Ten Reasons why Disc Golf Is Better Than Ball Golf

1. We actually want as many women to play as possible
2. Because links are measured in hundreds of feet instead of hundreds of yards, disc golf makes far less demands on real estate
3. Almost all courses are public, usually incorporated into public parks, so no greens fees or membership fees
4. A starter set of three discs can be had for as little as $20, or you can begin with just a mid-range disc alone for less than $10. Compare that to even renting a bag of clubs for one day
5. Because links are designed to exploit the existing terrain rather than imposing a whole system of artificial features (fairways, greens, bunkers &c.), elaborate irrigation and maintenance are not required — in other words, you can put a disc golf course in Las Vegas or Phoenix without impacting the water crisis those places are perpetuating
6. You can’t really play ball golf up and down the side of a mountain
7. By combining the club and the ball, you still have to make proper shot selection, but you are in much more direct control of the execution of that shot — fewer excuses
8. The bad fashion hews more to the crunchy hippie rather than WASPy old man
9. It is much easier to find a day-glo yellow object the size of a pie plate than an over sized marble
10. If you have ever thrown a flying disc in your life, you already know how to play!

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