surgeflx87
Banned
I've only been playing for about three weeks, but I am already very frustrated with Par. I don't understand it. I come from a ball golf background, and Par was supposed to be something hard to get. Holes are designed to make pars only obtainable if you played the hole correctly, and birdies are only possible if you make a great shot.
Right now I am terrible at disc golf. Most 350' holes with a lot of trees I play are listed as a par 4. My drive will go way off course, hitting a tree and slamming to the ground only 150' from the tee box. With the hole now 200' away, I think I should reach it, but my next shot will again hit a tree and bounce away from where I was throwing and I'll be lucky to be within 100' of the hole. My third shot should have a legit shot at the pin, but I am usually 15 to 20' long or short or off to one side. As bad as I am, a 15-20' put is almost a gimme and I collect a par on the hole without making one good shot. In fact, I put together 3 horrible shots and one put that 90% of players would make.
You can argue and tell me that I should then play the pro pars. I know I am not a pro, but even if I played every hole as a par 3, I would still probably finish 9 holes on most of the courses I play at only +3 or +4, since they already have a lot of par 3's. I did play a tough course in Joliet and got +14 on 18 holes, but I got that with 4 double bogeys and 2 triples on holes where if you make a mistake off the tee, you are in for a wild ride. The other 12 holes I got par.
When I look at videos of tournaments I see scores of -50+ for the leader.
So why can't designers make holes where par is difficult to get? I understand that most courses are installed into city parks by people who don't know what they are doing, but there are a lot of cheap ball golf courses out there too, and they still know how to make you earn par. The only consistent way I've seen to make par hard to get is by putting a hole in dense trees, but by reading most of the discussions on this board, throwing successfully through trees is as much about luck as it is skill.
Is this something that is just inherent in the sport? Is there a desire to make new players feel good about themselves by getting par so they keep playing?
I agree, you should play everything par 3s if you want to around here, alot of the courses are pretty much par 54 imo around here anyways. Trust me there are many courses where par is difficult to get, just you have to travel a little to find them. Let me guess, the hard course in Joliet you're talking about is Highland Park correct? Im from around the area. Send me a pm if you ever wanna play some rounds.