DatRedDude
Eagle Member
i always have fun shooting sub 900 golf
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I don't have an issue if a couple holes play very hard. I would love to see an example where most holes are having everyone shooting 7 and 8's. Could you post a tournament you are referring to?
Tournament play in itself is not suppose to be fun. Tournament play is suppose to be a test of skill. The fun in tournaments comes before, after and in between rounds. I play Throw Down the Mountain every year. The course is fun as hell and practice rounds are great fun. However, once it becomes tourney time, the rounds are not 'fun'. They are hard and challenging. They can still be enjoyable, but 'fun' is not a word that even one competitor would use in describing their round at this place, no matter how much fun the practice rounds may be. Maybe tourneys are not the place for those looking for the rounds to be 'fun'.
Tournament play in itself is not suppose to be fun. Tournament play is suppose to be a test of skill.
I don't have an issue if a couple holes play very hard. I would love to see an example where most holes are having everyone shooting 7 and 8's. Could you post a tournament you are referring to?
Tournament play in itself is not suppose to be fun. Tournament play is suppose to be a test of skill. The fun in tournaments comes before, after and in between rounds. I play Throw Down the Mountain every year. The course is fun as hell and practice rounds are great fun. However, once it becomes tourney time, the rounds are not 'fun'. They are hard and challenging. They can still be enjoyable, but 'fun' is not a word that even one competitor would use in describing their round at this place, no matter how much fun the practice rounds may be. Maybe tourneys are not the place for those looking for the rounds to be 'fun'.
Land smack dab in the middle of the 8th largest city in the country is hard to come by. Morley was established 30 years ago. It wouldn't get built now.
In my area Loriella Park is certainly the most played and is not the shortest.
In Richmond either Bryan Park or Gillies Creek is the most popular and neither is the shortest. They are the most accessible to more of the population.
Burke Lake in NOVA is almost certainly the most popular in that area and again is not the shortest (although it is short).
If popularity is an important indicator of "fun", then shorter is better since more players can reach more holes for birdies and ace runs. Bowlers have an opportunity to get a strike in every frame. Disc golf at least can theoretically have 18 holes that are birdie/aceable and yet have a wide range of lengths, shapes, obstacles and elevation changes making it much more interesting than bowling and yet provide the ability to "score" on every hole (includes 3s on par 4s).
Oh wait, you're too poor
This is a steaming pile of hogwash. I have played many games and sports, some at reasonably high levels of competition. I have found each to be riveting, allowing me pure and unbridled joy, at the opportunity to compete.
The moment I stopped having fun, I have walked away from the sport/game. Usually, it was because of some uptight, "uber competitors" who sucked the fun out of the event for many.
Enjoyment is different than Fun. I enjoy all my tournaments rounds but they are not "Fun". To me "fun" means not caring, no stress, laughing, playfulness which doesn't really belong in tournament rounds.
Calculating fun by rating should start at courses rated at 3.5 and include courses between 3 and 4, and ranked by % favorited. That's where the fun is !
I think that most courses over 4 have an element of difficulty that detracts from the fun for the masses. The folks who see Challenging as Fun are a small % of the disc golf population.Yeah, courses rated 4.0 or higher... they're no fun.
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I think that most courses over 4 have an element of difficulty that detracts from the fun for the masses. The folks who see Challenging as Fun are a small % of the disc golf population.
Since the overwhelming majority of disc golfers don't have a rating, but would be sub 910,I have to disagree. It's a very small %.i don't believe it's a small percentage; maybe we need a poll if challenge == fun.
for those sub 910 players they are challenged by most courses & the challenge of a 4+ may be too much