Here you can learn about one of the world's best disc golf courses, Øverås Diskgolfpark in Øverås, Norway. With its stunning fjord views, constant improvements and upkeep, and recent history of hosting elite disc golf tournaments, this course over six hours northwest of Norway capital Oslo by car has managed to make a name for itself as a bucket-list worthy destination.
Øverås is ranked #9 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, & availability
- History
- How hard is it?
- What's it like to play?
- Three real five-star reviews
Øverås Diskgolfpark: Basic Info
- How many times has Øverås Diskgolfpark made the annual World's Best Disc Golf Courses top 100 since the rankings were first released in 2020?
Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Top 100? - When did Øverås Diskgolfpark open?
2013 - Who designed Øverås Diskgolfpark?
Sivert Øveraas, Brage Grønningsæter - Is Øverås Diskgolfpark free or pay-to-play?
Pay-to-play. See its UDisc Courses entry for pricing. - When is Øverås Diskgolfpark available to play?
Year-round, 9 a.m.-10p.m.
History of Øverås Disc Golf
In Norse mythology, the realm where we humans live is called Midgard. But if you're a disc golfer lucky enough to be playing at Øverås Diskgolfpark on Norway's west coast (the course name sounds like "ur - vur - ohs" with a slightly rolled R and sharp S at the end), you might feel like you've made your way over the rainbow bridge Bifröst, left other mortals behind, and ended up in Asgard, home of the gods.
And we're not throwing in those references just for kicks: There are viking graves just a short stroll from hole 14 at Øverås. Course owner Sivert Øveraas (yes, his name and the course's are very similar) said that his cousin Brage Grønningsæter suggested weaving in the myths and legacy of those feared, seafaring people into the fabric of the course. For example, there's a triple mandatory on one hole dubbed "The Gates of Valhalla" that has two sides made of enormous swords.
Additionally – just to make sure you feel extra good about your upcoming round – the course is nicknamed "Ragnarok," which is the prophesied, inevitable battle the gods are doomed to lose that will end the world as we know it.
The course didn't start out as the epic adventure it is today. Øveraas first learned about disc golf roughly a decade ago by chancing upon videos online. He'd never seen a course in real life, but he thought the concept looked fun, bought a starter pack, and started playing a makeshift course on his large property (formerly the family farm) with Grønningsæter and their friend Jøran Lufall. Øveraas even made his own baskets based on specs and guidance he found with Google.
As Øveraas played courses other than his own and became interested in course design theory, he realized that his land could be turned into a premier disc golf destination. He got nearby businesses to support this vision using the reasoning that a top-notch course could draw tourists to their little part of the vast Norwegian coast as well as provide a source of recreation for locals. PCS Construction, of which Lufall is the Managing Director, has been particularly supportive of the project from the beginning.
A group of locals also formed Øverås Frisbeegolfklubb ("klubb" is "club"), which helped improve and expand the course.
Thanks to support from PCS Construction and the hard work of the club members, Øverås was able to host the PCS Open (its first formal competition) in 2016, which featured payout high enough to attract the best disc golfers in Norway. Course collector, course designer, and 2009 Disc Golf World Champion Avery Jenkins – a U.S. resident and native – made the trip to that event, too. Øveraas, Grønningsæter, and the club used feedback from Jenkins and other competitors to create plans for further refinement of the holes and layout.
Since that first event, hosting a big tournament and making improvements to the course based on competitors' suggestions and results has become an annual ritual for the Øverås Frisbeegolfklubb. The end goal is to be both a fantastic course for everyday players as well as a venue capable of hosting the most prestigious events in disc golf and challenging the sport's best competitors. It's showed its capable of the latter by hosting a Disc Golf Pro Tour event over consecutive years.
How Hard Is Øverås Diskgolfpark?
Øverås Diskgolfpark currently has three layouts in regular use, a very short beginner course with 14 holes plus mid-length and long 18-hole layouts meant for experienced, skilled players. See how each of those stacks up in terms of difficulty, distance, and more below.
| Name | Distance |
Technicality | Overall Difficulty | Par Rating | Scoring Average | |
| Shortest Layout | Short hole course | Very Short | Technical | Easy | 161 | -3 |
| Mid-Length Layout | Alternative layout - White tees | Mid-Length | Highly Technical | Challenging | 191 | +6 |
| Longest Layout | Standard layout - blue tees | Long | Highly Technical | Very Challenging | 235 | +16 |
You can see more about these layouts by checking out Øverås Diskgolfpark 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 Disc Golf at Øverås?
For the most part, you'll find one of two styles of fairway at Øverås. One is fairly open, well-maintained grass with trees left in strategic areas that force players to be very intentional with their shot shapes and landing zones. The other is a fairly narrow (but fair) corridor through a wooded area that tests players' accuracy and height control.
In both landscapes, the twists and turns of fairways, elevation changes (occasionally dramatic ones), and out-of-bounds add variety and difficulty.
No matter what style of hole you're playing, expect to have a true line and a lack of gimmicks that exist just to increase difficulty.
"I am a big fan of fair and clean gaps, minimizing luck," Øveraas said. "I don't like making a hole harder just to make it harder if it means more randomness. And I actually don't mind a hot round of 15-under par as long as the scoring separation is good and the best player wins."
Distance, finesse, precision, scrambling: Expect to call on every part of your game at Øverås. And if your score ever discourages you, just take a moment to stare out over the fjord and enjoy the stunning scenery for a bit.
Also note that the course has three different layouts: A complete beginner course, a layout for recreational or low-level intermediate players (white tees), and a layout for advanced players (blue tees).
Three Real Five Star Reviews of Øverås Disc Golf
Three five star reviews of Øverås from disc golfers on UDisc:
*translated into English
Note that the publication date of this post reflects the last time we made minor updates to it. Some information has not changed since it was first published in 2023.
