No. Not in a tournament.So yeah, consent is needed, but it has evolved to implicit understanding of allowing gimmie clean ups unless someone objects.
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No. Not in a tournament.So yeah, consent is needed, but it has evolved to implicit understanding of allowing gimmie clean ups unless someone objects.
Don't know where you get that from, Joe. Brad is right. You don't know what I'm thinking... "implicit consent" is an oxymoron.
So me and my 2 brothers were playing in a tournament once, and on my little brothers card (he was 10 at the time), there was another kid who thought he was hot stuff, like he said he wins trophies EVERY DAY (is that even possible??), but truly did suck. My little brother had been playing for like 8 months and this kid has been playing since he was 5. Long story short, my little bro was thrashing this kid, up by like 8 or 9 strokes, after the first round. At the beginning of the next round the kid told the guy at the top of the card (who happened to be our uncle) that it was ok that he was getting beat that bad, from now on he was gonna call a foot fault on every one of his putts, and beat him that way. So needless to say, that didn't fly, at all, and the kid ended up getting beat by double digits, and was crying at the little trophy thing. It was all a big mess.
1 - Go play tournaments. They are fun and you will learn about a different side of your game
2 - Almost everyone at tournies is great to play a round with...almost
3 - Basing real life decisions on opinions posted on this site is a poor way to go through life.
All three of those graphics are correct. The cool scenario is when your disc is maybe 15" from the pipe and you're tall enough to straddle with both feet 16" away on both sides of the basket.
Why I always have a rule book in my bag.In one of my first tournaments, I played a 3 day event with a guy in rec division and for all 3 days I played with him he called me on the following:
-not having my foot ALL THE WAY up to my mini
-throwing out of turn being 2 inches closer to the basket than the other guy (playing speed of play rule)
-I was warned for being too over excited about a putt I made
-on accident saying the wrong score I got on a hole
-talking to the disc when its in the air
-chest bumping my friend who made a long putt to save par (what is this the NFL?)
-The worst one was when I threw a drive OB, I take my disc out of OB, and then I put my mini down (my mistake), and without even giving me a warning first, he stroked my for not putting my mini down first!!!!!!!!!
Just to play that event I took time off school, I took time off work, I took time off from homework and studying, I made tons of arrangements to stay at a family members house, and on top of all that I paid $100 to play that tourney and all he ever cared about was adding strokes to peoples scores!!!!!!!!!!!! Worst tourney experience of my life!!!!!!!!
I really don't think that most people that call fake rules are intentionally trying to cheat though. They hear a "rule" from somebody and think it's the real deal.
there's also an app for android at least titled "Mobile PDGA" which has a copy of the rules. not sure who maintains it and if it gets updated.
Tournaments aren't for everyone.This whole thread makes DG seem so serious. I guess that is probably why I've never played a tournament in 16 years of playing.
This whole thread makes DG seem so serious. I guess that is probably why I've never played a tournament in 16 years of playing.
Tagging along on this, I've played quite a few tournaments and have only experienced 2 or 3 people that made a round unenjoyable.As with most anything, the whiners are always the most vocal of any group. I would not let a discussion topic on PDGA Rules deter you from participating in something that has a 98% chance of being a drama free, fun-filled event.
I have had exactly one less than stellar issue with a player during a tourney, even then it was more annoying than problematic.
There are way more positives out there than possible negatives when playing tourneys. I hope you change your mind and opt to give them a try sometime and make up your own mind on the perception of tourney play. :thmbup: