SonicGuy...curious...what rules do you use when you play disc golf??????????
This has been asked a few times and he's yet to answer.
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SonicGuy...curious...what rules do you use when you play disc golf??????????
legitimate question, not being a smart aleck...how do people who don't play by the rules play? Take throws over? Not count penalty throws? Go forward on putts inside the circle? Throw from somewhere "close enough" to where their disc ends up? I'm having trouble comprehending.
Wrong. My problem is with Chuck Kennedy declaring that only the pdga can determine what "disc golf" is, as if they were the owners of the game as a whole.
According to Chuck, if the pdga chose to change the rules and only allow us to throw chickens instead of discs then that would be the only proper way to play disc golf because they own the definition. I find this hard to swallow.
legitimate question, not being a smart aleck...how do people who don't play by the rules play? Take throws over? Not count penalty throws? Go forward on putts inside the circle? Throw from somewhere "close enough" to where their disc ends up? I'm having trouble comprehending.
On the second, if I play a casual round and I don't mark my disc with a mini, I am still playing the sport of disc golf. The PDGA and Chuck Kennedy cannot tell me that I am not playing disc golf because I am not following their privately established rules.
By this logic, you can claim "if I play a casual round and I (insert any rules deviation), I am still playing the sport of disc golf."
This is a slippery slope and quickly devolves into statements like "if I play a casual round and I play with a chicken, I am still playing the sport of disc golf."
Chuck isn't just one guy.
he speaks like a quasi authority about the pdga rules all the time and people believe what he says..
I recommend that people actually read the thread, read chucks words before replying to me.
If you're playing by rules that originally emanated from the PDGA rulebook, then yes, you're playing disc golf. Not playing them to the letter of the current law, or making local rule tweaks to them does not change this.
There were two discussions in this thread. The first was about people not following established rules in unsanctioned events. The second was between me and Chuck about the definition of disc golf as a sport.
On the first discussion, rules should be followed in all tournament scenarios absolutely. I don't think that is up for debate.
On the second, if I play a casual round and I don't mark my disc with a mini, I am still playing the sport of disc golf. The PDGA and Chuck Kennedy cannot tell me that I am not playing disc golf because I am not following their privately established rules.
The PDGA rules are simply the rules how to play the game of disc golf, not specifically rules for sanctioned events. Over the past decade, the PDGA has been separating the specific rules needed to just play the game, even by yourself, from the rules for competition which are now in the Competition Manual. So when someone says we're following PDGA rules, it's redundant because they're really just the RULES of disc golf.