Here's more about the comparison between Disc Golf and the Traditional Sport of Golf.

In disc golf, you have to throw your disc toward the target, whereas in golf you strike the ball with a club and it takes off at about a million miles per hour. In the sport of disc golf all you’ve got is your body—there is no tool to be implemented—other than the machine that is the human arm connected to a rotating upper body and shoulder!

Secondly, in real golf, the course is very well kept and it is groomed on a daily basis. They have to water it all the time and trim the greens a few times a week. But in Disc Golf, things are Wild! You are WITH NATURE!!! You cannot help but feel like a wildman sometimes when you play the game of frolf... as you struggle with pricker bushes and the low-lying brush. You literally have to tough it in disc golf, to find discs when they are lost (indeed, it would be akin to throwing your 7 iron into the woods instead of just a 50 cent golf ball. So since you value the disc more you have to chase it sometimes—into the unknown!)

And lastly, Disc Golf has a different culture. It is more relaxed, but yet disc golfers are super-enthusiastic about the value of the game—it’s great exercise, a fun workout, a challenge and/or test of motor skills and coordination—so usually the people playing the game of disc golf won’t mind at all bringing along someone who has never played before. Some true players will even invite you to join their group + show you some of the basics! GettingOutside.com is working on developing a section on skills and the mastery of all the basic techniques of disc golf. In the meantime, you can search our online database for parks where you can play the sport, and get out there and practice yourself.