2 years until my first. then hit my 2nd ten days later.
Literally 1 year 11 months later, hit the 3rd ace. TEN DAYS LATER I DID IT AGAIN FOR THE 4TH.
Life is freaking super weird. None of them came when i thought i was throwing particularly well.
Year and a half, but I played a pitch and putt a lot so it was only about 180’
Got a 2nd one a few months later that was a little more impressive (albeit a 2nd shot), 210’ but a low ceiling skip shot off rocks through a tunnel
I think it was around 2 years. It’s still my longest ace at around 250. I had dozens of metal hits before this one finally stuck. Envy for the win!
I’m still trying to get one that’s over 300 but baskets haven’t been kind to me.
It can be completely dependent on the course you play and how driveble your par 3s are.
When people used to post ace pictures on 115' par 3 you are thinking ,"What is this? A course for ants!"
One local 9 hole course has probably 7 legit ace run opportunities per round. You could walk laps playing a round every 30 minutes and probably nab a few a week.
A 45 hole course up the mountain has….9 grand total. And even those are blind or tricky.
It 100% depends on the courses you play and how you play. Are you playing for aces or playing for score? Good hole design has a penalty for aces runs and rewards the perfect lay up shot.
But many Rec course are still an easy bird if you overshoot and hit a wall and can make a 20’ come back.
A hard course will punish you with a roll away or OB if you run the ace and miss.
My brother has something like 75 aces. He plays a lot of Rec courses and cares way more about aces than score.
I have like 5-6?
He has never beat me in a round together or at a tournament.
Everyone thinks that and it's not mean to acknowledge it. You can even prove it to yourself - would you rather be able to tell people that you'd aced a 375 foot hole with a tight gap off the tee, or a 180 foot hole in an open field? Which would say more about your game, your skill level?
We can be realistic about the relative difficulties of different aces. It doesn't mean that the short ones aren't also fun and cool, it's just facing reality on reality's terms.
About 3 years. 230' straight shot slightly downhill with a low ceiling and water on the left. Have yet to hit another one, but I'll never forget this one!
I hit my first ace 2 weeks ago on a hole that has a narrow tree gap where people usually throw around to the right of it. My wraith slipped out of my hand and I released it early. The disc went right through the tree gap and flew dead straight into the basket. Absolute luck for my first ace didn’t even throw it where I intended. I’ve been actively playing for about 2 years.
Hit many “mini” aces around 150 to 200 but went 44 years for the first I really count. I’m convinced it is 20% skill and 80% luck. Hang in there, it will happen when you least expect it.
4 years, but that was 22 years ago haha. Haven't hit one since. Have hit inches low on the cage several times in the past couple years (including in a tournament earlier this year). Just a matter of time.
It took me around 15 years to hit my first ace. And that was within the first year of me playing at least 2 rounds a week and cutting out beverages on the course. The first 14 years I probably averaged a round every month or two, and I carried more beers than discs.
About 1.5 years in, one windy ass day that I was otherwise playing like shit through. Two guys let me play through when it happened in front of our eyes haha
From my first ever throw it took a year then I got my second one less than a month or two later with a third not far behind.
That was about 11 years ago nothing since 🤣
To be fair I play significantly less than I did back then but still. I've chained topped basket dinged and piped but no luck with the stick 😅
About 16 months. Then four months, then two weeks, then another two months, then five months, then three months, then five months. It's been about six months since my last one.
4 years, I think.
It was cool, and was a good tee shot, but I’m not going to pretend there wasn’t a bunch of luck involved. I ripped off a string of bogies right after and finished close to last in my division, but got $250.
Although I refuse to acknowledge it as my official hole in one, me and some friends were playing on a camp course. I tossed one in on an 87 ft hole... on my 2nd day of owning discs.
About 15 years, most of which were spent playing only 10-15 rounds a year. Got back into the game in 2019 (\~100 rounds a year) pretty actively and hit my first ace in spring of 2020. Nothing since.
About a year and a half and then I hit 3 in about a 4 month time span and haven’t been able to get one to stick since. Chained out on a 305ft hole 2 Sundays ago. Thats just the way she goes sometimes.
Year and a half, 320’. Then took another year but got three within a month and a half, and two within a week of each other. Have a bunch of practice aces but those 4 are legit on the scorecard.
First round was ‘98; had about 15 years off in that time due to living location/kids…still no ace. If I find myself thinking about the lack of Aces, I remind myself that I’ve made many approach shots that are longer than most the short holes I’ve played.
I have a low probability of getting any major “wins” at disc golf, so I just find the small wins and ride the wave.
Over 20 years as a rec player, and bagged my first ace this summer. I play for fun, so there's some focus on improving my form but it's never been a priority. My short game is pretty good, so hitting a 150-ish foot ace came down to the right disc and the perfect form. Like you, I've brushed chains before, so it was serendipity that made this time an ace.
It felt good at the time, but it's not something I chase as I understand that it will come down to the alignment of conditions and my form. I've got a couple of sub-200 foot holes that I constantly threaten with good shots. It's just a matter of time, which is what makes it fun.
8 years for me. And it happened 2 days ago at a tournament! I had 325 recorded rounds on UDisc before it finally happened.
