Maybe flippy distance driver?

[Ted Bratton]

Hole 18 short tee-long basket on my home course is about 600ft with many tall trees along the right side for about 250ft and steep, nasty rough or woods directly along the left all the way to the basket. My only decent drives on this hole during rounds this year were simply dead straight with a teebird 350-400.

Maybe a more ideal shot would be a higher, big-turning flex shot that doesn't fade back too far past the line you threw it on. I think that a hyzer flip like MJ's first drive in this video (Z Nuke): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBbSH4n2dU would travel straight enough far enough to clear the trees on the right, turn into the big open area beyond the trees, and fade back into the middle of the fairway.

I threw a brand new max weight Z NukeSS about 15 times in a field earlier this year and it flew that line nicely! However as most of you here I like to have some fun and talk about ALL of the discs out there. So tell me what you think about the Cannon, DD2, Havoc, Bolt, NukeSS, and Katana. Or might I be better off beating up a more stable disc like a 170 ESP Nuke or a Pro Destroyer?

[notroman]

I think on a 600 foot hole there's no reason to bring in additional risk by trying to flex a high speed driver. You're most likely going to end up with the same 3 if you hit it right, but your chances of getting it in the fairway are lower than just throwing a Teebird straight.

If you just want to have fun... I would definitely throw a slightly beat in Destroyer for that shot. The Samurai from Gateway or the Lace from Vibram would also be fun to throw a shot like that. You just gotta make sure to give them enough height to finish left.

What course are you talking about?

[Ted Bratton]

Yeah you're definitely right but I just wanted to talk about it anyway lol. This course is Iowa State University Stable Run.

[Monkeypaws]

Sounds fun

[5QU166Y]

What about a backhand roller?

[Ted Bratton]

Yeah that would certainly work great. Rollers are definitely my new favorite shot to throw but I just started trying them and mine are garbage so far. Usually they either don't roll, fade too early, or just don't go where I want. I would really like to learn this big nasty flex shot too, though. BTW do you throw high drives nose down or nose even?

[Brodysseus]

With your arm speed, I'd try a Vibram Lace. Or just keep taking the three with a solid Teebird off the tee.

[Wanderer]

Bolt or DD2 will fly fine at 350-400 ft, will get nice turnover action. GL and P-Line respectively...

[Erthbndr]

what about a havoc or a Cannon? Haha, Cannons are fun to throw.

[SteezeOG]

Cannons are super long and if you don't mind wide rims they are really nice. I like them in Icon plastic with a little pop top dome on them. They're too stable for my hyzer flip/anny distance driver. I use a Lat64 Bolt in test material plastic. A few tree hits and it's ready to turn nice long distance lines.