bwgort
Birdie Member
Random thoughts:
Nate, thank you for putting on this huge event. The overwhelming majority of disc golfers appreciate all that you did. The very nature of internet boards is that people who have a gripe are much more likely to post than folks who were pleased.
In hindsight, were some of the holes too far skewed on the risk/reward spectrum, yes. Adjustments will likely be made. Some of the designed difficulty was compounded by the wind.
Also, big events do have to accept tradeoffs in order to accommodate fans. Crowds can't all be stuffed into the woods. More open holes can't just be distance/hyzer bomb events. That all said, I am not a huge fan of deciding really big tournaments with a handful of "new", "highly tricked up", Safari holes. To often, the golfer that has just spent several days playing the best golf on a handful of real courses (and ones that they have likely put in some quality time to practice) can get derailed by the increased level of "randomness" that accrues by placing a handful of competitors on holes that haven't been part of the competition and haven't been practiced.
There was only 1 safari hole in the final 9 and you had to play it exactly the same way hole 4 was played in the tournament unless you can throw a 500 foot spike hyzer. Thanks to Nate and his team for a great tournament!
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