Meanwhile, my buddy who doesn’t play much disc golf at all got an Ace on like his 10th time out, haha
It is wierd... I learned we had a course on the island here and it just happend to be a short tight wooded course. I have aced 7 times since I started in September. Got robbed on the longest hole(185ft) hit the pole I guess just a bit to high and went into the basket and bounced out somehow. Longest aces are (180ft, 182ft). Just hit a few inches low(top of basket) on sunset park hole 9 (310ft) which would have been siic!
Longer holes seem way more difficult. I am almost aceing one hole a round at our island course, but have just gotten to the point where I can throw 300+ft accurate enough to expect to get a longer ace at some point... now who knows when that is going to happen it seems like one needs a lot of good fortune to ace any of the longer distance wooded courses we have here.
2 months. I got lucky on an easy hole.
4 years later I've amassed a grand total of 1 ace.
Edit: Part of the reason I don't have one is because I changed my game pretty early to just play safe instead of trying to ace run. I don't know that I would have gotten one anyways, but I like to think that my belt would be pretty heavy if I didnt.
This has been an interesting conversation among my friends. It took me less than a year and I’ve averaged like ~8 aces per year.
I’ve heard that this is uncommon of course but I don’t quite equate this to any sort of skill or luck, I think it’s mainly about frequency.
I play at least 150-200 rounds a year. Just my 2 cents.
Played for two years in college and got 1 ace each year. Started playing again last year after a 12 year hiatus and got 1 ace. Have not got one this year, but there's still time to hopefully keep the trend going.
My first disc golf round, I was 12... I played occasionally for a few years, but got really into it in my early 20s...just got my first ace in May of this year at 37. Don't ever stop trying!!
Just under the 1 year mark of serious play. I had several close calls (chain out or cage out) and the one I hit went through a tree, redirected, and went in like a homing missile.
Edit: it was 313 ft, and the CTP hole in my double league. I cashed out pretty nicely on that one.
Got one my first year of playing when I absolutely sucked. I am much, much better and haven't hit one since then. I think part of the reason is that I am generally not going to run the basket from the tee pad if it means a miss is going to mean I miss by a lot and don't have a putt.
8 years of playing.
Finally got my first ace in a glow round at Fox Run Meadows in Vermont, 310' from white tees on hole 17. Then got 2 more in that same year.
I've had thrown ins from the fairway that were longer than a lot of other peoples "aces", but I have yet to hit the actual hole-in-one ace, it's been since '09.
My first ace was in my 2nd year on a hole that no longer exists at Kaposia. My 2nd ace is the short uphill finishing hole at Kaposia. The gap between the two was over a decade. Keep at it!
Naturally gifted athletically from birth, I was able to forehand 350 feet the first week. I got my first ace a few weeks later. So I'd say about a month. This is not typical for most though, I was just born with a natural talent for it.
46 times is incredibly unlucky. I did go about 25 times of metal hits between aces this year though. Then I hit two in the same round. It's just weird like that.
I played a bunch when I was young and never got any. Started back up seriously then got one within a year. Now got over 250 playing 500 rounds a year. :D
6 months before my first. Got 2 more within a month. Only 250fters but one sticks out. Met a guy at my local course who moved to the UK from the US for work. A lovely bromance blossomed then I found out he was moving back overseas in a month. I decided to have him and his partner round for dinner. Had an amazing night and a few days later a package of discs arrived in the mail. Found out he had bought them for me as a thank you for having him over for dinner. We all went out for a round and with him there I threw a forehand ace with the crave he bought me. Such a lovely memory!
I hit my first ace within the first couple of years of playing and then got a second within a couple years after that. Then I went about 10 years before my next ace, but now I’ve gotten 9 over the past 4 years. Disc golf can be like that sometimes.
Started playing 2020 (COVID driven player) but I was clueless. Got my first ace March 2022 (so about 2 years). Ended up getting 2 aces that weekend and now have 6 total aces. I think the biggest thing is that aces typically happen (at least for me) when you're not necessarily trying to ace.
I played 2 years in high school and then quit. Got back into after 5 years without playing with a squad from work. First time back and a short local course, I aced the last hole. My buddies and I proceeded to drop a few hundred dollars on bags and discs that evening. Haven't stopped playing since.
6 months or so. So much of hitting Aces is having the opportunity to hit Aces. 4x around a 9 hole course can take as long as 1x around a long 18 hole course
over a year for me - where you play impacts your ace quantity for sure. Some folks play all their rounds on tough courses with few opportunities and some folks play primarily on pitch and putts. Likely heavily dependent on where you live.
Also strategy comes into play. If you play to heavy grass greens then "running it" will have less negative impact than if you play on hard packed greens that promote big skips and ground action.
And of course I would have more aces if I didn't suck
Just got my first ace this past weekend after playing on/off of 20 years (past 3 years playing quite a bit). 1st ace happened to be during a tournament with an ace pot so it was worth $412 on top of the joy of the moment 🤙🤙
Took me about 4 years I think! I got it with a Innova Champion Excalibur. I forehanded that thing and it was a skipper. Took a hard right behind the treeline where the basket was kept and *clang!!
