Which DGCR member has played the most courses?

[BogeyNoMore]

has anyone thrown with Teh_wood?

There was a thread in here a few years ago and the consensus was his stats on courses played were a bit dubious.

I'm pretty sure the thread you're referring to is THIS thread. You just have to read back far enough.
I would link it but self referential threads could create a sequential vortex resulting in a black hole of sorts. :/

If he is who I remember he is from that thread, he's been at some of the same weeklies as I have been, but we were not carded together. I've no doubt he's played a lot of courses, but I also doubt he could remember which ones they were (or how many) with any level of accuracy.

Chris Woj started the initial discussion regarding Teh_Wood's claim of 2000+ played in this thread.

 

[scarpfish]

The two things that set off people's alarms about Teh Wood's played courses was that several of them were private ones that the owners don't recollect him visiting. The other, and more obvious one was that several of the marked as played courses we're very recent installations scattered all about the country, and some of them were the crap of the crap that not even the locals visit, meanwhile some better courses that do get played, and have been in the ground for awhile, somehow got missed.

It was as if he had just used the nearest courses feature to find the next course to click off, with no consideration of the course's vital statistics, or any actual recollection if he had actually been there. It was about getting his count up, nothing more.

 

[harr0140]

I have played with Deke Guff, Avery, Martin Dewgarita and Hosfeld at various times over the years. Had a nice convo with Danhyzer at HH but didn't actually play with him. Pretty sure Tall Paul passed through HH but I missed him.

And me . . probably didnt know my DGCR username, I should have worn a patch

 

[biscoe]

And me . . probably didnt know my DGCR username, I should have worn a patch

Actually i did, I was just pilfering names from the parts of this thread close to my post without either looking up the list or reading the whole thing. (fancy that)

We discussed the state of Wisconsin dg among other things.

 

[NDABRUSH]

Harr0140 has joined the 1000 courses played club. congrats dude. I hate, I mean admire all of you.

 

[harr0140]

Harr0140 has joined the 1000 courses played club. congrats dude. I hate, I mean admire all of you.

According to DGCR yes I have but I am actually 18 courses short when you remove the 3 hole practice courses, Kops Park, single basket locations, and a few others that don't constitute a new course (like when a course changes 3 or 4 holes) but the rest remains the same but has a new DGCR entry.

My 1000th will be played April 29th at Harmony Bends in Columbia Missouri. Conveniently the day after the GBO for anyone heading east you can stop in for a 1 round flex start C Tier.

 

[Carolina Crushers]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

 

[scarpfish]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

I hate to break this to you, but 90% of the disc golf going on in the world has nothing to with the PDGA. The very success of this site, and how the directory here pretty much supplanted the PDGA's, as the go to one that people reference is evidence of that.

Besides that, the DGCR course bagger, and the PDGA competitive player aren't necessarily into this game for the same thing. Disc golf is different things to different people.

 

[DavidSauls]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

You should join the Hosfeld fan club. One of the first players to reach 1,000, and a World Champion.

Otherwise, with one presumed exception, they're not trying to impress you, anyway. I've met a bunch of these folks, and it's easy to see why they're not 1000-rated, or playing lots of tournaments. You might as well say, How can someone who's been playing and working on his game for 23 years---who lives on a disc golf course, for goodness sake---be only 876 rated? As scarpfish said, disc golf is different things to different people.

 

[Cgkdisc]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

Most of your veteran course designers are PDGA members and have played many courses. Veteran course designer and former multiple World Champ, Gregg Hosfeld was the the most notable 1000 rated player who played 1000 courses with his 1000th course played with Ben Calhoun's 1000th at the PDGA HQ in Georgia. There are probably 20 or more touring pros with ratings over 1000 at one time who have played over 500 courses but haven't taken the time to post their counts on DGCR.

 

[harr0140]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

We found the guy who had no proof . . . Tehwood . . . and he is no longer around. All the others have been vetted by private course owners and other course travelers. If someone really wanted to . . . they could sure . . . but I don't think that would be worth their time for fake glory. I am proud I am almost at 1000 and it took less than 10 years to do it and that is all that matters to me but if you had any idea how much money and planning went into my 10 years of road trips you might have a different opinion. It's just time and money so if that dedication means nothing to you so be it. The bottom line is I am studying while I am out playing courses. I am learning course design techniques (both good and bad) and I am enjoying nature and getting some needed exercise while doing it. I wouldn't trade my 1000 courses for a 1000 rating . . . well maybe thats a stretch although I'd truly rather do what I do and enjoy it than have to be a 1000 rated player trying to make it as a professional player so maybe it does work . . . either way I love what I do and I am sure so do all the other well traveled awesome people I have met along the way.

 

[Stardoggy]

I wonder how my 350ish courses and 941 rating equates out in Joshua's "WorthIt-O-Meter".

That's a seriously douchey take.

