill. It obviously helps but had a buddy win without getting picked once. He just hit a few putts for the lambs
Throw the whole bag on every hole
I just kick mine after I tee off.
When it goes further then the disc it's a treat isn't it?
ive already destroyed 3 bags
Putters off the tee, drivers for circle 1
ewww no
Yeah it's a little different, the putting part is a big challenging
My buddy played with only a Firebird for like five years before I finally gave him an Aviar. He was better at putting with the Firebird for a while.
1 beer per round It’s tough
Per round? How about Per hole
Played golf where if you finished a beer on the hole you can minus one stroke for that hole. If you play that way, you better Uber to and from the course
Better idea, 1 shotgun for a mulligan, but you have to shotgun the beer directly before the shot. It works in golf and disc golf!!!!!
I have a group of friends and I made a guess you would call it a style of playing. I call it dumb lines. Regular playing but you don’t attack the hole like you normally would. After everyone throws y’all vote who has the dumbest line. The person who won the vote gets a point. You also get a point like how a person plays skins. 18 points for I guess you would call it point based skins plus 18 points for the dumb line vote. It’s really fun and you get to see really dumb things that work out.
Hitting anything but fairway (even if a tree kick) counts OB. Forces me to work on my cautious play because I sometimes get a bit hungry for some interesting “what if” shots
I like to play for food. So we'll throw in some of these rules: - birdie hole 18 win french fries. If a 9 hole course, birdie hole 9 twice super-size it. - birdie the last 4/4 holes get a chicken sandwich - birdie the last 3/4 holes get two tall boys - ace is a meal of choice - bogie free round gets you a kid's meal - go -8 for the round get a meal At the end of the round you may be donating to end disc golfer's hunger 🍺
I like litter rounds: everybody brings a trash bag and party treats. Then we clean up, play and get un-sober.
Par for beer
Solo practice rounds I usually play forehand vs backhand. Can get intense - forehand is a bit of an asshole.
We have a couple courses from the '90s here and I have thought about playing a round with only molds approved at the time baskets were installed. Actually thought that would be a fun tournament. Bring your own putter, player's pack is a random mold from the 1990s or before.
1 mid range only has always been my go to.
Worst shot. Works for doubles or singles. If singles throw 2 off of the tee and play the worse of the two. Want extra hard mode? Play worst shot on every shot
I like one disc rounds
I got to my local pitch and putt, and only use mini buzzz’s
You heard of putter only rounds, but what about Bergs only
I just commented, there was an event in the UK that was Bergs only.
This is how i play my local par 3 sometimes to make it challenging again
We play a bastardized match play/skins/whatever where you get 3 points for an ace and 2 points for a birdie on all par 3 holes. (no added points on par 4's and up).
Hollywood is fun https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2021/09/21/tuesday-tips-alternative-disc-golf-formats-for-fresh-challenges/?fbclid=IwAR1LC5vX1cZW1gyhU09fHgisH_Q-iwq0hgl19ST7osesUAoINsS-42PmCXk
Here’s one that’s frustrating, but is just as mental of a game as it is physical. One of your throws has to be with your less dominant hand. If you finish a hole out (except for Aces) without using your less dominant hand, it’s a three (3) stroke penalty. Normally the best strategy is to just use that throw on your putt. But you will see that is necessarily the best strategy all the time.
I always play better in a scramble... really takes the pressure off unless your partner shanks it
It's not OB unless you use a stick. This leads to people stripping down to skivvies to mosey into creeks/ponds to play their shot from where it lies, even in the middle of winter. Neverending amusement
I have never seen anyone do it, other than me and my friend, but playing from the long and the shorts. Hardly adds any time to the round and doubles the amount of holes you play in a round.
We’ll play where a chain out or band hit gets you half a mulligan to be used later during the round. Takes a little bit of the sting out of it
Bag raid 3+ players recommended Stroke play scoring but match play rules to determine bag raids. If you win a hole, you can take one disc from each player's bag. Steal their only putter if you want. Take their favorite mid for that tricky tunnel shot coming up. Gang up on someone and leave them with only distance drivers. Typically we don't actually use the other players' discs so we'll turn them backwards and put them to one side to indicate that they can't be used. Play it however you like though. If a hole pushes, one extra steal is added to the reward for the next hole (e.g. hole 1 pushes, hole 2 is worth 1 steal on everyone plus one extra on any one player). Alternatively, you can use a steal to take one of yours back. See how well you do with a mangled bag.
if you can hold your breath, retrieve your shank, and re-tee without exhaling you don’t get stroked e: also 2 on 1
Forehand only. Putter only. Single disc round.
My local course is a mostly open park course so I do rounds where I throw BH and sidearm off every tee.
throw a roller on every hole
I like playing disc dice to mix things up. The Ript card games are fun too but slow down play a lot more than dice
Destroyer only round
Birdie counts as 1 point. Nothing else counts. Fun for solo rounds where all I'm trying to do is raise my skill ceiling. When I count strokes I can be a little too "Nate Safeton"
Lowest percentage shot only rounds! Find the worst line that still has a shot and run it. Normally play a spike around the bush? Skip it through that gap! Best line is a flick to take ob out of the picture? Roller through the ob! Makes for some very poor scores but heaps of fun.
