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Uphill/Downhill driving percieved distance.

We have a long course down here in my neck of the woods that's mostly just open holes with no obstructions and a lot of wind/elevation changes. You'll accidentally over-throw a solid 350ft pin even if you normally can't push past 315-320 on some flat-holes and on the contrary, you'll be struggling to make it over 300 on an uphill pin even if you can consistently throw it 350. Elevation makes a big difference. The tricky part is some holes seem to only go on such a gradual incline that it's easy to misjudge how much higher the pin is than the tee box.
 
Uphill holes are okay, to a point. When the incline gets to be so that youre putting 110% on the disc and hope to get all of 200ft, thats when it stops being fun.
 
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