The Most Popular Disc Golf Course In Every Country: 2023

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Alex WilliamsonWriter, Editor
Jan 22, 2024 • 3 min read

We've already taken a look at the most popular disc golf course in every U.S. state and each Canadian province and territory. Now, it's the world's turn. 

Here you can find the most popular disc golf course in every country from 2023.

Left: A makeshift disc golf basket on land in front of an iceberg. Right: A green disc golf basket in a savannah with giraffe in the background
Left: An image from Pamer Station in Antarctica. Right: A giraffe at the course at Rimpa Estates Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. Photos uploaded to UDisc Courses by michaeljames14 and uberfy

In short, "most popular" in this post means simply "most played."

Since most disc golfers play recreationally, the courses with top play counts usually have layouts that are enjoyable and encouraging for less-skilled players. This year, for example, of the 46 nations with a most popular course that qualifies for UDisc's disc golf course difficulty rating system, 39 or about 85% had a most popular course with an "easy" or "intermediate" layout option.

In regions with multiple course options, their most popular courses also tend to be near large population centers and easily accessible by car or public transport.

Popular courses do tend to be very good courses, too. Otherwise, who'd bother playing them? But if you're interested in finding out what players have rated countries' best disc golf courses, check out "The 5 Best Disc Golf Courses In Every Country: 2023."

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How Many Countries Play Disc Golf?

In 2023, rounds of disc golf were recorded with UDisc in over 90 countries, nations, and autonomously or semi-autonomously governed areas that are part of larger countries. Rounds were even recorded at a research station in Antarctica.

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How Old Are Continents' Most Popular Disc Golf Courses?

Most of the world's disc golf courses have been built in recent years as the sport's popularity surged over the last decade, so it's no surprise that the average ages of countries' most popular courses tend to be young. When you average the ages of every country's most popular course, you get around 7.5 years.

Average Age of Nations' Most Popular Disc Golf Courses - Continents
Continent Avg. Age of Countries' #1 Most Pop. Courses Number of Nations with at Least One Course
Africa 3.8 yrs 11
Asia 6.6 yrs 22
Australia/Oceania 18.5 yrs 4
Europe 7.6 yrs 37
North America 7.1 yrs 14
South America 11.0 yrs 3

If you're wondering why Australia/Oceania's average is so much older than other continents', it's due to New Zealand's most popular course being from 1985 and there not being enough courses on that continent to bring its average closer to the norm.

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What to Know Before Reading the Stats

Here are important things to know before you dive into the table.

On Where the Stats Came From and Their Meanings

  • Free, P2P, or Special Access: Free means a course is open to all and is not listed in the UDisc directory as requiring a fee. P2P is short for "pay-to-play" (indicated by $ in the table), which means playing a course requires a fee of some type. "Special access" means a course may not be playable for all (e.g., a military ID is needed or it's on the grounds of a private school). 
  • Disc Golf Rounds Recorded: The number of rounds recorded in 2023 on a course with the UDisc app, the #1 app for disc golfers. Not every round of disc golf is recorded in UDisc, but it provides the best metrics disc golf has to identify which courses are played most often.
  • New #1?: A "Yes" in this column means a country had a different most popular course in 2022. A "New" in this column means a country didn't appear in last year's round-up of most popular courses in every country.
  • +/-: How many spots a country's 2023 top course rose or fell in relation to where the country's top course was on the 2022 list. For example, Germany's top course was #12 in total plays in relation to other countries' top courses in 2021; this year it was #11 and has a ▲1 in this category. A "New" in this column means a country didn't appear in last year's round-up of most popular courses in every country.
  • World Pop. Grade: The "Pop." stands for "popularity." This is a quick and interesting way to compare every course's play total with 2023's most popular disc golf course in the world. If you've ever had a test graded on a curve, it's pretty much the same thing. The course with the most plays in the world set the bar and got a 100. The other courses' "grades" are based on what percentage their play counts are of the highest plays total. For example, if a course has a World Pop. Grade of 20, it means it had 20% of the plays that the world's most popular course did in 2023.

Use This List for Travel With Caution

  • Our rundowns of best disc golf courses are intended for travel purposes whereas we intend lists of most popular courses to show both where a high volume of disc golf is being played and simply where people have played disc golf at all. Do thorough research before planning travel based on courses in the table below as many of the courses are object courses, don't exist unless locals bring baskets to a park, require military IDs to enter, etc.

On Organization and Tips for Correct Interpretation

  • The table is organized from the most played to the least played course, but...
  • ... don't forget that the stats include only the top course from each country. Because many countries have multiple courses with more plays than the top course in other countries, no course's position in the table – other than #1 – is guaranteed to reflect its overall popularity as compared to all courses in the world.

