Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Flight characteristics
  3. Recommended uses
  4. Plastics & variants
  5. History
  6. Notable throwers
  7. Similar discs

The Latitude 64 Core is a 6-speed stable midrange. With published flight numbers of 6 / 5 / -0.5 / 1, it is most often described as suited for straight 100-metre placement shots, long narrow fairways where angle-holding matters.

Overview

The Latitude 64 Core is a 6/5/-0.5/1 midrange that the company describes as “developed to be the ultimate multi-purpose disc.”[2] It “sits comfortably in the hand with a smooth, beadless rim that appeals to both backhand and forehand players,” and Latitude 64's own copy leans on the phrase that defines the mold's reputation: “the Core is famous for its ‘honest’ flight; it stays on the line you put it on with a very mild finish.”[2] The PDGA approved it on 18 March 2008 under certification number 08-16, recording 21.7 cm diameter, 2.0 cm height, 1.2 cm rim depth and a 1.4 cm rim, with a 180.1 g maximum.[1] Latitude 64's product page reproduces that PDGA block correctly, cert number and date included.[2]

Flight characteristics

Flight numbers: manufacturer vs. community
SourceSpeedGlide TurnFade
Latitude 64 (mfg) 6 5 -0.5 1 Published spec
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Flight numbers describe the published behavior of the disc when thrown at its design speed. Real-world flight varies with plastic, weight, age, and thrower power. The community-averaged numbers above reflect crowd-sourced observations from real throws — typically slightly more understable than the manufacturer's published values, which is the most consistent pattern across nearly every commercial mold.

Latitude 64 pitches the Core as its “one-disc round” candidate and names two concrete windows: “navigating a long, narrow fairway” and “a reliable disc for a 100-meter straight shot.”[2] The company also flags “angle integrity — exceptional at holding the line you release it on,” which is the practical case for technical shot-shaping rather than raw distance.[2] The collection page adds that the predictable flight path “can be used for hyzer shots as well as long turnover drives.”[3] The beadless rim is snag-free on both power and fan grips, making the Core a viable touch-forehand disc.[2]

Best for:

  • Straight 100-metre placement shots
  • Long narrow fairways where angle-holding matters
  • Touch forehand approaches
  • Long turnover drives off a gentle anhyzer

Plastics & variants

The Core is available in the following plastic blends from Latitude 64:[3]

Opto

Plastic blend significantly affects flight character. Premium plastics like Champion, Z, or C-Line generally fly more overstable when fresh and hold their stability over time. Base plastics like DX, Pro, or Active beat in faster and become more understable workhorses with use.

History

The Core is one of Latitude 64's earliest molds, approved by the PDGA on 18 March 2008 with certification 08-16 — the same era as the Trident and Culverin generation of the company's catalogue.[1] Latitude 64 publishes no designer credit and no original retail-release date, so 2008 here is the approval year.[1][2] Production today is narrow: the Core collection lists a single product, the Opto Core, in one 173–176 g weight bracket.[3] Disc Golf Puttheads catalogues past Gold Line and Retro Cores alongside Opto, neither of which Latitude 64 currently stocks.[3][4] That same Puttheads page contradicts itself on the flight numbers — its prose and summary notes print 5|5|-1|1, while the specification table immediately below prints Latitude 64's 6|5|-0.5|1 and reproduces the PDGA dimensions exactly.[4] Latitude 64's figures are used here. Customer reviews on Latitude 64's own product page suggest the mold was out of the lineup at some point and later reissued — one reads “thanks for getting the Core midrange back into production!” — but the company publishes no retirement or reissue announcement, so that remains customer testimony rather than a documented production gap.[2] No professional is documented bagging a Core.

Notable throwers

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Similar discs

References & further reading

Sources

Content on this page has been cross-checked against the following sources. Numbered citations in the prose above link to the matching entry here.

  1. Core from Latitude 64 — PDGA approved-disc record (cert 08-16)
  2. Opto Core — Latitude 64 (official product page)
  3. Core — Latitude 64 (official mold collection page)
  4. Latitude 64 Core Flight Chart — Disc Golf Puttheads

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