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Now Reading:. Membership My Account. Rewards for Good. Share with facebook. Share with twitter. Share with linkedin. Share using email. Nancy Wright believes she knows why. A Spotlight on Older Players Recognizing a large population of potential players who are plus, the PDGA established a Senior Committee in to educate a more mature generation about the sport and encourage participation.
However, northern Europe is putting together plenty of great counterarguments. In a piece we released earlier this year looking at which countries had the most disc golf courses per capita number of courses in relation to a country's population , the U. It ranked just seventh — behind six northern European countries.
And there's another stat from this year that stood out to us, too: Of the top 10 most played courses in the world in , nine were in northern Europe.
This is up from six back when we last looked at Europe's most popular courses in early You can take a look at the full top 10 below:. Though the populations of the northern European nations that dominate that chart are relatively small, it's clear that they're playing disc golf in droves.
If that trend continues, it might not be long before disc golf is a true mainstream sport in Europe's northern reaches. In the list in the previous section of the world's top 10 most popular i. Though there is one Swedish course ahead of it by play count, there's currently no course in the world ahead of it by rating.
Beyond that, it is a popular, beautifully maintained green space free to those not playing disc golf that people enjoy visiting in a very urban part of Stockholm that is often characterized as disadvantaged and troubled. On a happier note, it brought back some good memories for us to see some of the countries and courses that are on the list this year. And the stats show the experiment is working. You'll see in the full list of Europe's best and most popular courses that the islands' most popular course was played more times than courses in Vienna, Bremen, and Manchester.
Why is that impressive? For scale, Vienna's population is around 1. Another number that stood out to us is this: one.
That's the number of disc golf courses in Serbia. But we actually did a story on the disc golf scene in Serbia back when that course was just an ambition. If you're interested in some other European coverage related to what you'll find on the list in the next section, try these articles out:.
Before we reveal the full list of the most popular and best course in each European country, we'll fill you in on a few important things to know about it:. If you want to learn more about any course, just click on its name to see its page on UDisc Courses. I do see the sport continuing to grow to where more and more people can make a living doing it. Disc golf is a multimillion-dollar industry at this point. For more information on the history and rules of disc golf or PDGA events and initiatives, visit www.
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