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  Country Disc Golf Course City Free, P2P, or Special Access? Disc Golf Rounds Recorded Year Est. New #1? +/- World Pop. Grade
1 Denmark Valbyparken Disc Golf Copenhagen Free 42,976 2004 100
2 United States of America Morley Field San Diego $ 41,158 1977 96
3 Norway Ekeberg Frisbeegolfbane Oslo Free 35,222 1983 82
4 Canada Baker Park Calgary Free 30,089 2011 70
5 Sweden Slottsskogen Disc Golf Course Göteborg Free 18,815 1994 Yes 44
6 Finland Mukkula DiscGolfPark Lahti Free 17,396 2009 Yes 41
7 New Zealand Jellie Park Christchurch Free 15,024 1985 35
8 Netherlands Disc Golf Course Stadsbos013 Tilburg Free 11,043 2021 ▲1 26
9 Austria Wiener Prater Disc Golf Parcours Vienna Free 8,325 2011 ▼1 19
10 United Kingdom Longford Park Disc Golf Course Manchester Free 7,921 2015 ▼1 18
11 Germany Norderstedt Norderstedt Free 6,152 2017 ▲1 14
12 Åland Islands* Kastelholm DiscGolfPark Kastelholm Free 5,751 2020 Yes ▼1 13
13 Iceland Vífilsstaðir Garðabær Free 5,434 2018 Yes 13
14 Estonia Kurna Mõisapark Kurna Free 5,238 2018 ▲1 12
15 Czechia DiscGolfPark Ladronka Prague Free 4,912 2013 Yes ▲1 11
16 Spain DiscGolfPark Mijas Mijas $ 4,686 2016 ▲1 11
17 Australia Chichester DiscGolfPark Woodvale Free 4,447 2016 ▼3 10
18 Japan Uminonakamichi Seaside Park Fukuoka $ 4,286 1987 Yes ▲1 10
19 Poland Jaśkowa Disc Golf Gdańsk Free 2,890 2021 ▲11 7
20 Latvia airBaltic DiscGolfPark (formerly MezaParks) Rīga $ 2,812 2012 7
21 South Africa Inanda Disc Golf Course Midrand $ 2,293 2019 ▲4 7
22 Mexico Los Colomos Guadalajara Free 2,250 2023 Yes ▼4 5
23 Belgium Parc Du Bourdon Braine-l'Alleud Free 2,213 2006 ▼2 5
24 Slovenia Disc golf igrišče Stožice Ljubljana Free 2,153 2014 ▼1 5
25 France Forty Pignes Mimizan $ 1,763 2018 ▲4 4
26 Switzerland Zurich Hardhof Zürich Free 1,734 2001 Yes ▼4 4
27 Saudi Arabia Dhahran Sand & Oil Disc Golf Course Dharan Special Access 1,701 2019 ▼1 4
28 Italy Milano Lambro Milan Free 1,630 2019 4
29 Singapore Kallang Riverside Park Singapore Free 1,535 2019 ▼5 4
30 Thailand Lanna Rocks Disc Golf Tambon Ban Pong Free 1,407 2020 ▲5 2
31 Lithuania Pučkoriai Vilnius Free 1,278 2009 ▲3 3
32 Colombia AeroParque Juan Pablo II Disc Golf Course Medellín Free 1,094 2020 Yes 3
33 China 绿心森林飞盘高尔夫公园 Green Forest Disc Golf Park Beijing $ 1,088 2023 Yes ▲6 3
34 South Korea Beacon Hill Camp Humphreys Pyeongtaek Special Access 1,052 2012 ▲3 3
35 Kosovo Bondsteel Woods Tërstenik Special Access 1,048 2022 ▲26 2
36 Portugal DiscGolfPark do Parque das Artes e Desporto Amadora Free 1,018 2018 ▼5 2
37 Hungary Sportliget Budapest Free 896 2016 ▼10 2
38 Guatemala Monte María Disc Golf Course Santa Maria de Jesús $ 811 2021 ▲2 2
39 Slovakia Rajecké Teplice Discgolf Course Rajecké Teplice Free 729 2015 ▼6 2
40 Panama Corotü @ Parque Omar Panama City Free 728 2022 Yes ▲34 2
41 Philippines Road to Demascus Amadeo Free 626 2021 Yes ▲11 2
42 Belize Countryside Park Disc Golf Spanish Lookout $ 625 2021 ▼4 2
43 Croatia Stonehill Stubičke Toplice Stubičke Toplice Free 568 2022 Yes ▲13 1
44 Ukraine Muromets Disc Golf Kyiv Free 568 2020 Yes ▲33 1
45 Uganda Katosi Disc Golf Course Katosi Special Access 511 2022 ▲26 1
46 Malaysia Bukit Indah Recreational Park (Roundabout Course) Johor Bahru Free 404 2018 Yes ▼3 1
47 Luxembourg Parc um Belval Sanem Free 388 2021 ▼6 1
