Introducing disc golf for older adults by Don Dillon

Remember the popular game of Frisbee, which involved players throwing a plastic disc to each other? In the 1970s that sport was expanded into disc golf, an activity that may be the fastest-growing sport in the United States—perhaps the world—according to the Professional Disc Golf Association. Yet the benefits of disc golf for encouraging better health and wellness in older adults appear largely unknown to organizations such as retirement communities and seniors centers.