Go Philo!:hfive:Meanwhile, Philo Braithwaite has come back strong after a horrible day yesterday (+14, including a 10 on hole 9) -- 5 birdies and an eagle, with only one bogie, to be -6 after 12.
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Go Philo!:hfive:Meanwhile, Philo Braithwaite has come back strong after a horrible day yesterday (+14, including a 10 on hole 9) -- 5 birdies and an eagle, with only one bogie, to be -6 after 12.
Typically, this is only the outside boundary of the course and usually is far enough off the fairway to not come into play, especially for pros. Rarely will you see a white staked area in the normal play area of the course, unlike what's being done at the USDGC. The common red staked BG hazards play similarly to our OB hazards with last point IB from where the next shot is played.All OB (marked by white stakes) shots in ball golf are stroke and distance,
I like the idea but I'm sure there will be an opposite opinion here on adding more rope!:wall:I am not a big fan of the throw & D penalty at all. Thinking out loud......I wonder if this would work:
- String the course with Red rope around 20-30' further out than the Yellow rope.
- Throw and distance if you are past the Red ropes
- If outside the Yellow but inside the Red lose a stroke, but throw from where you land/lie (not come back to last point before crossing yellow rope - it is a hazard area, not OB).
This would encourage the most entertaining part of the game.....big bombs, but punish inaccurate big bombs. IMO it also provides good risk/reward.
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This made me laugh... do you watch ANY sports on TV?
I read Avery's rant yesterday and I completely agree with him on the issue. Frankly, I don't really like OB much at all in disc golf (with the exception of good water hazards). At the championship level, I believe that a course should naturally be tough enough to force the players to make constant risk reward decisions where bad shots will get punished and good shots rewarded...all without OB. The circus that the USDGC has become is unfortunate, and I'd like to see the championship switch to different world class courses around the county: flip to idlewild to maple to turtle rock to milo...
The circus that the USDGC has become is unfortunate, and I'd like to see the championship switch to different world class courses around the county: flip to idlewild to maple to turtle rock to milo...
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.
Typically, this is only the outside boundary of the course and usually is far enough off the fairway to not come into play, especially for pros. Rarely will you see a white staked area in the normal play area of the course, unlike what's being done at the USDGC. The common red staked BG hazards play similarly to our OB hazards with last point IB from where the next shot is played.
It's gimmicky where some of the OB has been in Disc golf. It's artificial.
Water Hazards should be marked as hazards, not OB. Those are not stroke and distance in ball golf. OB is stroke and distance in ball golf, always has been. OB is really only used to keep people on the course though in ball golf. Or on golf property. It's never used to artificially bend a fairway or hole, etc.
Disc golf needs to take it's cue from that. OB should be very sparingly used on any holes. If you're wanting to shape lines. Do it with Mando's.
Yes, they are playing the course under the same rules. I don't have any problem with the rules of THAT game but it's not the same game as disc golf. Players expect to get ratings and I'm not sure you can combine results from this USDGC game and what we have been rating. It's like combining basketball scoring stats from before the 3-pt shot was created versus after. It's pretty much the same game but would you consider it fair to combine stats and compare players' shooting stats and skills before versus after?I understand some of the feelings on the double penalty, but all the players are playing the same course, under the same rules. It's up to the player to adjust his or her game to meet the conditions. It's also only the first round. There are 3 rounds left for leading players to throw OB.
I almost spat out my drink laughing at Flip, world class and championship mentioned in the same sentence. Thanks for the laugh.