There are two distinct areas involved in the investigation into the origin of disc golf. One, just who first played disc golf and when? The other, how and when did the organized sport of disc golf get started?So, Who First Played Disc Golf? Sorry, but this turns out to be impossible to answer. There are many historical accounts of people playing golf with a flying disc, some of which pre-date the advent of the plastic flying discs by many years. Each account was an isolated instance of recreational disc golf play, and none of the participants knew of anyone else playing disc golf. Indeed, most of these instances were isolated not only geographically, but in time also, so they couldn't have known about each other. more... See more text