Frolf vs. Disc Golf

[timg]

Recently I've heard and/or seen disc golf referred to as "frolf" by a few people. Just curious as to thoughts on this, is it common in your area? Obviously "Disc Golf" is the correct term since we have the PDGA and not the PFA but there are apparently some people that believe the opposite since I've seen Disc Golf crossed out on some tournament flyers and Frolf written over it.

[magictenor1]

Never heard of it.

[adamn]

I saw them say "frolf" on tv. I was watching "the Office" season 3 and the one charecter was really into it and said he started his own league at some college. I never heard that term before today and definitely will never use it. Its still golf, just with discs...

[ssejhill]

"Frolf" has been a term that's been in use for a looonnnggg time. First time I heard it on TV was back in May 1997 during a Seinfeld episode titled the "Summer of George" where basically George wants "frolf" (frisbee golf) to become his new passion.

I remember watching the episode and laughing thinking that I was in on the joke and the term "frolf" would go over most people's heads. Apparently, it's a commonly used term up here in the Northeast (i'm in the Buffalo NY area).

Good episode (weren't they all!)

from the script:
George: Severance package...The Yankees are giving me three months full pay for doing nothing.

Jerry: They did it for three years. What's another few months.

George: I'm really going to do something with these three months.

Jerry: Like what?

George: I'm gonna read a book. From beginning to end. In that order.

Jerry: I've always wanted to do that...

George: I'm gonna play frolf.

Jerry: You mean golf?

George: Frolf, frisbee golf Jerry. Golf with a frisbee. This is gonna be my time. Time to taste the fruits and let the juices drip down my chin. I proclaim this: The Summer of George!

[timg]

ssejhill, the sign I mentioned in my first post was actually spotted at Chestnut Ridge. It was a tournament flier. I guess there are some people in the Buffalo area that are pretty serious when it comes to what the sport is called :)

[adamn]

I forgot all about the summer of George!
"Summer of George, Baby!!!"

[MattK]

I've played rounds with several random groups around here, and I heard the word "frolf" for the 1st time in person the last time I played Chestnut Ridge. Seems like a perfectly acceptable word - I know what it means when I hear it, but never really use it personally. I do often say "Frisbee golf" however when talking to those who don't play, just to avoid the "what's a disc...oh yeah, that..." part of the conversation.

[timg]

Yea, I don't mind interchanging frisbee/disc but "frolf" is just odd :)

[J-Man]

OK, I'll date myself here. Frolf or folf dates back to the days when the only discs we had to play with were Whamos. Most used the 141g, I prefered the Masters; it was 150g and had grooves on the bottom plate as well as the top. The term stems from adding the 'F' or 'Fr' from Frisbee to the word golf. It was the west coast standard until the beveled disc made its debut and they were called discs rather than Frisbees, Whamo held the trade mark on that name. OK, I'm old, and have been playing for 30+ years - you'd think I would be better. Unfortunately, the muscles declined as the discs got better.
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[Muh' Hucker]

The kids used to call if frolf back in college, 10 yrs or so ago. Thinking about that, I went to SUNY Fredonia, south of Buffalo so maybe the Buffalonians have a thing for silly names. My buddies that I play with call it Disk Golf, and Ball Golf is just regarded as evil.

[Khao Pra]

hey guys, just found this place now and wanted to say hello. been playing competitive disc golf for 14 years now around the world and thankfully frolf is limited to very small pockets of the population lol.

i would never play frolf. it's bad enough playing frisbee golf. "how do you hit the frisbee with a golf club?" "oh, it's a frisbee game? maybe my 5 year old would like to play" etc etc etc.

some people hit a golf ball, i throw a golf disc.

Khao Pra Disc Golf "Treating Disc Golfers like ball golfers since Oct 7, 2007"

[Donovan]

Well Golf got it's name because that was the sound it made. Wood clubs and shafts contact a ball that was made of stitched and wound ball. The resulting sound was "Golf." If we went that route, we would have to call Disc Golf, "Whoosh!" :D

Anyway, history lesson and jokes aside, I am not a fan of Frolf (Thanks Seinfled!). I am also guilty of calling it Frisbee Golf to avoid explanations. Sometimes brand names are hard to kill. I mean when was the last time you ask for a facial tissue? ;)

Firsbee sounds kiddish and Disc sounds mature and might I say even somewhat, manly (sorry ladies). "Disc" makes me think of some overly strong guy gearing up to spin in circles, hence Discus from the Olympics.

So I feel, Disc Golf and Disc Sports are the terms we should be promoting. :cool:

[WillA]

From the song Disc Golf Huzzah...

Some people call it frolf
But those people are dumb
It's disc golf to you and me under the sun

[DGtourist]

......you know, I don't mind using frolfing as a verb. Frisbee golf sounds like a game played with weak plastic that isn't going to fly far and possibly break when it hits the chains. Disc Golf sounds right, but it reminds me of ball golf, which I played for seven years and don't like comparison.
Disc golf > Ball golf. Their courses are all the same. They need carts. they have snooty aditudes. They got us beat with the cart girl that sells beer, but they dress funny.

[Crawdaddy]

I received a copy of Dicks Sporting Goods 'Game On' mag/advertising gimmick this week and there is a section on "The 2008 Joe-lympics", you know, Olympics that the average "joe" can participate in without being a world-class athlete.
One of the items is on "Frolf", the editors like the Frolf name because "it is more fun to say than disc golf, and its better than calling the game grisbee." They go on to use the PDGA definition of DG with a quick synopsis of the history of DG & the difference between a driver & a putter.
So play whatever name-of-tossing-plastic-to-a-target game you will:rolleyes:, DISC GOLF is growing and gaining national attention:D. Major retail chain first, then world domination:eek:!!!