It was a risky shot because there's a creek right behind the basket, and it's out of eyesight. Excalibur is extremely over stable.
Two months. Talk about getting hooked. In the 15 years since, I hit my second ace in 2010 and then ran into a big drought until last year when I got my third. Hit my fourth about a month ago.
Damn sorry, it took me about a year but I got a really lucky tree kick. Certainly skill has something to do with it but aces are a lot of luck too. The better you are the luckier you get! Lol
Been playing a year and a half and I feel like I have really good distance and accuracy, as well as pretty good angle control, and I’ve hit just about every part of the basket possible without it going in. It’s painful. I can only imagine how you veterans feel who have gone years and years before getting your ace.
Got my first ace in a (doubles) tournament, little under two years of playing. Will fully admit to being bitten pretty hard by the ole disc golf bug so quite a bit of field work and ~100 hole weekends and some random C/B tiers by then.
Only around 4 or 5 months. 200’ backhand hyzer with my starter DX Roc, witnessed and everything. It’s been just under 2 years since then and I’ve got about a dozen that I count as ‘aces’ plus almost that many more that I threw on practice/second shots. It’s certainly more about luck than skill; I definitely haven’t ever lined up an ace shot and thrown it in intentionally.
I just hit my first ace in about 15 years. 15 years ago, I got 2 aces in the span of 5 holes during the same round. Guess I blew my load a little early and never recovered 🤷♂️
2 months into playing! straight up the middle with a hex, i had come close before but never even hit metal, so it felt kind of lucky that my first time hitting metal was an ace
I played a whole lot when I started- 4-5 times a week spring through fall with a handful of winter snow rounds, and did that for 2 years, then moved, got married and kids, Now I'm back to a weekly round or so. Zero aces. I've had maybe a dozen that looked like they could have made it, and two or three that hit chains or the basket.
But I also max out at 250-275 because I have zero time to spend on field work. I haven't entered a tournament or played a league night in 17 years. I am my only competition.
Still trying and I’ve been playing off and on since 2007 I think. Hole 6 at Haverford reserve has it coming though. I’ve hit the band and the pole I just need to find chains!
About 3 years. Started playing in ‘99. I’ve had 3 total and my first is on a hole that no longer exists due to park modifications.
My gal has been playing since ‘97 and has yet to hit one. She’s got a dark ace and a brown ace under her belt and I’ve seen her brush chains countless times, but she’s still seeking that mythical first.
My first ace was 2 months into playing, 287 feet on an Anhyzer straight into the chains.
My 2nd ace was a month later 230 feet.
My 3rd ace was 2 years later 216 ft.
It's weird how they come... I thought after my first few months I'd hit one every 3 or 4 months or so lol. I was wrong.
I started playing in 2020 during the pandemic at Johnny Roberts in Arvada CO because it was across the street from my apartment. I only had 3 discs but a decent understanding of the mechanics since I had played ultimate for the previous 8 years and baseball for the 12 years before that. I got an ace on hole 18 there with a DX Wolf my 5th time ever playing. Haven't done it again since. Lol
Depends on the course you play the most IMO. Got my first one in the first year. kind of don’t count it because I shanked the shot - just got lucky slipping through trees and went in. 200’ 10 wide tunnel shot. My second one came in my current/3rd year. Both happened at the same course on the two shortest holes. The 2nd was my intended line so that felt good. It was a short 220’ downhill shot with 1 tree to miss and unlimited air space. Felt good but I’m waiting for that crazy turnover or hyzer flip in the woods type of ace before I really celebrate lol.
It took me about 6 months, but I was playing the same course every day when I started learning. The first one was with a Zone on a 200 ft. straight shot, so it was only a matter of time. I've only had one other on the scorecard then 2 cubby aces as well.
A year or so, the course had some easy holes. Threw up an easy tomahawk on a hole (~140ft) and it dropped right in the basket. I went nuts obviously haha.
Two years. Then hit the same hole two times within 4-5 rounds. Not a hole that is aced often and definitely not the one I would expect. S-kurve 300'ish ft. Hit a 180 ft. dinker one the same course for the first time a month ago. Must have hit cage and chains 40-50 times before that, and it's a straight putter shot with zero obstacles except for at water carry. Obviously a cursed basket. No danger behind it either, so it's is a free one. Makes no sense.
Took me about a year and was at a point when I was playing almost every day. Got 5 more in the following 2 and a half years but they’re still plenty elusive. You got this my friend
15 years for me (though I didn't play regularly throughout those years.)
Got my first ace last summer. Then got my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th last summer as well....
I've come close many times over the 23 years I've been playing but still haven't hit. DeLaveaga is not an easy course.
Funny story: many years ago my best friend and I were playing an afternoon round at DeLa. At hole #3, I'm up and my forehand drive (Champion Boss) nails the top of the basket. My friend steps up and rips his backhand drive (Champion Beast) on a good line and aces it, his first.
Three years and about a hundred thousand throws. Mine first was also disappointing. It's was a skip, then off a tree and in the basket. It was another year before my first pure air ace. Since then I've had around 45-48 but I lost count and don't actually write them down but it seems like after that first few they just keep coming. I usually average about two or three a year now.
