Hey,

I found something funny today. I tried to see where the word golf came from.
On wikipedia, I found that it came from a dutch word "kolf", meaning stick / club.
So if we apply the same thing at the word Disc, the dutch translation seems to be schijf, which is pronounced "shayf" (not too sure of that...)
So do we have to play shayf from now on?

:D

Yes you most certainly do on that side of the pond, we just call it frolf. :D

What's 'hyzer' in Dutch?

Sorry guys,

I'm french, and I have no idea how guys in Netherlands say hyzer.
But as you (Americans) invented the game, I guess everyone in the world say "hyzer" for a hyzer :) (As we use "Disc Golf" to say Disc Golf ;) )
BTW, I am not too sure about the way schijf should be pronounced... Maybe someone from Netherlands could help me here.

Do a Google search for "schijf" and this comes up as a sponsored link

Disc Website (http://www.disctests.com/DiSC_Profiles.asp?GCID=S19051x001&KEYWORD=disc&gclid=CMqljN2u5YoCFRZsWAodWT4y3Q)

Kinda' weird...

Hey,

I found something funny today. I tried to see where the word golf came from.
On wikipedia, I found that it came from a dutch word "kolf", meaning stick / club.
So if we apply the same thing at the word Disc, the dutch translation seems to be schijf, which is pronounced "shayf" (not too sure of that...)
So do we have to play shayf from now on?

:D



No, but some of us play like shayf...

I thought "golf" came from "flog", since early shepherds flogged at a rock with their staffs and it all evolved from there.

Along those lines, we should be playing "gnilf" since we fling a disc. :)