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Several of us here do the 5150 thing. $5 for an ACE, $1 for chains, and $0.50 for metal (pole, basket, chain hangers, or numberplate). We pay for skip ACES but no other skips. We all know who's in and who's not at the start of the round. A few of us have been doing it for many, many years so we don't even have to acknowledge it prior to the start. Nobody's getting rich off of it, it just adds some excitement. Some of us have it as a standing rule at events we are in together, even if we're not on the same card. We DON'T pay if we're not in the same event as the ACE maker, since there is no way to even it up with your own ACE.
As a side note: We do have a SHORT GAME (putter game) that involves the 5150 rule plus other means of gambling that can really get expensive, or really lucrative, depending on which side of the payoff you're on.
Stupid english language...don't make an "S" sound if you don't want to be spelled that way capacity...
I play a lot of events in New Mexico (my parents have lived in Albuquerque since 1985), and it's a standard thing there also.
Really though folks, what is the harm of someones name and date written on the basket. Does it interfere with its ability to catch discs? Does it make it harder to see? Can the writing even be seen from over 10ft away? If you people need to get your panties in a wad about something, worry about trash and cigarette butts on the course and real vandalism, not someone recording their ace in a manner that has no ill effects on anyone or anything.
it really bothers me that people get so worked up over something that has no negative effect on anyone.
it is basically harmless and there are way bigger things to be worried about. [...]
I may not agree with your way of doing things but I will defend your right to do it if it doesn't hurt anyone else.
... not someone recording their ace in a manner that has no ill effects on anyone or anything.
I have no problem with signing benches either- it really isn't hurting anything.
I'm curious how you are so sure that no one is harmed by this, there are no ill effect from it, and nothing gets hurt by it.
Have you ever tried to get a new course installed and walked an existing course with the Parks & Rec decision makers only to have them comment on the "graffiti" they see on the baskets must be from the "vandals & hoodlums" that the course is attracting? Then you have to explain that... no, that's actually disc golfers defacing their own course.
lol...love it when someone who has never hit an ace calls it a bad shot...too funny
lol...love it when someone who has never hit an ace calls it a bad shot...too funny
Yes, it may look like crap once you get closer than 15ft, although I think it gives the basket character, like good graffiti on an empty wall . But again, you usually cannot even tell if the basket is signed until you get close.