Precarious Pins

[superberry]

Who here LOVES risky greens and precarious placement of baskets?

I DO!!! See Winter Park...

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/2030/78359973.jpg

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/2030/a647af10.jpg

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/2030/98713a58.jpg

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/2030/2e604a9e.jpg

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/2030/78359973.jpg

[bikinjack]

Hole 2 at Glenn C. Hilton (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/gallery.php?id=902&mode=gal)

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/902/cc3c8d89.jpg

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/902/389df103.jpg

[bikinjack]

Also, Renny (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=587) is full of those. It seems like more baskets are on top of a big drop than not. Or on top of a pile of rocks.

[jongoff09]

Hole 10 at my home course has a basket at the top of a ridge, hole 10's side of the ridge is about 6' tall, and the other side of the ridge is closer to 10-15' tall. Discs love to roll down this ridge and end up farther away than the previous throw.

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?p=course_pics/2757/44d4e1e0.jpg

[srm_520]

Note Hole #8: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?p=course_pics/2746/253e800d.jpg

If that link doesn't work - Beaver Meadows #8 (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/gallery.php?id=2746&mode=gal#) - There is about an 80 drop as you work your way out from the camera.

[DSCJNKY]

Here's the most precarious basket I've faced so far...
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?p=course_pics/3263/b8333b9b.jpg

Hole 10 at Brackett's Bluff (RIP)
It's a 10-20' drop off on all sides of the boulder... with sloping downhills to boot.
And, laying up on the boulder is not really an option.
DSCJNKY

[Toomes]

Never played it but doesn't the Diamond X pin for May in the innova calander take the cake?

http://www.innovadiscs.com/calendar2010.html

[billnchristy]

I got 3 words for ya...White Effin Oak:

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/3126/443f9ad8.jpg

Ask my wife, you can...and will roll 200'+ away on this one.

Oh and here is the tee:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/3126/0623147b.jpg

336' over that hill is the pin, probably 200' past that is the bottom of the hill where your putter will stop rolling.

[HolySchnell]

I got 3 words for ya...White Effin Oak:


Oh how I despise this hole.

[billnchristy]

it is despicable.

[DavidSauls]

http://www.saulsinsurance.com/stoneyhill/Photos/SHC%20-%2018D.jpg

And that hole to the left is O.B.

[billnchristy]

Funny...I didn't see your horns when we played that round...

[zenbot]

#6 @ Hawk Hollow wasn't exactly a "go for it" hole.

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/3252/16c6b06d.jpg

[mashnut]

I love holes like that, a little bit of pucker factor on putts is a lot of fun. Some of my favorite precarious pins are the two boulder holes at Holler in the Hills. Here's the pin on the hole that tees from one boulder with the basket on another:

http://hollerinthehills.com/wp-content/gallery/coursephotos/zzzi.JPG

[DavidSauls]

Does "close to O.B." count?
http://www.saulsinsurance.com/stoneyhill/Photos/SHC%20-%2013I.jpg

I'm a big fan of exciting greens---drop-offs, rollaways, and danger of O.B. More than a few visitors to Stoney Hill care for.

Earlewood is famous for its rollaways---fast sloping greens where a disc can roll up to 100' away.

We're working on a new intermediate-level 9-hole course on some church property, in which all 9 baskets will be precarious in one way or another.

[Karl]

Obviously just "a little too late to matter", but the camera angle in that last picture just BEGS to call a foot fault on - as his contact point does NOT appear to be in-line with the middle-of-the-mini / line-to-the-basket line.

:o

Karl
Ps: As for the thread, I like "perilous pins" as long as there is a "safe side" in which one can "bail out" if they so choose to.

[DSCJNKY]

http://www.saulsinsurance.com/stoneyhill/Photos/SHC%20-%2018D.jpg

And that hole to the left is O.B.

Oh Yeah... I forgot about this one. Almost as bad as Brackett's #10 in terms of height... but possibly worse due to the OB that's right next to the hill.

And the basket that practically hangs over the creek is dope too.
DSCJNKY

[billnchristy]

Not as bad as some of these others but this shot at Crooked Creek can be pretty nasty. It is a short downhill onto this island surrounded by creek.

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/565/be3a916b.jpg

[fairweather_fan]

rock spring park (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=3051) in alton, il uses fast greens and precarious pin positions to good effect throughout the course. challenging yet fair, it's IMO one of the finest courses in the st. louis area.

hole 1: view in pic is back toward tee, with green sloping to moderate schule
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv209/fairweather_fan/rock%20springs/late%20summer/therocksummerhole1pin.jpg

hole 4: the pin is on a small 'terrace' that has a steep drop off behind it to an OB road, and most appoaches are taken from a landing zone roughly 15' above pin level.
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv209/fairweather_fan/rock%20springs/late%20summer/therocksummerhole4greenview.jpg

hole 6: a short-ish LHBH hyzer leads you to this tough green with OB cobblestone-path down the hill to the right in the pic
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv209/fairweather_fan/rock%20springs/late%20summer/therocksummerhole6greenview.jpg

hole 7: a short RHBH hyzer to another tough green area that punishes any too-aggressive tee shots
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv209/fairweather_fan/rock%20springs/late%20summer/therocksummerhole7greenview.jpg

hole 13: approach softly, or roll far-ly (pic is taken from behind basket)
http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv209/fairweather_fan/rock%20springs/late%20summer/therocksummerhole13pin.jpg

there are a few others that play close to OB (holes 2, 9, 14, and 18), and others that have significant greenside obstacles from one or more directions (holes 11, 12, 15, and 17), requiring the player to really think carefully about the risk/reward scenario and execute their shots to score well.

