SELF-EVIDENT TRUTHS

Membership in the DGPA is open to all who hold the following truth to be self-evident—that disc golf was meant to be played freely and not bound by the chains of an overlording sanctioning body. Any who embrace these principles are welcome to call themselves purists:

• No official tournament play shall ever be endured, neither voluntary nor involuntary. Such pursuits belong to those who have forgotten the free spirit of the game. It is the duty of any purist involuntarily conscripted into a tournament to either escape, or commit acts of legal sabotage until disqualified.

• No official rules of play shall bind the thrower. How one throws, how one scores (or chooses not to score), how one handles a lost disc or a bad lie, is to be determined individually, or by the group in the moment, per round. The only rule is there are no actual rules, only firm suggestions.

• No dress code shall infringe upon the liberty of the player. Everything from a tuxedo, to a bathrobe, to the thong of Borat is acceptable. If it is comfortable and does not offend the trees, it is permitted (we believe trees to be highly permissive). The naked man need not fear any member of the DGPA, but only the local authorities.

• Don’t be a dick. This is the supreme and final truth of conduct; all other virtues flow from it.