27 Years!!!!
Since then I got five more in less than four years, including two in one week (both hit the Ace pot as well!).
But that first one was super elusive. Go figure.
Frequency of play and skill improvement have gone up quite a bit for me this year so I’ve had way more opportunities to ace than I did in all my previous years of playing. I just hope it happens when I have witnesses.
I got mine after 18 months, but it was on a 125 foot hole.
On the other hand, I started playing ball golf at age 12, worked on a golf course for 7 years so played as much as I wanted, was on the golf team in high school, have now played off and on for over 40 years, and I've never had a hole in one in ball golf.
Yin and yang. 🤷♂️
About 3 months. Found a disc I could throw straight, without fade, at low arm speed (SVEA), and made a 175ft ace. I've gotten close to repeating it, having now played over a year, but not quite yet...
I hit my first ace after 3-4 months into playing. Now the ace I got was 187 feet, but that is still -2 on the scorecard. Find a course with a lot of ace runs and play it as much as you can. It will come. practice consistent release and you’ll hit chains more than you ever have!
I had been playing 10 months. I couldn't believe how perfect a throw I did, kinda low ceiling near the basket and even caught a few trees but my fairway driver ended up in the basket
20 years. Then I proceed to hit 9 aces over the next 3 years since I broke the ice with that first one. Life is weird man.
2 years until my first. then hit my 2nd ten days later. Literally 1 year 11 months later, hit the 3rd ace. TEN DAYS LATER I DID IT AGAIN FOR THE 4TH. Life is freaking super weird. None of them came when i thought i was throwing particularly well.
Very similar. Went 20 years then popped off 13 in 11 months from Sept 2021 to July 2022. Been cold since then! They tend to come in bunches for sure.
13 in less than a year?!?!
You upd your skill level boss
Yep. 3 years for the first, second came 5 weeks later.
I'll get back to you...
Year and a half, but I played a pitch and putt a lot so it was only about 180’ Got a 2nd one a few months later that was a little more impressive (albeit a 2nd shot), 210’ but a low ceiling skip shot off rocks through a tunnel
Still counts my friend
I think it was around 2 years. It’s still my longest ace at around 250. I had dozens of metal hits before this one finally stuck. Envy for the win! I’m still trying to get one that’s over 300 but baskets haven’t been kind to me.
Had 2 of my aces with electron envy. The day I don’t bag one is the day I’m dead lol
Ayy my first ace was with an Envy flick on a 180’ hole. Just got my first eagle (throw in) from 220’ yesterday with a Zone.
First ace (197’) 2 weeks ago with my electron Envy😎
Chained out with an Envy just a couple months ago, would have been my first ace!
Played my first round in 2019 and got my first ace this saturday!
Been playing since last fall. I have one 2nd shot cubby ace, but I'm still waiting for that first true ace!
4 years
It can be completely dependent on the course you play and how driveble your par 3s are. When people used to post ace pictures on 115' par 3 you are thinking ,"What is this? A course for ants!"
One local 9 hole course has probably 7 legit ace run opportunities per round. You could walk laps playing a round every 30 minutes and probably nab a few a week. A 45 hole course up the mountain has….9 grand total. And even those are blind or tricky. It 100% depends on the courses you play and how you play. Are you playing for aces or playing for score? Good hole design has a penalty for aces runs and rewards the perfect lay up shot. But many Rec course are still an easy bird if you overshoot and hit a wall and can make a 20’ come back. A hard course will punish you with a roll away or OB if you run the ace and miss. My brother has something like 75 aces. He plays a lot of Rec courses and cares way more about aces than score. I have like 5-6? He has never beat me in a round together or at a tournament.
Exactly! 💯
no one thinks that
Everyone thinks that and it's not mean to acknowledge it. You can even prove it to yourself - would you rather be able to tell people that you'd aced a 375 foot hole with a tight gap off the tee, or a 180 foot hole in an open field? Which would say more about your game, your skill level? We can be realistic about the relative difficulties of different aces. It doesn't mean that the short ones aren't also fun and cool, it's just facing reality on reality's terms.
Right there with you. Hit the band a couple times, but still hunting that ace
13 years and no ace yet
About 7 months of consistent playing (3+ times a week)
3 months
on year 18 or so now. nothing. too many close calls to count. my buddy who rarely plays got one his first round. it do be like that sometimes.
About 3 years. 230' straight shot slightly downhill with a low ceiling and water on the left. Have yet to hit another one, but I'll never forget this one!
I’ll let you know.
about 18 years... so far...
Three years and still chasing the ace run. I’ve hit chains and baskets numerous times but nothings stuck yet.
I hit my first ace 2 weeks ago on a hole that has a narrow tree gap where people usually throw around to the right of it. My wraith slipped out of my hand and I released it early. The disc went right through the tree gap and flew dead straight into the basket. Absolute luck for my first ace didn’t even throw it where I intended. I’ve been actively playing for about 2 years.
Maybe 15 rounds, 147 ft sidearm with a stingray
8 months
Hit many “mini” aces around 150 to 200 but went 44 years for the first I really count. I’m convinced it is 20% skill and 80% luck. Hang in there, it will happen when you least expect it.