(sorry about the oversize pics)

[wolito]

Great pin sites there! I have played several with the pin on a steep hill and man, you have to get that putt to stick onthe ground or it will be a rollin away.

[Timber]

Hole 10 at Pratt Park (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=231&mode=ci) in Fredericksburg VA. Basket #18 is 30 feet below in the grotto.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/231/d57b6908.jpg

[DavidSauls]

Earlewood's most notorious:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?p=course_pics/913/257a3458.jpg
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?p=course_pics/913/257a3458.jpg

[Malaclypse]

#10 at Jordan Creek. It may not be as precarious as some of the baskets shown here, but I do hate that hole.

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/32/bef9d8ff.jpg

[zenbot]

Here's one from Scotland.

http://www.highlandflingers.org.uk/Mulliam/images/Magical%20Trevor%20on%20the%20edge.jpg

http://www.highlandflingers.org.uk/Mull2006/images/Hole%209%20-%20Pikey%20putts_jpg.jpg

[tmahan]

Hole 10 at Pratt Park (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=231&mode=ci) in Fredericksburg VA. Basket #18 is 30 feet below in the grotto.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/231/d57b6908.jpg


Tim, you have any shots of the #4-D pin at Bluemont down on the finger by the creek? That's a pretty challenging finish.

[Danger]

In Montana: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/1189/397bd1e0.jpg

[wolito]

In Montana: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_pics/1189/397bd1e0.jpg

Crazy hole! I would just try to throw it as a loft and try to get that putter to land flat, hopefully by the pin. Too many rocks there to bounce it around and back down that hill.

[zenbot]

Here's one from Scotland.

http://www.highlandflingers.org.uk/Mulliam/images/Magical%20Trevor%20on%20the%20edge.jpg

http://www.highlandflingers.org.uk/Mull2006/images/Hole%209%20-%20Pikey%20putts_jpg.jpg
Yeah. I'm replying to myself again but look at that first pic. The disc is on edge. WTF happened to the shot?!?

[Timber]

Tim, you have any shots of the #4-D pin at Bluemont down on the finger by the creek? That's a pretty challenging finish.
Couldn't find a decent picture displaying the slim margin of error on that pin placement. The majority of the pics I have show the entire area being trashed during bridge reconstruction.

[CaptainAnhyzer]

Too bad the course is gone but............Woodstock Rocks !!!

#3
http://www.discgolfscene.com/media/22555_g.jpg

#8
http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/5066_m.jpg (http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/5066_l.jpg)

#17
http://www.discgolfscene.com/media/26235_g.jpg

[Timber]

Recently revamped the "Mound" at Bluemont (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=456) to make putting more precarious. It will take some time to get the grass established. Planning to innaugurate the placement during the final at the Bruiser on 10/10/10. This placement is used for holes 1 and 3 during the final.

View through the tree on hole one.
http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/BluemonTimber/Bluemont/moundtreeview.jpg

Viewed as hole three.
http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff323/BluemonTimber/Bluemont/mound800.jpg

[DavidSauls]

Recently visited Sugaree, and it seemed like every basket was perched above a boulder, or next to a steep slope, or both---including one about 10' from a 35' completely vertical cliff. Which I found out just how vertical 35' can be when I had to throw back from down there. And every last one is a hanging basket, to boot.

[Danger]

When I posted 'In Montana' a page back, I never actually thought I would play that course. Well hey, I did (http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=1189). And I think this is what the OP meant by 'PRECARIOUS:'

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=711&pictureid=7388

[WillACarpenter]

I haven't played there but people have been telling me how Como in Buffalo has some really crazy basket locations near 30' drops into water and stuff.

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[DSCJNKY]

Here's one I started it's own thread about. Just thought it belonged here too...
http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac99/DSCJNKY/WaterTroughPin.jpg

If you hit metal and it doesn't stick... odds are you're OB.
DSCJNKY

[esdubya]

Hole 17 at Indy Lake "Picnic" course in Whitmore Lake, MI
This one is raised up (through the picnic table) and at the edge of the lake.

http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/26527_l.jpg

Hole 13 at City Park in Moab, UT. Not the greatest course, but this hole is really cool.

http://www.discgolfscene.com/media/68054_g.jpg

More from Indy Lake

Hole 6 Basket

http://www.discgolfscene.com/coursepictures/26526_l.jpg

I've also played the Diamond X course in Montana and there are a few there that are definitely the most precarious of all basket locations I've seen.

[DSCJNKY]

^I like the positions... But, gotta question the ethics behind putting pins so close to (or on top of) picnic tables.
DSCJNKY

[esdubya]

^I like the positions... But, gotta question the ethics behind putting pins so close to (or on top of) picnic tables.
DSCJNKY

Yea I hear ya.. The Picnic Course is only in the ground late October through April to avoid conflicts.. The picnic tables (all but the one that has a basket through it) are actually cleared out and put in storage early November. These pictures were taken in the rare occasion of a tournament in mid-october before the tables were cleared out.

[mabraddock]

7098
this is #4 at spinski's private outside of wayland mi... kinda hard to tell from the pic but if you notice the angle of the hanging basket versus the tilt of the discs on the ground... its hanging from an ancient oak that makes your approach a hyzer going down the hill too... twos turn to fives here....

my avatar is the basket at #11 inside the middle of a geodesic jungle gym... small window ...