because they've played together for years, even though they have little in common. One player is a tax accountant, another designs Web pages, a third runs a pipe bending machine at Boeing. Players range from their teens to their 50s.
The players each kick $5 into a pot before they play. The "pros" play for money. The amateurs play for free discs.
Some travel to tournaments around the country. The sport is more popular elsewhere than in Wichita.
After the twice-a-week game, they gather in the parking lot. They talk about how tough the wind was on 14, how a miraculous throw on 2 through the trees almost netted a hole-in-one, and how a strong gust saved a low throw on 12.
But the players don't understand why the game doesn't have more respect and popularity.
If people would just try it, they'd see how fun it is, said Iqbal Jehan, one of the city's best players.
"My wife thinks I'm a fool," admitted Hoepner who plays almost everyday.
"Until you try it, you don't take it seriously," chimed in Chris Greenleaf.
Some players speculate that it's because they play at Herman Hill Park, which in the past acquired an unsavory reputation.
It may be just a victim of waxing and waning cycles of popularity. At one time, far more people in Wichita played disc golf.
Disc golf is relatively cheap - the discs are $6 to $9 apiece, the park is free - the park is uncrowded, and people improve rapidly at first.
It's on the upswing in popularity internationally, said Jehan, and that means Wichita will eventually follow suit.
"It's one of the best kept secrets out there," he said.

A line of nasty thunderstorms approached. Rain spat down, lightning cracked in the distance.
A group of four men hurled plastic discs at a metal pole 330 feet away. They seemed genuinely disappointed when the 30 mph wind blew them off target.
"We're usually better than this," apologized Lenny Edwards.
Disc Golf, commonly called Frisbee golf, combines the difficulty of golf with the free spirit of Frisbee. It requires hours of practice to be any good, but players say that once a new guy throws that first good shot, he's hooked.
"It's addictive," said player Jeff Hoepner.
"Addictive" is a word the players use over and over. They tell stories of playing through injuries, of playing in the snow, of guys so frustrated they hurl their discs, disc bag and all, into the Arkansas River.
The players throw the discs - like typical Frisbees, but smaller and heavier, to "drive" from the tee along a fairway and "putt" into a metal basket attached to a pole. Different discs are used for different shots. In Wichita, the golfers in the Air Capital Disc Club (so named for the rock band AC/DC) play on the wooded, though hardly luxurious, 18 hole course at Herman Hill park at Pawnee and Broadway.
The park's holes, from 200 to 480 feet long, are all par 3s. The trees, the Arkansas River and especially the wind are the main hazards.
There are about 30 in the club. About 20 show up at the club's games at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The atmosphere is chummy