First Year Noob Scores

[Paulie]

How were your first year noob scores?

I keep throwing 70s on 18 basket courses.

It's weird. I've 2'd a few par 3 baskets (a very few) and even hit 300' a couple times. Sometimes I make throws that are amazing. Like, call ESPN because I'm taking disc golf to the big time. But then, the next few throws look like I threw them with my left foot.

I quickly corrected one mistake; throwing with my index finger along the outer edge. It was my first time. I didn't know. That may have a use, but isn't the primary style. Nose down certainly helped. I still throw higher than intended sometimes, but I don't put discs into low Earth orbit anymore. Let it rip is another good one. My rip is a bit inconsistent though. Sometimes too early. Sometimes too late.

I recently learned a two fingers under with thumb on top flick from another DGer. It's proving to be a great throw to know.

 

[prerube]

I think after 6 months I was throwing 85ish, by a year I was probably 75 average

 

[Violets caddy]

I started off playing forehand and had pretty good D with a KC Cheetah but wasn't the least bit interested in putting so my scores were up in the mid 70's
I bought my first putter because I didn't want to look like an idiot in a tournament I was playing in lol.

 

[medicinalfunk]

handfuls of the scores in my scorebook are from when i used to tee off with a tomahawk on every single hole when i first started. it was the only way i could get even close to where my friends were throwing

i threw a tomahawk today during my round, but it was a short pancake tommy with a putter over some trees up to the cup to save a 3

evolution

 

[Connor Jones]

I shot even about 4 months after I started playing, I developed a VERY good forehand very quickly, not as versatile with it as I used to be now that I know how to throw a backhand.

I also feel like the more you play and know how many times the basket has jaded you the less confident you get

 

[medicinalfunk]

I also feel like the more you play and know how many times the basket has jaded you the less confident you get

not me. it makes me want it more and pushes me to get better. i'm throwing shots and making putts this year i never imagined myself making a year ago

 

[Connor Jones]

not me. it makes me want it more and pushes me to get better. i'm throwing shots and making putts this year i never imagined myself making a year ago

I just conquered my inner putting demons a couple days ago, psyched myself out for the past year almost, ready to have an awesome year. :clap:

 

[sidewinder22]

You must first ask yourself, What is par? 70 is pretty good at Iron Hill.

 

[medicinalfunk]

I just conquered my inner putting demons a couple days ago, psyched myself out for the past year almost, ready to have an awesome year. :clap:

the keys to putting are confidence and repetition. take satisfaction in not whether or not the putt drops, but if you were in the right state of mind to hit it in the first place, and even if you miss, you still win

You must first ask yourself, What is par? 70 is pretty good at Iron Hill.

as is high fifties at my local spot with 19 holes and 3 par 4s

 

[DiscNutt123]

I was shooting under at my home course after a year, Lake Lewisville Park in North Texas.

 

[JoshEpoo]

Consistency comes with practice and confidence. I suppose I was shooting 60 on a good day, and 75 on a bad day at my 5300' par 54 home course my first year. Huge fluctuation in scores between rounds. Not a lot of OB or particularly long holes, but moderately wooded and technical. Pretty good beginner course.

 

[traumadiver]

I started about a year ago (I took about 4 months off in the middle), Ive gone from scores of mid to upper 70's to mid to low 60's. My mid game is pretty reliable to park within 130 ft. my Putting is getting there and my drives have gone from 200 ft max to throwing +300 ft. on a consistant basis... I live in Southern California and have only played a handful of courses (La Mirada, Huntington Beach, Eldorado, Prado and Frontier)...So I dont know how difficult those courses are considered overall. But the bottom line is its still fun!

 

[BraveThrower43]

I'm still in my first year of playing and I have started getting really close to par or under depending on the course. Ive shot several under par rounds at different courses such as Kilbourne, RL Smith, Bradford, and Luther Britt. Shot a +5 at Nevin the other day which I felt like was completely unreachable 3 months ago. Havent had a 70+ round since my torn tricep healed(Play the 82 airbourne open injured)

shot some 900+ PDGA rounds to end 2011 as well.

Mind you I am a naturally athletic person and tend to do well with technique based sports due to my experience in throwing events. When I played ball golf I started shooting in the 80s after one year and shot in the 70s after 2. Haven t picked up a club since I picked up a disc though so Im probably kinda rusty. Also I have started dedicating more of my time to DG since I am no longer able to compete in Track due to injury. Got to have something to do right!?


Remember Short term memory is key *stares at conner*

 

[Connor Jones]

I'm still in my first year of playing and I have started getting really close to par or under depending on the course. Ive shot several under par rounds at different courses such as Kilbourne, RL Smith, Bradford, and Luther Britt. Shot a +5 at Nevin the other day which I felt like was completely unreachable 3 months ago. Havent had a 70+ round since my torn tricep healed(Play the 82 airbourne open injured)

shot some 900+ PDGA rounds to end 2011 as well.

Mind you I am a naturally athletic person and tend to do well with technique based sports due to my experience in throwing events. When I played ball golf I started shooting in the 80s after one year and shot in the 70s after 2. Haven t picked up a club since I picked up a disc though so Im probably kinda rusty. Also I have started dedicating more of my time to DG since I am no longer able to compete in Track due to injury. Got to have something to do right!?


Remember Short term memory is key *stares at conner*

Next time we play I will show you how much my putting has improved, just have to have the mindset and practice .

Did suck getting tons of awesome drives on bradford and not converting though haha.

 

[BraveThrower43]

Next time we play I will show you how much my putting has improved, just have to have the mindset and practice .

Did suck getting tons of awesome drives on bradford and not converting though haha.

Yea that's always rough. Im usually the opposite. If I could just drive well and get looks my scores would drop a ton. Instead Im scrabling to get par or jusssttt outside of my comfort range.

But It's alllllll about putting

 

[BIGHAFNER]

In Memphis, every course is par 3 on every hole, for tournaments that is. Some courses have a course par, but most don't bother. I've only been playing six months and I'm getting 300-400 on drives and I shoot higher fifties, sixties on bad or extremely windy days. I hate wind. Maybe I play entirely too often, but I got better than my froends really quickly.

 

[Paulie]

Par is 54 short and 58 long on my home course. I usually play from what are now the shorts. Some of those shorts are new tees and some are the old tees I was playing from before the remodel. So, not every tee I play from has me closer to the basket than I used to be.

I'm going to get one or two more distance or fairway drivers and do some practice driving. I think if I didn't have to correct from my first drive so much, I'd be better off. That and having a pile of discs to throw at once should help me develop some consistency.

 

[Clempson13]

threw 4 under on my last round of the year. now that i'm discing up i'm getting my drives out just under the 400 mark and and am getting pretty good at shaping lines now that my discs are broken/breaking in.

 

[joshmo65]

I don't think that you should necessarily try to compare yourself to where other people were after a year as it is more important to show continual improvement. As long as your scores keep on dropping the more you play, it shouldn't matter where you are in the field.

 

[Uncle Dougie]

My first year in 2010 i was shooting like 18 to 24 ovre par. Now I'm around 3 over to even most rounds.