Course Baggers

[wellsbranch250]

So I saw that a new course got posted in the Milwaukee area, a place I visit yearly and throw. I look at the new course page and notice that the conditions read as follows "Course map shows 9 holes. Was only able to find the basket for hole 8."

Two big time course baggers then marked the course as played. Coolbrees15 (1851 courses) and Slornur (1905 courses)
The course is not listed on Udisc or Discgolfscene or on the school's website.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=14090

are we just making courses up now? or can just put a portable in the car and drive to every nearby open field and count it a course played. Playing one basket is not a course played, it is a practice area at best.

 

[Countchunkula]

So I saw that a new course got posted in the Milwaukee area, a place I visit yearly and throw. I look at the new course page and notice that the conditions read as follows "Course map shows 9 holes. Was only able to find the basket for hole 8."

Two big time course baggers then marked the course as played. Coolbrees15 (1851 courses) and Slornur (1905 courses)
The course is not listed on Udisc or Discgolfscene or on the school's website.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=14090

are we just making courses up now? or can just put a portable in the car and drive to every nearby open field and count it a course played. Playing one basket is not a course played, it is a practice area at best.

That sure sounds fishy. Maybe if those two are local and played a club event at the course using portables it could be legit.

I would have a very hard time keeping track of what I had played with the kind of #s those guys have. I'm at less than 200 and there are two courses a bit south of me where I've marked one played and the other not. I know I played one of them, but have second guessed myself a few times as to whether I mixed them up. They're both sub 2 disc courses on here, so I'm in no hurry to go down there and figure it out.

Might be a situation for Hanlon's razor.

 

[DiscGolfCraig]

So I saw that a new course got posted in the Milwaukee area, a place I visit yearly and throw. I look at the new course page and notice that the conditions read as follows "Course map shows 9 holes. Was only able to find the basket for hole 8."

Two big time course baggers then marked the course as played. Coolbrees15 (1851 courses) and Slornur (1905 courses)
The course is not listed on Udisc or Discgolfscene or on the school's website.
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=14090

are we just making courses up now? or can just put a portable in the car and drive to every nearby open field and count it a course played. Playing one basket is not a course played, it is a practice area at best.

Why does it matter what courses other people are marking as played? The only issue seemingly with this (or any) suspect course would be if someone makes a drive to a course that doesn't exist.

 

[wellsbranch250]

I would think that is does matter (or at least to some) for those that appear on the course bagger leaderboard. Especially those in the top ten. On your second point, yeah that applies to me, as i may be tempted to try and play it the next time im in the area.

 

[wolfhaley]

USM - River Hills, WI on Udisc


I believe this would be the course. I decided not to add this one over the winter because it sounded pretty suspect.

 

[coolbrees15]

The University School of Milwaukee is on UDisc listed as USM. That is how we found the course. Course per UDisc is nine holes. Only one DGA basket was in the ground and present. It was labeled with the number 8. A lot of construction appears to have taken place recently at the school with new athletics fields being built. I added the course as a nine because it is unclear if this a permanent change or only temporary due to the new athletics fields that have been built.

 

[jakebake91]

It always amazes me how quickly people who are hardly ever on here happen to find a thread where they are being discussed. It's Interesting.

 

[DiscGolfCraig]

I would think that is does matter (or at least to some) for those that appear on the course bagger leaderboard. Especially those in the top ten. On your second point, yeah that applies to me, as i may be tempted to try and play it the next time im in the area.

The leaderboard on this site is a real thing? I thought it was simply a distraction/waste of time while killing time at work. Have yet to meet anyone who's played more or less courses based on what someone else has played/'played'.