[magictenor1]

I do sometimes say Frisbee golf because of name recognition. 30 years ago when I 1st heard of the sport (which we played with actual Frisbees) everyone I knew called it Frisbee Golf and it was not until years later that I heard the term Disc Golf. Neither name bothers me. This site is the 1st time I heard Frolf

[bfaslewis]

when i was first introduced to the sport, it was referred to me as "frolf" i just thought that was what it was called. it seemed fitting: golf with a frisbee...frolf. when my friends and i are going to play we say frolf, but when i describe the sport to someone that's never played i say frisbee golf, it's something that i think most people would understand easier; i tell them that instead of a ball and a hole you have a disc and a basket. but when i discuss it with an avid player i'll say disc golf, because i know that frolf is a taboo term, that most disc golfers feel that it makes the game sound like it's just for kids.

i'm from the buffalo area, and play "the ridge" so maybe it is just a regional thing. but the more i play and talk about the sport with people the more i convince to go out and play, because it's a lot of fun, everyone you meet on the course is very friendly, and it's relatively easy to pick up (at least the basics, i'm still workin on my annie). i've found some people actually remember back before there were pins, and you just threw at a basket on a tree. so the sport has come along way since the 1970's no matter what you call it.

[Midnightbiker]

Well Golf got it's name because that was the sound it made. Wood clubs and shafts contact a ball that was made of stitched and wound ball. The resulting sound was "Golf." If we went that route, we would have to call Disc Golf, "Whoosh!" :D
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I hate to ruin your history lesson, but I have always hear that the word "Golf" comes from the term that Golf was called:

Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden- G.O.L.F.

I can't confirm this, but this is what I have heard.

[Midnightbiker]

I must agree, Frisbee sounds like a kids game. Disc sounds more adult.

What is still amazing, is how many people have never heard of the game. I try to spread the word, every chance I get.

[ERicJ]

I hate to ruin your history lesson, but I have always hear that the word "Golf" comes from the term that Golf was called:

Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden- G.O.L.F.

Snopes is one of the few internet sites you can believe....
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.asp

[teejw13]

not a fan of frolf :(

[mattmelcher]

I hate to ruin your history lesson, but I have always hear that the word "Golf" comes from the term that Golf was called:

Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden- G.O.L.F.

I can't confirm this, but this is what I have heard.

from wikipedia...

The word Golf was first mentioned in writing in 1457 on a Scottish statute on forbidden games as gouf, possibly derived from the Scots word goulf (variously spelled) meaning "to strike or cuff". This word may, in turn, be derived from the Dutch word kolf, meaning "bat," or "club," and the Dutch sport of the same name. It is often claimed that the word originated as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden", but this is strictly an urban legend.

[Brody Cannon]

I have heard the term "frolf" thrown around since I started. I also just recently heard the term "folf" from some of the veteran players.

I hate to ruin your history lesson, but I have always hear that the word "Golf" comes from the term that Golf was called:

Gentleman Only, Ladies Forbidden- G.O.L.F.

I can't confirm this, but this is what I have heard.

I've been playing golf since I was 5 and this is the same thing I've heard. If I remember correctly, this is in a few of my golf books. I'll see if I can find it and get back to you.

[Brody Cannon]

from wikipedia...



Wikipedia is not a reliable source at all. anyone can go put something up on there even if it's total BS. The thing info that you got from there sounds possible but I wouldn't quote anything from wikipedia. I'll try to find it on a different site and then I might believe it.

[DGtourist]

Wikipedia is not a reliable source at all. anyone can go put something up on there even if it's total BS. The thing info that you got from there sounds possible but I wouldn't quote anything from wikipedia. I'll try to find it on a different site and then I might believe it.

Does it Stand for "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden"?
1. Did the word "golf" originate as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden"? That's a common old wives' tale. Or, in this case, more likely an old husband's tale.
No, "golf" is not an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden." If you've ever heard that, forget it immediately. Better yet, find the person who told you and let them know it's not true.
Like most modern words, the word "golf" derives from older languages and dialects. In this case, the languages in question are medieval Dutch and old Scots.
The medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."
By the 16th Century, the word "golf" had emerged.
Sources: British Golf Museum, USGA Library
source: http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgolf/a/hist_golfword.htm

What is the origin of the word 'golf?' 1. top
The word 'golf' is not an acronym for anything. Rather, it derives linguistically from the Dutch word 'kolf' or 'kolve,' meaning quite simply 'club.' In the Scottish dialect of the late 14th or early 15th century, the Dutch term became 'goff' or 'gouff,' and only later in the 16th century 'golf.'
The linguistic connections between the Dutch and Scottish terms are but one reflection of what was a very active trade industry between the Dutch ports and the ports on the east coast of Scotland from the 14th through 17th centuries.
Some scholars suggest that the Dutch game of 'kolf,' played with a stick and ball on frozen canals in the wintertime, was brought by the Dutch sailors to the east coast of Scotland, where it was transferred on to the public linkslands and eventually became the game we know today.
Source; http://www.usga.org/questions/faqs/usga_history.html#1

There is no universally accepted derivation for the word 'golf.' One of the most common misconceptions is that the word GOLF is an acronym for Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden. This at least is definitely not true.
1. The first documented mention of the word 'golf' is in Edinburgh on 6th March 1457, when King James II banned ‘ye golf’, in an attempt to encourage archery practice, which was being neglected.
Before the creation of dictionaries, there was no standardised spelling of any given word. People wrote words phonetically. Goff, gowf, golf, goif, gof, gowfe, gouff and golve have all been found in documents in Scotland.
Most people believe the old word 'gowfe' was the most common term, pronounced 'gouf'. The Loudon Gowf Club maintains the tradition of this terminology
source: http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/golf_word.htm

[Brody Cannon]

Thanks for the information!

[Disc Dog]

Frolf? the name does not even come out of my mouth easy.

Observer asks "what is that you are playing?"

Player responds "frolf."

It sounds like a dog trying to bark and puke at the same time.

[Disc Golf Cowboy]

This site is the first place I heard the term "frolf".
I started playing in Michigan. It's disc golf there.

[WillA]

I initially called it Frisbee Golf when I played in the 80's and I have heard that a lot more than Frolf. I say Disc Golf though.

[Skankin77]

Referred to as both where I'm from. I prefer disc golf, since it's not really a frisbee..well technically. Could be a good debate, lol.

[XxInnovaxX]

the word frolf makes me sick...it sounds stupid as hell, i cant stand it when i hear this word lol

[Marty McFly]

Not a fan of the term frolf and cringe when people say it. Disc golf all the way.

