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- How Many People Are Playing Disc Golf Now? According to the PDGA’s year-end report, there were 53,366 active members worldwide in 2019, and 71,016 in 2020 – that’s a 33% increase in just one year! UDisc, the official app of the PDGA, scores roughly one out of every five rounds of disc golf played.
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87% of players introduced someone new to disc golf in 2023. That's from an October 2023 survey of nearly 10,000 people in the UDisc app. Word of mouth continues to be disc golf's most powerful growth vector, as 78% of respondents said a family member or friend brought them to the game.
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Feb 15, 2023 · How much time do disc golfers spend playing? How many people live within 6.2 miles/10 kilometers of a disc golf course? Which U.S. donut chain is disc golf outpacing? The answers to those burning questions – and a whole lot more – are found in the 2023 Disc Golf Growth Report powered by UDisc.
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As is often at looking towards the future, one must examine the past. It may surprise those newer to the sport that Disc Golf has been around for some time. In our beginners guidewe noted that disc golf could have a history going back to the 1960’s. “Disc golf arguably started in the 1960’s, with the invention of the frisbee and several patents dev...
One could argue that what was once a niche sport, is quickly becoming mainstream. This could be due to an influx of money and sponsorship or the ability to connect and organize via technology. Either way, we’re not here to debate the “chicken before egg” paradox, but rather look at the rate of our beloved growing sport. We started this analysis wit...
While the membership and player participation has seen staggering growth the last few years, what’s even more telling is the infrastructure backing the sport. InThe Definitive Guide To Disc Golf, Menickelli & Pickens note that “in 1980 there were 60 permanent disc golf courses in the world(2)“. While years later, “in 2013 there were more that 4,500...
If the rate of registered players and new courses being built doesn’t catch your eye, then perhaps you’re a “bottom dollar” kind of person. I get it, let the “Benjamins” do the talking. Perhaps to some Disc Golf is considered a hobby. Something you do in your spare time to, well, pass the time. You might play an occasional round at the local course...
Enough with the Disc Golf jargon or as they say across the pond, banter. Below I have compiled a set of random data for your R2-D2 unit to process, while you spend a moment “hydrating” with your favorite beverage in one of our Disc Golf designed tumblers. Queue the obligatory self promotion and thank you in advance for supporting our addiction to n...
Everyone is always looking to what’s next. If only we had a crystal ball to tell us what lies ahead. For certain, the above facts, stats, and growth numbers lead to a conclusion that disc golf is in demand. At the end of the day, people want to know if disc golf is a legit sport. Statistics behind membership growth, infrastructure development, and ...
That’s more than 140,000 disc golf rounds per day, or nearly 100 started every minute. A team of statisticians built a data model that projected this global participation rate by combining nearly 2,000 on-the-ground observations with UDisc’s app usage metrics.
Mar 25, 2022 · In short, 44,420 people joined the PDGA, with another 65,442 renewing an existing membership in 2021. Junior membership and female membership each grew by close to 75 percent year-over-year. Disc golf has always been a game “for life.”
Feb 23, 2021 · Despite the unprecedented challenges of a global pandemic, disc golf has thrived as a safe, socially distanced outdoor activity, and this in turn has attracted a stunning influx of new players to the sport. 26,632 new members joined the PDGA in 2020, an 84% increase over 2019.
Feb 18, 2022 · UDisc reported that more than 1.1 million people used the scoring app in 2021, logging more than 17 million rounds of disc golf, a nearly 50% increase over 2020. More than 15 times as many rounds were recorded in UDisc last year compared to five years ago.
