Every year there’s big news in the disc golf industry, and one of the biggest news stories of 2025 that … drumroll … The World’s Biggest...

by Dee Leekha Houck 2022 3DG-CON, Austin, Texas. Welcome dinner, awards, VIP & Guest Speakers. There is a proverb that if you do not know...

by John Houck In baseball, where your goal is to get on base, you get three chances every time you come up to bat.  If you swing and miss...

A Golf Course converted to a temporary disc golf course created by John Houck for a tournament in 2016. No rope. I imagine we’ve all been...

Hillcrest Farm, Bonshaw, Prince Edward Island, Canada, #1 Course in Canada Recently, there was a discussion on how does one go about...

Senior Designer Dennis Byrne, PDGA #5556 Dennis Byrne and I go back until at least the early 1990’s, when he was the director of the...

Joey Schmit, expanding the art and of science of course design with HouckDesign Joey fell in love with disc golf in 2002 and has been a...

Steve and John at the DGPT Conference 2023 The first thing everyone should know about Steve Brinster is that he is one of the top players...

Article by Dee Leekha-Houck Finlay is 3rd from the left. 11-11-22 Finlay in the back row with glasses. 11-11-22 Finlay is definitely...

by Dee Leekha-Houck UPDATE at the bottom How popular is disc golf? It’s more popular than most might know or understand. Disc golf is...

By Dee Leekha-Houck Paul Wright and John Houck, Tall Firs Disc Golf Course, Monroe, WA, August 2013, We are delighted to announce that...

Here are some more thoughts inspired by a social media post. I found the original post from 2021, and I’m sorry to say that some of...

by John Houck We took a road trip recently to visit three new sites in three states in three days, and it turns out that, after all these...

Hole 13, Harmony Bend, Strawn Park, Columbia, MO. A view of what the fairway would look like backwards. Photo: Matt...

by John Houck You asked for it. So, here it is. First, I want to thank everyone who has subscribed to get the latest from HouckDesign....

Very grateful for all that we get to do and how we get to shape the future of disc golf through course designs. Thanks to all of you for...