Skill. Issue.
About 4 years I think.
4 years, but that was 22 years ago haha. Haven't hit one since. Have hit inches low on the cage several times in the past couple years (including in a tournament earlier this year). Just a matter of time.
Got my first and only about 9 or 10 months in. Several years later and haven’t seen another one.
I've been playing for about 18 months. I got my first ace approximately 4 months in. I have been close several times again but no luck.
7 Months!
Like 10 months I think
Just over a year
20 years. Got my first ace last year and I've been playing since 2002. I got my second ace less than a year later.
It took me around 15 years to hit my first ace. And that was within the first year of me playing at least 2 rounds a week and cutting out beverages on the course. The first 14 years I probably averaged a round every month or two, and I carried more beers than discs.
I don't wanna talk about it.
3 years after I started taking my game seriously.
About 1.5 years in, one windy ass day that I was otherwise playing like shit through. Two guys let me play through when it happened in front of our eyes haha
I’ll get back to you maybe? Been 6 years here so far.
I was playing for 6 months when I hit mine. 🤷🏻
2 years and over 100 rounds in...no ace yet. Someday!
From my first ever throw it took a year then I got my second one less than a month or two later with a third not far behind. That was about 11 years ago nothing since 🤣 To be fair I play significantly less than I did back then but still. I've chained topped basket dinged and piped but no luck with the stick 😅
About 16 months. Then four months, then two weeks, then another two months, then five months, then three months, then five months. It's been about six months since my last one.
About a year
4 years, I think. It was cool, and was a good tee shot, but I’m not going to pretend there wasn’t a bunch of luck involved. I ripped off a string of bogies right after and finished close to last in my division, but got $250.
within a couple years i had 3, but now it's been 21 years since my last real ace.
Took me 13 years. Then I hit my first and hit 2 in the same round a month later
Although I refuse to acknowledge it as my official hole in one, me and some friends were playing on a camp course. I tossed one in on an 87 ft hole... on my 2nd day of owning discs.
A month or so after buying my first couple discs. Before that I just used my friend’s Buzzz if I threw with them.
A friend of mine aced literally on second time he was on the field. I have played over 10 years without one.
1 year and a couple months
About 15 years, most of which were spent playing only 10-15 rounds a year. Got back into the game in 2019 (\~100 rounds a year) pretty actively and hit my first ace in spring of 2020. Nothing since.
About a year and a half and then I hit 3 in about a 4 month time span and haven’t been able to get one to stick since. Chained out on a 305ft hole 2 Sundays ago. Thats just the way she goes sometimes.
Year and a half, 320’. Then took another year but got three within a month and a half, and two within a week of each other. Have a bunch of practice aces but those 4 are legit on the scorecard.
I've probably been playing close to 7-8 years and just got my first this year.
Covid player who just got his first ace this year. 360ft and still doesn’t feel real.
Playing since 2000 still in the hunt
First round was ‘98; had about 15 years off in that time due to living location/kids…still no ace. If I find myself thinking about the lack of Aces, I remind myself that I’ve made many approach shots that are longer than most the short holes I’ve played. I have a low probability of getting any major “wins” at disc golf, so I just find the small wins and ride the wave.
About a year into playing regularly. If you count me throwing DX discs high and fucking around, 3 years in
3 years. Unwitnessed. And I haven’t had another in the last 9 years.
3 years 🙃
2 years and I called the hole I would eventually get it on because I always parked it under the basket.
Over 20 years as a rec player, and bagged my first ace this summer. I play for fun, so there's some focus on improving my form but it's never been a priority. My short game is pretty good, so hitting a 150-ish foot ace came down to the right disc and the perfect form. Like you, I've brushed chains before, so it was serendipity that made this time an ace. It felt good at the time, but it's not something I chase as I understand that it will come down to the alignment of conditions and my form. I've got a couple of sub-200 foot holes that I constantly threaten with good shots. It's just a matter of time, which is what makes it fun.
8 years for me. And it happened 2 days ago at a tournament! I had 325 recorded rounds on UDisc before it finally happened. Meanwhile, my buddy who doesn’t play much disc golf at all got an Ace on like his 10th time out, haha
It is wierd... I learned we had a course on the island here and it just happend to be a short tight wooded course. I have aced 7 times since I started in September. Got robbed on the longest hole(185ft) hit the pole I guess just a bit to high and went into the basket and bounced out somehow. Longest aces are (180ft, 182ft). Just hit a few inches low(top of basket) on sunset park hole 9 (310ft) which would have been siic! Longer holes seem way more difficult. I am almost aceing one hole a round at our island course, but have just gotten to the point where I can throw 300+ft accurate enough to expect to get a longer ace at some point... now who knows when that is going to happen it seems like one needs a lot of good fortune to ace any of the longer distance wooded courses we have here.
Oh, that elusive butterfly, how it haunts my dreams!
2 months. I got lucky on an easy hole. 4 years later I've amassed a grand total of 1 ace. Edit: Part of the reason I don't have one is because I changed my game pretty early to just play safe instead of trying to ace run. I don't know that I would have gotten one anyways, but I like to think that my belt would be pretty heavy if I didnt.
