Would you still consider it an ace?

[ERicJ]

I agree that this is true, but the same could be said of watching 3 people throw in front of you before you throw your own shot. You gain extra information from their throws with which to adjust your own shot.

Yeah, that's the advantage afforded to the player who sucked it up on the previous hole(s) and is now B.O.B.. Playing with Honors like that is an attempt to help even the field.

 

[cc0049]

Okay, I'll try this one more time, just for you Omega.

By my definition (and I believe that are many that will agree with me), an ace is when your disc goes in the basket when you throw it from the teebox.

A "practice ace" is when you are throwing repeatedly off the tee. It may or may not be your first throw. It may or may not occur in the course of a round. Regardless, it's an ace.

I'm not saying that a practice ace is on the same level of esteem as an ace that occurs in a round of disc golf, but I AM saying that it is still an ace.

by your definition of an ace there can be know such thing as a practice ace so im not sure at this point if your backing me or you.

 

[scarpfish]

I really don't know why aces are so revered, considering the means necessary to hit one has a degree of luck to it, and in another respect involves making a mistake that the polehole bailed you out of.

I mean its almost like we're comparing our first aces to the first time we had sex or something, and that somehow our disc golf manhood isn't complete until we've hit one.

 

[Omega SuperSloth]

4: a golf score of one stroke on a hole ; also : a hole made in one stroke.

i meant this defintion , the key word being stroke

 

[Omega SuperSloth]

since you dont count strokes in practice by definition you cant shoot a practice ace.

 

[trifocal]

The scenario I haven't resolved in my mind is this: playing a sanctioned tournament and you throw a shot that ends up OB, you take the stroke penalty and decide to re-tee... that shot goes in the basket. You card a '3', is that an ace?

Not an ace....That is a memorable Par. I mean....how can you have a Par and an ace on the same hole?

 

[magictenor1]

Not an "ace". Second throw from the same tee... with no intent to play out the hole, much less the round. Nope.

That's my take also. You don't have to be playing a tourney or even have a witness but it does need to be your 1st throw.

 

[magictenor1]

The idea of throwing 25 or so shots until you get an Ace and then starting your round is totally bogus also. By definition an Ace is a 1, ie your 1st shot. If you throw a bunch of other shots first it's not a 1.

 

[cc0049]

since you dont count strokes in practice by definition you cant shoot a practice ace.

Why wouldn't you count strokes in practice?

When I practice, I may throw all the discs in my bag at a basket and then go play them all out from where they ended up. If I throw 25 discs off the teebox, I may end up with 12 birdies, 11 pars and 2 bogies.
If one of them happened to go in off the drive, then it was an ace.

It's really not as complicated as you're trying to make it.

 

[cc0049]

So what is it, a 26?

The idea of throwing 25 or so shots until you get an Ace and then starting your round is totally bogus also. By definition an Ace is a 1, ie your 1st shot. If you throw a bunch of other shots first it's not a 1.

 

[kenjiac]

Ace for a pole target?

Ok Last summer I was just starting to get really into disc golf and I hit what I may call a kinda ace. I was here Gilbert Lakes Hole 1
My drive hit the ground about 5 ft in front of the pole and slid up to hit the base(which is holeing out for this course) It was my 1st shot from the tee not a 2nd or 3rd shot.
Is this an ace? I don't really consider it one but for discussion i'm throwing it out there.
Opinions?

 

[skurf]

It's only considered an ace if you are playing open division in a sanctioned PDGA event with no skip or deflection and you have at least 50 witnesses with Ken Climo as one of them. It's not truly an ace unless Ken Climo signs your ace disc.

 

[sidewinding]

I call everything an ace. If it takes me five strokes on a par three hole...that's an ace. If I get a birdie I call it an ace. Five over par...ace baby. If I go OB...automatic ace. If it's windy and I miss a 10 foot putt I will keep trying until it goes in...then I give myself an ace. Lost disc = ace.

Sometimes I'll empty my entire bag on a hole and still not have a lie that I like. I'll just keep trying until I finally get a good shot then I'll write down a 1 on my scorecard. I don't see what's wrong with that.

 

[BrotherDave]

since you dont count strokes in practice by definition you cant shoot a practice ace.

Ditto. Stroke implies that you are scoring a round and when scoring a round you don't take practice throws. Disc golf shouldn't be like going to Vegas and playing 5 slot machines at the same time. All you do when you play 25 discs a round is ramp up the luck factor or the probability of hitting a great throw.

 

[magictenor1]

So what is it, a 26?

Yes. If it's your 26th shot on the hole.

 

[magictenor1]

Ok Last summer I was just starting to get really into disc golf and I hit what I may call a kinda ace. I was here Gilbert Lakes Hole 1
My drive hit the ground about 5 ft in front of the pole and slid up to hit the base(which is holeing out for this course) It was my 1st shot from the tee not a 2nd or 3rd shot.
Is this an ace? I don't really consider it one but for discussion i'm throwing it out there.
Opinions?

If you hit the target it does not matter if it slid or skipped it is an Ace. That's assuming you are right about what constitutes the target.

 

[cc0049]

LOL That's funny!

"So how did you shoot today?"

"Oh, pretty good, except for that 26 I picked up on hole 1."

C'mon.

Yes. If it's your 26th shot on the hole.

 

[magictenor1]

I call everything an ace. If it takes me five strokes on a par three hole...that's an ace. If I get a birdie I call it an ace. Five over par...ace baby. If I go OB...automatic ace. If it's windy and I miss a 10 foot putt I will keep trying until it goes in...then I give myself an ace. Lost disc = ace.

Sometimes I'll empty my entire bag on a hole and still not have a lie that I like. I'll just keep trying until I finally get a good shot then I'll write down a 1 on my scorecard. I don't see what's wrong with that.

Remind me not to play you for money.

 

[cc0049]

I won't be playing any mini tournaments that you're in then.

I call everything an ace. If it takes me five strokes on a par three hole...that's an ace. If I get a birdie I call it an ace. Five over par...ace baby. If I go OB...automatic ace. If it's windy and I miss a 10 foot putt I will keep trying until it goes in...then I give myself an ace. Lost disc = ace.

Sometimes I'll empty my entire bag on a hole and still not have a lie that I like. I'll just keep trying until I finally get a good shot then I'll write down a 1 on my scorecard. I don't see what's wrong with that.

 

[lko102]

Why wouldn't you count strokes in practice?

When I practice, I may throw all the discs in my bag at a basket and then go play them all out from where they ended up. If I throw 25 discs off the teebox, I may end up with 12 birdies, 11 pars and 2 bogies.
If one of them happened to go in off the drive, then it was an ace.

It's really not as complicated as you're trying to make it.

I play rounds like this too from time to time. I might keep two discs going, one forehand and one backhand to practice both...You'd better believe that if I aced on one or the other discs, I would count it.