About Disc Golf Starter
Disc Golf Starter is an independent buyer-guide site for new disc golfers. We exist because the beginner disc golf internet is a mess of manufacturer FAQs, retailer pages with inventory bias, forum threads arguing about a single mould, and listicles that never explain the one thing a beginner actually needs: how to read the flight numbers stamped on a disc.
We aim to be the site that actually answers the question.
What we do, in plain English
We gather the specs of the discs, starter sets, baskets and bags worth knowing about on Amazon — flight numbers, plastic types, weights, chain counts, disc capacities — and we organise them: by what a beginner arm can actually throw, by budget, by whether you are buying your first three discs or your first practice basket. Then we publish the spec-led comparisons that should already exist but somehow do not.
We update our top picks regularly. We do not accept payment to position a product. When we have a strong preference — premium plastic versus base, understable versus overstable for beginners, a three-disc bag versus fourteen — we say so and explain why. When the right answer depends on your arm speed and stage, and in this sport it usually does, we walk through the decision instead of pretending there is one universal pick.
Our editorial method
- Source the specs. Flight numbers (speed, glide, turn, fade), disc weights and plastic types, basket chain counts and catch behaviour, bag capacities and carry systems — straight from manufacturer listings and current Amazon product pages, and checked against the PDGA approved-disc list where it matters.
- Run the comparison. We line products up against each other on the specs that decide how they actually play for a beginner, not the ones that sound impressive in marketing copy.
- Land the recommendation. Specific, stage-aware, and updated whenever the product line changes.
When a disc, basket or bag gets discontinued, we mark the page as updated and swap in the closest currently-available replacement. We do not pretend a dead link still works.
Who writes here
Marcus Webb runs editorial. He is a PDGA member playing out of Greenville, South Carolina, with a current rating around 915 (Am3, intermediate) and a bag of 14 discs across four plastics — Star, Champion, ESP and Z. Before disc golf he worked as a sports editor for a regional online publication, and he has been writing gear content full-time since 2022.
Marcus got dragged onto a course by a friend during the 2020 surge in the sport, read every page on PDGA.com inside six months, and never went back. He built Disc Golf Starter out of frustration with the gap between manufacturer marketing and the plain-English explanation a beginner needs to read a disc's flight numbers and buy the right one.
Articles also come from rotating contributors — touring Am players, course designers, and weekend hobbyists who know specific corners of the sport better than Marcus does. Each article shows its author at the top. When someone else writes, Marcus's name appears at the bottom under "Edited by". If you are curious about a particular contributor, their bio sits at the foot of the post.
What we don't do
- We don't claim hands-on testing we didn't do. When we say a disc flies a certain way, that is because the flight numbers are stamped on it by the manufacturer and the figures are verifiable — not because we have thrown every disc in every guide. Where a first-person observation is genuine, from Marcus's own bag or a contributor's, we say so explicitly.
- We don't pretend disc choice fixes your form. No disc will fix a throw. We help you pick a disc that suits your arm speed and stage; the technique is on you and your local players. We will tell you when the honest answer is "practise your putting", not "buy this disc".
- We don't recommend PDGA-banned discs. We check approval status at write-time and at our renovation passes. If a disc is not on the approved list, it does not make a pick here, however well it sells.
How we make money
Disc Golf Starter is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. If you buy something via a link on this site, we earn a small commission. It costs you nothing.
We don't tilt our recommendations to favour any single product, brand, or commission tier. You can read the full disclosure on our Amazon Disclosure page.
We occasionally feature direct-brand affiliate programs from disc and gear manufacturers when their product genuinely belongs in a comparison. The same rule applies — the link choice never changes the editorial position.
How to reach us
Tips, corrections, product launches we should know about, or just a hello — write to hello@discgolfstarter.com or use the contact form. We read everything. We can't respond to every message, but we read.
If you spot an outdated spec, a discontinued product, or a price that's drifted, those tip-offs are especially welcome. They keep the site honest.