Disc Golf · Glendive, MT · Home of the Makoshika Open
The badlands the tour was named for.
Makoshika State Park in Glendive is the spiritual home of Montana badlands disc golf — a perfect 5.0 scenic rating on UDisc, real sandstone terrain, and the site of the Makoshika Open, presented by Top Tier. It's where the Badlands Tour got its name, and it hosted the Tour Finale from 2022 through 2025.
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36 Holes at Makoshika |
5.0 MT #1 scenic rating |
#5 Best MT city · UDisc |
The main event
The Makoshika Open — presented by Top Tier.
Top Tier Disc Golf is a title sponsor of the Makoshika Open, a PDGA-sanctioned tournament hosted by the Makoshika Disc Golf Club at Makoshika State Park — Montana's largest state park, with badlands sandstone terrain that gave the entire Badlands DGT its name. From 2022 through 2025 the Open served as the Tour Finale; the Finale has since moved on, but Makoshika remains the crown jewel of the badlands calendar.
The Finale rotates. The scenery doesn't. This is where the badlands are actually badlands.
Explore the Badlands Tour → Shop Badlands Favorites →Makoshika State Park — Buccaneer Flats MT'S #1 SCENIC
18 holes · Moderate · Scenic 5.0 · Most-played in Glendive
A perfect 5.0 scenic rating — Montana's most scenic disc golf course. Wide-open badlands terrain with sandstone formations, sweeping prairie, and the sky as your ceiling.
Makoshika State Park — Ponderosa Pines
18 holes · Hard · Scenic 4.9
The technical companion to Buccaneer Flats — hard difficulty, real elevation, and near-perfect scenery.
9 holes · In-town alternative
Gear guide
Real badlands. Real wind. Real overstable plastic.
Makoshika is what "badlands" means — open exposure, sandstone terrain, and low elevation (~2,000 ft) that puts you in a wind tunnel with no tree cover. Read our wind bag guide.
For badlands wind
Max weight. Champion plastic. No exceptions.
Innova Firebird (Champion, max weight), Discraft Zone (Z Line), Kastaplast Berg (K1), MVP Reactor (Fission). Overstable. Durable. Predictable.
For sandstone durability
Premium plastics only.
Innova Champion, Discraft ESP, MVP Neutron/Fission. Baseline plastic gets chewed up by Makoshika sandstone — save it for grass courses.
Doomsday Chemtrail
Built for exactly this terrain.
Doomsday's Chemtrail was engineered for apocalyptic wind conditions. If there's one distance driver you want at Makoshika, this is it.
The scene
Makoshika Disc Golf Club.
The Makoshika Disc Golf Club is Eastern Montana's competitive engine. They host:
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Makoshika Open PDGA-sanctioned · Presented by Top Tier Disc Golf |
Crown jewel of the badlands |
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MonDak Championships at Makoshika Eastern MT + Western ND championship weekend |
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Shipping
Glendive in 1–2 business days.
$6 flat rate from Billings, free over $70. Glendive is our closest Eastern Montana destination — faster than most Western Montana orders.
FAQ
Answers, straight up.
Can you play disc golf at Makoshika State Park?
Yes — Makoshika State Park has two full 18-hole courses. Buccaneer Flats (Montana's #1 scenic course) and Ponderosa Pines. Free to play, open during park hours.
What is the Badlands Disc Golf Tour?
Montana's premier competitive series, with events across the state and a home-base identity in Billings. The Makoshika Open served as the Tour Finale from 2022 through 2025 — the season closer, hosted at the very badlands terrain the tour is named for. The Finale has since rotated to another Tour event, but Makoshika remains the badlands anchor.
What discs work best at Makoshika?
Overstable, max-weight, premium plastic. Firebirds, Zones, Bergs, Chemtrails. Seasoned plastic beats fresh premium in real badlands wind. See our wind bag guide.
Does Glendive have a disc golf shop?
Top Tier Disc Golf ships from Billings in 1–2 business days — the fastest disc golf shipping to Eastern Montana. We're the title sponsor of the Makoshika Open.
When is the Makoshika Open?
Historically the second weekend of September. It hosted the Badlands DGT Finale from 2022 through 2025; the Finale has since rotated to another Tour stop, but the Makoshika Open remains a marquee badlands event. Check Disc Golf Scene for current registration and dates.