Here you can learn about one of the world's best disc golf courses, Uspastorp DiscGolfPark in Sweden. Planned and maintained by a co-designer and former co-owner of the revered Ale Disc Golf Center, Uspatorp is just minutes away from Ale by car and is just a 30-minute drive from Gothenburg, which is Sweden's second-largest city.
Uspatorp is ranked #23 in the most recent World's Best Disc Golf Courses top 100 released annually by us here at UDisc. The rankings are based on millions of player ratings of over 16,000 disc golf courses worldwide on UDisc Courses, which is the most complete and regularly updated disc golf course directory in existence.
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- Basics: Times in top 100, year established, designers, cost to play, & availability
- History of Uspatorp DiscGolfPark
- How hard is it?
- What's it like to play?
- Three real five-star reviews
Uspatorp DiscGolfPark: Basic Info
- When did Uspatorp DiscGolfPark open?
2021 - How many times has Uspatorp DiscGolfPark made the annual World's Best Disc Golf Courses top 100 since the rankings were first released in 2020?
Year 202020212022 2023 2024 2025 Top 100? Years when the course wasn't eligible to make the top 100 rankings are crossed out. Courses must be open the year prior to our rankings update to qualify.
- Who designed Uspatorp DiscGolfPark?
Camilla Jernberg - Is Uspatorp DiscGolfPark free or pay-to-play?
Pay-to-play. See its UDisc Courses entry for pricing. - When is Uspatorp DiscGolfPark available for public play?
Year-round
History of Uspatorp DiscGolfPark
In 2016, Camilla Jernberg left a job in prosthetics to devote herself fully to running a disc golf facility – but it wasn't Uspatorp. She was a founder and co-designer of Ale Disc Golf Center, which she'd painstakingly created with her then-husband Jonas Grundén after they purchased a huge swath of abandoned farmland not too far from Sweden's second-most-populous city, Gothenburg. The center's first two courses, Ale White and Ale Yellow, gained regional and, in short order, international reputations as must-play destinations.
But a few years after the facility opened, Jernberg and Grundén separated. Jernberg continued running Ale day-to-day, but Grundén became its sole owner. Two years later, he announced that the center would cease operations.
"When Ale closed, I was completely out of work and a bit lost," Jernberg admitted.
After taking some time to weigh her options, Jernberg realized that she didn't want to throw out everything she'd taken away from turning a neglected farm into one of the world's premier disc golf destinations.
"Building Ale was a challenging but invaluable learning experience, and I gained a lot of knowledge along the way," Jernberg said. "I wanted to put all that experience to use, which is how I got the idea to start my company, FlightLineDesign, a few months later."
Jernberg's business is affiliated with DiscGolfPark, which is a full-service disc golf course planning, equipment, and construction company that started in Finland and has spread across the world. She is the only female DiscGolfPark designer based in Europe.
Her new direction clear, Jernberg began looking for projects.
One that presented itself was literally just down the road from where Ale had stood. Martin and Anne Tallheden owned an accomodation a few minutes' drive from the Ale property that disc golfers had consistently packed. With the disc golf center out of operation, their business was suffering.
However, the Tallhedens possessed a large area of unused mixed woods and fields. So, the solution was clear: They should build their own world class course to bring the disc golfers back.
"When Ale was closed, there was a big lack of courses nearby and the players in the area had to travel to get to already crowded courses," Jernberg said. "Martin and Anne had been housing players visiting Ale for years, so it was natural for them to want to build their own course. I offered my help and it has been a collaboration since."
With Gothenburg-area disc golfers clambering for a place to play, Jernberg said she and Dan Johansson – the person responsible for the rustic bridges, sturdy tee platforms, and other infrasturcture that helped make Ale so beloved – rushed to get Uspatorp's first nine holes cut out and playable, which they were the same year that Ale closed its doors. A few months after that, the course had a full 18 that Jernberg and Johansson have, in her words, "kept working with to make better and better." Nowaydays, the course features 20 holes.
In many ways, Uspatorp couldn't have been a more Ale-like replacement for Ale. The land's topography was extremely similar; one of the same minds was designing its fairways: and its benches, tee platforms, bridges, rock slabs used for mounting tee signs, and other infrastructure were being crafted by the same person. And at a time where Ale's future was extremely uncertain, Uspatorp was a salve on the local disc golf scene's open wound.
"It was designed before anyone knew if Ale would ever open again," Jernberg said. "Uspastorp would likely not exist without the closing of Ale."
In 2023 – the same year that Ale reopened its doors after being saved by a successful local businessman with a love for disc golf – Uspatorp established its own claim to greatness by debuting in the World's Best Disc Golf Courses rankings at #31. It stayed in the top 40 in 2024, and 2025 marks the first time it has been among the top 25.
Jernberg has designed 17 courses since founding her company though not all of them are installed yet, and she's paid to work on Uspatorp a few hours every week. With Ale back open and Uspatorp constantly improving, she's enjoying being such an integral part of a thriving disc golf community.
"I actually live just next to Ale Disc Golf Center.," Jernberg said. "I feel lucky to have so much good disc golf around me. It's a bit of a disc golf mecca around here now."
How Hard Is Uspatorp DiscGolfPark?
Uspatorp DiscGolfPark has one set of tees and basket positions. There are 20 holes, the original 18 plus two holes designed later that can be played between holes 13 and 14. This is how the full 20-hole layout stacks up:
| Name | Distance |
Technicality | Overall Difficulty | Par Rating* | Scoring Average* |
| Main 20 | Long | Highly Technical | Very Challenging | 221 | +13 |
*Scoring average and par rating constantly adjust as more people score rounds with UDisc. These numbers reflect stats from the time of publication and may have changed slightly since then.
If you opt to play the original 18, these ratings are similar for that layout. For a more moderate-difficulty experience, you could play just the front nine. Check out specific information about these layout options via Uspatorp DiscGolfPark on UDisc Courses.
To learn more about what the categories for distance, technicality, overall difficulty, and par rating mean, check out these posts:
What's It Like to Play at Uspatorp DiscGolfPark?
Uspatorp is a course designed with fairly skilled disc golfers in mind, but it isn't a place where distance is the main obstacle as over half of its holes are under the 330-foot/100-meter mark. Instead, the tight woods fairways that force a variety of lines, holes that transition between wooded and open areas, and copious elevation changes make things plenty difficult – and fun – for almost every player.
"I wanted to make a course that would challenge players by having to use many different discs, throws, and flightlines," said designer Camilla Jernberg. "Players of a broad spectrum of experience can enjoy Uspastorp. It's a medium length course but with some tightness and curves that still makes it challenging and fun to play."
Something that will make you more confident about hitting those lines are the large, turf tee pads that are often built on sturdy wooden platforms that assure your run-up space is level and safe.
And if the trees get you down, the peaceful stroll you're taking through the woods and fields of this idyllic spot in western Sweden should help you find some inner calm.
"Uspastorp is situated in the beautiful countryside," Jernberg said. "I want players to experience the serenity of nature at the course."
Finally, because the course's owners pay Jernberg to maintain the course regularly, it always looks in top form, with out-of-bounds clearly and consistently marked, mown grass, and the rough constantly kept in check.
Three Real Five Star Reviews of Uspatorp DiscGolfPark
Three five star reviews of Uspatorp DiscGolfPark from disc golfers on UDisc:
