The game of disc golf, also known as Frisbee golf, is usually played in a park. The distances needed to throw the Frisbee players can miss-throw, and the disc can land in hard-to-search areas—for example, tall grass, overgrowth, or blackberry bushes. Players spend too much time looking for a disc and eventually give up and lose the disc forever. This is a problem because it takes away time from the game, and there is the possibility of losing a piece of personal and unique equipment for the game. Disc have their characteristics that players use. It would be like a golf player losing a club or a tennis player losing a racket.

The solution I have come up with is to place a discreet tacker on the disc, so it can be located with a mobile app when lost. The tracker will use a combination of GPS and Bluetooth for location finding. The accompanying app will also be a hub for the player to track their progress playing the sport. The progress will be tracked using data analytics of throws and score-keeping

After creating different personas of different types of players and a storyboard of how the 'Disk Tracker' would be used, I started prototyping the shape and form for both the tracker and its holder that would be attached to the disk itself. I created a proof-of-concept by testing custom code on an Arduino.

As a companion with the physical track, I designed a phone app to help the player follow the disk and give statistics on their play. This data could be used to support the player in improving their game.

A more accurate location model would be used on the disc to improve this design, similar to an Apple Air Tag. But the companion app would still be needed for data interpretation and visualization.