[BogeyNoMore]

The term "frolf" inherintly seems to lack any credibility whatsoever.

Proud to say I play disc golf, but call me a "frolfer?"
Well, them's fightin' words...

[jhgonzo]

Wow...way to dig this thread outta the depths of DGCR.

Disc golf.

[zenbot]

Frolf sounds like a mildly retarded Hobbit.

[Disc Dog]

Wow...way to dig this thread outta the depths of DGCR.

Disc golf.

I get the biggest kick out of going back and digging up old threads. To see what people have to say now with the way the site has grown.

[XxInnovaxX]

I get the biggest kick out of going back and digging up old threads. To see what people have to say now with the way the site has grown.

sure why not..lol...instead of starting new pointless threads, lets just start a trend and go back to old threads and see how peoples views have changed:cool:

[vonDrehle]

lol to be honest I would rather hear Frolf then Frisbee Golf... Though whenever I either I do curse under my breath just a bit...

[skurf]

What...you mean you guys don't go frolifing thru the forest?

Honestly though, I've never actually heard anyone say that "word" out loud.

[dreadlock86]

i've always found it diminutive. and inaccurate. and lame.

[Papa Hitz]

Just heard my buddy say frolf while 'singing round the collar' after way too much Jim Beam....
FFFFRRRROOOOOOOOOLLLLLLFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!

[Bglo]

i'm from buffalo, and i play at the ridge all the time
i call it frolf just because it sounds better than disc golf, still the same thing, but frolf just rolls of the tounge better

[stevep]

The word frolf sounds like a woosie name. I have never liked it.

[dirtydmix]

i dont know whats the big deal. When texting my disc golf buddies i use 'Folf' and when im talking and too lazy to say disc golf i say folf as a joke.

I think its funny that it would be 'taboo' to say folf or frolf. If you think that then u take Disc FROLF toooooo serious.

[DSCJNKY]

Let's all agree to drop the terms Frolf and Cali from our DG vocabulary. Both terms are lame. Instead, let's call them by their propper terms: Disc Golf and Odd-Man. Those terms sound less gimicky.
DSCJNKY

[jhgonzo]

How about "dilf"? :D

[mutigers13]

Me and my friends who play call it frolf regularly. we have heard other people use the term frolf here in missouri as well. I usually say frisbee golf or frolf because its easier to say and people tend to understand it better then disc golf

[Fore]

I dislike the term frolf, it sounds goofy to me and I correct my friends who have said it. According to http://frolf.com/Welcome.html some people think its different than dg. They have their own rules etc...

[lilpup8]

I dislike the term frolf, it sounds goofy to me and I correct my friends who have said it. According to http://frolf.com/Welcome.html some people think its different than dg. They have their own rules etc...

That is WEIRD!! I call it disc golf or DG for short. And I always say ball golf when refering to the other.

[Roc1Time]

Yea, I don't mind interchanging frisbee/disc but "frolf" is just odd :)

And it sounds stupid

[Omega SuperSloth]

Let's all agree to drop the terms Frolf and Cali from our DG vocabulary. Both terms are lame. Instead, let's call them by their propper terms: Disc Golf and Odd-Man. Those terms sound less gimicky.
DSCJNKY telling a noob he gets to play Cali-style(cause your so cool) sounds alot better than your gonna be the odd-man out(because we all hate you):)

[Roc1Time]

telling a noob he gets to play Cali-style(cause your so cool) sounds alot better than your gonna be the odd-man out(because we all hate you):)

Think that might be reading into the term a little much

[Omega SuperSloth]

Think that might be reading into the term a little much
when you live in cali its not cool. But Dont you remember California Games or L.A. Gear. Its the you dont where the band shirt of the band your gonna go see theory.

[Roc1Time]

Im just saying when I started I never thought odd man (and its odd man, not odd man out) was bad and never thought that everyone hated me or hated playing with me when it happened. Its the luck of the draw and have never seen anyone take it badly

[trashmonster1985]

I personally enjoy the term frolf. not everything in life should be taken so seriously. when i am playing in a more competitive enviroment, or tournament, to me i am playing disc golf, pure and simple. but 95% of the time i'm just out enjoying a good walk, playing the great mental battle that comes with the game, when i am doing that, i call it frolf. i just find it amusing that the "serious" players are so offended by the term. because in all honesty, we are still just throwing plastic around in the woods. when people have never seen the sport and they see it (which was all of us at one point, me, not so long ago) they do see a bunch of grown men throwing "frisbees" at strange metal objects. so like i said, it's supposed to be fun, that's why i use the term FROLF.

[discgolf757]

ive heard oh folf, not frolf, and it disc golf! lol

[Roc1Time]

I think we should start calling ball golf "bolf" and disc golf can be just golf

[DSCJNKY]

telling a noob he gets to play Cali-style(cause your so cool) sounds alot better than your gonna be the odd-man out(because we all hate you):)

It's a random draw... even a noob can see that. It's not like we just said "you're new, so you're the odd-man". (By the way, I'll be the odd-man any day of the week please... people might end up hating me for it, but that's different).

What's worse is when one of the "pros" who draws a noob makes a scene of having drawn the noob. That's when the noob feels like ****, because he knows he is not wanted.

The main point is... Cali doesn't even sound cool... and, Frolf sounds worse. Let's get some respect in the sports world by not sounding goofy.
DSCJNKY

[Beable]

I embrace silliness, so I like calling it frolf. A guy I work with calls it "gwad" for golf with a disc.

[humchris85]

It's called Disc Golf. Frolf designates that your playing with a frisbie, which is copywrited. A frisbie and a disc are very diffrent things and they throw wayyyy diffrent. So unless your busting out an old whamo frisbie, I don't want to hear it called frolf. :p

[prerube]

gwad will never catch on and Frolf only stuck because of Sinefeld.
It's disc golf, I occassionally except frisbee golf, but never ever Frolf

[Dunksmooth]

Frolf...or whatever...just sounds gay!