 

[magictenor1]

Any leaderboard anywhere means something to someone lol

 

[chevis]

The leaderboard on this site is a real thing? I thought it was simply a distraction/waste of time while killing time at work. Have yet to meet anyone who's played more or less courses based on what someone else has played/'played'.

yep, right up there under the members: https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_baggers.php

 

[aclay]

I find it interesting that the top course baggers, for the most part, do not write course reviews. Of the top 10 baggers, three have no reviews and six have three or fewer reviews. Extending to the top 20, you get prolific reviewers such as The Valkyrie Kid, Pizza God and harr0140, but you've got 5 out of 20 with NO reviews and 10 out of 20 with three or fewer reviews. Not intended as a criticism; it's just a comment.

 

[Innova63]

I want say that Terry Miller designed the course at University School like at least ten or fifteen years ago, it was installed around the same time. I think he had said that getting to play it would challenging for non students.

 

[DiscGolfCraig]

yep, right up there under the members: https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course_baggers.php

Yes. I know there's a leaderboard. But, it's inconsequential. When the majority of disc golf players don't know this site exists, and even less actually use it, rankings are hollow. Then, trying to call out other people for the validity of the courses they've played is even two steps below that.

 

[Mr. Butlertron]

I would think that is does matter (or at least to some) for those that appear on the course bagger leaderboard. Especially those in the top ten. On your second point, yeah that applies to me, as i may be tempted to try and play it the next time im in the area.

I personally added 2 courses today just to pad my courses played stats, which coincidentally is slightly ahead of yours specifically.

 

[ru4por]

Got out to play #300 this week. I was dragging my feet, hoping to make #300 a special selection. Couldn't help myself and I made https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=8116, my tricentennial. Leisurly, shady walk in the woods. No real disc golf lines on most holes. Spent the day shooting cheating gaps through the woods. A terrific afternoon...had a deer follow us around for a good portion of the round.

 

[wolfhaley]

Got out to play #300 this week. I was dragging my feet, hoping to make #300 a special selection. Couldn't help myself and I made https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=8116, my tricentennial. Leisurly, shady walk in the woods. No real disc golf lines on most holes. Spent the day shooting cheating gaps through the woods. A terrific afternoon...had a deer follow us around for a good portion of the round.

Congrats :clap:

Tough to tell from the pics, but it at least looks like you had to shape some shots. Plus it's north MI in June. Doesn't get much better than that (except one state west)

 

[wolfhaley]

Yes. I know there's a leaderboard. But, it's inconsequential. When the majority of disc golf players don't know this site exists, and even less actually use it, rankings are hollow. Then, trying to call out other people for the validity of the courses they've played is even two steps below that.

The top reviewers here are pretty similar to Udisc. They differ of course, but as far as leaderboards that's about the closest thing the two have in common.

 

[aclay]

Got out to play #300 this week. I was dragging my feet, hoping to make #300 a special selection. Couldn't help myself and I made https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=8116, my tricentennial. Leisurly, shady walk in the woods. No real disc golf lines on most holes. Spent the day shooting cheating gaps through the woods. A terrific afternoon...had a deer follow us around for a good portion of the round.

I'm slogging toward 300, but June in my part of Texas (at least right now) means 100-plus degree days with heat indexes of 110-115. Those are real numbers. I added a new one this week to get to 275. I've got three played that are not listed here. Two of those should be listed

 

[magictenor1]

Got my 300th a couple of weeks ago on a roadtrip with aclay. I'm at 311 on here with probably 7 not listed here

 

[cox3]

I find it interesting that the top course baggers, for the most part, do not write course reviews. Of the top 10 baggers, three have no reviews and six have three or fewer reviews. Extending to the top 20, you get prolific reviewers such as The Valkyrie Kid, Pizza God and harr0140, but you've got 5 out of 20 with NO reviews and 10 out of 20 with three or fewer reviews. Not intended as a criticism; it's just a comment.

I ain't got time to write all them reviews--- I'm playing courses...

I would rate them without writing a review if that was an option. I have them all rated by the DGCR system on my personal Excel file.

As a side note, I'm currently at 2,046. A month from now I'll be at 2,200+. It's go time!