When its time to play golf, most people grab their clubs and shoes and book a tee time. But a select group of linksters go to one of five courses in Bowling Green Hobson Grove, Kereiakes, Lovers Lane, Ephram White parks or Western Kentucky University loaded with a bag full of discs, their walking or hiking shoes laced up. Just like some of their counterparts who visit the country clubs or municipal courses, a group of disc golfers braved Tuesday afternoons rain for some league play at Kereiakes Park. Ten players, including three professional level golfers, hit the links, which led to a three-team pro/am starting from tee number one, while two other pairs started from the 10 tee box. For H.B. Clark, who has been playing disc golf for nearly 30 years, once he started, he couldnt stop. Disc golf is very addictive, said Clark, who left Thursday to play in Sweden during a vacation. In this sport you play yours and the course in a quest for perfection, but it doesnt seem reachable. Clarks playing days started when he attended Western. The game has changed a lot since the advent of baskets and the discs we use today, said Clark, who has taught several players the sport, including fellow pros Andy Ritter along with Rick and Sylvia Voakes. Before baskets we would throw at trees, light posts, coeds, fountains and the Henry Hardin Cherry statue in front of Cherry Hall. In the beginning if you bought a black disc from Wham-O, you were invited to join the International Frisbee Organization and get a news letter talking about events and different games. Tuesdays league play included pros like Scott and Chase Stone, a novice who has been playing for 2 and 1/2 weeks. Larry (Bledsoe), who I work with, got me involved since we both work third shift together, Stone said. I didnt think I would like this in the beginning. But this is like any other sport, frustrating and fun, too. The major difference between disc golf and its counterpart is cost. I use to play ball golf, but this is much cheaper, said Matt Whittle, who graduated in May from Edmonson County High School. The price is a big factor in why I play this type of golf now and since I have played it the second time, I have been hooked. Kentucky has 17 of the nearly 1,100 courses in the world and five of those courses are located in Bowling Green and Warren County with several of the pro disc golfers coming from the same area. Ritter and Rick Voakes lead the states pros with 1004 points, which they have earned at sanctioned events across the country. Clark is competing with fellow Bowling Green disc pro Jeff Soule in two major sanctioned events and three unsanctioned events in Sweden, which boasts 48 courses the most of any country outside the United States. Jeff and I are going to face some different competition as we are preparing for the World Championships that will be played this August in Ann Arbor, Mich., Clark said. It is a great way to learn about a culture and play some great competition. Hes not surprised by the growth of this game as it is very inexpensive to build a course and other factors. A course like this would cost only a few thousand dollars to construct, Clark said. If I played ball golf, it would take me a half of day to play, where with this I can get off work and get in 18 holes in an hour.