Disc limit?

[leppard]

No limit.

 

[WillACarpenter]

Instead of a RULE about something like this...I just say we host EVENTS like this.

There is no point making some prohibition against people carrying more than X amount of discs...but there's a LOT of fun to be had in making a 20, 14, 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, or even 1 disc tournament.

Hell I'd like to see a tournament where they GIVE you the discs at the start and that's ALL you can use...maybe a discraft or innova starter set? That'd be pretty rad.

In a perfect world I can see only carrying 10-16 discs...but discs change their wear all the time, and winds change all the time. Plus as people have mentioned you can much more easily lose or damage a disc than you can a golf club.

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[garublador]

I have not seen a single logical argument for a limit to the number of discs you can carry.

 

[sloppydisc]

I am not really a competitive tourney guy, but couldn't a TD just make whatever rule he/she wants for their tourney? No need for a PDGA rule. If it is popular, or a good idea then TD's will do it on their own.

 

[DavidSauls]

I am not really a competitive tourney guy, but couldn't a TD just make whatever rule he/she wants for their tourney? No need for a PDGA rule. If it is popular, or a good idea then TD's will do it on their own.

No.

Well, not if it's a sanctioned tournament.

Well, unless you submit a request to use a non-standard rule.....though I suspect such a request would be granted for a C-tier or an X-C tier.

 

[Sadjo]

Hell I'd like to see a tournament where they GIVE you the discs at the start and that's ALL you can use...maybe a discraft or innova starter set? That'd be pretty rad.

Years ago there was a tournament (non sanctioned) in Minnesota called the Moir Mystery madness. Round one all players received a mystery disc and round two you got to carry your bag.

One year the mystery disc was old 45 records (when they broke you played the biggest piece) another year they were plastic tops to Pringles cans.

The course we played on was a 9-hole short course that was designed for Frisbee play and not golf discs. The tournament always sold out.

 

[NateDiscFlip]

Never really paid attention to ball golf rules about club limit. The fade bag I have carries 14 comfortably, so I have tried really hard to leave it at this limit. "Less is more" in playing this game...and the line up seems to be working quite well.

I feel much better walking through a course with less weight on my shoulders anyways...in tourney terms....that is a lot of potential weight that can fatigue players unless you have a caddy or a dog

 

[YonderScott]

14? Hell I carry that many rocs in my bag.

 

[simpletwist]

If you must compare this facet to ball golf then what does the disc relate to, the club or the ball? If its the club, then there is a limit of 14. But generally speaking there is no limit to the number of balls a golfer can carry.

I like the references and associations to ball golf. Hell in all honesty that's where the idea for this sport came from. But like softball vs baseball, there are differences. So in this instance I say carry whatever you want. And if there is a need to for the sake of variation limit the number of discs then it should be done on a case by case tourney by tourney basis.

 

[John Rock]

Why was the 14 club rule adopted by ball golf? If we know the reasoning behind it we may understand better.

 

[Marty McFly]

Why was the 14 club rule adopted by ball golf? If we know the reasoning behind it we may understand better.

Supposedly, Harry Cooper had 26 clubs in the bag when he won the 1934 Western Open. In the U.S. Amateur two years later, bags stuffed with 30 or more implements were common (some players even carried right-handed and left-handed irons, just in case). To put an end to this proliferating arms race - not to mention caddie abuse - in 1938 the U.S. Golf Association established the 14-club rule.

 

[John Rock]

Why did they settle on 14?

 

[Marty McFly]

Why did they settle on 14?

They believed a typical set should consist of a putter, three or four woods, and nine or ten irons.

 

[DiscChainBasket18]

He's got Fort Knox in there...

I picked up my buddy DSCJNKY's dbl-decker Revo Bag & just about got a hernia. It had to weigh over 200#
I'd never make it through a round if I had to haul that dead body around the whole way!

 

[Marty McFly]

I like to carry around 9-11 discs for casual play.

During a tournament with several hazards, I keep duplicates on stand by. I never want to be in need of a discs that I threw in the water....

 

[zenbot]

I like to carry around 9-11 discs for casual play.

There is nothing casual about what happened in New York on that fateful day. :thmbdown:

 

[Marty McFly]

There is nothing casual about what happened in New York on that fateful day. :thmbdown:

It was a casual day for me. My clothes were off just like any other day.

 

[toothyfish]

I have not seen a single logical argument for a limit to the number of discs you can carry.

We're trying to focus on the illogical first... That, and boost our post counts...

 

[rocthecourse]

Limit - 31 discs, if you need more than that too bad.

 

[sloppydisc]

I say as many as you can carry. No carts, no caddies. If you are man, or woman I guess, enough to lug 31 discs around on your own then you should be able to throw them. If you can't carry it then tough sh*t. And the same rule should apply to luggage on a plane. If you can't lift it into the overhead, it stays and gets tossed into a dumpster.