Bask in the beautiful nature surrounding you while playing disc golf at Leinweber Park, Gilwell Park, or Kiwanis Central Park. Playing with family, friends, or solo, the level of challenge is decided by each player, by choosing their distance from the basket, doing trick shots, or using different disc styles. Like regular golf, the goal is to land the disc in the basket in the fewest number of throws. 

Owner of Skip Shot Disc Sports Ethan Knodel has played the versatile sport for six years, starting with a three disc starter set and growing his collection to 23. 

“It’s like outdoor therapy, being outside and playing a super chill game of disc golf. It’s quite relaxing,” says Knodel. “You only need one disc to start, and it can be as competitive as you want it to be.”

Whether sunshine or grey skies, snow or rain, disc golf invites people to embrace the outdoors all year long. And disc golf league organizer Jared Zeigenhagel says Medicine Hat is an easy place to merge disc golf into because of the many beautiful parks in the city.

“Right now, all three parks have nine baskets to make a full course, but since Gilwell and Leinweber are so close, you can actually play an 18-basket game,” says Zeigenhagel.

A game that can be played at the players own pace, no appointment is needed to start a game in the parks. Disc golf sets can be found online at Skip Shot Disc Sports, or in-store at Gravity Sports, Sport Connection, Games and Galore in Medicine Hat Mall, and at the Visitor Information Centre (330 Gehring Road SW)

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City Parks with Baskets

Gilwell Park 126 Cuyler Rd SE

Leinweber Park 12 Corbitt Way SE

Kiwanis Central Park 200 11 St SE