Is that like a 3D course or??? Used to shoot a lot of competitions back in the day but "archery golf" is a new one to me.
No, it's basically just like a golf course. Actually, a regular golf course would work fine. The only real difference is the fact that you don't need fancy grass; just mowed fairways. The "rough" is generally just woods. The hole is a 4" diameter plastic ball, on a wire stand which holds the ball a few inches above the ground.
You "drive" by lofting an arrow down the fairway. In some cases, a 65-70# compound won't make it all the way (I prefer a logbow or recurve, but it doesn't matter). In others, you'd better not go for max range... You adjust mainly by altering your launch angle, but always at full-draw.
You generally "putt" by only pulling the string a few inches back, and firing with a high arch. There's nothing to keep you from aiming directly at the ball and going for it, besides the fact that a miss will generally skip and go far beyond the "hole" (which usually means you're deep in the woods, er, "rough").
Usually, once you're close enough to fire at a steep enough downward angle to ensure the arrow will stick, you'll finish the hole with a full-draw "kill-shot".
Some people use specialty arrow tips as well. Metal blunts drilled out with a welded-in nail for a spike-tip are great for those 40-75 yard shots because they'll grab and stick much better than a field point, which will bounce/deflect off the ground and sail far beyond. Those wire-tip "judo" points work well for the same reason. Some will switch to flu-flu arrows for those 100 or so yard shots too, to get into putting or kill-shot range.
It's really just like golf, with one bow but several arrows, instead of one ball but several clubs.
It's a good idea to use your worst arrows for "driving", because the fairways are kind of narrow
There's a lot of fun in just letting an arrow fly up into the sky, and watching it sail out a few hundred yards...