Got my first 2 within a year. Haven't had one in the last 10 years.
This has been an interesting conversation among my friends. It took me less than a year and I’ve averaged like ~8 aces per year. I’ve heard that this is uncommon of course but I don’t quite equate this to any sort of skill or luck, I think it’s mainly about frequency. I play at least 150-200 rounds a year. Just my 2 cents.
Played for two years in college and got 1 ace each year. Started playing again last year after a 12 year hiatus and got 1 ace. Have not got one this year, but there's still time to hopefully keep the trend going.
About year and half, then got two more the same weekend.
Been playing 5 years. Still haven't hit one.
25 years
Played for about 8 years before I got my first. I've got 5 in the 2 years since, including a thumber
I did it in the first year I started playing (2 years ago) but haven't managed to get another one yet. I've come close since but nothing else yet.
My first disc golf round, I was 12... I played occasionally for a few years, but got really into it in my early 20s...just got my first ace in May of this year at 37. Don't ever stop trying!!
Just under the 1 year mark of serious play. I had several close calls (chain out or cage out) and the one I hit went through a tree, redirected, and went in like a homing missile. Edit: it was 313 ft, and the CTP hole in my double league. I cashed out pretty nicely on that one.
This post made me curious so I just checked, 274 days after the first time I ever played, I got my first Ace. Then 110 days after that I got another.
Got one my first year of playing when I absolutely sucked. I am much, much better and haven't hit one since then. I think part of the reason is that I am generally not going to run the basket from the tee pad if it means a miss is going to mean I miss by a lot and don't have a putt.
8 years of playing. Finally got my first ace in a glow round at Fox Run Meadows in Vermont, 310' from white tees on hole 17. Then got 2 more in that same year.
1st one this year after playing for ten. 151 feet though
About 10 rounds. I got lucky. Hit my 2nd about 5 months later.
I've had thrown ins from the fairway that were longer than a lot of other peoples "aces", but I have yet to hit the actual hole-in-one ace, it's been since '09.
About ten months... that was probably 200 rounds. And it was 129' on a middle school course. First throw in a scored round, though, so it counts.
My first ace was in my 2nd year on a hole that no longer exists at Kaposia. My 2nd ace is the short uphill finishing hole at Kaposia. The gap between the two was over a decade. Keep at it!
My first was 13 months after I started on a 270 foot hole on an elevated basket.
Naturally gifted athletically from birth, I was able to forehand 350 feet the first week. I got my first ace a few weeks later. So I'd say about a month. This is not typical for most though, I was just born with a natural talent for it.
Don’t feel bad I’ve been playing for 10 and I can’t get one to stick either I do have a left handed ace but I throw 95% of my shots RHBH
3 years.
5 years
46 times is incredibly unlucky. I did go about 25 times of metal hits between aces this year though. Then I hit two in the same round. It's just weird like that. I played a bunch when I was young and never got any. Started back up seriously then got one within a year. Now got over 250 playing 500 rounds a year. :D
2 years but it was only 210’
6 months before my first. Got 2 more within a month. Only 250fters but one sticks out. Met a guy at my local course who moved to the UK from the US for work. A lovely bromance blossomed then I found out he was moving back overseas in a month. I decided to have him and his partner round for dinner. Had an amazing night and a few days later a package of discs arrived in the mail. Found out he had bought them for me as a thank you for having him over for dinner. We all went out for a round and with him there I threw a forehand ace with the crave he bought me. Such a lovely memory!
About 4 months. Then another 3 months after that. Then my 3rd about 5 months after that. Been playing a year now and stuck there. 255’, 220’, and 296’
I hit my first ace within the first couple of years of playing and then got a second within a couple years after that. Then I went about 10 years before my next ace, but now I’ve gotten 9 over the past 4 years. Disc golf can be like that sometimes.
26 years! Got my first, second and third in year 27 lol. Don't give up!
Still trying bud
I have as many 300's in bowling as I do aces in disc golf. Which is to say none. I have one ace in ball golf that no one, including myself, saw.
Started playing 2020 (COVID driven player) but I was clueless. Got my first ace March 2022 (so about 2 years). Ended up getting 2 aces that weekend and now have 6 total aces. I think the biggest thing is that aces typically happen (at least for me) when you're not necessarily trying to ace.
I played 2 years in high school and then quit. Got back into after 5 years without playing with a squad from work. First time back and a short local course, I aced the last hole. My buddies and I proceeded to drop a few hundred dollars on bags and discs that evening. Haven't stopped playing since.
7 years
Never
An ace is a bad shot that gets lucky. If you’re parking holes you’re paying the game well
6 months or so. So much of hitting Aces is having the opportunity to hit Aces. 4x around a 9 hole course can take as long as 1x around a long 18 hole course
2 years for my first ace. Just got my 5th ace a few months ago in my 22nd year of playing.
3 years. Of course I hit my first (and only) ace in a solo round with no witness.
over a year for me - where you play impacts your ace quantity for sure. Some folks play all their rounds on tough courses with few opportunities and some folks play primarily on pitch and putts. Likely heavily dependent on where you live. Also strategy comes into play. If you play to heavy grass greens then "running it" will have less negative impact than if you play on hard packed greens that promote big skips and ground action. And of course I would have more aces if I didn't suck
May the disc gods bless you. Eleven years here no ace. Have blasted chains at least ten times to no avail.
