Whoops, wrong thread. Sorry.

As of today his rating is up to 972. 28 points to go! :clap:
https://www.pdga.com/player/128378

There's 400 1000 rated players. Would be pretty disappointing if he can't crack that group.

I expect him to end the year in the 1010 range along with obviously good, but Paul still giving him 5 throws a round.

He's definitely been aided by the Coronavirus break. Months of additional training before piling tour rounds on his number. I still don't see 1010. Additionally given the smaller tour schedule moving forward: I'm not sure he'll play enough rounds to really wipe out the effect of the few early season rounds that went into his current 970s.

I could see it more if you were saying he could be throwing 1010 rated rounds consistently at the end of the year, but I don't see him ending the year in the 1010 range in terms of his actual rating.

Be careful saying things like this in this thread.

All hail Brodie!! :rolleyes:

Its in line with what I've been saying in this thread since January, no one's bashed me for it before.

There's a pretty big gap between 970 and 1010. It's a really tough climb for most players

If he chooses only elite tournaments with high rated players, I could see 1000+ sooner than later. If he was aided by the Coronavirus I'm guessing he was debilitated by Lyme disease.

Brodie being newer to the sport doesn't mean that his opinion should totally and summarily be discounted. It IS, however, something that definitely should be factored in as context when listening to his thoughts. Does anybody have a summary of what he has said on the issue (in the podcast with paul, at least)? I looked through this thread quickly and didn't see anything but don't feel like watching the whole video...

That's a valid point - though I'd argue the relatively few rounds he plays that are low rated due to Lyme complications would have been outnumbered by the lower rated rounds he played as he developed his feel for the disc golf discs and their flights. No way to be sure, but a healthy Brodie shot 970s at his debut. I don't think it would have been ridiculous to assume a month or more of playing at the sub 1000 level. If the 3.5 months of work between those events took him to somewhere between 970s and that 1018 first round at DDO - then he's managed to bypass a few months of regular though not necessarily every week sub-1000 play that would have impeded him in the quest for 4 digits in the 2020 calendar year.

There are shorter clip versions of the podcast.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GripLockedPodcast/videos

Helps his "brand" to not go out on tour and get smoked every week. Sell some Zones in between showings etc.. He has benefited from COVID offseason 2.0 for sure.

thanks :)

I will say I would be more convinced if they talked about other courses more, and not just a basically brand new one that obviously could use some changing up of par 4s

As a long time Brodie fan, I disagree. I think it serves his brand perfectly to be the guy trying to improve and his fans watching his progress along the way. It's ok if he comes in 1st or last, as long as we think he's putting in the time. If he came in DFL @ a DGPT event, if his round was covered and he was also mic'd up to hear his comments, that would be an entertaining video to watch. I'm guessing Brodie is more concerned with views than ratings.

I'd say he's concerned about his rating because he sees how it can impact his views. He has his legions, but he knows he needs to show out to keep and continue to draw disc golfers to his product.

Brodie is too competitive to not care about winning/ratings.

Also, the more rounds he posts with his foundation buddies helps you understand why the chubby guy left.
He is a relentless corny trash talking BRO. Some ppl can take it, others cant.

Seems like I'd fit in well then. Any idea how to convince them?

Got 500 bucks?

Isnt is 500$ for 6 months? Lol

Who knows. You better get a "get freaky" zone with it for that price.

His round today is currently rated 994. Currently tied for 9th but 2 throws away from 4th place.

1009 for E . . wow thats a hard course

Barry Schultz in 2nd place one stroke off the lead (Paul McBeth of course) @ age 50. Man that guy is really inspiring. What he's continuing to do should be a lot bigger of a story in disc golf than what it is. But I think in order to get any traction in media in disc golf you basically have to be your own megaphone, and he's always been pretty content to lay low and fly under the radar.

Might be a great case for the people who want to cry about rating inflation... Barry is consistently rated higher now than he was when he started winning USDGCs around the age of 30.

Anyone out there filming? Foundation?

Yes...they filmed lead card. Video will be released this week

His second round was worse, unofficially 944-rated, tied for 14th place out of 32. Looking at the hole-by-hole scoring, he faded badly down the closing stretch. Hard to say if that was Lyme-related or not.

I would guess so. The heat index today was over 105 and there is lots of elevation changes.

Scwebby also DNF'd. I think I saw that Schewbby posted somewhere that he wasn't feeling well

https://i.imgur.com/gjfmwzg.png

~50 people
0 masks
0 social distancing

I see two masks. Unfortunately there around their necks.

Group photos during a pandemic is a horrible decision.

AND NO AFRICAN AMERICANS EITHER!!

;):D;)

Agreed. I have lost a lot of respect for Paul, Brodie, and the Foundation folks. :wall:

Agreed.

This stands in complete counterpoint to the behavior I have seen firsthand at the events I have run/attended since we came back from shutdown. (and I am only a couple hours away) Players in this area have been very conscientious about social distancing.

Brodie held his breath the whole time so it's not his fault.

He's going to be on the rd1 live card at DGLO this weekend.

Interesting, I may need to try to watch that if I get the time. I’ve seen a few of his videos but never seen him actually play before. Also need to get my grip6 picks in, though I guess I’m not even sure they are doing that for this tournament.

Its on the DGN subscription service the first two rounds, if you don't have a sub already. It doesn't appear that they have the purchase one event option that they had up for DD Open. So it would be 8.99 unless you're a current pdga member then its 50% off. You would get Idlewild and Ledgestone for that one month fee also...

Will be interesting to see if his Lyme issues recur. Toboggan is pretty wide open, long, and has lots of ups and downs--quite the strain. Not much hiding from that late July sun out there...

Looks like it will be partly cloudy on sat and sun that might help. Looks like it may even rain sunday...

Or maybe it's part of the entertainment value he wants us to perceive. He's fairly self deprecating when it comes to his playing, that's one way to thin out the haters by critiquing himself negatively so they don't have to.

Nice, looking forward to it.