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Holy crud, there are jerks on the internet. What is this world coming to.
Yeah. They can even become President.
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Holy crud, there are jerks on the internet. What is this world coming to.
But I'll pass along this personal note: you're probably better than I am, and I frequently enjoy playing big courses, from long tees. More throws.
The only acceptable time to use the short tees are to add additional holes to a course for variety's sake, or if you are physically handicapped, or possibly if you have limited time. All able bodied adults should throw from the long tees under normal circumstances. I am prepared for this opinion to be widely derided.
...and here I thought the point of the game was to finish with the least throws possible. I've been doing it wrong all along! :doh:
...and here I thought the point of the game was to finish with the least throws possible. I've been doing it wrong all along! :doh:
Man, those ideas are so antithetical to how I normally approach things. I like some sort of baseline for comparison, if that makes any sense. Tough if you are just making up your own course.
Disc golf is just ... different. Round peg, meet square hole.
When I was young and had knees, I played pickup basketball in all sorts of venues around my city. Some had really tough competition, some didn't.
There was no sticking exclusively with one level, then graduating to another level and sticking exclusively there. I only left the lighter competition when it no longer became fun.
Now I play disc golf, on courses with an enormous range of challenge. Far more than the difference between short and long tees on a particular course.
If you approach things as stair-steps, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you're soliciting advice, you won't be happy with the advice from people who don't approach it that way.
But I'll pass along this personal note: you're probably better than I am, and I frequently enjoy playing big courses, from long tees. More throws.
Also, if you ever decide to do any tournaments, I would be willing to bet they won't be playing the short positions so you may just want to get used to playing the longer tees.
First, if you were somehow getting a sense I was generally unhappy with/ungrateful for the advice being given, that wasn't my intended tone (other than that one thing). I was just once again noticing something I have previously noticed, which is a general cultural tenor in disc golf that's a little more "free form" than what I'm used to. In ball golf, it would be quite rare to shuttle between tees on a particular round (especially if you maintained a handicap, again something that doesn't seem to have a corollary in disc golf, absent playing sanctioned tournaments).
Everything you say about an absence of levels makes sense, but I note that you didn't even attempt to acknowledge the idea that you certainly would be happy to tell me that throwing a 15 speed driver was counterproductive.
To that end, I wonder about the idea of being enticed to throw shot after shot that are beyond my current capability, and then the inevitable retreat to "putter - putter - putter" on every hole, just because I can't hit the line I need to, if that makes sense.
Part of the issue on this particular course might be how different the rec and white tees are. They are really separate courses. 3380 ft / 54 vs. 5421 ft / 62, where there are 8 holes on the white course that the red course doesn't touch any element of, not tee pad, not fairway, not basket.
Everything you say about an absence of levels makes sense, but I note that you didn't even attempt to acknowledge the idea that you certainly would be happy to tell me that throwing a 15 speed driver was counterproductive.
This is an important distinction. Often it depends on how the course was put in. Many times a course is put in with one set of pads. If a shorter set is then added, it often just becomes a short version of the original course. Usually if a second longer set is added, you will find more variation than length. This is, of course, not always true.
Man, those ideas are so antithetical to how I normally approach things. I like some sort of baseline for comparison, if that makes any sense. Tough if you are just making up your own course.
Disc golf is just ... different. Round peg, meet square hole.
I've never seen a sanctioned disc golf tournament played from short tees. Even Rec divisions typically play a moderately challenging layout which, given you shot -5 within a few months of starting, means those short pads you're throwing from probably won't be used come tourney time. So if you want a baseline of comparison for what to expect once you play sanctioned rounds, then it is time to move back to the intermediate tees.