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DISC-GOLF [6 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
CONT

Disc golf relies on one's ability to throw a disc with power and accuracy. The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest total number of throws of a golf disc. Similar to the traditional golf game, a course is composed of a number of holes, in which each player begins by throwing from the tee, and completes the hole by landing in or striking the target.

OBS

The hole can be one of a number of disc golf targets; the most common is called a pole hole, an elevated metal basket. As a player progresses down the fairway, he or she must make each consecutive shot from the spot [lie] where the previous throw has landed.

OBS

Frisbee®: a registered trademark. Although "frisbee" is frequently used to describe flying discs in general, its use, and the use of "frisbee golf," according to the sources consulted, should be avoided, except when one refers specifically to flying discs made by WHAM-O Inc.

Key term(s)
  • disk golf
  • discgolf
  • diskgolf

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
DEF

Jeu de disque-volant, inspiré des règles du golf, qui consiste à atteindre des cibles successives en un minimum de lancers, sur un parcours aménagé.

OBS

Frisbee® : marque de commerce déposée de WHAM-O Inc. Il faut donc éviter d'employer le terme «frisbee» pour désigner un disque de disc-golf et les termes «golf frisbee» ainsi que «frisbee golf» pour désigner le disque-golf.

Key term(s)
  • disk golf
  • disk-golf
  • golf à disque
  • golf de disque
  • discgolf
  • diskgolf

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Golf
CONT

Unless the event takes place on a permanent disc golf course, Discology can supply a mobile disc golf course which allows us to set up our equipment at any suitable location with permission.

CONT

Jacques Cartier Park : This is our longest operating permanent course, and the home course of the ODGC [Ottawa Disc Golf Club]. Located beside the Ottawa River, just over the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge in Jacques Cartier Park, it is an 18 hole course.

OBS

Disc golf terminology.

Key term(s)
  • permanent disk golf course

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Golf
CONT

Partout dans le monde, les joueurs continuent de chercher à implanter de nouveaux parcours permanents dans les parcs départementaux et sur les campus. À la fin de cette décennie, il y a des parcours permanents de disc-golf aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Europe, en Australie et au Japon.

CONT

Le premier parcours permanent en France a été implanté sur la Base de Plein Air et de Loisirs de Jablines-Annet (77), il comporte 18 trous, le second se situe au domaine du Maine Pommier à Lagorce (33), il est composé de 18 trous.

OBS

Terminologie du disc-golf.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Bodies and Committees
  • Various Sports
OBS

The Professional Disc Golf Association is the game's governing body. This non-profit organization ... remains dedicated to the promotion of disc golf worldwide. Every year the PDGA sanctions hundreds of tournaments and competitions for both professional and amateur players. Competitors earn points by participating in these events, which are tabulated by the PDGA and used to determine invitations to the annual World Disc Golf Championships, and other events.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités professionnels
  • Sports divers
OBS

Le NT [National Tour] de France de Disc-Golf est régi par les règles éditées par la Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA), par la World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) - édition de 1997 et par toutes modifications apportées par la France Disc Golf Association (FDGA) et adoptées lors de la dernière assemblée générale.

Key term(s)
  • Association de disc-golf professionnel
  • Association de disc golf professionnel

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
CONT

Disc golf courses are normally laid out among wooded areas with diverse terrain to provide natural obstacles to the flight of the disc. … Disc golf courses are normally 18 holes in length, but there are other combinations as well, including 9-hole, 22-hole, 24-hole and 27-hole courses in existence.

CONT

There are four basic considerations when installing a disc golf course: targets, signs, tees and course design.

Key term(s)
  • disk golf course

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
CONT

Un parcours de disc golf est généralement composé de 9 ou 18 trous. A chaque trou les joueurs tentent d'atteindre une cible en partant du tee. Les distances varient entre 60 et 150 mètres.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
CONT

Golf discs have little in common with the bulky freestyle Frisbees you've thrown at the beach. Each type of disc weighs about the same (generally between 150 and 180 grams, or 5 to 6 ounces), but golf discs are smaller in diameter and made of denser plastic, with a tendency to have a narrower edge for greater aerodynamic performance. The current world record toss stands at 712 feet.

CONT

The pressure of the moving air against the surface is inversely proportional to its speed, so that the net result is that there is a lower pressure on the top of the disc than on the bottom, thereby imparting the aerodynamic lift that helps the disc fly. A golf disc in this sense is a kind of airfoil.

Key term(s)
  • golf disk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
CONT

Disques de disc-golf : en fonction de la distance et de la trajectoire à parcourir, le joueur de disc-golf utilise différents types de disques, tout comme le joueur de golf qui choisit le club le mieux adapté au coup à jouer. Les «drivers», «approches» et «putters» sont les trois types de disques utilisés respectivement pour le drive, l'approche et le putt. Ces disques sont plus ou moins profilés et de poids variant de 145 à 180 grammes.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
DEF

A person who plays the game of disc golf.

CONT

And unlike their ball golfing neighbours, disc golfers play in just about any weather. Rain, snow, sleet, and mud...these are mere distractions for your typically obsessed disc golfers.

Key term(s)
  • disk golfer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
CONT

En fonction de la distance et de la trajectoire à parcourir, le joueur de disc-golf utilise différents types de disques, tout comme le joueur de golf qui choisit le club le mieux adapté au coup à jouer.

CONT

Un disc golfeur peut choisir parmi de nombreux disques, chacun avec des propriétés de vols spécifiques. Pour chaque lancer il peut prendre le disque qui semble le plus approprié.

OBS

Le terme anglais de «disc golfer» est à éviter, la graphie française «disc-golfeur» et le terme «joueur ou joueuse de disc-golf» étant privilégiés.

Key term(s)
  • joueur de disc golf
  • disc golfeur
  • discgolfeur
  • joueuse de disc golf

Spanish

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