[trashmonster1985]

man i love this sport, here we are a bunch of adults, sitting at computers across the country arguing about what the "proper" term for our sport should be, trying to get respect from the rest of the sporting community and all. but in all reality from an outsiders point of view we have got to be the biggest bunch of losers anyway, so why should the name matter. i say keep it silly, it keeps the majority of people away. which is great because the people whoi stick to the sport become a tighter family and typically have more in common right away. good stuff you guys are great. keep on frolfing, folfing, gwadding, fugolfing (one i personally like), gilfing (i like that one too), or if you are too anal retentive to have a good time, disc golfing.

[Omega SuperSloth]

i dont know if were the biggest losers , i think thats freestylers, were third in line right after ultimaters

[trashmonster1985]

good point

[trashmonster1985]

what about fans of pro wrestling though? or the ones who actually do it in their backyards? waiting for the backlash on this one...

[BogeyNoMore]

i'm from buffalo, and i play at the ridge all the time
i call it frolf just because it sounds better than disc golf, still the same thing, but frolf just rolls of the tounge better

Apparently, the term for throwing discs at a basket is somewhat regional...

[prerube]

Frolf rolls off the tounge? I am orignially from 45 miles from you and the only time I have ever said Frolf is over the toilet after a night of heavy drinking.

[BogeyNoMore]

Frolf rolls off the tounge? I am orignially from 45 miles from you and the only time I have ever said Frolf is over the toilet after a night of heavy drinking.
LOL!!

[XxInnovaxX]

Frolf rolls off the tounge? I am orignially from 45 miles from you and the only time I have ever said Frolf is over the toilet after a night of heavy drinking.

lmao:D:D ^^this dude is great!! i had no clue how this word rolls off anyones tongue either

[Beable]

i dont know if were the biggest losers , i think thats freestylers, were third in line right after ultimaters

Ultimate is a pretty awesome game.

That said.

GWAD 4 LIFE

[prerube]

I am a converted ultimate player. Frolfers (just kidding), Disc golfers and Ultimate players are not on my list of losers.

1. College kids who hang out in the basement playing D&D.
2. 40 year old men whose moms dust off their Rowdy Roddy Piper Posters
3. Anyone who can speak Klingon
4. War eagle
5. People who dress up like Harry Potter Characters for a movie

[Disc Dog]

what about fans of pro wrestling though? or the ones who actually do it in their backyards? waiting for the backlash on this one...

I am a converted ultimate player. Frolfers (just kidding), Disc golfers and Ultimate players are not on my list of losers.

1. College kids who hang out in the basement playing D&D.
2. 40 year old men whose moms dust off their Rowdy Roddy Piper Posters
3. Anyone who can speak Klingon
4. War eagle
5. People who dress up like Harry Potter Characters for a movie

How can anyone call us losers. We play a great game and we have a culture that is one of a kind.

So we're a little different. Viva Le Difference!

The list above would be a great place to start a loser list.

Most of them all have one thing in common. They are trying to live a vicarious life. There life is drab, awful, or whatever so they try to be something they are not.

In "DISC GOLF" we are who we are.

Lets just go throw plastic! Yea Haw!

[prerube]

I would like to add
6. People who use big words incorrectly, but think they still sound smart.
7. guys who buy hair gel by the gallon
8. Fat football fans who paint their bodies in -12 degree weather
9. People who own Kenny G cds
10. anyone over 30 with a shirt proclaiming they are "Beer Pong Champion"

[humchris85]

I am a converted ultimate player. Frolfers (just kidding), Disc golfers and Ultimate players are not on my list of losers.

1. College kids who hang out in the basement playing D&D.
2. 40 year old men whose moms dust off their Rowdy Roddy Piper Posters
3. Anyone who can speak Klingon
4. War eagle
5. People who dress up like Harry Potter Characters for a movie

LOL. HAHAHA #4 for sure.:D

[Midnightbiker]

LOL. HAHAHA #4 for sure.:D

War Eagle still owes me a shirt.

[humchris85]

War Eagle still owes me a shirt.

LOL. Good luck getting that.:rolleyes:

[prerube]

War Eagle still owes me a shirt.
Next time don't leave your shirt at his place. :p


....sorry I had to.

[hilega]

My brother got me into disc golf. My first course was Deming Park in Terre Haute, IN. All the local college kids there used the term "frolf". It seemed a bit hippie at the time, but I think they almost use it as a term of endearment for the sport .... "You wanna frolf later today?"; "Let's go frolf it up!"; "Frolfing after class today?" It helps me take some of the seriousness out of the sport that some people seem to place on it. These same college kids are also 1-3 disc-ers and usually shoot way below pro par (and have always made fun of "baggers").

[BrotherDave]

I think we should start calling ball golf "bolf" and disc golf can be just golf

I call one of my buddies bolfer b/c he calls me frolfer. It's pretty funny when we yell that at each other b/c other people have no idea what we are talking about.

[trashmonster1985]

just so we are all clear, i never made the comment that I thought we are losers. i made the statement that outsiders look in on the sport as a bunch of "losers." i was simply saying it works to our advantage, since it sort of wittles down the less desirable types from the sport. i disc as much as anyone, i don't have a job and my girlfriend is better than me so, trust me, i play a lot. and i do not consider myself or anyone else a loser. by the way i watched my girlfriend ace a hole at davidson college today. i followed by yanking one out in the brush, ha ha.

[duckgolfer]

LOUD NOISES!!!!!!!!! :)

[Omega SuperSloth]

just so we are all clear, i never made the comment we are losers. i made the statement that indesirable types from the sport watched my girlfriend at davidson college today. i followed by yanking one out in the brush, ha ha.thanks that clears it up:)

[milow369]

what the fruck is frolf?

[BogeyNoMore]

War Eagle still owes me a shirt.

That night you left your shirt at War Eagle's place...
whatever it was that was rolling off your tongue that night, it wasn't "frolf." :p

[Midnightbiker]

That night you left your shirt at War Eagle's place...
whatever it was that was rolling off your tongue that night, it wasn't "frolf." :p

Oh good grief.:rolleyes:

[ejvogie]

...Seinfeld... Good episode (weren't they all!)

No. Never liked that show, in my opinion, the beginning of the end of good sitcoms.

Also, have you ever noticed that 'Golf' spelled backwards is 'Flog'? just sayin':D

[skinner21]

Around here Frolf is the only thing it's called, calling it disc golf sounds almost strange, as weird as that may sound. I have started trying to call it differently, but it's a hard habit to break.

