What if the disc lands on top of basket

[topdawgy58]

I am new and my rule book has not come in the mail yet.
Some guys and me where playing this weekend and my Disc landed on top of the Basket. So is it in or out? What if the disc gets stuck in the side of the basket is it in or out? Thanks for the Help.

 

[timg]

I've had it land on top before and while I don't know the official rule, I didn't count it as being in.

 

[Jimb]

From the PDGS Site

A disc on top of the basket is no good. Here's the official rule from the PDGA site/rule book.

http://www.pdga.com/rules/80313-holing-out

803.13 Holing Out

B. Disc Entrapment Devices: In order to hole out, the thrower must release the disc and it must come to rest supported by the chains or within one of the entrapment sections. This includes a disc wedged into or hanging from the lower entrapment section but excludes a disc resting on top of, or hanging outside of, the upper entrapment section. The disc must also remain within the chains or entrapment sections until removed.

(How embarassing. I can't edit the title of my post and it's the PDGA not the PDGS.)

 

[topdawgy58]

wow That sucks but if thats the Rule its the Rule. thanks again

 

[ShaZaun]

Can't argue with the rules..... although if you are not playing a sactioned event count it at your discretion......

 

[Three Putt]

It's called DROT (Disc Resting On Top.) When it happens to you, you are supposed to yell "OH, DROT!"

OK, so your not supposed to. I do, though.

 

[Magnus]

It's called DROT (Disc Resting On Top.) When it happens to you, you are supposed to yell "OH, DROT!"

OK, so your not supposed to. I do, though.

my old crew called it a "boswell". i still do. so does boswell.

 

[borndasaur]

I usually call it "one more stroke."

 

[Ishulebest]

Disc Resting On Top = Disc Resting On Ground. Either way you haven't "holed out".

 

[scarpfish]

Under official rules, on top of the basket doesn't count. Wedged in the "face mask" counts as long as you pull it out before it comes out on its own.

I've never really liked the DROT rule and I wish the PDGA would change it, or at least leave it to a TD's discretion like the two meter rule. I know of some places where local rules state DROT discs do count, providing that the only thing supporting them is the basket.

 

[petecarp]

If a disc weere to fall through the top it is considered holing out. Richmond Hill in asheville, nc has 2 different styles of Innova DIScatcher Pro baskets. On some of the baskets the disc has a chance of falling through if it were to land on top, but on the other baskets there is an added ring of metal on top not allowing the disc to fall through. I guess they changed their design at some point an we got a mix when the course was constructed.

 

[harr0140]

I'm going to have to remember that

Oh DROT!!!


I had to reply to thise on just so I could become a PAR MEMBER!

 

[Legend KILLer]

When I hit a "DROT" I always count it because I figure its a lot harder to get it on top than in the basket, so I congratulate myself by letting it count.

MONDO

 

[harr0140]

That depends on whether or not there is a basket # on top. If there is a number on op that is easy to stop it up there.

 

[solomon.trenton]

Can't argue with the rules..... although if you are not playing a sactioned event count it at your discretion......

if your not playing a tourny if its in the basket (top or not)its in

 

[trifocal]

If I am playing an event and my disc comes to rest on top of the basket, can I be called for a foot fault if I don't place one foot under the basket before I drop my disc in the basket?

 

[Magnus]

I usually call it "one more stroke."

yep. except for boswell. it counts for him.

 

[harr0140]

The top of the basket is not the intended finishing position. It is not in the basket even it is on the basket.

That would be like saying a basketball shot from mid court that wedged between the rim and backboard was in.

I'm not professional basketball player but that doesn't count as two points.

It's not in the basket until it's in the basket.

 

[thenamesben]

A question to go along with DROT; how do you mark your lie? I know most people, outside of a tourney, would just take said disc and drop it in, but in a tourney situation, if I didn't want to grab a different disc out of my bag to hole out, how would I mark it? Directly under it on the ground?

 

[garublador]

The top of the basket is not the intended finishing position. It is not in the basket even it is on the basket.

That would be like saying a basketball shot from mid court that wedged between the rim and backboard was in.

I'm not professional basketball player but that doesn't count as two points.

It's not in the basket until it's in the basket.

The basketball analogy doesn't work because a basket is counted when the ball goes through the hoop in a pre defined direction, it's not counted when the ball is supported by the basket. Anything besides the ball falling through the hoop doesn't count. In disc golf the disc being supported by the baseket only sometimes counts. The sometimes part of that is where people have problems. They believe it should always count if the disc is supported soley by the basket. If DROT's weren't intended to count, they should be impossible to perform.