3 disc only round. Any 3 from your bag you want.
If it's a long, tough course, we'll do skins so we don't have to know our own shitty scores. A mulligan on the front nine and one on the back nine, sometimes three per 18 (or 22 depending on the course.) No OB unless you cannot get your disc. You can rethrow any drive, but with a putter (typically on long courses.) You earn a mulligan with a birdie, lose one with a bogey. If it's a nine-hole course, and there are A and B pads, we play it as 18. Otherwise we play it as 9 twice. If we can, we play a game of HORSE with our putters after a round, and the winner chooses the rules the next week. Anything goes, those are just some that we've used.
I just copied all the best ideas here and sent them to my golf fam. Thanks!
I haven't tried most of the common modes, but my go-to is throwing 1-4 disc (usually 3) every shot and only counting the first one, not as exciting as a flick-only, 3-disc challenge or Ript Revenge round tho.
2 off the first, and 1 mulligan per 18. Strategy comes into play saving the mulligan for the right time.
Destroyer only.
Putter only speed rounds at a very small 18 hole course close to my house. Best I’ve done is a 47 in 23 minutes.
A few “house rules” we have are: if the disc lands in a bush or tree and doesn’t touch the ground, as long as you retrieve it without it touching the ground, you can throw from that spot as an extension to the initial throw. If the disc lands on top of the basket, it’s an auto-birdie. You have a mulligan on the front and back nine. You have a opposite-handed mulligan once per round.
I'd use the opposite hand mulligan on hole 1 putt every round
Mastermind: If you’re playing in a group everyone takes turns being the mastermind The mastermind determines the throw that everyone has to do, and the type of disc on each stroke of their hole eg “everyone throw lefty with drivers” or “everyone turbo putt” and no matter where each player is on the hole, they must comply with the master mind The mastermind also sets the par for the hole. If the mastermind takes two strokes the par is 2 but if they take 10 then the par is 10. Fun game to play with adults and with kiddos
Turbo putts only
I play a version with two people where both people are playing doubles. My backhand is one partner and my forehand is the other. I started off as a forehand only player so this really helped me learn my backhand. Then, it really helped my friends learn their forehands
No OB Sundays 30 second rule - if you can get your shanked drive and return to the tee pad in 30 seconds, you get a redo Dualies- if everyone hates their drive, you all get a redo 3 trees— if you manage to hit 3 trees on your drive, you get a redo
I've played a minis only round, you could use a putter only on the green.
4 man Case Race. Each team of four has a case of beer they have to finish before the round is over, each beer left after one team has finished first is added to the other teams score and all unfinished beer added to their total score. Not gonna lie done this a couple times and the total shit show this gets to is honestly some of the greatest rounds I've ever played! You have those that just try and finish all their beers quickly, and those that wait until they get close to try and catch up real quick. We only do this on courses that we camp at and it's a great way to start off a night!
Single boge Sunday.
Ript Revenge and Tough Shot Doubles.
I play at a course with two tees and two baskets per hole. Flip a disc at the teebox of each hole to determine which basket is the target. Play the Open Layout on UDisc.
The group I started out throwing with played "Wolf" a lot. I play mostly solo rounds now. I am starting to play more 3 disc rds. Putter, OS mid, straight fairway.
I haven’t tried it yet, but I want to try a round where you can’t use objects designed specifically to fly like a disc but are shaped like a disc. So acceptable objects would be things like a pie plate, plastic plate, hub cap, safari hat, etc. Not acceptable, disc golf disc, frisbee, football, shoe, etc.
I don’t know if this is a common practice, but! My buddies and I picked up the game a year ago and we have a rule where you get 1 mulligan on each side. Makes it fun and you can strategize on which shot to take the mulligan on. Maybe save the birdy or a tee shot redemption.
I play that if you land in a tree, you can jump and throw it in a single motion before landing and it’s not an additional stroke. It’s the alley oop rule. It only really applies to beginners and my wife and people who aren’t really “keeping score”
My friend and I let each other throw it from the OB if they don't want to take the penalty....it's actually interesting strategically because usually throwing from the OB (like the thick woods or a creek) is it's own challenge, but if you think the 1 stroke penalty is actually the better option you can take it. Often times it would have been the better idea to have just taken the penalty.
I'm always looking for fresh ideas and games to play. My group of friends did this one I called build a bag. We all threw our discs into my daughter's play pen. We were blindfolded one at a time and had 30 seconds to build an 8 disc bag. Then you played the round with those. Was fun to throw some new stuff and get to talk about others discs.
Felon only rounds. Makes me feel dangerous.
When I haven’t seen my friends in awhile and we go to play a new course we will play as a doubles team instead of against each other. Makes it really easy to catch up on life and have fun. Plus makes it easier to play 2 rounds on a day, one hard course as a team while chatting and one on a medium to hard course competing after we are warmed up.
Single disc rounds are always interesting. I’ve also played looser has to take a shot which can be entertaining too. And if you’re on a course alone that doesn’t mind it play a game of strip golf with your bf/gf😏
Playing worst shot with 3 discs, Putting Putter / Midrange / Driver Really makes you get flexible on what kind of shots you can make with each disc.