etdefender19
Eagle Member
The other difference is that if you get a scuff or nick in a disc, it often flies better where a golf ball gets immediately relegated to the practice pile
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The original post was comparing the cost of a disc to a round of golf (green fees). If golf balls cost 15-20 bucks I'm sure people would spend a whole lot more time searching for their ball.
Those are some cheap balls then! Try $45 a dozen for anything decent - maybe as low as thirty a dozen for something servicable.
Yes, the quality of the ball makes a big difference if you shoot under a hundred
$27 for a dozen Srixon Q-Stars, which fly just as good as ProV1's unless you have pro-level spin (which, for the record, I don't ) I'm not advocating that any decent golfer go play with entry-level Rock-Flites, but there are some decent balls out there for <$30 if you look hard enough. And I always thought Callaway Superhot 55's performed even better than premium balls in cold (<45*) weather. Softer compression neutralized some of that cold weather distance loss. Superhots are also in that $25 range.
Anyone else find themselves justifying leaving a lost disc a bit early thinking it is still cheaper than ball golf fees?
I've played 42 rounds this summer so far, and have lost 5 discs. I wish I didn't lose them, but that is $1.79 per round of disc golf. Sure beats the heck out of $15 or whatever it is these days to play ball golf.
But I also find myself perhaps not looking for as long as I should be for a disc with this attitude. For instance, today I barely looked for 5 minutes but a big factor was also a wet, tick-infested tall grass/forest area making the search a bit harder.
To me, the pain of losing a disc is never about the monetary value (since they're cheap). Some of the discs I carry could be easily replaced by buying a new one. But there are others that I have thrown for years, and have broken into such a specific flight pattern that I couldn't easily replace them.
When you throw a disc for a while, you gain more trust in it. That trust in knowing exactly what your disc will do is irreplaceable.