biscoe
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also- i believe the university is the more likely entity to want it gone...
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Because there are a few other courses much better than Winthrop.
Flyboy for one, Flip City for two and so on.
Not to take anything away from the all-important "SUV in the lake" topic, but the next biggest story so far has to be what "stroke-and-distance" has done to the scores, particularly for some of the big names: Val Jenkins and Nate Doss tied at 95th with a 9 over, only one stroke ahead of 13-year-old current MJ3 World Champ Daichi Inoue, for example, or Avery Jenkins in 71st at 6 over. Saw a ton of laying up yesterday from players who would have been going for it last year, and both Avery and Nate looked like it was all they could do to keep from launching into tirades against the rule change in their post-round interviews.
The upper reaches of the leaderboard (aside from Nikko and Schusterick at the top) include a lot of older guys who don't necessarily have the biggest arms but have outstanding control and putting skills -- Climo, Feldberg, Schultz, John McCray, Jay Reading, Dean Tannock, Phil Arthur, Brad Hammock, Cam Todd, Joe Mela, etc., but then there are exceptions -- Garrett Gurthie is up there, Ulibarri, McBeth, Koling.
Gonna be interesting to see if the big numbers find the guys who dodged them yesterday, or if some of guys at the top can continue to keep it (mostly) inside the ropes and hay bales.
We need to have a drug test before any major tournament to show the world that we are trying to change disc golf's black eye. That way it would cut the field down to 1/3 or 1/4 and heck I could go up and qualify!
This will never happen.
Especially after California fully legalizes the substance this November. Once that happens, other west coast states will likely follow.
In fact, who knows, eventually dg tourneys may be sponsored by companies in the business...just like a beer company sponsoring a tourney.
Everybody complains about these "black eyes"... All I can say is snowboarding and skateboarding companies and competitions (that actually do get TV coverage), are REALLY HURTING....obviously dripping with sarcasm.
Removal of alcohol from advertising and sporting events is on the rise.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
This made me laugh... do you watch ANY sports on TV?
The sad thing is that Throw & Distance is the biggest story this year. I doubt that has ever been the story for a ball golf event. Not even close. I checked ball golf stats for several big events and in the events with the most OB including ones with the famous hole 17 island hole, the total field of players averaged about one OB penalty per tournament, not per round, and most of those were not stroke and distance penalties.
Looks like he may have taken par+4 on his first four holes maybe not joining the group until hole 5. Might have had to talk with the Winthrop people about yesterday's events before playing.And Harold Duvall is 20 over through six holes.
It's not disc golf. It's a different version of the game. Any sports writer with any ball golf understanding would mock us for this punitive structure. Normal OB (last point IB) and selective use of the buncr rule work well for risk/reward elements in the game. It's just all risk this year for the same shot. If adding one more shot penalty to the way OB is normally played (last point IB) or the buncr rule (distance penalty only) makes things better, why not add 2, 3 or 4 to the penalty?
At some point, adding more penalties doesn't make sense, right? Is it going from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 shots where it finally doesn't make sense? The risk/reward balance was already there before. No more penalties were required. It's sort of the difference between playing capture the flag with paintballs versus live ammunition. The game is challenging enough with just paintballs.
Looks like he may have taken par+4 on his first four holes maybe not joining the group until hole 5. Might have had to talk with the Winthrop people about yesterday's events before playing.
The sad thing is that Throw & Distance is the biggest story this year. I doubt that has ever been the story for a ball golf event. Not even close. I checked ball golf stats for several big events and in the events with the most OB including ones with the famous hole 17 island hole, the total field of players averaged about one OB penalty per tournament, not per round, and most of those were not stroke and distance penalties.