Difficult hole help

[New013]

how tall are the trees on the left? can you anny over them or throw a really understable driver high and let it turnover? or maybe throw a thumber over them?

EDIT: i actually read the thread and see you can't do that. though i still ask how tall they are, i bet it's possible to go over.

beyond that i agree with throwing a gentle flex shot or maybe a putter or mid with some turn so you can aim at the right edge of the trees on the left and let the turn take it through the gap.

it would help if you could take a pic of the hole next time you're there.

 

[DavidSauls]

I'd focus on the first tree that's directly in front of the tee. If you want to play conservative, pitch a putt up to it, or slightly right of it---not hard enough to go into the dense stuff on the right. Or throw a slight anhyzer, or even an S-turn anhyzer with a more stable disc, right at that tree. You'll almost always miss it, and any shot that misses it should finish near the basket, without getting too close to the dense stuff on the right.

 

[sisyphus]

Just out of curiosity, is this Hole 12 at Hillcrest Park in Vincennes? If so, pic link! If not, never mind!

 

[brettricewku]

For me it would be my flippy putter(yeti) or a forehand(banshee). The forehand for me would be safer since even if I hit a tree, I would be relatively open for my up and have a drop in 3.

 

[wake_rider]

Throw a low, hard, slightly hizer angled release dead straight at the left treeline/edge of the fairway with a flippy mid (I use a gl fuse), and it will flip flat on its own then over to a slow turnover. Should be parked with a clean release.

Learn to throw understable discs and how to manipulate their flight paths with micro-adjustments on the release and you will make incredible gains in your game.

 

[knettles]

I gotta agree with those that say this is a flex shot hole. Depending on your distance potential, get a very overstable putter/mid/driver, throw on an anny, and they'll always come back. The flex shot is like a traditional s-curve with an understable disc, except you always know it will finish left (unless you REALLY shank it).

 

[Emoney]

I would prolly throw my drone on a hard anny and let it flex back out. May not have much of a putt but i should get par.

 

[Smigles]

either sidearm for a skip under those "small brown circle" trees or backhand roller under the same trees.

Or something overhead over the trees if that is a possibility.

 

[tu-f-o]

The course I go to most often has a hole like this, except it annies even longer in distance, and if you get into that tree line, you're done.
Luckily, I have my Sidewinder for turnover shots. If it's too windy or I'm unsure of my anny/turnover skill, I just forehand and it gets halfway there.

 

[Dr.feelgood]

either sidearm for a skip under those "small brown circle" trees or backhand roller under the same trees.

Ditto. But I only throw forehand rollers.

 

[sgamerp]

Have you tried powering down a neutral to overstable driver or mid on an anny. Give it enough to turn early, but as it slows closer to the basket it will fade back left away from the trouble.

I was going to say this with a Zone.

 

[hipster]

At 230 ft it looks like a gentle hyzer flip with a Tursas or newer star Stingray for me. Possibly a gentle flex shot with an Eagle.

 

[Uncle Dougie]

I'd say a flick with a worn star firebird or roller with TP stag<< roller ready out of the box.

 

[keltik]

To me it smells like a FH flex shot with a mid or a fairway driver. Since it appears you can't go up an over you might as well put something low and fast on a flex line. Or you could just play it safe and throw tow dinkers and then dunk. But seriously try a FH flex line with either a fairway or a stable to overstable mid.

oh and you could also try a cut roller.

 

[Ranger Rick]

I will pass on some advice that I got from Eric McCabe - work backwards from the basket. Start from the basket and think about where your safe putting zone is. Your goal is to put your up shot into that safe putting zone. From there, find the zone in which you can get safely to the basket from your up shot. Don't think about trying to drive from the tee to the basket, only work at getting it in your safe up shot zone. What's the difference if you drive short and have a safe 140' upshot, or go for it, and maybe, if your lucky, have an 80' upshot; or unlucky and set yourself up for a bogey or lost disc.

 

[Halcón]

OP, are you asking for help getting a 2, or a 3?

 

[punch]

Looks like a putter/mid flex shot. The best way to figure this hole out is either

A. Hang out and see how others throw this hole
B. Try to find some really good players and see if you can tag along/get advice
C. Start with something slow, commit to the hole and just practice over and over again

Like Mark Ellis said in a Discraft video, you don't know what is posssible until you have played with really good players. Find out when they play doubles in your area and go play. I have met some really good players that have opened up my mind to what is possiable and lines I have never thought of. All anyone here can do is offer general advice unless you tell what course/hole this is and if they have played it.

 

[teemkey]

OP, are you asking for help getting a 2, or a 3?

this + what are your current capabilities? What discs do you throw confidently forehand/backhand, at what distance, and what shapes?

There seem to be a lot of suggestions which predicate skills or suggest discs you may not have right now.

 

[fountg]

Just out of curiosity, is this Hole 12 at Hillcrest Park in Vincennes? If so, pic link! If not, never mind!

nailed it.

 

[fountg]

this + what are your current capabilities? What discs do you throw confidently forehand/backhand, at what distance, and what shapes?

There seem to be a lot of suggestions which predicate skills or suggest discs you may not have right now.

Trying for a 2. I get 4/5 normally, 3 eh..30-40% of the time. So id like to take that pecentage to a normal 3, sometimes 2.

Im decently skilled I suppose? Ive never played with any pros, but Ive been able to stay within +/- 6/7 of anyone Ive played with, and ive played with some pretty good players (by my standards of course.)