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The tiny landing zone elbow misses the boat on risk/reward design. It's black and white instead of subtle shades of grey.
Also, I totally disagree that everyone should be able to hit the target in regulation. This idea is what keeps us stuck with putting this "too easy".
When disc golf courses play more like archery than golf, it's due to bad design.
One example: the dog-leg hole with tee shot to a tiny landing zone at the elbow.
Par provides a shorthand approximation of what is good or bad. Par does not tell the whole story. Players win NOTHING for competing against par. Players win for beating the other players on the course.
One of my favorites is when a player donks a 20 footer on the par 3 that averages 3.3 and the...
Correct. They think of "scoring" as relative to par. Take a hole with an average of 4.5 and call it a par 5. The commentators will call it a "scoring" hole. Take the same hole and call it a par 4 and they'll call it a super-hard hole that nobody can score on. The hole didn't change.
"Scoreable"...
It was lots more than one incident and he took his suspension to heart and saved his career. I love to watch him play now and root for him. His turn-around is a feel-good story for sure.
Effective distances with elevation changes can be approximated by a formula. (Which it sounds like you're working to improve upon), but there can never be a hard rule.
Different throwing styles will be affected differently by elevation. i.e. Take two players with equal maximum flat-level...