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If I had known they were going to do this, I would have worked with them to connect some of the verses with the hole design and maybe gotten in some humorous (to me anyway) wording twists.

With three tees to all 10 targets, First Calvary regularly uses 4 Smart Layouts that have PDGA SSA values. First Calvary Baptist - Inver Grove Heights, MN | UDisc Disc Golf Course Directory

Uphill elevation is more important than downhill so you can better estimate the effective distance to reach the hole or landing area, which is roughly 3 times the elevation added to the lasered length.

Rating deflation, if it actually exists, doesn't matter as it pertains to picking an appropriate course design level. What's important is to consistently follow a specific set of guidelines for the full course layout. Whether a pool of players in a range 50 points higher plays a layout versus a...

I suppose no hole is unbirdieable when Par is set at 1 stroke higher than the lowest score players in a distance/skill level have thrown. Nothing muddy about that. ;)

Players entering MPO, FPO and all Age based divisions whether Master or Junior are not clearly delineated "divisions" in terms of analyzing scoring data. It's more important to look at scoring data for players of any age/gender within a ratings range for analysis of scoring spread, score...

A scoring average and distribution is meaningless without context. Was the hole designed as a par 4 for the division of players with enough distance to reach it in 2 good throws for chances at a birdie 3? If so, then it's probably a par 4 for that distance/skill level if they're the ones getting...

Considering you know and throw discs you've worn in; doesn't it make sense to keep costs down buying used discs as backups or replacing them as needed? ;) (My longest distance discs were bought used and I continue to look for more as backups)

This unconventional dual routing came about from a few synergistic factors. I was originally going to add shorter white tees in the back area where gold 10-14 reside. However, I was concerned going back there was too long of a trek for those playing the white layout, especially after work when...

I'm similar to NaeNae, likely at CE on one day (no camping) and available to play in TC either preceding or following that weekend.

The Rules Committee hasn't quite figured out a way to write a rule that allows additional free casual relief along an OB line that doesn't continue to follow the line of play even if it meant the player would move back even farther from the target.

Remember water is not OB unless labeled that way. Landing in water could be marked the same way as it is now using the Relief Area rule 806.04 which works like OB but without the penalty stroke. BTW, isn't losing a disc enough of a penalty? However, designing for minimal OB penalties doesn't...

Rules provide the universe of format choices that can be made. Design of various game formats and related stats measuring score and player performance have guidelines for playing each one. We use the same baseline rules for various doubles formats, mulligans and match play along with their...

OB penalties are not inherently bad, they provide a different game scoring element in the same way a basketball shot made beyond a certain distance was reassigned a value of 3 pts instead of 2 pts in 1979. Scoring stats from the previous 2-pt era could not be properly combined with the new 3-pt...

There's no need for water to be OB. It's casual by the rules unless designated by the TD who thinks it's supposed to be OB by popular opinion to provide scoring separation. However, does the DGPT really want artificially created additional scoring separation, when landing in water by itself may...