John Houck, Houck Design

John Houck, Houck Design #1 Name in Course Design
4 courses in Top 100 on UDisc
5 courses - Top 50 DGCourseReview HouckDesign is widely accepted as the #1 name in course design.

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About John Houck, HouckDesign

Award winning and one of the most experienced course designers in the disc sports industry. Our lead designer, John Houck, is a member of the Disc Golf Hall of Fame (1998) and Freestyle Frisbee Hall of Fame (2020). He has designed and consulted in over 27 states and 3 provinces in Canada. He has been cont

inuously working in disc sports exclusively since the age of 18. With over 120 solo designs and another 100+ consults, he has designed more disc golf courses than anyone living today. He is an inventor of disc golf design concepts, creator of many disc golf events, published writer, public speaker, an MC of Freestyle Championships, a commentator of National Championships, a PDGA tournament director & host, player, and a two-time World Champion in Freestyle Frisbee. His designs have ranked #1 in the world for 9 straight years from 2011- 2019. He is also the designer of the #1 ranked course in Canada for the past 3 years and he is the designer of the top-ranking courses in multiple states. John has designed an unprecedented 18 courses for PDGA World and National Championships. HouckDesign also offers design reviews, consultations, feasibility, site reviews, disc golf course design workshops nationwide, tournament services, marketing consulting, course operations consulting for venues or parks, and more. Specialties: A pioneer in the disc golf industry. Leader in disc golf course design. Writer of more than 50 published articles on course design in PDGA magazine and other disc golf magazines. Creator of Major PDGA tournaments and host of over a hundred disc golf tournaments. John looks forward to bringing his premier designs worldwide to your venue, private property, golf course, or park. HouckDesign continues to innovate design and deliver the results clients want. Let us design your next course! Bio: http://www.houckdesign.com/john_houcks_bio.php

You will enjoy reading this one that Dee wrote. You will learn about our latest project here. Then post below on the pre...
09/19/2025

You will enjoy reading this one that Dee wrote. You will learn about our latest project here. Then post below on the previous post where the latest design is going in.

Kurt's Disc Golf Course at Copper Hill Farm in Vermont

09/06/2025

A discussion on tourism with great information. I was happy to be on the panel remotely via video -- last one to speak at 6:40ish but I suggest watching the whole video and seeing who is doing what in our sport. So proud of everyone. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G7bHWPYgi/

https://houckdesigndiscgolf.com/so/89PaJx5fT?languageTag=enNo ROPE- means no artigicial OB. Read John’s  latest article ...
09/04/2025

https://houckdesigndiscgolf.com/so/89PaJx5fT?languageTag=en
No ROPE- means no artigicial OB. Read John’s latest article about one of our newest projects which is a redesign for a dgpt course in the link above.

It’s Big but Not Easy -- Expansion of Parc Des Familles Disc Golf Course

John’s thoughts on design in Norway.
09/03/2025

John’s thoughts on design in Norway.

John Houck is at our farm and we talk for a while.

My interview in Norway. Here is the full episode.
09/02/2025

My interview in Norway. Here is the full episode.

John Houck is at our farm and we talk for a while.

09/01/2025

I was in Norway recently touring some properties for future designs. Was interviewed and here’s a small clip.

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