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Stafford Wood Disc Golf Course, located in Voorhees, New Jersey, is the first edition in our course review series. This series is designed to help beginners, intermediate, and even pro players find great courses that are well-kept and worth a trip. Stafford Woods, maintained by the South Jersey Disc Golfers, is an amazing 18-hole course that is both wooded and wide-open. Hole 1 is a par 3 that is 251 feet in the woods, while hole 6 is a par 4 that is 430 feet in the fields. This goes to show that this course offers a variety of unique lines and a lot of bruised trees. To begin, the tee pads are made of brick pavers with a border of wood around them. They sustain the grip between the bricks and your shoes even through the rain and snow. The basket Adam Harris, the course designer, chose to place on all the holes was the Discraft Chainstar. These baskets are double-chained and very weather resistant. They also prevent a large number of spit-outs, which is always great! The tee signs provide the normal information that all tee signs have: distance, par, hole number, and map of the hole. The fairways are very clear with some trees in the way of the baskets for some added difficulty. For the wide-open holes, the fairways are mowed, while the tall grass represents 'off the fairway' and might be considered out of bounds. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the stay at home order, the South Jersey Disc Golfers were unable to maintain the course, but after the quarantine was lifted, the volunteers were out on the course for a minimum of 2-3 days straight cleaning branches and trees, mowing the fields, and cleaning the baskets. These volunteers love disc golf and this course so much that they devote their time to maintaining it and they do an amazing job! They make this course the best in New Jersey! One of the best-known holes at Stafford Woods is hole 6 because of its unique basket placement--on a mound with stairs leading up to it. On the other hand, hole 15, a 688-foot par 4, goes from wooded to wide-open to wooded again and has a basket placed on bricks going downhill. Then hole 16 is home to the infamous hanging basket. Standing approximately 6-feet in the air, this basket requires players to park it or risk missing and having to putt back. Stafford Woods also contains long and shorts tee pads and long and short basket placements, which the Stafford volunteers change every once in a while for different tournaments. This course is considered the best in South Jersey and for good reason--the volunteers maintain it, the holes give a variety of lines, and the elevation changes challenge all who dare to putt on them. I would recommend this course for all skill levels and give this course a 10/10.

In the previous article, I explained how to get started playing disc golf--from picking your first disc to finding a course. Now what if you decided you wanted to play more disc golf in the future but were not sure what discs to put in your "bag" without buying the same types of discs? Below, I will explain the method I'm still using to build my bag. Let's start with the midranges. Choose a straight to stable midrange that flies straight for you. Note: not all straight to stable discs will fly straight for you, even if they fly straight for others. Then choose an understable midrange and an overstable midrange. This will give you 3 midranges altogether. If you do not understand what these disc golf terms are, I would suggest watching the video below. Repeat this same process for fairway drivers. Again 3 fairway drivers altogether. Although beginners and intermediate players will want to carry distance drivers, I would not recommend it because it will become very frustrating for the players. If you really want a distance driver in your bag, I would recommend a slower speed (11 or 12) and only limit yourself to one for now. Finally, the putters. I saved this disc type for last because it is the simplest in my opinion. Find 2 of the same type (brand and plastic) of putter you like and practice, practice, practice! Also, find 1-2 throwing putters that will give you the most straight shots for 200-250 feet. This is 4 putters altogether. A beginners' bag usually carries from 10-12 discs so having 4 putters, 3 mids, 3 fairways drivers, and possibly a distance driver is ideal. For more intermediate to pro-level bags, having two or more of the same disc is great because not all discs fly the same. The type of plastic also can change the stability of the disc. To learn about the putters I have in my bag, watch the video below. More In The Bag 2020 videos are coming. To stay up to date, make sure you're subscribed to our channel.

"Wow, disc golf is cool and it looks fun, but I have no idea how to get started. I'm going to have to look up the best discs to throw and find a course near me." This thought is what scares many away from golf, but disc golf is different. To start off playing disc golf, these steps can be followed. 1. Start by finding a brand There are lots of different disc golf brands out there, which can be intimidating, but all brands are the same. All brands have putter, midranges, fairway drivers, and distance drivers, even if they're called different names. Simply, pick a brand (e.g. Innova, Discraft, Latitude 64) and look at the different types of discs they offer. 2. Choose a putter As a beginner, a putter is the best disc possible to throw, even if you want to throw a Discraft Zeus like Paul McBeth. Why? The reason is simple: a putter will show any errors in the throw and will teach you nose angles, throw angles, and grip. Starting with a frisbee is okay too, but frisbees are not like discs--they are lighter and require less nose angle precision. To learn more about the different types of discs, watch this: Recommendations: Innova Aviar Discraft Luna Latitude 64 Pure MVP Atom Discmania Link 3. Choose a plastic Each brand calls their plastics different names. An example is that Innova has DX soft plastic and Champion hard plastic, while MVP has Electron soft plastic and Proton hard plastic. Soft plastics can be useful for beginners because they are cheaper, but are less durable; hard plastics are more durable but more expensive. With the toughness of the plastic comes more (soft) or less grip (hard). Recommendations: Innova DX (soft) & Star (hard) Discraft ESP (soft) & cryztal (hard) MVP electron (soft) & neutron (hard) Discmania D-Line (soft) & S-Line (hard) 4. Find a disc golf course near you The best way to find a disc golf course close to home is by using an app called UDisc. This app is the most helpful one on the market (more like the only one). It uses your location to find a course around your area, it helps you practice your putting and upshots, and it even can measure your throws. UDisc will help you complete your first round of disc golf because it also acts as a scorecard; count your strokes and type them into the app. Be sure to choose a course that is easier and is not pay to play. This will help save money if you decide disc golf isn't right for you. I would recommend choosing a course that is not wooded (not a lot of trees) because wooded courses can be frustrating when you can't throw the shot you wanted and can cause devastating bounces that can result in losing a disc. Also, be extremely cautious when playing in the fall and winter because leaves are hard to track through (winter has snow, which is a little easier). Sidenote: Many discs either say understable, overstable, or straight-stable. This all has to do with the way the disc is going to fly and beginners do not need to worry about this aspect of disc golf yet until they start using faster discs. Most putters are overstable anyway. To learn more about disc stability, check out this video: Disc golf takes a lot of practice to become great, but everyone has to start somewhere. Do not be concerned about what others think of you when you're first starting out because they probably looked worse. If you're concerned about how you look when you throw, practice throwing in your backyard and watch this video to improve your form. Make sure to go check out the Giveaway tab in the Profile section to see details on upcoming giveaways because you could be a winner!

Many people have not heard of disc golf or have heard of it but have no idea how to play it. The objective of this sport is to make a disc into a basket in as little throws as possible. It is scored just like golf with the lowest score being the best. To start off a round, each player starts at an even value, or 0. Each player tees off (throws off the tee pad) and the strokes start to count. For every hole, there is a par value, which is the expected amount of throws for the hole. If the player makes a disc into the basket within this par value, the player‘s score remains at even. If the player makes their disc into the basket in one throw less than par, it’s called a birdie; one stroke (throw) above par is called a bogey. A disc golf course usually consists of 18 holes and after those holes, the scores are counted up. Disc golf holes usually have a par value of 3, 4, or 5 with distances ranging from >100-1200 feet (the 1000 foot holes are for pro players). Just like clubs in golf, there are different types of discs. Wondering what those types of discs are, check out the basics tab for videos on disc golf basics. Thanks for watching the very first edition of the Disc Golf Brothers‘ Blog. Hope to see you in the next one.