[rikardob]

ssejhill, the sign I mentioned in my first post was actually spotted at Chestnut Ridge. It was a tournament flier. I guess there are some people in the Buffalo area that are pretty serious when it comes to what the sport is called :)

That's it right there. No one calls it frolf besides punk Ridge Rats. I'm sure they were being facetious.

I just did a nice clean up of all 18 holes there this Saturday and it almost looks like a nice course. Still cig butts everywhere though. Scored a +4 there yesterday! Best score on that course ever!

[thenamesben]

When someone calls disc golf "frolf" I want to stab them in the neck with a #2 Pencil.

[skinner21]

I'm really having a hard time figuring out why people hate the term Frolf so much. I get it, they're not frisbees, they're discs, but who really cares what it's called. Plus, you sound like a tool when you correct someone for it. You don't need to take life so damn serious.

[wtafro]

I'm really having a hard time figuring out why people hate the term Frolf so much. I get it, they're not frisbees, they're discs, but who really cares what it's called. Plus, you sound like a tool when you correct someone for it. You don't need to take life so damn serious.

Because it sounds a lot like homosexual sex.

[skinner21]

but homosexual sex and frolf have a lot in common. there's usually not a lot of courses in the same area so you have to travel to find some of your own kind, when you go for the hole there is a ton of shule in the way that can be hard to get through, you're wife probably doesn't want you going so you sneak in rounds without her knowing -- alright I took this a little too far...

[prerube]

Just to be a a$$...

What is worse Frolf or Dolf? (disc Golf

[zenbot]

but homosexual sex and frolf have a lot in common. there's usually not a lot of courses in the same area so you have to travel to find some of your own kind, when you go for the hole there is a ton of shule in the way that can be hard to get through, you're wife probably doesn't want you going so you sneak in rounds without her knowing -- alright I took this a little too far...
I would argue that you didn't take it far enough.

[JR Stengele]

DISC GOLF

[prerube]

DISC GOLF

I know what the concensus is, but out of the other names which is the worst.

Gwad Frolf or Dolf

[skinner21]

listed worst - least worst

gawd
dolf
frolf

I have adopted the term "discing" as my new favorite.

it helps aviod using the word golf. We don't golf, we disc.

[skinner21]

I would argue that you didn't take it far enough.

you would. But the truth is I ran out of similarities.

what you got?

[billnchristy]

I use code...Hey honey, wanna go bang some midgets?...that means play a 9 holer...

People seem to get less offended this way...

[RBDJ]

folfngolf.com


bridging the gap between ball and disc golf....

[skinner21]

I use code...Hey honey, wanna go bang some midgets?...that means play a 9 holer...

People seem to get less offended this way...

so when you show up for tournaments do you tell the TD that you're "here for the gang bang"?

[billnchristy]

Depends on what part of the city its in...

[waynewf]

Honestly "frolf" is akin to fingernails on a chalkboard for me...I don't obnoxiously correct people, but I will generally explain the difference to a newb once and then leave it alone....Seinfeld may have done our fine sport a bit of disservice...unless it's increased playership...I don't know:)

[prerube]

I use code...Hey honey, wanna go bang some midgets?...that means play a 9 holer...

People seem to get less offended this way...

so much less offensive...

[Dthunderchicken]

When I refer to DG at work I call it hippie golf. It used to provoke odd looks. Now people just laugh.

[BogeyNoMore]

Seinfeld may have done our fine sport a bit of disservice...unless it's increased playership...I don't know:)

1) This sport's really in trouble if we're looking to Seinfeld to grow the sport.

2) By the creator's own admission, it was a "show about nothing."
I've reached the same conclusion about this thread.

[trashmonster1985]

thanks that clears it up:)

was it just me or did the way you edited my comment seem to be a reference to me whacking it in the bushes while undesirables watched my girlfriend. that's kind of what i got out of it. pretty funny by the way.

[trashmonster1985]

I'm really having a hard time figuring out why people hate the term Frolf so much. I get it, they're not frisbees, they're discs, but who really cares what it's called. Plus, you sound like a tool when you correct someone for it. You don't need to take life so damn serious.

exactly

[Omega SuperSloth]

was it just me or did the way you edited my comment seem to be a reference to me whacking it in the bushes while undesirables watched my girlfriend. that's kind of what i got out of it. pretty funny by the way.
thanks but you did must of the work for me, so give yourself and the backspace button a big round of applause.:)

here lets see what you can do with this, don johnson wack a mole frat boy i like big shorts at dicks sporting goods disc golf is not for monkeys butt they might wanna eat megan fox's lunchbox contents and winnie the poo likes eating honey in freshly plowed bush and beef jerky flip flop doggy dogg.

[skinner21]

^^^^^^:confused::confused::confused::confused:^^^^ ^^^^

[sweeper]

"The kids used to call if frolf back in college, 10 yrs or so ago. Thinking about that, I went to SUNY Fredonia, south of Buffalo so maybe the Buffalonians have a thing for silly names."

I drank beer in Fredonia a couple of times. One time I went to this place and they had free beer for like three hours or something. That was sweet.

[zenbot]

Frolf: You're late!
Gandalf: A wizard is never late, Frolf Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

*Frolf wipes drool off chin*

[zenbot]

Frolf: You're late!
Gandalf: A wizard is never late, Frolf Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

*Frolf wipes drool off chin*
I'm changing his name to Frolf Bagger. He's the Shire's very own "village idiot". He putts with a Wraith.

[skinner21]

Are you going to write a story like billcristy did on "Full Metal Basket"?

[DiscChucker]

Are you going to write a story like billcristy did on "Full Metal Basket"?

Good idea! This story could be called Lord of the Chains.

[zenbot]

Good idea! This story could be called Lord of the Chains.
So it begins....except "Lord of the Flings" also works.

