Disc golf
This is a summary of different kinds of features related to disc golf and how to tag them.
Disc golf (see Wikipedia) is sometimes called "frisbee golf," usually when introducing the sport to others. However, Frisbee is a trademarked name, so disc golfers refer to the flying disc (see Wikipedia) as a "disc."
Established ways of mapping
These tags are the de facto standard, supported by editor presets (iD, Vespucci) and data consumers:
leisure=disc_golf_course— the course itself, tagged exactly once (about 2,700 uses). See Tag:leisure=disc_golf_course for the complete how-to.disc_golf=tee,disc_golf=basket,disc_golf=hole— the features within a course (about 10,000 each). See Key:disc_golf.sport=disc_golf— implied by the course tag; do not add it to features inside a course. See Tag:sport=disc_golf for where it belongs.
disc_golf=*
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leisure=disc_golf_course
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Proposals
- Proposal:Disc golf course 2025 — active draft consolidating the scheme (features within a course, multi-layout courses); discussed in the RFC thread.
- Proposed features/Disc_golf_course — the 2011 proposal for
leisure=disc_golf_course; never voted, but the tag became the de facto standard anyway. - Proposed features/disc_golf — the 2009 proposal for
sport=disc_golf; inactive (archived).
Discussion on mapping
Organized outdoor disc golf area in public areas like a forest or park
This is a area consisting of mostly unaltered nature or park. There are disc_golf targets that are maintained. There could be a fee or membership requirement to use. The area of the disc golf course is not exclusively for disc golf, it is still primary an open park or forest.
Tagging one node
To find the course on a map it is enough to tag one node, so that an icon can be generated. Add the general properties of the disc golf course to the same element, i.e. if there are toilets, access for disabled, etc.
Tagging of the node:
leisure=disc_golf_course+name=*+toilet=yes/no+ Fee, membership? +pets=yes/no
Tagging an area
If the extent of the course is verifiable on the ground, the whole area can be tagged instead of a node. Some of the supplementary tags should then be added to more detailed features: toilet=yes added to the toilet itself instead of the area; many tags could be added to the clubhouse if there is any.
Tag the course either as a node or as an area — not both. The course tags belong on exactly one object (see Tag:leisure=disc_golf_course). Do not tag a surrounding park or forest with the course tags or with a bare sport=disc_golf — if the course has no verifiable boundary of its own, use a node.
Tagging of the area:
leisure=disc_golf_course+name=*+ Fee, membership? + Access (for the area) +pets=yes/no
Below is an example of a disc_golf_course in the forest. Not really visible except for those looking for it. All 18 holes are tagged as ways with a tee and a basket as start and end node. Here is used the disc_golf-key: disc_golf=hole, disc_golf=tee, disc_golf=basket. all 18 holes are grouped together with a relation of the type disc_golf_course and with the name of the court and the club.https://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/913917
Fully served outdoor disc golf course
This kind of disc golf course is to be compared with an ordinary golf course. Full-fledged service that can include: rental services for discs, cabins, lockers. Area can include café, restaurant, parking lots and small shops. They are served by personnel.
The area is primary used for disc golf and secondary as a park/forest.
Tagging of the element:
leisure=disc_golf_course+name=*+toilet=yes(implied) +shower=yes/no+pets=yes/no
The use of a relation
A relation can group the hole ways of a course together without needing a drawn boundary. In current use, relations tagged type=disc_golf_course collect the disc_golf=hole ways with the role 
hole
For courses with multiple layouts (shared holes, different configurations) a layout-relation scheme is being worked out in Proposal:Disc golf course 2025.