Disc golf: The 3 best-looking manufacturer logos

Normally, when I bust out a listicle of this sort, there are five items on the list – not three. And while Infinite Discs currently features the golf discs from 75 different manufacturers on their website, most disc golf fans can only name seven or eight – the more “household” ones. To compile a list of five of ‘em wouldn’t leave too many out in the cold, you know?

Not my style.

So I went with three.

Now, before you sink your teeth into this mini list, keep two things in mind: 1) This is massively subjective, and 2) I know next to nothing about graphic design. So if it’s an uneducated opinion you’re looking for, per the norm with Green Splatter, you’ve arrived at just the right place.

In descending order:

3. Innova Champion Discs

Trust me when I say this …

I did NOT want to include Innova on this list.

As is, I write about ‘em too much.

But not only is Rancho Cucamonga’s finest son disc golf’s most iconic brand, but the stock-stamp rebrand of the logo that took place earlier this year made a conscious decision to revert back to the O.G. “bar stamp” Innova fans grew so fond of back in the 80s and early 90s.

Slam-to-the-dunk.

Yes, you could argue Innova’s logo looks a bit too much like Discraft’s to deserve a spot for itself on the Green Splatter podium, but I don’t care – I drank the Kool-Aid on Innova long ago.

It’s too late to go back.

2. Disc Golf Association

Allow me to cut the confusion:

DGA = Disc Golf Association

Here’s what’s weird about this one:

• I used to not care about DGA.
• Now, I totally care about DGA.

That’s what happens when you bring onboard golfers like Catrina Allen, Cole Redalen, Austin Turner, Austin Hannum and Andrew Marwede, I suppose. An avid marketer myself, I didn’t think I was influenced by this type of messaging, but I can’t get enough of the DGA logo.

I feel dirty; I feel cheap.

I’m fine with it.

“Steady” Ed Headrick founded DGA. He also invented the modern-day frisbee. And if that wasn’t enough to have you hanging a poster of the dude above your bed, he also designed the first-ever disc golf basket: the Mach I or “Pole Hole,” as it was frequently called back in the day.

The DGA logo pays homage to the man, the myth and the legend.

And his basket, too.

It’s historic.

1. Latitude 64

Winner, winner.

Chicken dinner.

I’ve had a crush on the Latitude 64 logo ever since I first laid eyes on it, and I have a theory as to why something so stupidly clean and simple could grab my attention and not let go of it …

• Take the Nike Swoosh.
• Bring the tail up over the top.
• Now rotate it and flatten it a bit.

Ta-da.

The Latitude 64 logo.

Full disclosure, though I’ve always loved the look of the Latitude 64 logo on a flat-bill snapback, the aforementioned theory isn’t my own – click here for proper credit to be given where it’s due.

So, could it be that the look of Latitude 64 feels comfortably familiar to the masses because it’s little more than a Swedish knock-off of Carolyn Davidson’s design work from back in 1971?

Maybe.

But it’s probably just a sexier version of the degree symbol.

I’m fine with either narrative.

* Honorable Mention: The Kastaplast “K” is unique, powerful and (literally) a single letter.

Is this THE definitive logo list?

Hardly.

But it’s good enough for a Saturday.

Over and out.

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