[kinfolkfan]

If you come to the beautiful Mendocino Coast of Northern California you will be Frolfing like it or not! We are the MFC and that's how we roll. You dont have to hate because you don't like the word Frolf. We all play the same game.
Hope we can come together and just go play! Frolfers and discers unite.:)

[skinner21]

If you come to the beautiful Mendocino Coast of Northern California you will be Frolfing like it or not! We are the MFC and that's how we roll. You dont have to hate because you don't like the word Frolf. We all play the same game.
Hope we can come together and just go play! Frolfers and discers unite.:)

amen

So it begins....except "Lord of the Flings" also works.

Three Bosses for the Distance-kings under the sky,
Seven Rocs for the Tunnel-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine Wraiths for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One Buzzz for the Dark Lord War Eagle on his dark throne
In the Land of Flip City where the Shadows lie.
One Disc to rule them all, One Disc to find them,
One Disc to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Flip City where the Shadows lie.

[joegraham]

Good idea! This story could be called Lord of the Chains.
Do you have the One Disc to Rule Them All?

" It was supposed to be the summer of George!!" He plays "Frolf" in Central Park in a Seinfield episode.

[prerube]

here lets see what you can do with this, don johnson wack a mole frat boy i like big shorts at dicks sporting goods disc golf is not for monkeys butt they might wanna eat megan fox's lunchbox contents and winnie the poo likes eating honey in freshly plowed bush and beef jerky flip flop doggy dogg.

Sir you are disgusting! :eek:

[DSCJNKY]

If you come to the beautiful Mendocino Coast of Northern California you will be Frolfing like it or not! We are the MFC and that's how we roll. You dont have to hate because you don't like the word Frolf. We all play the same game.
Hope we can come together and just go play! Frolfers and discers unite.:)

Just keep the MFC away from the AVBC and KOA DGC's and I'll be AOK.
DSCJNKY

[Bglo]

does it really matter what we call it, frolf disc golf who really cares? i dont know about you but i just love playing the game

[asu225]

Heard it called "frolf" a few times, never called it that myself.

[BrotherDave]

Three Bosses for the Distance-kings under the sky,
Seven Rocs for the Tunnel-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine Wraiths for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One Buzzz for the Dark Lord War Eagle on his dark throne
In the Land of Flip City where the Shadows lie.
One Disc to rule them all, One Disc to find them,
One Disc to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Flip City where the Shadows lie.

Something else LOTR and Disc Golf have in common? Hours of tedious walking. :D

[jartiv]

Yea i use them interchangeably... it is sort of a hot button word... there are certain people I can't say it around.

I am sure its been said a lot here, but Frisbee is a brand name (Wham-O). I think the Disc over Frisbee is something that Discraft is secretly supporting. think about it, the first Ultimate game was probably played with Wham-O frisbees, thus Ultimate Frisbee. Then the Ultra-Star came to dominate, and they marketed it as a flying disc and only refer to the game as Ultimate.... Just sayin. I could be wrong about all this though, I don't know what was used in the first Ultimate game.
This makes me think of my parents who are foreign (filipino). Filipinos have this weird tendency of using certain brand names to describe items in general... All toothpaste is Colgate. All refrigerators are Fridgedairs. Oh... also it makes me think of the South where all sodas are refered to as Cokes. What kind of Coke do you want?

Im done. wow this is my 4th post this morning... I should go to bed

[justindfpr]

I might have posted in this thread already but even if I did I just want to state again how much I dislike the term frolf. It just makes it sound like a hippie game like we don't already get that sterotype.

[adh56]

I don't care for Frolf or Frisbee Golf but I have to admit I usually call Slurpee type drinks, Slurpees. I don't even know the name of that type of drink. :p

[prerube]

Yea i use them interchangeably... it is sort of a hot button word... there are certain people I can't say it around.

...Oh... also it makes me think of the South where all sodas are refered to as Cokes. What kind of Coke do you want?



Yes, I grew up in Western New york and sodas were all "pop" then I moved to Florida and everything was a "coke"

I love when waitresses in the south ask what kind of Coke you want "umm brown and bubbly"

[trashmonster1985]

I might have posted in this thread already but even if I did I just want to state again how much I dislike the term frolf. It just makes it sound like a hippie game like we don't already get that sterotype.

it is a hippie game, you can't deny it. playing for free in the dirt?, come on.

[NothinButChing]

so when there says that there is a poll, where is that poll?


Disc Golf > Frolf .... think Frolf is what people called it thinking they were clever putting two words together never thinking that a whole new term had been made for such a great sport

[kapaso]

So, we have the frisbee. But it is not just a frisbee, it is a frisbee disc.

So, when you are disc golfing, you are really frisbee disc golfing, but to lazy to say "frisbee" (laziness is truly a huge factor in language development).

But, if you are really lazy (like myself), you drop disc and most of the rest of the words and are left with frolf -- a portmanteau far superior to the shortened form "disc golf".

Thus, us frolfers are simply more evolved, and lazy.

Consequently there's about 30 discs at my local frourse that I didn't feel like tracking down.

Have at 'em!

[Giv'r]

So, we have the frisbee. But it is not just a frisbee, it is a frisbee disc.

So, when you are disc golfing, you are really frisbee disc golfing, but to lazy to say "frisbee" (laziness is truly a huge factor in language development).

But, if you are really lazy (like myself), you drop disc and most of the rest of the words and are left with frolf -- a portmanteau far superior to the shortened form "disc golf".

Thus, us frolfers are simply more evolved, and lazy.

Consequently there's about 30 discs at my local frourse that I didn't feel like tracking down.

Have at 'em!

Since you are so lazy you probably didn't look into this at all. Your whole argument is flawed. They are not frisbee golf discs at all. "Frisbee" is a brand name. If it doesn't say Frisbee on it then it's not a Frisbee.

[medicinalfunk]

i call it "dolf", short for disc golf. that way i am using a proper term but still being unbearable

[drickanderson]

Frolf just sounds stupid. It's disc golf. Quit trying to sound cool talking about it, because you don't.

I about laughed my ass off when somebody told me about another guys "sick jits" ... It's "jiu jitsu" you moron. What is the deal with this crap?

[wkelly42]

Frolf just sounds stupid. It's disc golf. Quit trying to sound cool talking about it, because you don't.

This ^100.

[medicinalfunk]

"Frolf" has been a term that's been in use for a looonnnggg time. First time I heard it on TV was back in May 1997 during a Seinfeld episode titled the "Summer of George" where basically George wants "frolf" (frisbee golf) to become his new passion.