48 Guantanamo Bay* Yatera Seca Disc Golf Course Special Access 365 2009 New 1
49 Honduras Roatan Disc Golf West Bay $ 364 2018 ▼4 1
50 Myanmar Shwe Sar Yan Ohn Chaw $ 328 ▼14 1
51 Puerto Rico Playa Lucia Disc Golf Course Yabucoa Free 328 2023 Yes ▲4 1
52 Greenland Qaqortoq Disc Golf Bane Qaqortoq Free 291 2023 New New 1
53 Montenegro Trebjesa DiscGolfPark Niksic Free 285 2022 ▲1 1
54 Turkey The Titan Adana Special Access 234 ▼1 1
55 Kenya Rimpa Estates Wildlife Conservancy Kiserian $ 206 2022 ▲32 1
56 Greece Kyllini.Chain.Reactions Kastro Killinis $ 203 2023 Yes ▼5 1
57 Papua New Guinea Lapilo Goroka Special Access 194 1997 ▲7 1
58 Togo Sahara Winds Disc Golf Course Sansanné-Mango Special Access 187 2019 Yes <1
59 Indonesia Hillcrest School Hinekombe Special Access 156 2021 ▼17 <1
60 U.S. Virgin Islands* Neptune’s Landing Disc Golf Course Cruz Bay $ 152 2020 ▼14 <1
61 Taiwan Xinhai Bridge Riverside Park New Taipei Free 152 2021 ▼14 <1
62 Qatar Al Kheesa Temporary Disc Golf Course Rawdat Al Hamama Special Access 147 2022 Yes ▼18 <1
63 Svalbard and Jan Mayen* Longyearbyen Disc Golf Course Longyearbyen Free 136 2021 ▼3 <1
64 Nicaragua Finca Foresta Masaya $ 116 2020 Yes ▼7 <1
65 Guam* Andersen AFB Latte Stone Yigo Special Access 110 2020 ▼16 <1
66 Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC MV Disc Golf Club Kolwezi Special Access 99 2017 ▼4 <1
67 Cambodia Siem Reap Disc Golf Course Krong Siem Reap $ 80 2019 ▼1 <1
68 Costa Rica Parque La Libertad Patarrá Free 73 2019 ▼1 <1
69 Ireland Wildlands Ballyquirke $ 68 2020 <1
70 Russia Tyytari Retselya $ 55 2020 Yes ▼20 <1
71 Niger Lizard Larry's Disc Golf Course @ AB 201 Niger Air Base Special Access 54 2019 ▲8 <1
72 Brazil Colinas Do Piracicaba Disc Golf Piracicaba Special Access 46 2016 ▲3 <1
73 Madagascar Galaxy Disc Golf Course Antananarivo $ 42 2023 New New <1
74 Vietnam Galaxy Disc Golf Course Ho Chi Minh City Free 41 2019 New New <1
75 Ghana Disc Golf Accra Accra Special Access 38 2023 New New <1
76 Faroe Islands* Disc Golf Vágur Vágur Free 36 2022 ▲6 <1
77 Mongolia Turgen Club Doow Luen $ 34 2023 New New <1
78 Bulgaria West Park Sofia Sofia Free 33 2022 ▼30 <1
79 Israel Park Eshkol Urim Free 25 2014 ▼7 <1
80 United Arab Emirates Cam's Beach Ras Al-Khaimah Free 24 2021 ▼21 <1
81 Ecuador Black Sheep Inn Chucchilán Free 22 2000 ▲3 <1
82 Mauritius Heritage Golf Club Bel Ombre $ 22 2019 ▼10 <1
83 Cyprus Marios Golf Park Chloraka $ 20 2023 New New <1
84 Pakistan PAC KAMRA Chloraka $, Special Access 19 2001 New New <1
85 Antarctica Palmer Station Disc Golf Course Palmer Station Special Access 18 ▼6 <1
86 Bahrain Falcon Disc Golf Course Manama Special Access 11 2023 New New <1
87 Zambia Ulubuto Disc Golf Course Kaputo Mission Free 10 2023 Yes <1
88 Romania Nathan A. Apetrei Disc Golf Course Buhalnița Free 9 2023 New New <1
89 British Indian Ocean Territory* Diego Garcia Disc Golf Course Point Marianne Special Access 8 2016 New New <1
90 Curaçao Westpunt Disc Golf Course Westpunt Free 7 2016 New New <1
91 Uzbekistan TIS Disc Golf Course Тошкент Special Access 4 2010 ▼5 <1
92 Namibia Ngepi Disc Golf Course Mwitjiku Special Access 1 2005 New New <1

*Places with this symbol are special cases that may not technically be countries.

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