shedhorn
Newbie
Hi, new here. I am an avid player, 4+ times a week. When it is not posted how do you determine par on a hole?
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Par question
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AdamCaudle
Double Eagle Member
Just count your strokes. I think it's always a safe bet to play everything as a par 3, as most courses *generally* are all or mostly par 3.
ZBoazMobster
Double Eagle Member
WHAT!?!?!? ONLY FOUR?
shedhorn
Newbie
shedhorn
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What course you talking about?
robertbonson
Par Member
I have 4 small children and am taking 16 college credits.
then i'd say you're far from avid.
just kidding. welcome to the addiction :hfive:. (play em all as par 3s)
G-MIL
Birdie Member
Yeah just play em all as par 3's, if you play PDGA tourneys that's how they score par regardless of hole length and it's a good way to push yourself to do better on each hole.
MrDger
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I gotta disagree with this. Granted, a lot of courses would be considered all par 3 holes, but it's not always the case. Especially since the penalty for missing a hole in a tournament (being late or something like that) is par plus 2 strokes, which means a player could get a 5 on a 1000 foot hole through the woods simply by not showing up. The legitimate par 4's and 5's in the disc golf world are usually labeled as such.
WillACarpenter
* Ace Member *
Does this count if I'm seen at the basket of hole 9 but nobody sees me on hole ten? Because I'd totally take a 5 on the 911' hole at baker. The time the other guys are spending...I'll go eat a sandwich and come back at 11
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That's par plus FOUR strokes, not two.
My advice to the original poster is to not sweat "par". Results are the total number of throws, regardless of what "par" is. All-par-3 is scorekeeping shorthand; easy to keep your score in your head on most courses.
Judging on how you're in Grants Pass OR... and that Tom Pearce, Riverside, and Lake Selmac would be your home courses... Par 3. I don't recall anything out there being anything but a 3.
DSCJNKY
DSCJNKY
What??? When I played the USDGC course last year I recall playing tons of 4's and 5's. That's the second largest PDGA event of the year... all the top pros are there... and none of them are were scoring by "Pro-Par".
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Looks at calendar... hmmm
Looks at date shedhorn joined DGCR... hmmm. Maybe it's just a coincidence.
But I won't lose an opportunity to pontificate about par, especially since the antediluvean "everything is par 3" crowd is still alive and well. Besides I have a reputation to maintain.
So if you're really serious with this question you should check out Close Range Par.
(And if you really want to do more research you can also check out the DGCR Par threads.)
Looks at date shedhorn joined DGCR... hmmm. Maybe it's just a coincidence.
But I won't lose an opportunity to pontificate about par, especially since the antediluvean "everything is par 3" crowd is still alive and well. Besides I have a reputation to maintain.
So if you're really serious with this question you should check out Close Range Par.
(And if you really want to do more research you can also check out the DGCR Par threads.)
shedhorn
Newbie
Thanks for the info guys!
Another case of Olorin's great detective work. I didn't even think about the date... or the number of posts he had. I just started answering the question... damn he got me.
DSCJNKY
Par is always 3.
100 ft hole = par 3.
1000 ft hole = par 3.
3 is always par.
Par is always 3.
100 ft hole = par 3.
1000 ft hole = par 3.
3 is always par.
Par is always 3.
Totally false
Myers
Birdie Member
actually the rule is par +4 if you are not there to tee off. most courses are played as all par 3's, newer courses are definitely moving towards a higher true pro par.
