saucer golf target

[XCyclone]

Anyone ever throw a round with these targets?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP0e6EuTYWQ

From the comments on the vid, it looks like these are old school targets form the '70s. They look like the most unforgiving baskets invented!

 

[Steady 26542]

And they are louder than hell! :lol:

 

[mobster]

I really like their design. If you hit your putt dead center it will drop right into the basket. I can't see them lasting a long time, though, getting dents on the cone and rusting away.

 

[Koffee]

Interesting to see what some of the original targets looked like and that they have held up so well over time. It looks like you need to use a loftier type of putt from watching the players.

CHEERS - Koffee

 

[krazybronco]

no more grapping that last chain and it sticking

 

[Cgkdisc]

That was Moir Park in Bloomington, MN with putters in order: Jumpin' Joe Feidt (editor of PDGA DiscGolfer magazine), Lightnin' Lyle Jensen (co-founder of Minnesota Frisbee Association in 1975) and Chris "Bangstad" Enstad, a long time top MN player who's been mostly retired from PDGA competition for the past 12 years or so.

 

[dgdave]

I've played on those baskets. There is a tiny (and by tiny, I mean the longest hole is about 95ft) 9 hole course at a lake here in OK. They are interesting to say the least.

 

[Guurn]

As Chuck knows there are a few courses here in Mn that still have cones. I've always felt that with some small modifications they would be better than chains, except without that satisfying chain sound.

 

[Smigles1]

Isnt the area where the disc stays in much smaller than in the chain baskets ? I also dislike the fact that they are hard. It must be like throwing a putter into a wall. Chains give in at least a little bit.

 

[Cgkdisc]

If some sort of metal or hi-tech fabric mesh could encapsulate the chains, the basket might work like an improved version of the saucer cones. Plus, the baskets would have nubs which most players realize are a benefit rather than a nuisance after playing baskets like the cones which don't have them.

 

[jaboc83]

Played that course the other day. I have to say that I despise those targets. If you are looking to improve your putting accuracy I'd recommend them as the sweet spot is TINY. The sound isn't nearly as satisfying as chains.

 

[XCyclone]

I'd love to play a round or 3 with those things. It looks like all you got to do is hit the underside and it knocks your putter into the basket. Maybe a bigger version would be friendlier, tho.

 

[thatdirtykid]

If some sort of metal or hi-tech fabric mesh could encapsulate the chains, the basket might work like an improved version of the saucer cones. Plus, the baskets would have nubs which most players realize are a benefit rather than a nuisance after playing baskets like the cones which don't have them.

I thought about that when playing a 1 dayer this weekend that had a traveler as one of the baskets. Those things catch so well for what they are. Even a metal chainmail type mesh would not withstand the elements on a permanent course.

 

[Maks]

looks challenging to say the least.

 

[Dr. Burd]

I learned to play disc golf at that course. My first ace was on a saucer basket at Hansen park too. I wouldn't trade chain baskets for saucers, but I do have a bit of a soft spot for those things. They're certainly unforgiving of poor putts, but they're more likely to stop a shot dead that would have been 40 feet over.

 

[chilidogg]

Dont take away my ching-a-ling. Those baskets blow donkeys.

 

[juju1]

Dont take away my ching-a-ling. I'm not good enough to putt on those baskets.

Fixed

 

[chilidogg]

Also true, Sir.