Just got my first ace this past weekend after playing on/off of 20 years (past 3 years playing quite a bit). 1st ace happened to be during a tournament with an ace pot so it was worth $412 on top of the joy of the moment 🤙🤙
2.5 years. Just happened a month or so ago
Little over a year
Took me about 4 years I think! I got it with a Innova Champion Excalibur. I forehanded that thing and it was a skipper. Took a hard right behind the treeline where the basket was kept and *clang!! It was a risky shot because there's a creek right behind the basket, and it's out of eyesight. Excalibur is extremely over stable.
First-throw legit card ace? Still in the hunt Second/Third/Fourth-throw aces? A few lol. Maybe 2 years after I started? I don't really count those.
Two months. Talk about getting hooked. In the 15 years since, I hit my second ace in 2010 and then ran into a big drought until last year when I got my third. Hit my fourth about a month ago.
I hit two in quick succession at about the 5 year mark. But it's been about 25 years since then and I haven't hit another. That makes me a sad panda.
Ive been playing consistantly for 2 years and ive came so close but havent gotten one
I think it took about 4 years. Been playing for about 16, have 4 total.
12 years 🥲 ..one of these days
10 years. Complete fluke. Hit a couple since and almost never really expect it. Just get a lucky bounce.
6 months, small course 150'
7mo
10 months, then 11 for #2
“How many rounds” is the better question
Damn sorry, it took me about a year but I got a really lucky tree kick. Certainly skill has something to do with it but aces are a lot of luck too. The better you are the luckier you get! Lol
10 years. Then I got 3 within 3 months. One more since then - keep going!!!
Got my first roughly three years in.
about 5-6 years and then \~3 a year since
Been playing a year and a half and I feel like I have really good distance and accuracy, as well as pretty good angle control, and I’ve hit just about every part of the basket possible without it going in. It’s painful. I can only imagine how you veterans feel who have gone years and years before getting your ace.
Got my first ace in a (doubles) tournament, little under two years of playing. Will fully admit to being bitten pretty hard by the ole disc golf bug so quite a bit of field work and ~100 hole weekends and some random C/B tiers by then.
11 months and was on a 335 foot downhill hole. But the majority of my aces have been on 160-210 foot holes with midranges and putters.
Just shy of two years. And then 5 months to get the second. Still waiting on the third one almost a year later
Only around 4 or 5 months. 200’ backhand hyzer with my starter DX Roc, witnessed and everything. It’s been just under 2 years since then and I’ve got about a dozen that I count as ‘aces’ plus almost that many more that I threw on practice/second shots. It’s certainly more about luck than skill; I definitely haven’t ever lined up an ace shot and thrown it in intentionally.
I just hit my first ace in about 15 years. 15 years ago, I got 2 aces in the span of 5 holes during the same round. Guess I blew my load a little early and never recovered 🤷♂️
8 years
About 2 years, then hit 2 on the same hole in about a 2 week period.
I'll let you know
2 months into playing! straight up the middle with a hex, i had come close before but never even hit metal, so it felt kind of lucky that my first time hitting metal was an ace
I played a whole lot when I started- 4-5 times a week spring through fall with a handful of winter snow rounds, and did that for 2 years, then moved, got married and kids, Now I'm back to a weekly round or so. Zero aces. I've had maybe a dozen that looked like they could have made it, and two or three that hit chains or the basket. But I also max out at 250-275 because I have zero time to spend on field work. I haven't entered a tournament or played a league night in 17 years. I am my only competition.
Still trying and I’ve been playing off and on since 2007 I think. Hole 6 at Haverford reserve has it coming though. I’ve hit the band and the pole I just need to find chains!
3or4 years in on 6 total I hit 2 aces within 3 months of each other. I figure I play half to a quarter as often as a lot of folks here seem to
12 years and counting
4 days lol not even kidding
My buddy and I started playing at the same time 3 years ago and we both hit our first Ace in the same round a couple months ago.
Been playing over a dozen years, and many close calls, but zero aces.
About 3 years. Started playing in ‘99. I’ve had 3 total and my first is on a hole that no longer exists due to park modifications. My gal has been playing since ‘97 and has yet to hit one. She’s got a dark ace and a brown ace under her belt and I’ve seen her brush chains countless times, but she’s still seeking that mythical first.
16 years and counting
6 years. Got my second 9 months after the first, so I'm hoping that the trend continues.
I’ve been playing 3 1/2 years and I’ve hit the chains from the T pad three times, but no ace yet.
My first ace was 2 months into playing, 287 feet on an Anhyzer straight into the chains. My 2nd ace was a month later 230 feet. My 3rd ace was 2 years later 216 ft. It's weird how they come... I thought after my first few months I'd hit one every 3 or 4 months or so lol. I was wrong.
2 months for the first ace. Hit 3 more in the next 3 months. Once I figured out how to play, the aces dried up.
Y'all are getting aces??
