Everything should just be par 3, 220' or 990' are basically the same hole, right? smdh
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Alas poor MacBeth, we hardly knew ye
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Everything should just be par 3, 220' or 990' are basically the same hole, right? smdh
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It is a par 5 because the TD said so.
What I'm saying is that it would have been better for the sport if the TD had set par to be more appropriate for the Open field. When most of the players get a 4, that's really strong evidence that 4 is "the score that an expert disc golfer would be expected to make on a given hole with errorless play under ordinary weather conditions".
If TDs set par according to that, an eagle would really mean what an eagle is supposed to mean (like the sole 2 on hole #4) .
tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
Was it a pro only event? Did the majority of the entire field get a 4 or the majority of pros?
brutalbrutus
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Better for the sport???????? Lol you really are on a crusade aren't you? You do know that its ok to have holes that can give up eagles, right? Every hole on the course doesn't have to be all but impossible to get a birdie or eagle on. Why don't you just stand on the first tee and bullwhip the players, so they know what they are in for...
Grippenripp
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It is a touch screen. Much smaller than my old phone is all.
brutalbrutus
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Pro only. Yes most of the field got a 4... and that's perfectly fine. Also, as someone else pointed out in the event thread, that hole was the one that cost Eagle the tourney. Maybe the best open bomber hole player in the world, atm, took a 5 and almost 6+ if it wasn't for a decent kick that sent him back closer to the green and not towards the OB.
dorseymatt
Eagle Member
Isn't the definition of par "the score that an expert disc golfer would be expected to make on a given hole with errorless play under ordinary weather conditions" plus one, essentially? Thus, par 5.
lyleoross
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Blackberry keypad rocks! Only you young punks have nimble enough fingers to use a touch screen. And for the, blackberry is old crowd, they have a new android phone out.
lyleoross
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Wait, we're on the "Paul is done thread," and we're talking about par and hole structure? I need more, "he's married, he's done," or "he's an old man and he's done," or "he doesn't wear flowered pants and he's done," or at least, "he plays innova and he's done," commentary.
BTW, can you believe Eagle's done already?
BTW, can you believe Eagle's done already?
lyleoross
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Par: an accepted standard; specifically : a usual standard of physical condition or health, wasn't feeling up to par today.
As in, Paul was feeling up to par today.
bnbanbury
Eagle Member
I thought we had a dedicated thread for the par nonsense, the first page of which notes that the par nonsense now has a place to reside and wont litter the other threads. It is unbelievably tiresome.
Paul needs to trim his eyelashes.
Sorry, that's all I got. Maybe Paul's still got some game left, maybe it's Maybelline. :|
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I'm sorry I infected this thread with the par virus. I really try not to do that. I couldn't help myself in this case. If you want to talk about par more, take it to the Par Talk thread.
yah...it's a tough debate...harder birdie or easier par? I'd say you have to round up and make it the easier par. Par golf shouldn't be hard for the mpo division and it certainly should not get you a win....typically.
Lewis
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So what's the play on words? :|
Grippenripp
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I agree completely with this statement. Good players stil need that ego stroke(pun??) And a hole like this (even if 5 isn't the "correct par") is needed for morale if nothing else. Walk away with an eagle=feeling good=playing better=better for spectators=smaert move TD. Also it WAS a par 5. And unless you're able to eagle a hole yourself, Don't talk smack!
lol. good call op. Even Big Sexy roasted you at the end of the video.
Zanguini
Birdie Member
I think he was trying to equate it with Shakespeare's MacBeth.... however... the quote he used is from Hamlet... "Alas poor Yoric I knew him Horatio"...
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Lewis
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Yeah, it was wrong on multiple levels. "He has borne me on his back a thousand times ... a man of infinite jest ..." is nowhere close to "I hardly knew him," so I wanted to check.
