Recent content by Rastnav

ru4por alludes to what I’m bout to say, but perhaps in a way that’s less empathetic to someone new to the tournament side of disc golf. Basically, I think it’s important to look at the whole structure of tournament disc golf, and try to understand why it exists as it is, rather than solely...

I’m actually really confused here. This isn’t a sanctioned round. The cash you are playing for is a personal bet, not a tournament purse. The rules you are playing under are part of the agreement of the bet (whether you realize it or not). So, you can easily remedy this by simply saying “If you...

As a non-profit member organization, I’m not sure it’s a great look if this is true. In other words, as members who elect governance, that data, at least in principle, belongs to the members. The PDGA theoretically governs on behalf of the members, rather than for their own ends. I’m too lazy...

"How stable is it?" I think the phrase I most often hear to describe a straight disc is "neutral". Sometimes you will hear "straight stable" (I think Madison Walker sometimes will say that on commentary, but I could be wrong.

I know many disc golfers would like the word stable to mean only a neutral flight, but when long time pros use it as synonymous with a flight that is more towards overstable, no matter what kind of flight they were expecting from the disc, I think that ship has sailed. You will frequently hear...

It only solves it in the case where you are farther from the target than your lie. That may be true for most cases, but nowhere near all of them. That's the big point I'm trying to make. Heck, with a mandatory involved, your lie in the fairway after your tee shot can be farther from the basket...

Given that we saw the clarification last year at Champions Cup that people couldn't move pine cones in their run up, the PDGA has created a precedent that very minor unattached items, which have no impact on the flight line of the disc or swing of the arm, are still to be scrupulously considered...

I think both of these posts make really good points. I’ll push back on “TDs won’t set it up correctly” and say that we perhaps shouldn’t ascribe to TDs a bunch of conflicting narratives without realizing that some of these are “you can’t solve multiple problems simultaneously.” If you make X...

Not a form guru, so take this with a grain or two of salt. It looks to me like you are actually throwing it high. Nose angle looks like it’s also an issue (hard to tell without a slow-mo video), but look at the angle of your shoulders and hips at release. They are pointed basically on the...

So basically this is more "let's elevate some C tiers into tournaments that require PDGA membership"? That makes sense to me, I think. Basically there are "casual" tournaments and then there is a ladder/pyramid of serious/professional tournaments? Because there isn't particularly anything...

Par isn't actually relevant for calculating your handicap, how many strokes you get against your competitor, or what holes you get them on. How you score vs the course rating, weighted by the slope of the course will give you an individual score to put into the handicap system. The rating and...

What biscoe said. If you ask on the Facebook group for your local disc golf club(s) there are usually not quite full time touring pros that make some portion the money that allows them to partially tour who give lessons for a fee. How much they charge is a supply/demand thing. My local guy...

Well, perhaps we come here to the crux of the issue. It occurs to me that at the core of the debate is the question of the difference between how a hole is designed to be played vs. what score people typically take on it. I'd submit that it's rare that a design on a hole doesn't include the...

My “expected” score on Valley Springs hole #1 is a 3. I can look at my historical scores and see that. But my errorless score is a 2. If I execute shots which I am quite capable of making, I get a 2. Now, some of this is semantics. “What does errorless mean?” But, to the extent that you can...

I understand I don’t have the depth of historical knowledge that you and many others here have. But what I do have is some quite old disc courses minutes from my house. Cornwallis Road Park is 5 minutes from me and was installed in mid 80s (88 according to DGCR but the kiosk says earlier)...