Questions, answered

A normal disc golf round played on the run. Your score is your throws plus your time: 54 throws in 38:17 is a Speed Score of 92:17. Lowest score wins. The idea comes from speedgolf.

Not for anything on this site. You need a course, some discs, and a stopwatch. An event may have its own requirements.

Yes. Nothing says you have to run. Walking is slower, so your score is higher, but it's the same game. The suggested Casual / Rec division exists for exactly this (SDG 13.01).

It makes accuracy and speed trade evenly: one throw costs the same as one minute. Speedgolf has scored this way for years, and it rewards smart, steady play over reckless running or slow perfection.

Add your throws to the whole minutes, then keep the seconds after the colon. 78 throws in 46:32 is 78 + 46 = 124, so 124:32. Fractions of a second round up, and seconds break ties: 92:17 beats 92:40 (SDG 2).

It starts when the first tee throw on hole 1 leaves the hand. In a group, everyone's clock starts on the group's first throw. It stops when your last disc comes to rest in the tray or chains. A disc that hits chains and falls out doesn't stop it (SDG 3.02, 3.04).

Only for safety: lightning, an injury, an event horn, or a real danger. Record the clock time when you stop and when you restart, and subtract the gap. Searches, waits, and bathroom breaks are all on the clock (SDG 3.07).

Speedgolf limits players to seven clubs, and discs are your clubs. Fewer discs means less to carry and fewer decisions. Carrying more costs 2 penalty throws per hole (SDG 4.01, 4.03).

No. Your thrown disc marks your lie, so throw a different disc from behind it. When a rule calls for a mini, you can use one of your carried discs instead, placed so its rear edge is where a mini's would be (SDG 6).

It's illegal to throw from then on, but it still counts toward your seven, and you carry it to the finish. No replacements during the round (SDG 4.05).

Discs, no: you carry your own. A non-playing scorekeeper may carry your water (SDG 4.06).

Yes, if you keep it low enough to hear "Fore!" and what's around you (SDG 14.06).

Ask politely to play through. If they say no, wait. Your clock runs, and that's part of the game. Never throw over or around another group (SDG 8.04). Playing at quiet times helps, and events stagger starts 5 to 8 minutes apart.

Yes. Call "Passing!", the other player steps aside, you throw, and they let you tee off first on the next hole. In events, only if the director has announced it (SDG 8.02, 8.03).

Whoever is ready, as long as nobody could be hit. If two players are ready at once, the away player goes first. On hole 1, use scorecard order (SDG 7).

PDGA already requires you to show balance behind your lie before moving forward after a putt inside 10 m. Speed Disc Golf adds one thing: stay put until the disc is at rest or in the basket. It prevents collisions and deflecting your own disc, and it makes the call easy (SDG 5.05).

Search for up to 3 minutes, with your group helping. The clock keeps running. If it's lost, take 1 penalty throw and replay from your previous lie. Better yet, throw a provisional when you first think it might be lost (SDG 9, two-chance guide).

No. Any toss over 5 m that isn't a real attempt to change your lie is a practice throw: 1 penalty throw. Short tosses under 5 m to set a disc aside or hand it to a partner are fine (SDG 10).

It can be, if you yield to everyone who isn't racing, never run across a tee pad or fairway where someone's throwing, and watch your footing. Follow your park's rules (SDG 14).

Not one we'll claim. The Records page lists notable rounds and marks each one Official or Unofficial. A course record needs a posted layout, a witnessed scorecard, and timing evidence such as a GPS file or video. Call it a course record, not a world record (SDG 15).