krupicka
Double Eagle Member
I've started a separate thread for the Competition Rules changes.
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Has anyone mentioned yet how the new foot fault rules are, in my eyes, at least in part an attempt to address situations like Ricky's hilariously obvious but not called foot fault at Worlds this year? We all assume they didn't call it because he'd probably have made the putt anyways so why bother; now, they'd call it on him in a heartbeat.
What about this? It pretty much eliminates the FPO division for smallet events. Here, where we only have a couple of FPO players a lot of the AM women will play FPO just to make a division. Now they won't. Horrible decision and will probably lead to lower FPO players leaving the game.
A. Any player accepting cash in a Pro division at a PDGA-sanctioned event (except
leagues) must be a current Pro-class PDGA member. If they are not a current
Pro-class PDGA member, and wish to accept cash, the membership fee for
either their new Pro membership, upgraded membership (if a current Amateur),
or renewed Pro membership is taken out of their winnings by the Tournament
Director and forwarded to the PDGA.
B. An Amateur playing in a Pro division may NOT accept merchandise in lieu of cash;
they may only accept a trophy (if one is available). All cash payouts at or below
that place would move down one place causing an additional place to be paid.
While I understand the new OB and 2M rules. I think they will lead to abuse. I predict a major or NT will be won or lost because the benefit these players can gain by being aggressive off the tee knowing they have unlimited relief for a great 3rd shot. this illustrates one way this can be done.
2 shots. One short of hazard, one in it. The better drive has to fight through the rough or "try" to pitch out. The worse drive gets a free pass to the most ultimate lie.
I believe the relief in this case would be a straight line between where the disc went OB and the teepad, so your illustration would change a bit
I honestly think people are looking waaaaaaaaaaay too into this and creating scenarios that are clearly cheating, clearly situations people wouldn't allow to happen and situations I've never heard of in over 25 years of playing, running events and being on a committee that hears the craziest of the crazy for 10 years.
I think the simplified rules for holing out are pretty awesome. I think it takes some of the randomness out of holing out. Per the FAQ, a disc resting on on the rim of the basket across two nubs will count next year, whereas currently it would not count:
I hated the fact that discs hanging on the nubs didn't count. It's a rare shot, but I never saw the benefit to penalizing the player. It seemed unnecessarily punitive.
The way I read it, a normal "nubby-hanger" is still not good (aka, not holed out). The disc has to enter the target correctly AND be supported by the target. If it doesn't enter, just hangs on the nubs, it hasn't met both conditions.
AJ's was something I hadn't seen before. His putt actually hit the chains, then bounced out and hung on the nubs, so it would be good.
I understand it is bad to get 2M penalty and still be stuck next to a tree trunk...so make the OB relieve a few meters, not unlimited.
Rules of Disc Golf 2018
Page 21
Appendix D - Conversions
Metric System English System
10 meters ..................... 32 feet 10 inches
3 meters ....................... 9 feet 10 inches
2 meters ....................... 6 feet 6 inches
1 meter......................... 3 feet 3 inches
30 centimeters ............ 1 foot
20 centimeters ............ 8 inches
1 centimeter ................ 1/2 inch
They are rounding the conversions and because of this they conflict themselves.
1 centimeter = 1/2 inch. So 30 centimeters would be 15 inches and 20 centimeters would be 10 inches. But they tell us that 30 centimeters = 12 inches and 20 centimeters = 8 inches. So which is it.
Also using this conversion the circle is now 41.6667 feet
I thought it was a line to the basket just like any lie marking. A line to the tee would be even more dumb. The sport has never marked a lie according to the teebox, that would be a fundamental change on how lies are established and very confusing.
and get rid of the silly 2 meter rule completely.
who is actually on the rules committee currently besides conrad and sinclair? ditto the competition committee beyond yeti? (asking because i didn't find it in 20 seconds of googling)
and get rid of the silly 2 meter rule completely.