Old Dog
Eagle Member
Sounds like we need to start a 50 Something Postal league. Well it works for pistol matches but don't know how we could make it work for Disc Golf.
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GM here, I tend to throw heavier discs too, except for 1 blizzard Katana I like to throw.
We Do Not Stop Playing Because We Are Old;
We Grow Old Because We Stop Playing.
Ill. Senior Grand Master WELCOME!! :hfive:
I am 41. Not terribly old, but no spring chicken. I have degenerative discs in my back and a hurniated l-5..... Some days I can't even walk due to bad back, but I love playing disc golf and don't plan on stopping any time soon. I throw lighter and under stable for the most part. My favorite disc is prob my 180 kc roc that's in a dead straight happy place right now. I also bag a wraith, but it's a star light 150 g. . I recently started throwing my 168 dx tee bird again and loving it also. Another disc I am starting to like is the Viking.
I turned 50 last year and since then I have won 25 PDGA events in either Pro Masters or Pro GM. Do you know what that means? It means old guys don't like me and i'll probably start playing more Open events so the kids can make fun of me. Last weekend when I played open I was one stroke off the lead after the 1st round and faded to last cash. It's time to step it up a notch. Getting old is not a death sentence, it is an opportunity to share your experiences with the younger generation.
I turned 50 last year............
At least I feel old whenever I'm out on the course!
Anyway... Looking forward to getting in on some of the conversations.
My home course is Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove, MN.
My bag consists of the following:
174 Wraith
180 KC Roc
180 Ti Buzzz
173 Buzzz SS
174 Champ Tee Bird
175 KC Aviar
There's no rhyme or reason to any of the discs in my bag... I just like the way they fly.
Any question, feel free to ask!
Seems to me you have a decent range of mids from understable (Buzzz SS) to moderately overstable (Roc), and that Ti Buzz should fit in between (depending on condition)...it's possible a beat Roc will fly with less high speed stability than a fresh Ti Buzzz, but either way, you should have a loto of situations well covered with those 3 discs.Yes! I'm always looking for suggestions... What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear!
Seems to me you have a decent range of mids from understable (Buzzz SS) to moderately overstable (Roc), and that Ti Buzz should fit in between (depending on condition)...it's possible a beat Roc will fly with less high speed stability than a fresh Ti Buzzz, but either way, you should have a loto of situations well covered with those 3 discs.
I don't know what your Tee Bird is doing for you, but it's a somewhat overstable mold (particularly in Champ plastic), so you might want to supplement it with something with less stabilitity that easier to turnover (like an Xpress or Leopard).
And unless you're really cranking them 400+ ft down the fairway, the Wraith is a fairly overstable mold as well. If there's no way you can turn it over, you might want to supplement it with a lower stability mold as well, such as a Sidewinder or Avenger SS.
The above possibilities are subject to condition of the discs and how you throw. I'm just making some basic recommendations to round out your bag to cover some shots you may have trouble covering with that set up (then agian, you may be adjusting your shots pretty well, so that you can actually throw that TeeBird and Wraith and get them to go left, right or straight as needed. Just learning to throw those discs both FH and BH can help cover those slots pretty well.
You might find Marshall Street's Flight Guide easy to use in terms of finding something of similar speed that's more or less stable than a given disc.
Just my $.02 worth.
Bunch of youngins.
Welcome to the madness.
I completely agree with those who suggested the Leopard. Especially the 150g Champion Leopard. I've had one in my bag for going on 7 years. And it would b e the disc I would choose for a 1 disc round.