I remember watching the episode and laughing thinking that I was in on the joke and the term "frolf" would go over most people's heads. Apparently, it's a commonly used term up here in the Northeast (i'm in the Buffalo NY area).

Good episode (weren't they all!)

from the script:
George: Severance package...The Yankees are giving me three months full pay for doing nothing.

Jerry: They did it for three years. What's another few months.

George: I'm really going to do something with these three months.

Jerry: Like what?

George: I'm gonna read a book. From beginning to end. In that order.

Jerry: I've always wanted to do that...

George: I'm gonna play frolf.

Jerry: You mean golf?

George: Frolf, frisbee golf Jerry. Golf with a frisbee. This is gonna be my time. Time to taste the fruits and let the juices drip down my chin. I proclaim this: The Summer of George!

if i remember correctly, george also aspired to eat a block of cheese in this episode

[Triflusal]

guys that guy is a troll. let this thread die again

[medicinalfunk]

you're a troll

[lokirising]

I see disc golf and frolf as the same name for the same thing.

[koogs]

Since you are so lazy you probably didn't look into this at all. Your whole argument is flawed. They are not frisbee golf discs at all. "Frisbee" is a brand name. If it doesn't say Frisbee on it then it's not a Frisbee.
You are correct, sir. :clap:

[Mando]

I have a good friend (who happens to have a private dg course on his farm) say,"you know, disc golf is really not a good name for this" and the more I think about it, he is right. Frolf is even worse. We need a better name. Most people don't know what disc golf is anyway, so why try to explain the game in the name.
Forgetaboutit... and just invent some new off-the-wall-name.

[wkelly42]

guys that guy is a troll. let this thread die again
But I've got all this Troll Chow that's just going to go to waste!!!

[drickanderson]

But I've got all this Troll Chow that's just going to go to waste!!!

this made me laugh...

the end ...

[chickenonabun]

'round these parts lots of people call it discin. they're all mondo-n00bs though

[jcf5083]

In case anyone was wondering here's a picture of kapaso:

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/TROLL-BANK-GR1.jpeg

[discordye]

Frolf- for people who play with a couple drivers and putt with a driver.
Disc golf- for people who play with a plethora of discs and putt with a putter.

[Midnightbiker]

Frolf- for people who play with a couple drivers and putt with a driver.
Disc golf- for people who play with a plethora of discs and putt with a putter.

Man is that ever true. I met a guy carring 3 drivers once, and he was putting with a Boss. Not very well, I might add.

I will say that I did once run in to a guy that putted with a Wraith, and I'll be damned if he wasn't out putting me on alot of the holes. I don't know how, but he made it work.

[FonzTYC]

Man is that ever true. I met a guy carring 3 drivers once, and he was putting with a Boss. Not very well, I might add.

I will say that I did once run in to a guy that putted with a Wraith, and I'll be damned if he wasn't out putting me on alot of the holes. I don't know how, but he made it work.

Im glad i read this,. I thought i was the only one that played with someone that putts with drivers lol. Its hilarious, he carries ALL his drivers, just distance drivers, no mids and he actually carries a Birdie with him. He will get ready to put and actually choose what disc he feels he can putt with best for the situation. I laugh everytime. I tell him to buy a nice putter , but he told me he would feel to much like a DISC GOLFER

[discordye]

Im glad i read this,. I thought i was the only one that played with someone that putts with drivers lol. Its hilarious, he carries ALL his drivers, just distance drivers, no mids and he actually carries a Birdie with him. He will get ready to put and actually choose what disc he feels he can putt with best for the situation. I laugh everytime. I tell him to buy a nice putter , but he told me he would feel to much like a DISC GOLFER
Yeah people like that are the ones who stop disc golf from being recognised as a serious sport. I see them all the time in the summer, bit somehow when winter rolls around they just stop. Hedfan1's Johnson's and my footprints were the only ones imprinted this winter. My name is discordye and I used to be a frolfer.

[Johnson]

Yessir.

[Midnightbiker]

Yeah people like that are the ones who stop disc golf from being recognised as a serious sport. I see them all the time in the summer, bit somehow when winter rolls around they just stop. Hedfan1's Johnson's and my footprints were the only ones imprinted this winter. My name is discordye and I used to be a frolfer.

Just the opposite here. You see alot of that around here in the Spring and Fall, but when its over 90 degrees around here in the summer, I can't get anyone but serious disc golfers out to play.

[Thumber]

Disc Golf - A term coined by frolfers who take themselves and the sport wayyyy too seriously. There are a couple of guys in my club who go sideways whenever they hear the term frolf......so I try to use it as often as i can around them.

Make a nice drive? "Great frolf shot buddy." You can hear their blood boiling lol

[Dave Walters]

So, we have the frisbee. But it is not just a frisbee, it is a frisbee disc.

So, when you are disc golfing, you are really frisbee disc golfing, but to lazy to say "frisbee" (laziness is truly a huge factor in language development).

But, if you are really lazy (like myself), you drop disc and most of the rest of the words and are left with frolf -- a portmanteau far superior to the shortened form "disc golf".

Thus, us frolfers are simply more evolved, and lazy.

Consequently there's about 30 discs at my local frourse that I didn't feel like tracking down.

Have at 'em!

Gotta love when this guys first post ever digs up a thread that is 473 days old.

[discordye]

Didn't realize that. That is funny. Doesn't usually go down like that.

[Chiefstang]

Yeah people like that are the ones who stop disc golf from being recognised as a serious sport. I see them all the time in the summer, bit somehow when winter rolls around they just stop. Hedfan1's Johnson's and my footprints were the only ones imprinted this winter. My name is discordye and I used to be a frolfer.

Been noticing that. Also, no piles of beer cans on the courses once the snow flies.

Kinda nice.

I called it frolf when I first started, but ditched it as soon as I developed my over-sensitive "IT'S NOT A FRISBEE!!!!" attitude.

Frolfing is definitely a popular term in upstate, though.

