[Question] Your favourite discs?

[Samuel Lukin]

I need some infromation to my and my friends school project. So I need many answers.
1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

 

[Meillo]

I need some infromation to my and my friends school project. So I need many answers.
1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?

Looks to me much like the 3 discs bag thread: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98153
Maybe you just get the information from there. Btw, I've counted them a few months ago: http://marmaro.de/discgolf/txt/2017-02-01_three-disc-bags.txt

Or how do you define ``favorite''? (I like my opto Pure a lot because it feels great in the hand and looks great, but I don't carry it in my bag because the slot's already taken by a disc I also like and is more successful and matches my bag concept better.)

2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

Way too few in Germany! I'm lucky to have a 9-hole course half an hour drive away and an 18-hole course less than one hour drive away.

 

[Samuel Lukin]

Thanks for the aswer!

 

[mentos]

1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

1. they have changed since my op on the three disc thread mentioned earlier. sparks, old run ibex, envy, and an elasto underworld.

2. more people need to chip in at their local courses to help maintain what others have started. we have a new course that was est. 2014. and there is still lots of work to get it up to the designers vision. i am trying to do my part with what little time i have to givr back to the community.

3. there are plenty of courses to play. while i understand that people want to grow the sport and put in courses everywhere... not everywhere is good for everyone. what is established is great. maintain what you have and appreciate that.

 

[Samuel Lukin]

Thanks for the answer

 

[lucasgg]

My favorite disc is a close tie between an XT nova and the D-line p2


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[PMantle]

1. Opto Pure
2. Overall quality is poor. There are 5 courses close to me, and only two interest me at all. Some need tee pads. Some are too short. One has a boring design.
3. There are not enough quality courses. My city has only one of the 5 I mentioned, and it's the largest city in the center of our State.

 

[lucasgg]

My 3 local courses actually have some decent qualities. 1 large 18 hole very grassy and challenging course with 2 par 4s. Its sister course to the west has mowed lawn grass, long holes, no par 4s, but 20 year old baskets. The 3rd course is a short and challenging wooded 9 hole course with a good balance between hard to reach and medium hard to navigate holes. The only type of course i would want to see in my city would be a long 18 hole wooded course.


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[Mr. Butlertron]

1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?

- Gateway Wizard, Prodigy M4, Innova Firebird

2. (A)What do you think about discgolf courses quality?

-It depends on the location. Not all courses have the benefit of awesome terrain. Usually, a course with an active club will be well maintained reguardless of the course difficulty level.

(B) Are there something that you wish to improve?

- I think there's too much emphasis on shoehorning a full 18 holes into parks. Maybe this isn't the case in 9 hole wonderlands like Minneapolis or the greater Chicago area, but it's something I've noticed in the areas I've been. Sadly, creating solid 9 hole courses with multiple pins and or multiple pads is an option often overlooked.

- I'd like to see more circular tee pads. Circular tee pads would be much more versatile for holes with multiple pin placements than the standard rectangle setup most courses use.

- The #1 complaint I have from a traveler's prospective is that navigational signage between holes. What seems like the easiest aspect of course maintenance, is usually lacking. Traveling to throw a course and wasting a lot time/energy navigating is very un-dude.

3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

- It depends on the audience and the area you live. Me personally, I'm a player that doesn't appreciate entry level courses as much as beginners would. I'd like to see more courses I'd rate a 3, less courses I'd rate a 1.5. I understand that the 1.5s in this world have their place, but a lot of that type of skill building can be learned in open fields sans baskets.

 

[VictorB]

1. I don't always bag my favorite discs, but the Shield, Comet, and FD are probably my favorite 3 discs.

2. Course quality is all over the map, literally. Locally, we have some fantastic courses which are pay-to-play, but not far away there's some 9 hole boring courses with very little in terms of design or challenge. On the flip side of that coin, there are some really well done 9 hole courses too. As for improvement, I'd like to see more cities seek out professional course designers when land is approved for a course - usually local guys might have some limited knowledge but I think the best bang for the buck is getting someone in on the project that can best maximize the area given.

3. I think there's plenty of courses. Then again, the two places I've lived for my entire golfing career have had more than plenty. Within ~60mi of Columbia MO where I used to live, there were 16 full 18-hole courses available to play (more if you include private) with STL and KC just a bit longer of a drive. Within ~60mi of Madison WI where I currently live, there's 30+ full 18 hole courses available to play (but some not year round) and Milwaukee is just outside of that range.

Totally depends on where you live though.

 

[GoobyPls]

1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
I could get by with a stack of Lucid Wardens, Roc3's of various plastics, and Volts (mostly Fission & Neutron).

2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
Where I live most of the courses are in great condition. Even signs are good. The one drawback is that most here are in municipal parks. That means whenever a local parks department needs more room or wants to make a change, disc golf holes get pulled first before unused picnic shelters, etc.

3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?
Between Dayton and Cincinnati, there are 82 courses less 50 miles from me. I can't complain.

