175 million steps. 75,553 hours outdoors. Annual recorded rounds more than trebled between 2019 and 2025. The English Disc Golf Association (EDGA) and UDisc share England’s recorded activity figures below, including 50,924 rounds in 2026 to 12 October, up 3.6% on the same dates in 2025. All 2026 figures stop at 12 October. Annual records begin in 2015.
2026 year to date: 1 January to 12 October
50,924
Rounds recorded
Up 3.6% on the same dates in 2025
121
Permanent courses listed
53 in 2020; 121 at the reporting date
175.4M
Steps tracked
During recorded rounds in England
75,553
Recreation hours
Summed round durations in 2026 YTD
| Measure | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| Rounds | 50,924 |
| UDisc accounts with recorded play | 3,776 |
| New players with a first recorded round in England | 1,027 |
| Permanent listed courses | 121 |
| Tracked steps | 175,355,387 |
| Recreation hours | 75,553 |
| Rounds over the same dates in 2025 | 49,135 |
| Like-for-like increase | 3.6% |
Annual recorded play, 2015 to 2026
Annual recorded rounds
England, 2015 to 2026
Permanent course network
England, 2015 to 2026
2026 is a part year and should not be compared as a full year. National rounds include temporary and event layouts as well as permanent courses. Annual rounds increased at a compound annual rate of 27.5% from 2018 to 2025, with declines in some individual years.
| Year | Rounds | Accounts | New players | Permanent courses | Tracked steps | Recreation hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to 12 Oct) | 50,924 | 3,776 | 1,027 | 121 | 175,355,387 | 75,553 |
| 2025 | 58,966 | 3,818 | 1,111 | 111 | 204,606,460 | 88,892 |
| 2024 | 48,096 | 3,220 | 875 | 89 | 177,000,603 | 74,839 |
| 2023 | 51,522 | 3,009 | 840 | 76 | 199,975,843 | 82,338 |
| 2022 | 53,711 | 2,435 | 570 | 69 | 204,399,687 | 83,092 |
| 2021 | 55,668 | 1,935 | 672 | 58 | 214,369,201 | 87,530 |
| 2020 | 40,772 | 1,401 | 864 | 53 | 165,927,671 | 66,606 |
| 2019 | 17,276 | 662 | 245 | 48 | 71,569,542 | 28,935 |
| 2018 | 10,753 | 422 | 170 | 41 | 44,663,927 | 17,767 |
| 2017 | 6,997 | 276 | 116 | 35 | 29,427,363 | 11,732 |
| 2016 | 3,936 | 154 | 84 | 30 | 16,650,412 | 6,386 |
| 2015 | 2,120 | 63 | 45 | 26 | 7,204,371 | 3,250 |
New-player sign-up responses
38.2% had never played before
358 of 938 new-player experience respondents.
19.2% women
156 of 814 new-player gender respondents.
56.9% within 10 km
Share of 42,259 analysed rounds, 13 October 2025 to 12 October 2026.
Self-reported responses from new UDisc players in England. Shares use only people who answered each question, not all players or all rounds. Figures run to 12 October 2026.
| Question | Result | Respondents |
|---|---|---|
| Never played disc golf before | 358 (38.2%) | 938 answered experience question |
| Women | 156 (19.2%) | 814 answered gender question |
| Aged under 35 | 352 (48.0%) | 734 supplied birth year |
Distance from estimated home area
Analysis of 42,259 rounds from 13 October 2025 to 12 October 2026 for which a player’s approximate home area could be estimated from play history. These are rounds, not individual players or measured journeys. No residential addresses are identified.
| Distance | Share of analysed rounds |
|---|---|
| Under 10 km | 56.9% |
| 10-50 km | 23.1% |
| 50-100 km | 8.6% |
| 100-300 km | 5.0% |
| Over 300 km | 6.4% |
Median distance: 6 km. Distance is not a measured travel time or mode.
Most recorded play at permanent courses
Ranked by rounds from 1 January to 12 October 2026 in UDisc’s supplied permanent-course table. These are tracked-play rankings for England, not all UK participation.
| Rank | Course | 2026 YTD rounds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longford Park DGC | 6,751 |
| 2 | Quarry Park | 3,747 |
| 3 | Amesbury | 3,404 |
| 4 | Croydon Disc Golf | 3,338 |
| 5 | Royal Berkshire Dinton Pastures | 2,289 |
| 6 | Forestry England Alice Holt Disc Golf | 1,766 |
| 7 | Ashton Court | 1,672 |
| 8 | Uwe Glenside Disc Golf Course | 1,333 |
| 9 | Box End Park Disc Golf | 1,326 |
| 10 | Cricklade Hotel & Spa | 1,238 |
Planning a course
Use the Municipal Course Planning Pack to assess site suitability, installation choices and operating models. Costs, access, inspections, upkeep and staffing responsibilities must be assessed and agreed for each site. The participation workbook does not measure installation costs or establish a universal maintenance budget.
Methodology, attribution and reuse
Source: UDisc, England report supplied to EDGA in October 2026. A round is one player completing one scorecard. Guest rounds count as rounds but not as distinct accounts. Many people play without recording rounds, so this is a measured floor rather than total participation. Steps are tracked during rounds; hours are summed round durations. The data does not establish clinical health effects.
National activity totals include temporary and event layouts. The permanent-course table covers 121 listed courses and totals 48,815 rounds in 2026 to 12 October; the wider national total is 50,924.
Data is supplied to help grow disc golf. Commercial or unrelated uses require prior approval from UDisc. Data provided by UDisc. Contact EDGA about the data.