ill4mation
Eagle Member
I can imagine the uproar when I sign up for intermediate at my next tourney with a pdga # in the 12000s. To be fair I haven't played a sanctioned event in at least 8 years.
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I have never competed in a disc golf tournament. I have competed in a rock climbing competition, which had a similar divisional format. "Bagging" (intentional or not) is a concern in these competitions too. All divisions compete on the same routes, similar to all golf divisions competing on the same course. Many comps have rules in place that state if you score a certain score or higher, you are automatically bumped up to the next division. Like if you threw back to back rounds rated 980+, you would be bumped to open regardless of what division you began in. Wouldn't this work in disc golf tournaments?
Wrong. In many ways.That 10 bucks for a non member has nothing to do with ratings or record keeping. It's just a ploy to make money and justify members spending the money to join. If u were never a member then u will not have a member number or rating associated with anything concerning disc golf. And bagging happens all the time everywhere. But even a current pdga membership can't stop it. If a open player hasn't won in higher division he can patition to have his am status reinstated. So effectively after being out played he can become a bagger in am divisions with the blessing of the pdga
Wrong again. Try to register for MPO at an NT being a non or noncurrent member and let me know how that works out. Also, try to register for FPO in any event. You can't play "open."You can't tell anyone that they can't play open
I've gotten called a bagger more times than I can count, to me it's become a compliment. The first tournament I ever played in all my friends called me a bagger because I played Rec, and on the last hole of the tournament after I'd thrown my drive and was guaranteed the win one of the people on my card said "Good, now that you've won you can move up" when it turns out he'd played and cashed out 4 times in Rec in 2 months, and was just mad because it was my first tournament and I beat him.
Bagger! Am I doing it right?
Like if you threw back to back rounds rated 980+, you would be bumped to open regardless of what division you began in. Wouldn't this work in disc golf tournaments?
You can't tell anyone that they can't play open
If they were smart they would make non PDGA members play in open. No membership no ranking no bagging. Easy fix. Still let's people play if they want to.
Regardless of whether or not it works is irrelevent. We currently have a system that works as well. If your rating is under 900 you're not baggin Rec you're playing your rating. If your rating is under 935 you are not bagging intermediate you are playing your rating. And no matter what your rating is in Advanced if you havent accepted cash in Open you can do what you'd like. Big surprise that whoever plays best within any division will win. The winners will always be playing above the level of the rest of their field. Oh well.
Casual players most likely aren't going to present the bagging issue and league players will have a documented average score that could be used to create a ranking close enough to make sure they don't bag. After saying that you might be right. Mountains out of mole hills.
Guess its just one of those deals where I'll have to get better and move to open to eliminate the frustration. Too bad I have a few years of am left. I've plateaued lately lots of practice in my future.
Pretty much. Or, more generally, if there's a non-PDGA member playing tournaments just to bag, hopefully a local TD will be familiar enough with him to put him in an appropriate division.
Can't a TD disqualify someone who is obviously "bagging"?
Can't a TD disqualify someone who is obviously "bagging"?