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A 10 3/4" 150g Ultimate size disc might have a hard time flexing the chains enough on any basket. The 10" deep cage baskets would help though.
Of coutse there would be the issue of the pros all going bald from pulling their hair out.
If that reduces the number of man buns, it would be worth it.
Doesn't work in that direction because you can't score "0" putts in addition to 1 and 2 putts. Have to go the other way to get a "normal" spread of 1, 2 and 3 putts and a few 4-putts like golf.I have a better idea folks. Steve West is right on with the scoring spread. Making putting more difficult actually decreases scoring spreads. So how about we go in the opposite direction?
I say we make baskets twice a wide. If you can realistically make a 50' putt then the best putters will truly be rewarded. Scoring spreads will absolutely increase.
Hmmm. A solo sport needlessly turned into a team sport. I like it! Just look at what it did for curling!
you can't score "0" putts in addition to 1 and 2 putts.
What he was proposing is to make putting much easier so there are more 1 putts from 30-60 feet. But no matter how easy, if you throw it in from 30-60 feet it will still count as 1 throw unless the rule was changed to where making a shot from beyond say 10 meters counted as zero (which BTW, could be an interesting twist to produce more drama and maybe scoring spread).Why is that not possible?
In discussions like this one we are tailoring the sport to our own play and not to top level play.
The simple fact is that we, and most fans, look for our sports to be challenging when we are watching. Our sport is only complicated because most fans play. In discussions like this one we are tailoring the sport to our own play and not to top level play.
What he was proposing is to make putting much easier so there are more 1 putts from 30-60 feet. But no matter how easy, if you throw it in from 30-60 feet it will still count as 1 throw unless the rule was changed to where making a shot from beyond say 10 meters counted as zero (which BTW, could be an interesting twist to produce more drama and maybe scoring spread).
Keep the baskets the way they are. Get rid of the 10m circle, jump putts, step putts, putt jumps, etc.
This is exactly, completely, and utterly wrong.
Making putting harder benefits the poor putter over the superior putter. The poor putter already misses a fair amount of putts over 20'. From 20' to 45' the good putter can convert a fair number of strokes. If you make putting harder the poor putter may have his high percentage range moved down a couple feet to like 17', while the good putter will have his high percentage range significantly reduced.
Harder scoring baskets = less scoring separation between the average "good" and "bad" putters.
I have a better idea folks. Steve West is right on with the scoring spread. Making putting more difficult actually decreases scoring spreads. So how about we go in the opposite direction?
I say we make baskets twice a wide. If you can realistically make a 50' putt then the best putters will truly be rewarded. Scoring spreads will absolutely increase.
Simply making our putting a little bit tougher will not increase scoring spread but more likely reduce it as has been shown in some narrow chain basket tests in the field. Players that used to go for 40 footers have been laying up instead resulting in more players two-putting whether they are good or just average putters.