Emoney
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Fascinating question, Eric. I've seen that you posted on the current thread called "So you want to make the basket smaller for Pros? Here's how we do it." (https://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136565), so you may have seen that I posted a couple times there. I also wrote an article about the debate in the PDGA's "Disc Golfer" magazine, which came out in April/May last year.
The way I understand the advocates of smaller baskets is this: the whole point of smaller baskets would be so that we don't have to change the way courses are designed. I haven't really thought about it the way you framed it, but off the top of my head I don't see a reason to change OB placement -- or maybe you're thinking smaller baskets would raise scoring, so we wouldn't need as much rope OB?
Also, if you have ideas on pin placements with smaller/thinner baskets, I'd be curious to hear them.
As I've said, I would prefer to use design solutions rather than changing the basket.
Thx for the reply. I have been involved in disc golf for probably 25+ years and the evolution im seeing on the pro side of the sport concerns me for the future challenge of disc golf.
We have amazing pieces of land but every year these heavily wooded courses add string and paint to make them more challenging for pros. Or they put the basket impossibly close to o.b. or make the landing area thinner.
Natural o.b. no longer exists and a 40ft putt is routine.
We dont even have a influx of athletes in our game yet, its still a baby.
Take Roy G in austin for example. That course is beautiful and challenging but if the pro tour played it on a regular basis as-is. I predict someone would shoot 18 under within 5yrs....
So we would add string and paint to add challenge when i think a precision 40ft putt on a thinner basket would do the trick.(and see below)
Just thinking big picture. The game is fine now but i want to raise the ceiling for challenge in a more natural way.
Also, change pin placements each day of the tourney but thats another topic...i think these 2 things would go a long way to having a cleaner look to our game while accomplishing the string/o.b. effect.
There is a ton of examples i could add but i dont want to bore the forum anymore than i have lol.