colodiscgolfer
Eagle Member
So we've all seen it... someone throws an errant shot and it gravitates directly to some poor unsuspecting soul. I've seen a few real doozies in my day and thought I'd share 2 of the best/worst of them. (Real names have been replaced by a letter to protect the innocent/guilty)
So my buddy T completely doinks a 20 ft putt off the basket that would have put him ahead. Having seen the errant putt drop to the ground, my other buddy B walks across T's line in order to get to his disc. T is pissed about the missed putt and grabs another disc to throw what we refer to as a 'piss off putt' (thrown much harder than needed with the general intention of smashing the pin). T doesn't see B crossing his line and lets it fly. We all yell B's name as we see T about to fire one away, but it is too late for any reaction besides looking directly at his pending doom. The disc catches him on the bridge of his nose, right between the eyes. Gushing blood and several 4 letter words ensue. B still carries the scar to this day. B and T are still great friends to this day, and both laugh about the incident now, but everyone always asks T if he's 'done' after missing a putt before crossing his line.
We arrive at Harlow Platts DG course in South Boulder to find ourselves stuck behind a group of 2 guys and 1 girl. The guys tee off on hole 1 and are definitely novice at best, throwing mis-directed shots in the 200 ft range. The girl is obviously out for her 1st time, as the guys try to give her much advice before her throw, and she skies one about 35 ft off the tee. After we wait about 10 minutes for them to finish the first hole, our group promptly drives and all get birdiable shots on the first hole. a few of us make the putts, and a few don't. The group ahead of us has just teed off on hole 2 as we approach the tee pad, and one of the guys politely tells us to play through as it is obvious that they'll be holding us up for the whole round. I step up to the box and throw a nice tee shot around the big tree in the middle of the fairway right up near the pin. My buddy Z then steps to the plate. He generally throws a pretty good RHFH shot and often gets 375-400ft of distance. This is a pretty long hole so he's really ready to let her rip. The girl from the other group is about 8-10 feet below, 30 ft away from the tee pad, and about 30 degrees off from the direction of the pin... searching through some cat-tails in the swamp for her disc. For a 'good' drive, this would be a very safe place to be. Z winds up and lets loose, only to release just a touch early. The thick rimmed overstable disc absolutely laser beams right at her. I try my best to warn her, but it all happens so quickly the only the 'f' of 'fore' got out of my mouth before impact. The disc catches her in the back of the head, right at the base of the skull, her stack of discs go flying in the air, and her face promptly plants itself right into the thick black mud of the swamp. I drop to the ground rolling, half in horror of the carnage I just witnessed, and half laughing at the near execution style in which she was tagged. I have never before, and hope to never again see someone get hit by such a big shot from such close range. After we gathered ourselves we quickly ran up to see if she was ok, and her first motion after pulling her face up from the mud was to stick her left arm our, middle finger extended in Z's direction. Her friends came back and were trying to evaluate if she was ok. Her words were garbled, and she was justifiably more than just a little pissed off, now with both middle fingers pointed Z's way. It quickly became the group consensus that she needed to medical attention to get checked out for a concussion or worse. Her friends decided to take her to the doctor, and Z was trying to get contact info to check if she was ok later. She wasn't having any of it, and just kept swearing and giving him the middle finger, so he wisely decided that it was probably best to just back off, and let them leave. We never found out what happened to this girl, but I would be shocked if it wasn't at least a minor concussion.
Anyone else got some good/bad folks getting tagged with disc stories?
So my buddy T completely doinks a 20 ft putt off the basket that would have put him ahead. Having seen the errant putt drop to the ground, my other buddy B walks across T's line in order to get to his disc. T is pissed about the missed putt and grabs another disc to throw what we refer to as a 'piss off putt' (thrown much harder than needed with the general intention of smashing the pin). T doesn't see B crossing his line and lets it fly. We all yell B's name as we see T about to fire one away, but it is too late for any reaction besides looking directly at his pending doom. The disc catches him on the bridge of his nose, right between the eyes. Gushing blood and several 4 letter words ensue. B still carries the scar to this day. B and T are still great friends to this day, and both laugh about the incident now, but everyone always asks T if he's 'done' after missing a putt before crossing his line.
We arrive at Harlow Platts DG course in South Boulder to find ourselves stuck behind a group of 2 guys and 1 girl. The guys tee off on hole 1 and are definitely novice at best, throwing mis-directed shots in the 200 ft range. The girl is obviously out for her 1st time, as the guys try to give her much advice before her throw, and she skies one about 35 ft off the tee. After we wait about 10 minutes for them to finish the first hole, our group promptly drives and all get birdiable shots on the first hole. a few of us make the putts, and a few don't. The group ahead of us has just teed off on hole 2 as we approach the tee pad, and one of the guys politely tells us to play through as it is obvious that they'll be holding us up for the whole round. I step up to the box and throw a nice tee shot around the big tree in the middle of the fairway right up near the pin. My buddy Z then steps to the plate. He generally throws a pretty good RHFH shot and often gets 375-400ft of distance. This is a pretty long hole so he's really ready to let her rip. The girl from the other group is about 8-10 feet below, 30 ft away from the tee pad, and about 30 degrees off from the direction of the pin... searching through some cat-tails in the swamp for her disc. For a 'good' drive, this would be a very safe place to be. Z winds up and lets loose, only to release just a touch early. The thick rimmed overstable disc absolutely laser beams right at her. I try my best to warn her, but it all happens so quickly the only the 'f' of 'fore' got out of my mouth before impact. The disc catches her in the back of the head, right at the base of the skull, her stack of discs go flying in the air, and her face promptly plants itself right into the thick black mud of the swamp. I drop to the ground rolling, half in horror of the carnage I just witnessed, and half laughing at the near execution style in which she was tagged. I have never before, and hope to never again see someone get hit by such a big shot from such close range. After we gathered ourselves we quickly ran up to see if she was ok, and her first motion after pulling her face up from the mud was to stick her left arm our, middle finger extended in Z's direction. Her friends came back and were trying to evaluate if she was ok. Her words were garbled, and she was justifiably more than just a little pissed off, now with both middle fingers pointed Z's way. It quickly became the group consensus that she needed to medical attention to get checked out for a concussion or worse. Her friends decided to take her to the doctor, and Z was trying to get contact info to check if she was ok later. She wasn't having any of it, and just kept swearing and giving him the middle finger, so he wisely decided that it was probably best to just back off, and let them leave. We never found out what happened to this girl, but I would be shocked if it wasn't at least a minor concussion.
Anyone else got some good/bad folks getting tagged with disc stories?
