JNichols
Smelling the Shame
Saw this for the first time today on the Youtube. What do y'all think of this basket placement?
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rickles
Eagle Member
just dumb to me
JNichols
Smelling the Shame
Here is the video I saw it on. This basket is at the 7min 37sec mark.
Tim_the_Enchanter
Birdie Member
Interesting idea, I remember years ago seeing a picture of a course in Sweden (I think) where it was a similar concept but the basket was half buried in a deck of sorts. It seemed like the shot they were trying to encourage was a shuffleboard-esque slider to get in the basket. (Anyone know the course I'm thinking of?)
Seems like a novel twist, but I think much more appropriate for a casual/introductory course than for a tournament. It has the opposite effect of an elevated basket in terms of difficulty (see the 9:20 mark for evidence.)
Seems like a novel twist, but I think much more appropriate for a casual/introductory course than for a tournament. It has the opposite effect of an elevated basket in terms of difficulty (see the 9:20 mark for evidence.)
Cgkdisc
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notroman
* Ace Member *
So if you were running league or tournament on a course like this with an ace pot, you'd be dumb not to pay in... Or would you be dumb to pay in? To hit an ace you usually have to hit a very specific point, whereas here you can hit the ground on a line to the basket and let the disc trickle in. This makes the target area much larger and thus increases the chances of an ace.
46YearOldSlinger
Double Eagle Member
I like anything that's a bit different and requires a different approach. Very cool.
Trickle in how, exactly? Rolling, skipping, sliding? All fairly unpredictable outcomes. I mean, if one can throw accurately enough to get a controlled "trickle" into that basket, then I would expect that person could throw it in on a target set at a "normal" height just as easily. If a disc found its way into that basket on a roll/skip/slide and stuck, is it really any different than skipping off the ground or bouncing off a tree into a "normal" height target? Same amount of pure luck, no?
I'd bet that this basket placement sees no more aces than any other "normal" height target on a hole of similar length/shape.
Nothing wrong with an in-ground target like that. Adds to the variety of the game and when used correctly, adds something to a hole.
notroman
* Ace Member *
Ever lay up on hardpack? You just hit it short and let the disc slide to the pin. Yeah, sometimes roots/rocks/etc get in the way but not always. You can hit 10ft short, you can hit 30ft short, you're still hitting the pin - or in this case chains. That's why I mean the target area is much larger. If you throw a shot 30ft short on a regular basket you're not getting an ace.
Imagine if you got an ace every time you hit the pin on a drive.
Imagine if you got an ace every time you hit the pin on a drive.
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I love this putt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSbP_yLtsw#t=6m49s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSbP_yLtsw#t=6m49s
CreemCheese
Double Eagle Member
I like this a lot. Seen a lot of elevated baskets, but few sunken ones.
JNichols
Smelling the Shame
I've played the sunken basket hole at the Hippodrome and enjoyed it. I wouldn't want to see 18 of them on a course, but once in a while is fine.
Trophy Lakes has one, and I feel exactly the same. It's fun. Two in one state are probably enough.
Though, beyond a certain age, it can be a pain retrieving made shots. And by "pain" I mean, well, pain.
Eco81
Double Eagle Member
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Eco81
Double Eagle Member
The sunken basket at trophy lakes is also a double mando and the gap is tight
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/media.php?id=783&mode=media#
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/media.php?id=783&mode=media#
JNichols
Smelling the Shame
LOVE it, David. :clap::clap::clap: Although, it makes me feel just plain Lazy when I watch Barry Schultz bend down to do something and I am thinking, "I don't want to do that!".
Also, that Double Mando Sunkin Basket hole looks Gnarly. O.O
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Cgkdisc
.:Hall of Fame Member:.
Even FlyBoy near Atlanta has a sunken basket.
How could I forget!