 

[SD86]

I need some infromation to my and my friends school project. So I need many answers.
1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

1. The "driver" category has become very large, so you might want to break that up between fairway/control driver and distance driver.

My favorites: Warden, Pink Panther, TL, Falchion, Tern.

2. The quality of DG courses in my area is good. I could find ways to improve any of them, but they're pretty good as they are.

3. I'm blessed to have a number of good courses within a reasonable drive.

 

[jswoods1984]

1. Favorite discs would be Wizard, Zone (technically a putt and approach, but I use it as a mid), and the Wizard
2. Quality of courses here is alright, definitely some gems, but they are scattered and not as plentiful as they were in Michigan. I'd love to see the Seattle area open up some more public parks to install disc golf courses, which is happening now, so we're on the right track.
3. Again, not nearly enough courses, but I was spoiled in SE Michigan. The landscape and population density out here makes it difficult to get more courses, but if we could branch out a little more into the foothills then I think we could have some more world class courses out here.

 

[hugheshilton]

I need some infromation to my and my friends school project. So I need many answers.
1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

1. Dagger, Roc, tie between Thunderbird and Destroyer
2. I wish they would make tee pads generally slightly longer and slightly wider (or at least wider at the end you throw off). I've been on too many courses where the tee pad is too short for a decent run-up and starting your run up off the pad is annoying because of wet conditions or having to step up onto the pad. Otherwise, quality is all over the map, even here in Portland where we have a lot of nice courses. Quality of baskets, quality of pads, quality of course maintenance, etc. all vary greatly for course to course.
3. There are never enough courses. I wish there were more courses that were NOT multi-use areas. Having picnickers walking into your lines is annoying. Smaller 9 hole course are fine in multi-use parks, but bigger 18-hole courses deserve a dedicated area where you don't have to worry about hitting kids or someone's dog running after your disc.

 

[Alexplz]

1. I don't always bag my favorite discs *snip*

Isn't it funny that favorite discs don't always seem to make it into the bag?

For me it's a 180g Z Comet, but right now it doesn't fit into my mid lineup. :doh:

 

[SD86]

Isn't it funny that favorite discs don't always seem to make it into the bag?

Some of it is course dependent. I love the TL, but on my home course the FD works a little better on some holes, so the TL would be redundant. But when I play other nearby courses, I put the TL into the bag...

 

[Golden Tuna]

I need some information to my and my friend's school project. So I need many answers.
1. Tell me whats your favorite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
2. What do you think about disc golf courses quality? Is there something that you wish to improve?
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

Samuel, this is an interesting topic, and I'd like to help... Can you tell us more about your assignment so we can provide more useful data points?
Good luck in your assignment.

 

[BrotherDave]

1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?

Innova Polecat (no, seriously), Discraft Nebula, Discmania PD.

2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?

The quality is trending upwards but courses have a long way to go. Most older courses are plagued by being put in before modern driver technology and before people considered design nuances like par, divisions, scoring separation, etc. The biggest things I'd wish to improve are three related aspects: Safety (for players and non-players), Erosion (minimizing the impact players have on the terrain) and proper design (no deuce-or-die holes, par 3.5s, or holes that play along/across busy trails/roads/paths/ball fields, etc). I would say that I wish that parks and property owners would hire professional designers when putting in new courses but honestly professional designers have done some of the worst jobs of designing courses in my area.

3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?

Of course not! There are plenty of areas that would benefit from a course and the more courses there are, the better for other courses in the area to relieve over-crowding, wearing down of the terrain, improve tournament fundraising, etc. But like others have said, any DG course is not better than no DG course at all. I've seen too many 18 hole courses shoehorned into parks where a great 9 hole course would've been perfect or a "Gold Level" course crammed into a park where a more beginner oriented course would've been more suitable. Some places are so out of the way that anything short of a spectacular course would be a waste b/c only that would attract many players to be worth the cost of installation, if that. It's all relative.

 

[MarkDSM]

1. Putter: vibram sole midrange: Dx roc. Driver: champion Valkyrie

(Opinions to my local area of Des Moines Iowa)
2. Quality: Long term maintenance such as leveling and addressing erosion of many teepads over a decade old. Improved and updated signage. Bridge construction, pavilion, and trail work. I would like to see a more aggressive and sustained push for cash donations from league/event and casual players. ... dream project would be the disc golf community buliding a playground and play area alongside one of the courses.
3. Quantity: Very healthy with more courses on the way. Many leagues, weeklies, tourneys, and crews. ... dream project I kick around is a local traveling 9 basket temp course series.

 

[joots]

1. Tell me whats your favourite discs (putter, midrange, driver)?
Zero Hard Pure, QMS, C-Line FD
2. What do you think about discgolf courses quality? Are there something that you wish to improve?
I am not a big fan of natural tee pads. I prefer concrete.
3. Do you think that there are enough courses? What about the location?
Kansas City has an abundance of courses. The selection and availability nationwide has become rather expansive over the past decade as well. I have yet to travel overseas to have the opportunity to play, but if/when that happens, you had better believe that I am taking a weekend bag w/me to seek out where I might get a round in.