Australia's premier ADG A-tier disc golf tournament is returning to the great Ruffey Lake Park in April 2012.

In December 2008 the Melbourne Disc Golf Club was founded to create a local community of players and to spread awareness of this great sport.  It is a not-for-profit organisation, encouraging people to take part in this enjoyable, challenging and environmentally responsible sport.

The MDGC meet on the third Sunday of every month for their league day.  On this day, all skill levels and non-members are very welcome to come along and play disc golf. Details of our next event can be found in the League Season section of our website. The level of competativeness is totally up you.  The player's skill levels on league days are leveled out by the use of a handicap system, giving everyone an even chance to compete for prizes.  Players will also accumulate league points with the chance to win further prizes at the end of the biannual league.   At a cost of $5.00 per day for non-members or the option of annual membership, disc golf is a very low-cost way to enjoy the outdoors.  There are discs to borrow, free of charge, for anyone that doesn't own equipment. 

Club members regularly travel to compete in various Australian tour tournaments, and a yearly "Ryder Cup" style, (relatively) friendly competition between the Melbourne Disc Golf Club and the Geelong Disc Golf Club.  We also hold "come and try" open days and social events.

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The MDGC Honour Roll contains the club's founding members, committee members and league and Australian tour competition winners.

Video 1 - "Disc Golf; It's in the Air"

Video 2 - "Disc Golf is a real sport"

Video 3 - "Ben Ayres at Australian Disc Golf Championships"

Disc Golf is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, originating in the US in the 70's and having been played in Australia since the early 80's. Disc golf, best described as Frisbee golf, is a fun, inexpensive, healthy and environmentally friendly game that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities, male and female, regardless of economic status.

It is played much like traditional golf; only instead of hitting a ball into a hole you throw a Frisbee into an elevated metal basket. As players progress from the “tee” to the “target,” the trees, shrubs and terrain changes provide challenging obstacles. Ultimately, the “putt” is tossed into the basket and the hole is completed. The goal of disc golf is the same as traditional golf: to complete the course in the fewest number of shots. Disc golf shares the same joys and frustrations of traditional golf, whether it's nailing a long putt, sinking an "ace" (hole in one) or hitting a tree halfway down the fairway.

As in “ball golf,” a typical course will have 9 or 18 holes, but each hole only averages between 50 and 150 metres. The target in disc golf is a metal basket that is mounted vertically about a metre off the ground, attached to a pole that is around 1.6m tall. To better allow discs to come to rest in this basket, chains are suspended from another circular section near the top of the pole and allowed to hang to a point where they are connected to the pole in or near the receiving basket.

Perth Disc Golf Club's Dave Bandy putts brilliantly out of Ruffey Lake Park's unfriendly trees.