How rough are you at OB during a casual round.

[mrtho]

This is simplay for fun here. I know if in a tourniment that the TD would decide and some of these would have a line to clarify, but I want to know how picky you are in a casual round.

1) Sidewalks do you usually call them?
2) If there is a ditch/creek running across do you do "surrounded by water" or in the ditch from where it obviouly "breaks over" on both sides?
3) creek along the edge of the hole and someone shanks it across to the other side do you let them throw from there.

Me.
1) Sidewalks are out
2) I like to call "in the ditch" I feel it takes some luck out of the "surrounded by water" because your disc did/didn't stop rolling before it got wet and you can clearly see the friggin ditch so it wasnt like it was a suprise that it was Ob
3) Though I friggin hate it the group i usually play casual rounds with usually takes a stroke and plays it as it lies. (any other group it comes back to where it went OB)

 

[thrembo]

We play no ob during casual rounds. Play it where it lands!

 

[joecoin]

Whatever course signage shows. Or clearly marked by string etc.

 

[zontar]

no ob. but no whining for playing it out of a terrible lie.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I typically follow the course OB rules, unless they define what I feel is a ridiculous amount of OB.

I recall a course that was laid out on a golf course such that the OB cart path seemed to be in play to an obscene degree. I realize the intent is to keep discs away from golfers, but I just made sure the coast was clear and played it where it landed.

 

[Henning]

We play by the rules every time, even during casual rounds. At my homecourse we had plenty of newbies over the last two years and this is how we teach them. Know the rules, play by the rules…

 

[Grippenripp]

OB is on the signs. It's typically over the path, fence etc. On any given hole just play the signs.

 

[DoWork]

We play no ob during casual rounds. Play it where it lands!

Same- unless there is mando course design OB at the course we are playing which there almost never is.

 

[PMantle]

Whatever course signage shows. Or clearly marked by string etc.

This. I didn't know there was any other way.

 

[bhadella]

Uh....we always play the posted and/or typical tournament rules for courses in casual play......because

 

[DavidSauls]

By the rules, even when playing solo.

Though there are some courses near me where the ground rules change from event to event, or from league play to tournament play. Such as whether just "in the creek" is OB, or "creek and beyond". Then, I'm likely to go with whichever version I prefer (with a consensus, when playing with others).

When playing an unfamiliar course, sometimes it's "best guess" as to how the ground rules are applied.

All of apply to myself only. If someone else wants to play them differently---even in my casual group, if we're not competing---it doesn't matter a bit.

 

[thrembo]

 

[Keller]

Pretty much play it where it lies. Playing it where it lies is actually tougher than OB in some places!

We do play obvious OBs, Roads, fences and water.

 

[Wendell Baker]

We play the "if you use a stick, it's a penalty" rule. The byproduct is that no one wants to take the penalty so dudes are stripping down to boxers and wading into creeks/ponds and hilarity usually follows.

 

[DavidSauls]

By the rules, even when playing solo.

Though there are some courses near me where the ground rules change from event to event, or from league play to tournament play. Such as whether just "in the creek" is OB, or "creek and beyond". Then, I'm likely to go with whichever version I prefer (with a consensus, when playing with others).

When playing an unfamiliar course, sometimes it's "best guess" as to how the ground rules are applied.

All of apply to myself only. If someone else wants to play them differently---even in my casual group, if we're not competing---it doesn't matter a bit.

I should hedge that a bit. Sometimes I play 1-disc or 2-disc rounds on a course where a sadistic designer put in some island holes with drop zones, and I'll admit to making some spur-of-the-moment rules alterations, to avoid backtracking, particularly uphill backtracking.

 

[joecoin]

Breaks were made to be ruled.

 

[mrtho]

I typically follow the course OB rules, unless they define what I feel is a ridiculous amount of OB.

I recall a course that was laid out on a golf course such that the OB cart path seemed to be in play to an obscene degree. I realize the intent is to keep discs away from golfers, but I just made sure the coast was clear and played it where it landed.

You would hate Hole 6 at my local course there is a 4' sidewalk that is shaped like a banana that starts about 8 feet in front of the pin runs about 5 feet right of the pin and just for fun there is an OB creek about 6 feet left of the pin that runs parallel to the sidewalk past the pin (the sidewalk actually leads to a bridge that is 8 feet in front of the pin then along the creek) alot of people say the sidewalk is in on that hole.

 

[ThrowBot]

Small chuckle at the "play by the signs" folks.

Obviously when that's possible it's the correct thing to do. But that's not always the case. Unfortunately, not all courses have signage. Around here several can't have signage. So it comes off as smug-but-ignorant when someone thinks "play by the signs" is a sufficient answer to this topic.

We do a fair amount of verbal decisions/confirmations regarding OB, especially when playing new or temp or weather-impacted layouts. Always best to get this out of the way before a disc is in the air.

***waits patiently for course design purists to hurl insults from their ivory tower***

Surrounded by water ALWAYS out of bounds, even in the most casual of rounds. (Unless it's a shallow puddle that will dry up in 2 days.)
For narrow creeks, I like in-or-across OB, because it leads to more fair punishment. Don't like to see people benefitting from a throw that's so bad it's beyond OB.

I like to play sidewalks almost always OB, unless the fairway deliberately crosses over the top of the sidewalk. Aside from having a very clear boundary to add a new challenge to the hole, it also incentivizes safe play away from a public thoroughfare. Wrong side of walkway should also be OB. Similar logic to above, regarding fair punishment.



More importantly:
Everyone always plays 2 meter rule, right?? opcorn:

 

[DavidSauls]

Small chuckle at the "play by the signs" folks.

Obviously when that's possible it's the correct thing to do. But that's not always the case. Unfortunately, not all courses have signage. Around here several can't have signage. So it comes off as smug-but-ignorant when someone thinks "play by the signs" is a sufficient answer to this topic.

Well, it would be smugger if the posters were telling others what the others should do.

But the OP's question is, What do we do? And the "we" who have signs with OB indicated, are perfectly reasonable to "play by the signs".

 

[Future_Primitive]

More importantly:
Everyone always plays 2 meter rule, right?? opcorn:

Never, by default there is no 2 meter rule when playing PDGA events. It must be specified before hand that the 2 meter is in effect. So I play by PDGA rules.