How do you throw tight fairways?

[Jacob]

I play lots of tight courses with very wooded fairways. My philosophy has changed back and forth since I've been playing between:

Throwing a fast disc to get past as trouble as I can
or
Throwing a more accurate but slower disc

sorta like ripping off a bandaid versus pulling slowly

 

[domromer]

If there is a low ceiling I'll throw a slower fairway driver like a JLS. If I don't have to worry about the ceiling I'll loft a Roc out. Throwing fast drivers in the woods is not usually a good idea. Mainly they are not accurate enough to thread tight lines and deflecting a wraith full speed off a tree is not a pretty sight.

 

[Technohic]

Fairway drivers thrown low are money. Leopard is real easy to use and so is a Teebird once you get around 300'.

 

[CoachQ]

I like to hyzer flip a midrange (skeeter or cro) or slower driver. I will always take a par from the fairway over trying to save par or worse from the trees.

 

[Jacob]

Haha thats true. But a quarter inch limb or a few leaves will stop a JLS dead in it's tracks. A wraith tends to be more resiliant through the light stuff.

 

[DiscJunkie]

How do you throw tight fairways?
Carefully.
I try to throw straight, slow and low. The only exception would be a shorter tunnel (<150'), then I might throw something faster if I know that the hyzer will come after if gets through the tunnel.

 

[Technohic]

I always felt though that a JLS or Teebird or Leopard needs less room though as well since they wont fade as much.

 

[ElementZ]

Since I drive low anyway (probably 3 or so feet off the ground for the entire 350 ft), I'm pretty used to throwing straight, accurate shots with my drivers, so that's what I do. Usually with a Striker, but sometimes a Riot.

 

[Trashthrasher]

I always felt though that a JLS or Teebird or Leopard needs less room though as well since they wont fade as much.

Pretty much took the words right outta my mouth!!!:thmbup:

 

[Technohic]

Since I drive low anyway (probably 3 or so feet off the ground for the entire 350 ft), I'm pretty used to throwing straight, accurate shots with my drivers, so that's what I do. Usually with a Striker, but sometimes a Riot.

Man, I thought I threw low at from about chest to maybe 5' over my head. Good to hear that 350' that low is possible because thats where I would like to be.

 

[nitegolfer]

I play lots of tight courses with very wooded fairways. My philosophy has changed back and forth since I've been playing between:

Throwing a fast disc to get past as trouble as I can
or
Throwing a more accurate but slower disc

sorta like ripping off a bandaid versus pulling slowly

How 'bout

Throwing a fast disc to get past as trouble as I can
AND
Throwing a more accurate but slower disc

Depends on the fairway. For me, if I get 2/3 the way down a tight fairway and I'm still in the fairway then it was a successful shot.

Faster discs will generally go further down the fairway and likewise further off the fairway when it gets a bad kick, which can lead to the 2, 4, 5, 2, 5, 4 ... roller coaster rounds unless you are really, really good at pulling out a MacGyver on your second shot.

Try both strategies in the same round and see what happens.

 

[domromer]

Haha thats true. But a quarter inch limb or a few leaves will stop a JLS dead in it's tracks. A wraith tends to be more resiliant through the light stuff.

The idea is to avoid the trees no throw though them.

 

[Terry C]

I'd take the straightest flying disc you have, mines a 170 star orc, I throw it hard and low and just get it out as far as I can, about 50% of the time im good to go and the other 50% I knock a big chunk of bark off from the tree that jumped in front of my orc. Trees are kind of a crap shoot, the trees are one place where a newbie can get the upper hand on a pro with some luck and a good eye for flight paths.

 

[Chucktown]

I just played the white tees for the first time at a course that I have probably played over 300 times. I had to completely change my throw because there were so many corridor shots. I switched from throwing a destroyer on most holes to a Valkyrie, and then I had to slow my x-step and try to keep looking forward instead of turning way back and ripping one. I just got all of my distance from snapping really hard.

 

[billnchristy]

Stalker or Sinus AP. When throwing for straight up accuracy I will take the distance hit and just stand there instead of a run-up. It might shave 50+ feet off but it also keeps me on the fairway.

 

[optidiscic]

struggling with this lately....been trying to hyzer flip slower understable discs but still been flipping w/o coming back and then anything faster just hyzers out....just cant find the magic disc/arm slot/or arm speed to do this confidently.....otherwise will usually throw a driver low and hard and hope for the best.

 

[CwAlbino]

Midrange and putter. Or a teebird. something slow and accurate. The flick is also nice for a hard hyzer, always know what it's going to do.

 

[Waddly Hobbins]

Since I drive low anyway (probably 3 or so feet off the ground for the entire 350 ft), I'm pretty used to throwing straight, accurate shots with my drivers, so that's what I do. Usually with a Striker, but sometimes a Riot.

You either duck down when you release or are short. My arm height is 4'4" and I'm only 5'8".

 

[Waddly Hobbins]

To answer the question, depends on how wooded the hole is....

There have been courses, like wooded ones found at Crane Hill DGC in Mass, that I will throw Midranges on distance I know I can't make only because I rather have a better second shot than try to make it and hit a tree 50' off the tee.

 

[Vegan Ray]

You either duck down when you release or are short.

Or are full of sh!t.