Cover photo scanned from the 1986 PDGA Course Directory.

Gathering course information outside of the United States has always been a challenge. For those who enjoy statistics, the 1984 Course Directory had six Canadian courses, two of which were misidentified temporary courses. 1986 listed an additional eight Scandinavian courses. The 1990 directory had 32 non-US courses, 1993 listed 50, 1995=110, 2002=219, 2007=337, year-end 2011=499, year-end 2015=1113 and year-end 2021 showed 2614 active courses.

This growth would appear to be exponential, however, outside of Finland, much of the increase can be attributed to courses finally being added to the PDGA database that had not been previously reported. We suspect that there are still very many courses out there of which we are unaware.

Eric Vandenberg #3089 beside one of the original nine knockoff baskets at Winskill Park, Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada. This is the oldest known basket course outside of the United States (some claim a 1976 Install). Photo taken in September 1988 by Elaine King #3090.

The Earliest International Disc Golf Courses

The following is a list, by country, of what we currently believe to be the earliest basket courses. If the target was originally not a basket, then the installation year will not match the year that baskets were installed, but the list is ordered by year of basket installation. Courses that have since been removed are crossed out. A list of the earliest five courses per state in the United States has already been released.

If you have documented evidence of different dates, we strongly encourage you to send us your feedback to help us correct our information. Although we would prefer that you contact us directly with any corrections to this early course information, anyone with an account on PDGA.com can edit the PDGA Disc Golf Course Directory to add new courses or update existing courses.

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Last Revised: October 27th, 2022