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"B. In order to complete a hole with a basket target, the thrower must release the disc and it must come to rest supported by the tray or the chains below the chain support."
Was playing a round on Sunday and one of the players did this:
You may not be able to tell, but the putter is actually touching the chains and is slightly deflecting one of the strands of chain. When putting, the player hit the number and the disc slid back and perfectly caught like this.
Not remembering that there was a rule change last year, everyone accepted this as a made putt and two of us took a pic because we'd never seen that happen before.
Then, after looking up the rule yesterday when I thought about it, I saw the language quoted at the top of this post from 807(B) and immediately concluded that we had all made the wrong call. In thinking about it a little bit more, I think that maybe we didn't - even if it was through application of the wrong rule.
If the disc is deflecting the chain, even a little, then isn't is at least partly supported by the chains? My only comparison is the use of the word "supporting" when referring to a supporting point in relation to a stance. How much support is required for there to be "support."
Was playing a round on Sunday and one of the players did this:
You may not be able to tell, but the putter is actually touching the chains and is slightly deflecting one of the strands of chain. When putting, the player hit the number and the disc slid back and perfectly caught like this.
Not remembering that there was a rule change last year, everyone accepted this as a made putt and two of us took a pic because we'd never seen that happen before.
Then, after looking up the rule yesterday when I thought about it, I saw the language quoted at the top of this post from 807(B) and immediately concluded that we had all made the wrong call. In thinking about it a little bit more, I think that maybe we didn't - even if it was through application of the wrong rule.
If the disc is deflecting the chain, even a little, then isn't is at least partly supported by the chains? My only comparison is the use of the word "supporting" when referring to a supporting point in relation to a stance. How much support is required for there to be "support."