Ace Legitimacy

[Kegelexercise]

Couldn't find a thread pertaining to this exact subject, and I know what counts as a legit ace is not the most important topic of discussion, but I'm curious to see what others think:

I hit an ace this morning on a not super long hole, but one that was really fun because it was cold AF outside, the ground was covered in snow/ice, and it was just a neat winter wonderland setting. Specifically w/r/t ice cover, the hole's concrete teepad - it was absolutely a slip and fall risk, there was a kind of bare patch of semi-exposed ground directly to the left of the tee (roughly in line with the middle of the tee) where the slip risk was way lower, you could get even a semblance of ground grip, I teed off from there, took a one step shot, and fired off a forehand ace.

The line at the hole was EVER so slightly different starting off a couple of feet to the left - I absolutely think this is a legit ace to claim given that the actual tee was unsafe to shoot from (and I didn't pass the front of the tee line on the follow through), but am curious for others thoughts if altering the line at all constitutes levels of BS on par with stuff like cubby aces.

I know this isn't huge topic of discussion stuff, but I couldn't find any other threads when I searched, so please don't flame me for failing to look lol

 

[ru4por]

If it is not a competitive event, you can count whatever you want as an ace.

The important takeaway is, never play off of non cleared tee pads. If you have no interest in clearing them, stay off of them. Walking on and playing off of them, compacts the snow to ice. It only take a few golfers to exponentially increase the effort required to eventually clear the pad. /end rant

Congrats on the ace!!

 

[mizunodave]

https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2019...-cause-spills-penalties-open-women/#rf1-16336

 

[Kegelexercise]

The important takeaway is, never play off of non cleared tee pads. If you have no interest in clearing them, stay off of them. Walking on and playing off of them, compacts the snow to ice. It only take a few golfers to exponentially increase the effort required to eventually clear the pad. /end rant

Congrats on the ace!!

This is another reason I opted not to even touch this teepad with my feet - I've (stupidly and selfishly) done this in the past and paid the price by falling on my ass. Seeing a patch of kind of clear ground to the side of the tee, it wasn't even a second thought to tee off from there.

I only played 3 holes on this solo session (I had a few extra minutes to burn on the way to work), and the other two holes I played had big enough sections of teepad completely exposed where the snow and ice had melted away from sun exposure the previous day.

I agree 100% though - don't be like younger me and tee off from an uncleared teepad; I've been the one to shovel them off and it's a pain in the ASS to break up caked down ice from other golfers stomping the snow down.

Also, thank you for the congratulatory words!

 

[Kegelexercise]

https://discgolf.ultiworld.com/2019...-cause-spills-penalties-open-women/#rf1-16336

JMO, the TD in Sarah Hokom's case sucks if a provision wasn't able to be made for a clearly unsafe teepad like that.

 

[hiflyer]

#prerube

 

[Whiskey_Jim]

I wouldn't sign if the person is just Ace shopping. We have an 85 foot open field hole here that people just throw their stack of putters at. That just counts as a nice shot.

 

[mojorooks]

If it is not a competitive event, you can count whatever you want as an ace.

I second this. I would fully count this as an ace anywhere but competition. I wouldn't call it a 'cubby' or 'safari' ace.

Congrats!

 

[Kegelexercise]

I wouldn't sign if the person is just Ace shopping. We have an 85 foot open field hole here that people just throw their stack of putters at. That just counts as a nice shot.

FWIW, I posted pics of the hole I am posting about in the DGCR Aces 2019 thread - it wasn't a monster hole by any means (190' and with a handful of trees to contend with), but it was significantly more difficult than a wide open 85 footer. Also was a first shot (TBH, I've never even hit a cubby ace in my life!)

 

[Whiskey_Jim]

FWIW, I posted pics of the hole I am posting about in the DGCR Aces 2019 thread - it wasn't a monster hole by any means (190' and with a handful of trees to contend with), but it was significantly more difficult than a wide open 85 footer. Also was a first shot (TBH, I've never even hit a cubby ace in my life!)

Start throwing all your shots two feet left of the teepad from now on.

 

[mojorooks]

Once, a friend and I stood out in a field and threw at a basket in his front yard, about 240ft. We each had like 5 discs. I sank one. I would call that a 'safari cubby' ace. Otherwise known as a 'nice shot' But its currently the best shot I have to my name!

 

[ejvogie]

1st throw from a legit teeing area that lands in and stays in the basket = ace.

 

[Hampstead]

It's not an ace unless you yell "Woo Hoo!" and sign both the tee sign and number plate for posterity (if applicable.) Rules is rules.

 

[SonicGuy]

I'm just curious how strong your pelvic floor is opcorn:

 

[Kegelexercise]

Start throwing all your shots two feet left of the teepad from now on.

:hfive:

#competitiveadvantage

 

[Kegelexercise]

Once, a friend and I stood out in a field and threw at a basket in his front yard, about 240ft. We each had like 5 discs. I sank one. I would call that a 'safari cubby' ace. Otherwise known as a 'nice shot' But its currently the best shot I have to my name!

Keep on shootin, keep on playin, one (or more) will happen out on the course!

 

[DiscFifty]

True of False: 99% of all aces were not intentional.

 

[wolfhaley]

True of False: 99% of all aces were not intentional.

100% true. Sad but true.

 

[DavidSauls]

Couldn't find a thread pertaining to this exact subject, and I know what counts as a legit ace is not the most important topic of discussion, but I'm curious to see what others think:

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I know this isn't huge topic of discussion stuff, but I couldn't find any other threads when I searched, so please don't flame me for failing to look lol

There must be hundreds of other threads, but they're usually titled something like "Does this count?"

The short answer is, "Yes". It's your throw, you're the one doing the counting, so count it. I know I would.

 

[McCready]

I've hit chains a few times, and "aced" one in the short basket when I was going for the long basket. Never had a legit ace in 4+ years of playing. Mostly because 17 out of 18 holes on my home course (long layout) are unreachable from the tee, and that's where I play 95% of the time. Come to think of it, even the other courses around here that I play semi-regularly only have one or two legit ace runs each.

The shorter layout at my home course has 8 or 9 holes reachable from the tee, so I'd eventually ace one especially if I threw multiple discs every time, but I guess I really don't care that much.