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Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #9800 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:19:46 PM »

Quote from: bwarbiany on October 05, 2020, 04:56:50 PM

But yeah, more seriously, that's my issue with disc golf. It seems like the scoring is designed to make you feel good about yourself. Golf is supposed to be frustrating. It's supposed to be hard. For a duffer like me, a birdie is an event worth seriously celebrating. Heck, on "real" courses (not my little exec course) I'm extremely pleased just to make par.

I feel like disc golf, as a new sport, wanted to make things easy enough to keep from discouraging new people, which means anyone with moderate ability can destroy a course. Whereas with real golf, moderate ability and a bit of practice means you should aspire to play bogey golf.

The courses vary wildly in difficulty. On some courses shooting par would be insane. On others, not so much.
Around here they range from being crammed into a grassy, public park to vast desert landscapes with hills and gorges and cliffs and gigantic rock formations.

If you shoot par in the grassy park, you suck and need to just quit playing. If you can shoot par in the open desert, you are phenomenal and need to start playing for money.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #9801 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:20:22 PM »

If I'm going to hit a white ball, there's gonna be someone throwing it to me and then catching it (or not, if I hit big) and throwing it back.

Seriously. I don't get the passion for the thing at all.

Of course, I'm a boater.

MarqHusker · « **Reply #9802 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:20:31 PM »

Thats right, sleeping with windows open on a cool night remains a Midwest thing.

Kris60 · « **Reply #9803 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:30:15 PM »

Never played disc golf but this summer at a softball tournament I was cooling off in the car between games. It was about 95 degrees with humidity in the millions. Anyway, we were parked right beside a disc golf course. I sat there and just watched people play for about 20 minutes.

This one dude comes up to the tee box (whatever it’s called) and threw a frisbee about 125 yards. It played slightly downhill which I know helped a little but he zung the hell out of that thing. He threw it within 6 feet of the cage. I sat there and watched about 12 other people make that throw and no one came within 50 yards of where his landed. It was actually really impressive.

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #9804 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:41:05 PM »

Quote from: MarqHusker on October 05, 2020, 05:17:35 PM

I still do prefer to walk if possible. I find cart golf leads to more lost or missing balls, as you never approach the ball from the same angle especially when you're cart mate hooked it when you sliced it. Plus the logistics of staying away from the green. People forget or lose clubs or you need that lob wedge and you grabbed the gap, while the partner has driven off.

Years back, I was in the cart almost constantly so I ditched the walking stand bag for a traditional bag. But I'm like you; I enjoy walking the course. And I don't think it's even slower, for some of the reasons you mention (having to walk to/from the cart to the fairway or green, having to coordinate two players from a single cart, etc).

So prior to my last round I ordered a pull cart. Because I like walking; I don't want to carry.

Only problem is that to fit my soft-sided cooler with beers and ice packs into the only pocket on the bag capable of fitting it, I have to turn my bag sideways on the pull cart. #firstworldproblems

I did just receive a cupholder for the pull cart which I didn't have on Saturday, which will help...

Brutus Buckeye · « **Reply #9805 on:** October 05, 2020, 05:50:26 PM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 05, 2020, 05:20:22 PM

If I'm going to hit a white ball, there's gonna be someone throwing it to me and then catching it (or not, if I hit big) and throwing it back.

Seriously. I don't get the passion for the thing at all.

Of course, I'm a boater.

Just think of it as playing fetch, only without the dog.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9806 on:** October 05, 2020, 06:38:22 PM »

Quote from: MarqHusker on October 05, 2020, 05:17:35 PM

I still do prefer to walk if possible. I find cart golf leads to more lost or missing balls, as you never approach the ball from the same angle especially when you're cart mate hooked it when you sliced it. Plus the logistics of staying away from the green. People forget or lose clubs or you need that lob wedge and you grabbed the gap, while the partner has driven off.

don't worry, you'll get more experience as you get older
carts are the way to go

Riffraft · « **Reply #9807 on:** October 06, 2020, 02:42:16 PM »

Quote from: bwarbiany on October 05, 2020, 05:41:05 PM

Years back, I was in the cart almost constantly so I ditched the walking stand bag for a traditional bag. But I'm like you; I enjoy walking the course. And I don't think it's even slower, for some of the reasons you mention (having to walk to/from the cart to the fairway or green, having to coordinate two players from a single cart, etc).

So prior to my last round I ordered a pull cart. Because I like walking; I don't want to carry.

Only problem is that to fit my soft-sided cooler with beers and ice packs into the only pocket on the bag capable of fitting it, I have to turn my bag sideways on the pull cart. #firstworldproblems

I did just receive a cupholder for the pull cart which I didn't have on Saturday, which will help...

You need to get a new bag. My bag has a cooler built into it. Put one of those ice substitute in it and it will still hold at least a six pack

FearlessF · « **Reply #9808 on:** October 06, 2020, 03:56:57 PM »

six per 9 holes should be plenty for most

slam 2 quick ones at the turn and put on another sixer

longhorn320 · « **Reply #9809 on:** October 06, 2020, 04:01:00 PM »

Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 05, 2020, 05:20:22 PM

If I'm going to hit a white ball, there's gonna be someone throwing it to me and then catching it (or not, if I hit big) and throwing it back.

Seriously. I don't get the passion for the thing at all.

Of course, I'm a boater.

Golf is a game that youre either passionnant about and play every chance you get or you dont care for at all

very few play every now and then if they play at all

FearlessF · « **Reply #9810 on:** October 06, 2020, 04:04:18 PM »

I know way too many that play 2 or 3 times a year

almost always in a scramble event that is more about a fundraiser or a drinking event

they are doing the right thing in their hearts, but man, do they slow things down!

Kris60 · « **Reply #9811 on:** October 06, 2020, 04:58:01 PM »

I didn’t pick up golf until I was in my 20s. Until then, I was like Badge. I didn’t see the draw of it. But there is something about hitting that one great shot that brings you back.

You keep thinking with enough practice you can replicate that shot to where it is the norm and not the exception. I was really into playing for a while but when my daughter was born it became harder to justify leaving my wife home to take care of the baby while I went out and played
golf for 3-4 hours. The two or three guys I played with were pretty unreliable too. We’d have a day set up to play and they would back out at the last minute for weak reasons (it was really just their wives not wanting them to play).

I ended up playing by myself a lot, which was ok for a while but started to get old. I played a grand total of 9 holes last year and haven’t touched a club this year. In fact, not too long ago I moved the clubs out of my garage into storage.

FearlessF · « **Reply #9812 on:** October 06, 2020, 05:24:15 PM »

I started playing in my 20s while at college in Lincoln

was a better option than going to class quite a few days

MarqHusker · « **Reply #9813 on:** October 06, 2020, 05:33:12 PM »

I once played 72-80 holes a week, then I graduated school, got a job, bought a house, had kids, built a house. Now its 72 holes a year if I'm lucky. Still staying under 90, but my sub 80 rounds are gone, I haven't had an eagle in awhile. Can't remember the last time I had consecutive birdies.

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