 

[giles]

We found the guy who had no proof . . . Tehwood . . . and he is no longer around. All the others have been vetted by private course owners

Private course owner here. My course was unlisted when Tehwood called me. Found my number on a flyer posted on the bulletin board at Reservoir Hill DGC in my little town of Pagosa Springs, far removed from anything. Was looking to play a cash game or mini. He came and played at my course and that is when I figured out he was tehwood. Apparently traveled a lot for work and professed he wasn't good with computers, hence the misspelling of "The" in his username. I grabbed the pitch forks as quick as anyone when his account was first questioned but having met him and received a shark tooth from him (in Colorado, from a resident) I believe he does travel extensively and search out disc golf. I am certain that the courses he had listed as played didn't match what he had played but do think the number of courses played was fairly accurate and it was more due to being inept then malice.

 

[Discette]

It's amazing how many of the people in the 500+ club have either no PDGA rating or a pretty low rating for playing that many courses. I have only played around 25 courses and have a 841 player rating (only played 1 pdga event). However if someone has the time to play 500+ courses, you would think they have the time to play PDGA events and or be "better than someone who hasn't played many. I would be more impressed with a 1000 rated player than a player who has played 1000 courses anyday...IMO.

Plus with the PDGA rating, you know it's real.
With the 1000 courses on DGCR, one can just click "course played" with no actual proof.

I wonder how my 350ish courses and 941 rating equates out in Joshua's "WorthIt-O-Meter".

That's a seriously douchey take.

Agreed! And full of faulty logic. Just playing in more PDGA events doesn't mean a player's rating will increase. I am on my way to playing 500 courses and have played over 275 PDGA events. However, my PDGA rating is currently 846 and dropping lower every year (I am still rated higher than Joshua)!

Regarding actual proof, Joshua's PDGA rating is only 821, not 841. https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/17000#MA3

 

[harr0140]

Private course owner here. My course was unlisted when Tehwood called me. Found my number on a flyer posted on the bulletin board at Reservoir Hill DGC in my little town of Pagosa Springs, far removed from anything. Was looking to play a cash game or mini. He came and played at my course and that is when I figured out he was tehwood. Apparently traveled a lot for work and professed he wasn't good with computers, hence the misspelling of "The" in his username. I grabbed the pitch forks as quick as anyone when his account was first questioned but having met him and received a shark tooth from him (in Colorado, from a resident) I believe he does travel extensively and search out disc golf. I am certain that the courses he had listed as played didn't match what he had played but do think the number of courses played was fairly accurate and it was more due to being inept then malice.

Thanks for clarifying that. Perhaps there was "some" credibility to him. I know Chris Woj also vouched for him but that didn't mean the way he did things was right and I guess that's why he doesn't show up on the most courses played search on the site. Timg must have removed him because it was inaccurate in terms of which courses he played although maybe truthful to his course count.

 

[tbird888]

...I guess that's why he doesn't show up on the most courses played search on the site. Timg must have removed him because it was inaccurate in terms of which courses he played although maybe truthful to his course count.

I hope that's not the case. It affects no one in the grand scheme of things, and it sounds like the pitchforks came out for no real reason.

 

[DavidSauls]

Teh_Wood's story was strange. First, he wasn't bragging---someone else brought him up, apparently he had mentioned elsewhere that he had played 2800 courses, or something like that. At his friend's urging he listed courses here.

The red flags were the private courses that were highly improbable (including ours, which he'd claimed to have played along with someone who admitted having never visited us), and the sheer number being more than twice what anyone else had played---and we knew what an accomplishment those others had been.

But his personal list and story also included things like unofficial object courses on college campuses. And it was just that---his personal list. He didn't come seeking accolades.

So in the end, (1) everyone can think what they want and (2) it doesn't matter, anyway. Nobody's winning awards or prize money over this, anyway.

For myself, I'm skeptical. I accept the others, and put Teh_Wood into a separate, Who Knows? category.

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

What?! There's no prize money or awards? And it took you this long to tell me?

Grumble grumble poop.

The rewards are all contained within. I also never set out to gain recognition or break any records, or whatever, one course led to the next to another and I was having a blast, meeting people and seeing new locations. I had already traveled the country once all the way around and had a blast doing so, disc golf gave me an excuse to travel the whole damn country again and see new areas as well as return to places I knew I wanted to see again and same with people. It was kind of fun getting recognized here and there and signing an occasional autograph, most people would recognize the dog before me. I miss the lifestyle, and I hope I can do it again someday..

 

[Carolina Crushers]

Agreed! And full of faulty logic. Just playing in more PDGA events doesn't mean a player's rating will increase. I am on my way to playing 500 courses and have played over 275 PDGA events. However, my PDGA rating is currently 846 and dropping lower every year (I am still rated higher than Joshua)!

Regarding actual proof, Joshua's PDGA rating is only 821, not 841. https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/17000#MA3

LOL. My opinion still remains the same. I only played in one event. I won that one event. I beat a player in that one event who was rated "875". To this very day, I have only played 25 courses. What is the point of bragging about playing 1000 courses if you are garbage at all of them.

 

[Stardoggy]

LOL. My opinion still remains the same. I only played in one event. I won that one event. I beat a player in that one event who was rated "875". To this very day, I have only played 25 courses. What is the point of bragging about playing 1000 courses if you are garbage at all of them.

What's the point of bragging about one tourney win in Rec?

Some people care about winning tourneys and being great at disc golf. Others like seeing new places and playing disc golf in those places, and don't care about "mastering the sport. Others like to balance both (I'd fit in that category).

The only point you're making is that you're an ass.