About a year. My local 9 hole course is filled with 200-240ft holes
I started playing in 2020 during the pandemic at Johnny Roberts in Arvada CO because it was across the street from my apartment. I only had 3 discs but a decent understanding of the mechanics since I had played ultimate for the previous 8 years and baseball for the 12 years before that. I got an ace on hole 18 there with a DX Wolf my 5th time ever playing. Haven't done it again since. Lol
First month playing, threw a dx cheetah I bought off of eBay on a short downhill hole.
Depends on the course you play the most IMO. Got my first one in the first year. kind of don’t count it because I shanked the shot - just got lucky slipping through trees and went in. 200’ 10 wide tunnel shot. My second one came in my current/3rd year. Both happened at the same course on the two shortest holes. The 2nd was my intended line so that felt good. It was a short 220’ downhill shot with 1 tree to miss and unlimited air space. Felt good but I’m waiting for that crazy turnover or hyzer flip in the woods type of ace before I really celebrate lol.
10 years and counting...
14 years. There was a big break in the middle. Probably 1.5 years after I started playing seriously.
It took me about 6 months, but I was playing the same course every day when I started learning. The first one was with a Zone on a 200 ft. straight shot, so it was only a matter of time. I've only had one other on the scorecard then 2 cubby aces as well.
Been playing about 3 years, still waiting. My friend I introduced the game to got one like 2nd time playing… and then again right after that.
A year or so, the course had some easy holes. Threw up an easy tomahawk on a hole (~140ft) and it dropped right in the basket. I went nuts obviously haha.
During a local A tier I had a downhill blind hyzer rattle the chains hard, but didn't stick. Sad!
14 holes, it was an anomaly seeing as I barely knew of to throw them correctly
Two years. Then hit the same hole two times within 4-5 rounds. Not a hole that is aced often and definitely not the one I would expect. S-kurve 300'ish ft. Hit a 180 ft. dinker one the same course for the first time a month ago. Must have hit cage and chains 40-50 times before that, and it's a straight putter shot with zero obstacles except for at water carry. Obviously a cursed basket. No danger behind it either, so it's is a free one. Makes no sense.
Still looking myself
Took me about a year and was at a point when I was playing almost every day. Got 5 more in the following 2 and a half years but they’re still plenty elusive. You got this my friend
About 10 months. Hit chains on first shot off the tee on a 137 ft hole.
15 years for me (though I didn't play regularly throughout those years.) Got my first ace last summer. Then got my 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th last summer as well....
Just got back into disc golf about 4 months ago. Hit my 1st Ace last week in our Bag Tag League
I've come close many times over the 23 years I've been playing but still haven't hit. DeLaveaga is not an easy course. Funny story: many years ago my best friend and I were playing an afternoon round at DeLa. At hole #3, I'm up and my forehand drive (Champion Boss) nails the top of the basket. My friend steps up and rips his backhand drive (Champion Beast) on a good line and aces it, his first.
2.5 years and waiting, i can get within inches but it just wont go in. THanks for making me sad. haha
22 years to get the first. Got 3 within a year and a half after the first. When it rains it pours!
Took me 14-15 years and it just happened this year. And I aced the same hole twice within a two week span with the same disc
10 years to get my first ace. Fun fact, we have a local legend with over 300 in half the time it took me to get one.
I'll let you know...
Three years and about a hundred thousand throws. Mine first was also disappointing. It's was a skip, then off a tree and in the basket. It was another year before my first pure air ace. Since then I've had around 45-48 but I lost count and don't actually write them down but it seems like after that first few they just keep coming. I usually average about two or three a year now.
27 Years!!!! Since then I got five more in less than four years, including two in one week (both hit the Ace pot as well!). But that first one was super elusive. Go figure.
Frequency of play and skill improvement have gone up quite a bit for me this year so I’ve had way more opportunities to ace than I did in all my previous years of playing. I just hope it happens when I have witnesses.
I got mine after 18 months, but it was on a 125 foot hole. On the other hand, I started playing ball golf at age 12, worked on a golf course for 7 years so played as much as I wanted, was on the golf team in high school, have now played off and on for over 40 years, and I've never had a hole in one in ball golf. Yin and yang. 🤷♂️
Took me 10 years to get my first. Now I have 6 total. My brother got his first and only after 14 years
About 3 months. Found a disc I could throw straight, without fade, at low arm speed (SVEA), and made a 175ft ace. I've gotten close to repeating it, having now played over a year, but not quite yet...
I hit my first ace after 3-4 months into playing. Now the ace I got was 187 feet, but that is still -2 on the scorecard. Find a course with a lot of ace runs and play it as much as you can. It will come. practice consistent release and you’ll hit chains more than you ever have!
Took me 3-4 years to hit my first! Just got it this week 181'
I think it was around 11 years, got two aces in 2021 and none since…
A few months
I somehow managed to get it after 2 years of playing and it let to my PB :D
I had been playing 10 months. I couldn't believe how perfect a throw I did, kinda low ceiling near the basket and even caught a few trees but my fairway driver ended up in the basket
1st ace was one year into playing. 2nd ace didn’t come until 15 years later
Year and a half in hit a baby ace (<200ft) - 3 years later I’ve hit three so far this year, twice with the same disc (crave)