John Houck, Houck Design

John Houck, Houck Design #1 Name in Course Design
5 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

New Course we’ve been designing now opening in Kentucky this year. Good news if you’ve been waiting for this course to...
01/08/2026

New Course we’ve been designing now opening in Kentucky this year. Good news if you’ve been waiting for this course to open.

The city plans to construct the new course at a popular park.

12/30/2025

Best Wishes from Dee (Divya) and me.

If you haven’t played this course yet, it’s off the beaten path — a great place to play undisturbed in nature. It has it...
12/28/2025

If you haven’t played this course yet, it’s off the beaten path — a great place to play undisturbed in nature. It has it all. Water, elevation and some open and rest wooded. Agape Farm Disc Golf Shirleysburg PA details and more photos here. It opened in 2024 May.

Great to get together today with fellow Indiana University Disc Club members from 1979-80 and other Hoosier disc lumina...
12/14/2025

Great to get together today with fellow Indiana University Disc Club members from 1979-80 and other Hoosier disc luminaries from back in the day. John R Houck

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