Speed Disc Golf

Disc golf, against the clock.

Play a normal round under the PDGA rules, but run it. Your score is every throw plus every minute on the clock. The fewest throws doesn't win. The lowest Speed Score does.

ThrowsMinutes:SecondsSpeed Score

Read the Official Rules Score a round
Disc Arc into Chains An orange disc curves along a hyzer line into a disc golf basket, rattles the chains, and drops into the tray, where it rests. 18
54 throws38:17 time92:17

One throw costs one minute

Add your total throws, penalty throws included, to the whole minutes on the clock. Keep the seconds after the colon. Lowest score wins, and the seconds break ties.

Speedgolf's own example

124:32

78 strokes in 46:32.
78 + 46 = 124, keep the :32.

The trade-off

60 s

Every throw you save is worth a minute of running. A safe layup that costs nothing on the clock usually beats a hero line into the rough.

Three things are different. Everything else is disc golf.

Pack seven discs

Seven discs at most, all PDGA-legal, carried by you: in your hands, a small bag, or a sling. No carts, no caddies.

Start the clock on the first tee

Your clock starts when the first tee throw on hole 1 leaves the hand. It never stops for searches, waits, or rulings.

Stop it in the basket

The clock stops when your last disc comes to rest in the tray or the chains. A disc that spits out doesn't count.

Plan your first speed round →

What speed changes

The PDGA Official Rules of Disc Golf are the base layer. Speed Disc Golf adds a clock and a short list of changes. If a rule isn't on this list, play it the PDGA way.

  • Score is throws plus time, not throws alone. SDG 2
  • The clock always runs, except for safety stops. SDG 3
  • Seven discs, carried yourself, all finished with. SDG 4
  • Any carried disc can stand in for a mini marker. SDG 6
  • Inside 10 m, stay behind your lie until the putt settles. SDG 5
  • Ready disc golf, with "nobody downrange" before every throw. SDG 7
  • Passing is allowed when you call it and the other player steps aside. SDG 8
  • Safety and etiquette: yield to everyone who isn't racing. SDG 14

See every change, rule by rule →

Borrowed from speedgolf

Speedgolf players run a golf round with a handful of clubs and add their strokes to their minutes. The International Speedgolf Alliance lists a men's world record of 64 strokes in 40:09, a score of 104:09. Speed Disc Golf takes that idea to the disc golf course.

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