To Gimme or not to Gimme?

[nygfaninva]

I still think there is no such thing as a gimme. Make the putt and shut up. Play the game. Free throws in basketball can not be 'gimmed' for a reason. Sure, they are easy, but they still must be made because SOMETIMES you miss. Games are won and lost because people mess up and a missed 5' putt can be the difference betwen winning and losing. I say outlaw the Gimme!

 

[waynewf]

If you're playing competetive or keeping track of your score, then you should shoot every shot. If you are just playing casually with your buddies and there is no money involved, then why not have a gimme zone? My friends and I do it all the time...in fact sometimes I pick up my friend's disc and tell him it's a gimme just so I don't have to watch him miss another 8 foot putt and get all angry Sometimes I do the same for myself!
But if you're keeping score or playing competetively, you have to take every shot....just like in ball golf...there is a casual way to play, and a competetive way to play....

 

[Dave242]

^^ what he said

 

[maynes32]

I don't gimme. Even if I can reach the chains, I still drop the disc in the basket. I don't want to, some day, walk away in a tournament without "finishing the hole" and be called on it by a rules Nazi.

 

[nygfaninva]

If you're playing competetive or keeping track of your score, then you should shoot every shot. If you are just playing casually with your buddies and there is no money involved, then why not have a gimme zone? My friends and I do it all the time...in fact sometimes I pick up my friend's disc and tell him it's a gimme just so I don't have to watch him miss another 8 foot putt and get all angry Sometimes I do the same for myself!
But if you're keeping score or playing competetively, you have to take every shot....just like in ball golf...there is a casual way to play, and a competetive way to play....

I understand about the type of play, but in most groups, even having a good time relaxing, there is some level of competition. Tourny or Buddys, we play no Gimme. We just want to know.....ya know.

 

[waynewf]

I understand about the type of play, but in most groups, even having a good time relaxing, there is some level of competition. Tourny or Buddys, we play no Gimme. We just want to know.....ya know.

Oh totally, I have certain friends with that we are the same way. What's funny is that when our GFs come with us, nothing matters...we just throw and hang out...but when it's just the two of us...there's a lot of , "Dude, you didn't get a 3, you got a 4 on that one, don't you remember hitting that tree on your second shot?"

Lately, I have been trying to keep score of myself so I don't give myself any shots when I am doing that....if I did I could have probably lowered Wednesday's score by at least 4 strokes

 

[krallbd]

I gimme occasionally, but its mostly because I don't really play competitively much, so There's no need to be overly concerned with score keeping.

 

[CaptainAnhyzer]

I don't gimme. Even if I can reach the chains, I still drop the disc in the basket. I don't want to, some day, walk away in a tournament without "finishing the hole" and be called on it by a rules Nazi.

This is why you shouldn't make a habit of it.......... the rules Nazi is out to get YOU !!!!!

 

[waynewf]

I don't gimme. Even if I can reach the chains, I still drop the disc in the basket. I don't want to, some day, walk away in a tournament without "finishing the hole" and be called on it by a rules Nazi.

I don't know what I hate more...rules Nazis...or those Illinois Nazis...I hate Illinois Nazis!

 

[jhgonzo]

The OCD side of me won't let me walk away from the hole until I actually hear chains. That's not always done by throwing the disc in; sometimes I'll just slap the chains. I guess it's the equivalent of hearing the ball drop in the cup.

 

[Ryan P.]

I've missed a putt when my foot was 18 inches from the pole. The chains and the putter don't always get along.

 

[rlangton]

I usually cannot leave the hole until chains are hit by a disc! Still sometimes when the hole is further away then the next teepad and I'm playing with friends we'll give eachother the gimme and bring the disc to the next teepad. This is generally only when it's so close you can reach out and touch the chains though (3').

 

[ejvogie]

I don't know what I hate more...rules Nazis...or those Illinois Nazis...I hate Illinois Nazis!

OMG, this is the second BB quote I've read in as many threads

 

[pokamitch]

Gimmees all the time (10' & in). My crew and I are not Nazi/ Premadonna idiots. We have been playing a long time and it has always been for fun. If you go to play with your friends and you're that uptight, you missed the whole reason why you're there in the 1st place... Your Friends and a Good Time!!!

Now, tourneys are different. YOU PUTT EVERYTHING!!!

If it is for $$ or a beer or lunch, that is up to your competition. I personally give my competitors ,in this situation, anything within 8'. We are really there to have fun 1st, competition 2nd....

A Lil Rant
Lighten up and promote good will and progress of the sport (my personal philosophy). So many Premadonna A-holes getting into this sport, acting like the newbs are there to "donate" $$ to them, instead of teaching and encouraging

 

[80playedin10states]

Gimmees all the time (10' & in). My crew and I are not Nazi/ Premadonna idiots. We have been playing a long time and it has always been for fun. If you go to play with your friends and you're that uptight, you missed the whole reason why you're there in the 1st place... Your Friends and a Good Time!!!

Now, tourneys are different. YOU PUTT EVERYTHING!!!

If it is for $$ or a beer or lunch, that is up to your competition. I personally give my competitors ,in this situation, anything within 8'. We are really there to have fun 1st, competition 2nd....

A Lil Rant
Lighten up and promote good will and progress of the sport (my personal philosophy). So many Premadonna A-holes getting into this sport, acting like the newbs are there to "donate" $$ to them, instead of teaching and encouraging

some of us care to make those putts EVERYTIME so when faced in a situation where one stroke costs you a few hundred dollars, you will nail it. if i am betting a friend or a stranger they are finishing the hole(disc comes to rest in chains or basket)..premadonna?..is this spelled correctly and what does it mean in disc golf? when i was a "newb" i was taught and encouraged and paid 5 bucks for "lessons"(random draw dubs) to each his own..makes it harder to trust people on their personal best rounds/course records when they play gimmes also..

 

[mashnut]

Personally, if I can't touch the chains, I'll putt it in. That said, I don't care in the slightest if people in casual rounds give themselves or others gimmes, I'm competing only against myself in that situation so it really doesn't affect me.

 

[t i m]

If you're playing competetive or keeping track of your score, then you should shoot every shot. If you are just playing casually with your buddies and there is no money involved, then why not have a gimme zone? My friends and I do it all the time...in fact sometimes I pick up my friend's disc and tell him it's a gimme just so I don't have to watch him miss another 8 foot putt and get all angry Sometimes I do the same for myself!
But if you're keeping score or playing competetively, you have to take every shot....just like in ball golf...there is a casual way to play, and a competetive way to play....

QFT.

 

[maynes32]

premadonna?..is this spelled correctly and what does it mean in disc golf?

Prima donna, since you asked

 

[Tyler]

It depends on who I'm playing with. I usual try to putt everything but in league people just pick up your disc and say its a gimmie. but really nothing 5feet and past is a gimmie IMO.

 

[Dave242]

QFT.

"Quit F'n Talking" or "Quite F'n True"?