no aces after 4 years of playing

[tkatzer52]

I have been playing the sport for about 4 years now and I am actually good to a point I can birdy every hole at my home course and I can do the same at the other courses around me but the problem is im aceless and I wwant to get my first ace now my friends took forever to get theirs but once they got the first they kept coming. what should I do to get that first ace? ive chained out on every hole at my home course in Jackson Wisconsin and chained out two holes in a row in a tournament last season just they never stay in!:thmbdown:

 

[Stardoggy]

Just keep on playing. It'll happen....especially if you're playing shorter courses.

 

[bradharris]

Just keep on playing. It'll happen....especially if you're playing shorter courses.

This. Don't worry about your ace count. It takes a certain element of luck to get one. If you play enough, you'll eventually have a good shot that lands squarely in the chains.

In more than a decade of playing, I have only 3. I'm not too concerned about it.

 

[Halcón]

I'd rather birdie every hole, and never get an ace as long as I live.

 

[NINFanInTN]

I started playing in March of 2008. No aces in '08. 6 Aces in 2009 and thought I was awesome... NO ACES SINCE. I definitely don't play as much (prob only once a week now), but I can't shake the streak...

 

[namar]

took me about 6 years to get my first ace. after 5 seasons of disc, those last 2 being 5+ rounds/week, like you I was getting tons of chain/metal hits and a bit bummed about my zero aces. I decided to not let it bother me the next year and just play for score, and BOOM the aces came no problem.

Don't sweat it, man, the ace(s) will happen.

 

[Stardoggy]

OP, go over and play the 9 holer at Moraine Park in West Bend repeatedly until you get one....then you can just play again and not have to worry about it.

 

[gvdg jake]

Someone told me once, "an ace is just a bad shot, because if it didnt hit the chains on a big skip, it most likely would have been deep and a long comeback putt"

And I agree with this. Most aces I have seen/had woulda been 30+ ft out because it woulda hit and skipped. Or just blown by all together.

 

[JeremyKShort]

Honestly, there is as much luck to an ace as there is skill. It's skill to put it right by the basket, luck that it's just the right angle and speed and happens to stick.

 

[ndole]

I think it's funny how people think aces are so important. If rather get birdies all day than a single ace.

 

[Grungedude42]

Keep putting it close, just a matter of probability.

 

[Questatement]

Are you throwing discs at their rated speed so that they are half way or better into their low speed fade and still chain high?

 

[sgamerp]

I'd rather birdie every hole, and never get an ace as long as I live.

I was going to say this.

 

[S.Cann]

I've been playing almost 5 years. I did not get my first ace until 2 years, but now have 9. They'll come, but if you're running at everything, you are much more likely to ace.

 

[whitefedora]

Are you yelling at the disc to go in mid flight? What ever your answer is- do the opposite.

 

[yangs1]

I have been playing on and off since 1995. No aces. There are people I play with or have played with that have several and I beat them soundly every round. Focus on getting pars and birdies.
Moral: They don't matter. I still want one though!

 

[burnin4]

I feel your pain, I've been playing for 4yrs and only have 1 ace. I've hit the basket/chains every which way possible but only 1 has stayed in the basket. A good friend of mine told me that "an ace is a bad shot" (3x World Champion), makes sense but damn I want to hit more aces.

 

[Questatement]

With an open hyzer/anhyzer spike route of 240' or more or, a gentle fading S-turn route of 290' or more, there is no need to compromise on running the ace and still getting the birdie... you just have to choose the right speed and get it up to speed so that it is near impossible to overshoot the basket.

Only understable and stable/OS discs not spiked tend to skip unless you're landing on really hard ground. The only exception would be OB just past or fade side of the basket. Then forget the potential ace... a short skip/sliding shot is best.

 

[Romans 5-8]

Someone told me once, "an ace is just a bad shot, because if it didnt hit the chains on a big skip, it most likely would have been deep and a long comeback putt"

And I agree with this. Most aces I have seen/had woulda been 30+ ft out because it woulda hit and skipped. Or just blown by all together.

There is a lot of truth here, you might not have AS MUCH of a chance to ace a 280 foot hole with your buzzz, as a person throwing a destroyer at it every time and hoping that the fade and a big skip will flip their disc in the basket, but you will consistently get a birdie by laying up your mid range while "they" fly past the basket and miss their comeback putt.

Now, I'm not saying there isn't a time to make a run at the basket, but most of the time it is smarter to just play it safe and lay it up.

 

[allinpflop]

If you play courses with true par 4s and par 5s you are going to get fewer aces. Our local courses also have 3 tees so the further back you play the fewer aces you get. Aces only matter to people who play pitch and putt par 3 courses all the time. I much prefer the modern approach to course design. Not surprisingly I only have one ace but have played lots of the highest rated courses on here which are not par 54 birdie or bust courses.