Disc golf is a popular sport that is played at the amateur and professional level. In disc golf, players take a flying disc -- better known as a Frisbee -- and throw it on a course similar to the way a golfer hits a golf ball on a golf course. Eventually, the disc golfer has to put the disc in a basket much the way a golfer has to put the ball in a hole. While the game is seemingly about moving around and being active in the outdoors, many courses and tournaments allow disc golfers to use carts in competition.
Significance
Players are permitted to use golf carts in all Professional Disc Golf Association events if the individual tournament sanctions the use of carts for all players choosing to use them. Rule 3.5 of the PDGA competion manual states that players will walk in tournaments "unless alternate transportation such as golf carts are provided to all competitors."
Significance
Players who choose to use golf carts when they are allowed by the tournament organizer must park their carts out of the fairway where they could be hit by another player's disc. If a cart is parked in an area where it could be hit by a disc, the player will be told to move his cart. If it happens a second time, the tournament could assess a one- or two-stroke penalty.
Time Frame
The use of golf carts can make a round of disc golf go much faster. In professional disc golf, all golfers must throw their disc within 30 seconds of getting to the spot where their disc recently landed. Taking a golf cart allows the golfer to proceed on the course much quicker than if the player is walking.
Considerations
Players who take a cart must keep all their discs on the cart. You will have a disc used for driving, fairway play and putting. All of these discs along with spares in case a disc gets damaged must be kept on the cart throughout the tournament.
Warning
When you are driving your golf cart in a PDGA event, you must keep your cart away from any out-of-bounds areas. These areas are often under construction and if you drive your cart in that area you could cause damage to the course. Any player who causes damage to the course as a result of not knowing the cart rules can receive a stroke penalty or disqualification if the rule violation is viewed as reckless.
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