Recent content by ptld2001

There are several new courses in the gorge. Some pretty good old ones as well. Also, if you're there for 11 days, there's some of the Portland courses. Here's some ideas: Sorosis Park in the Dalles. That's not far from Hood River, and I've heard it's well worth the trip. Dabney's a local...

There are leagues pretty much every night of the week. Mondays is Lunchtime handicapped singles. Not an amazing course, but it's a good warm up for the rest of the week. Tuesdays is Timber doubles. I've heard that there's a plan for Blue Lake doubles (gold level course) on Tuesday evenings...

Uh, not quite the same at all. I think there were three discs in common. This is the wife, who weighed the discs. It was great that DD seemed to figure out that nodosaurus was looking for lightweight discs (most were 170 or lighter), and in generally slower speeds (only one each of speed 11...

A wife here. You don't say how old your kids are. I don't know if your wife might be concerned that the kids could outdo her. I knew someone who started playing when the kids were young. When her son was about 7 or 8, she started taking lessons to stay ahead of him. My husband tried to be...

Sounds very similar to the problems I've been having. Everyone told me to go with lighter discs, and I finally got advice that helped -- to go with heavier discs. I'm now throwing around 170g discs, rather than the 150s everyone was suggesting. I think the Buzz you suggested was a good start...

My husband started playing when he was over 50, and we played almost every day the first summer and fall. He's found that he has more problems if he doesn't play regularly. Knee pain can be a problem, and if he's walking regularly, then that strengthens the muscles, and makes daily golf much...

It's great to do lessons, but there are a few things to think about. First of all, I'd look for recommendations. Some people might be great golfers, but that doesn't necessarily mean they make great teachers. I ran into someone whose personal technique ran totally against what almost everyone...

So, let me see if I understand this... I have a known problem with starting my pull early, as well as pulling too far from my chest, so from that perspective, you've got it exactly. I didn't realize that was causing the pull to the right though. So, if I pull later and closer to the chest...

I also have a question on snap. I've been working on the hammer pounds and things, since I know I have almost no spin on my disc. I can sort of get it to work, but whenever it "works", my disc goes at least 20 or 30 degrees to the right of where I'm aiming. I tried to figure out why, and...

I suspect there are a lot more women around here lurking than people might think. There's a lot of opportunities to learn, but you do have to have a thicker skin, and not let "locker room talk" bother you. Welcome to the forum!

I didn't know about this group either. Nice to have a place for women.

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Premium plastic tends to be more overstable and has less glide. No use handicapping yourself that early.

No, they actually don't turn much. They still fade left, but it's about the closest to straight I'm able to throw. I looked up the stats again on the diamond, and it looks like I remembered the speed incorrectly. It turns out it's an 8, the same speed as the Vision. The River I can try is...

Actually, I'm a "she", which is part of why I'm interested in a diamond. I need about a 170g because I have a terrible problem with off axis torque, and the heavier discs aren't affected as badly. Obviously, the long term answer is to get rid of the OAT, but that's proved to be extremely...