Surprised Tim hadn't heard of it, but maybe they only say it in the winter....:cool:

[Longliveguitar]

i hate the word frolf, dont know why, it just sounds stupid and i feel like its a put down almost. I think i'm just weird

[discordye]

It is a put down, when someone calls you a frolfer they also say that your an unemployed pothead beatnik. Because that's the cliche.

[drickanderson]

Just the opposite here. You see alot of that around here in the Spring and Fall, but when its over 90 degrees around here in the summer, I can't get anyone but serious disc golfers out to play.
Try it when it's 115 .. yeah baby! ..

[BigBig5]

I say frolf is for Super Class and Disc Golf is for regaler discs thats not for super class.

[Johnson]

Try it when it's 115 .. yeah baby! ..

Being a central MN boy I'd rather play in 30 degree weather than 115, but I would still play if it got that hot. 115 in MN is incredibly brutal considering the constant humidity.

[jcf5083]

I think if you're growing up in the game, you can say frolf as much as you want.

If you plan on taking the game (not sport) seriously, than you should stop sounding like a n00b and call it disc golf.

Jcf5083's $.02

[REDARMY]

Recently I've heard and/or seen disc golf referred to as "frolf" by a few people. Just curious as to thoughts on this, is it common in your area? Obviously "Disc Golf" is the correct term since we have the PDGA and not the PFA but there are apparently some people that believe the opposite since I've seen Disc Golf crossed out on some tournament flyers and Frolf written over it.

dunno why this thread got revived, but even the noobs around my parts don't use the term 'frolf'.

i'll give a derisive stare to anyone using the term 'frisbee golf', but it's still better then 'frolf'

[superberry]

Just golf. The other people play that weird "ball golf", or bolf, game. Mostly it's "discin" though.

[Johnson]

I usually say "throwin disc" or something of that nature.

[lokirising]

I hate the name frisbee golf more than frolf.

[drickanderson]

Just golf. The other people play that weird "ball golf", or bolf, game. Mostly it's "discin" though.

now that you mention it, we usually just say golf too. Anybody that I would be playing with would never mistake me saying 'golf' for ball golf. I've never played ball golf, nor do I have any desire to.

[discordye]

I say frolf is for Super Class and Disc Golf is for regaler discs thats not for super class.

Wtf?

[Guurn]

I still say frolf all the time.

The owners of the local disc golf shop get seriously pissed when they hear someone use the term. They just need to lighten up. Disc golf isn't any more deadly serious than ball golf is. My 16 yo son thinks it is embarrasing when he hears someone say frolf but that is a typical teenage attitude, I know he will eventually grow up enough to not worry so much about what people think of stuff like that. It doesn't mean you are ignorant or stupid, it is just a game, why so serious? Maybe people think that is we all stop saying frolf more money will appear in tourneys?

[NoThingness]

I see it as Frolf is when your using 'Frisbee' brand catch discs like the avg joe at the beach and disc golf is played on a proper course with baskets and using proper Disc Golf Discs

[superberry]

I hate "DISK GOLF" more than any other term.

[chuckdisc]

Disc Golf

[cmcolomb]

I hate "DISK GOLF" more than any other term.

seconded

[Thumber]

I think it must be winter so people have the time to argue inane terms instead of going out frolfing

[discordye]

Yeah, I think the term frolf fizzled out when they came out with discs. Hence the name disc golf.

[agent_peebody]

am i the only one who says "dolf"?

[zenbot]

Yes.

[discordye]

Yeah, I've never heard it called dolf, ever.

[agent_peebody]

i dolf all day in the summer.

[discmeister]

I like Frolf about as much as calling football soccer.

[discordye]

I like frolf as much as I like hearing a couch being called a davenport. Pop, soda. Or hotdish being called caserole.

[bazillion]

Somehow "frolfing" makes me think of Tiny Tim frolicking through the tulips or whatever the f he did.

edit: "tip toeing", that's it.

Not my term for the game, that's fer sher.

[Johnson]

Yeah, I've never heard it called dolf, ever.

I talked to Hed about this and he shot it down...

[thanxmikey]

only ever heard that term from seinfeld.

[BarkBuster]

Or hotdish being called caserole.

hahaha.. oh hotdish.. I haven't heard anyone use that term since I lived in MN.


EDIT: I call it Golf... if somebody looks at me and thinks Im talking about ball Golf then they are just a bad judge of people.

[Glynis27]

I was introduced to the game as "Frisbee Golf" and "Frolf". Don't particularly like either name. "Disc Golf" is hard for me to say though. I can say "Disc" and "Golf" just fine seperately, but put them together and you get this weird pause/interuption in the middle.

I usually end up saying "DG" to other players, "Frisbee Golf" to non-players and "Dis Golf" for when I want to say "Disc Golf" without that weird pause.

Someone needs to find a better name.

[bettsjc]

I never, EVER use the term "frolf".

I do admit to saying "frisbee golf", as its easier for someone not familiar with the sport to grasp the concept. It doesn't really bother me either way, but I do call it Disc Golf.

[DiscChainBasket18]

'Frolf' seems like a goofy word so I dont say it. I heard the term 'Frolf' only after I started throwing. I probably would've never started throwing if it was only known as 'Frolf'.
I say disc golf (or Frisbee golf to the uninitiated).

[discordye]

I talked to Hed about this and he shot it down...

Johnson I've never heard anyone physically say dolf but you. But you don't count.

[jcf5083]

My 16 yo son thinks it is embarrasing when he hears someone say frolf but that is a typical teenage attitude,

I think it usually goes the other way around

[eegor]

Doesn't matter what it's called, as long as I can get out to play.

When I tell someone that I play, I say "disc golf", if they look puzzled, I say "frisbee golf".

[discordye]

Doesn't matter what it's called, as long as I can get out to play.

When I tell someone that I play, I say "disc golf", if they look puzzled, I say "frisbee golf".

I do the same thing. These exact words.

[forehand freak]

i used to use the word "frolf" and now i use disk golf, in my school a lot of people say "frolf" and i correct them and say "disc golf" and they say thats not right, i changed my words because my brother (discordye) was always correcting me and it got annoying so i changed, he also convinced me that it sounds more professional. its annoying for me to hear my younger siblings to say it but i think i can change them. lol. but yea, alot of people say frolf where i am from.