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I would totally play one of these. I've always been interested in Vibram but I never made the jump to try it. This would be perfect. I hope Dana gets one going in our area!
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I would totally play one of these. I've always been interested in Vibram but I never made the jump to try it. This would be perfect. I hope Dana gets one going in our area!
^^They had walk-ups at the one at Maple Hill(they asked me if I wanted to play when I showed up and I didn't even know it was going on) but I guess that isn't the norm.
Hello,
First post here longtime visitor. I am running a birdie bash in my area and was wondering if it would be proper to post here or start a new thread for it. Thanks
I'm thinking about running one of these on a course that is almost finished. I'm thinking it might be a good way to introduce people to a course that is a bit remote. My chief concern is that it's only a 9 hole course so I'll have to limit the field. Anyone know if Vibram is cool with that?
For this type of event, some creative temp holes could be fun too and most areas have plenty of players with temp baskets who would bring them out for an event like that.
I am about to set up one of these in Texas hopefully. I am having some resistance. From some of my fellow course mates. We are opening a course in march/April. It is currently being worked on with concrete teepads going in next week. The guys feel like these "fun" tourneys are not going to bring in real players. First them using "fun" to describe it as an insult is getting annoying. They say its not a real tourney so it's not a real thing. None of them have ever played in these type of events (ace race/two disc challenge,etc). How do I convince them that this is going to work and trust me. The funny thing is they wanted a tourney to bring new players to a new course. To me this is perfect. The other funny thing is nobody besides me has even offered to put any money into any type of tournament. I explained this is pretty much self supported and would be perfect. The other issue is the county area has pretty much only been exposed to innova and a little discraft. So I am getting resistance there as well. It's not just vibram as they also were iffy on running a dynamic disc tourney later in year.
I am about to set up one of these in Texas hopefully. I am having some resistance. From some of my fellow course mates. We are opening a course in march/April. It is currently being worked on with concrete teepads going in next week. The guys feel like these "fun" tourneys are not going to bring in real players. First them using "fun" to describe it as an insult is getting annoying. They say its not a real tourney so it's not a real thing. None of them have ever played in these type of events (ace race/two disc challenge,etc). How do I convince them that this is going to work and trust me. The funny thing is they wanted a tourney to bring new players to a new course. To me this is perfect. The other funny thing is nobody besides me has even offered to put any money into any type of tournament. I explained this is pretty much self supported and would be perfect. The other issue is the county area has pretty much only been exposed to innova and a little discraft. So I am getting resistance there as well. It's not just vibram as they also were iffy on running a dynamic disc tourney later in year.
Well firxst and foremost is the obvious monetary value. Vibram gives back 5 dollars to the TD for everyone who shows up, which can be used to further improve your course. This is something that other companies just don't do with these types of tournaments.
Secondly, you need to ask your fellow course deigners what exactly they were designing a course for. If it was so them and some buddies could play, that's fine. But if they REALLY wanted to design a course to be played by lots of people and to gain exposure for the course, then these type of events are exactly what they should be looking for. Saying something like "real players" is somewhat snobbish at best
Its all in how you look at it. Your partners, no offense, seem like the typical kind of discers that I hate.
Plus, bare minimum, your mates have a chance of getting 2 Vibrams of their choice, and a shirt, for 25 bucks.:hfive:
I am about to set up one of these in Texas hopefully. I am having some resistance. From some of my fellow course mates. We are opening a course in march/April. It is currently being worked on with concrete teepads going in next week. The guys feel like these "fun" tourneys are not going to bring in real players. First them using "fun" to describe it as an insult is getting annoying. They say its not a real tourney so it's not a real thing. None of them have ever played in these type of events (ace race/two disc challenge,etc). How do I convince them that this is going to work and trust me. The funny thing is they wanted a tourney to bring new players to a new course. To me this is perfect. The other funny thing is nobody besides me has even offered to put any money into any type of tournament. I explained this is pretty much self supported and would be perfect. The other issue is the county area has pretty much only been exposed to innova and a little discraft. So I am getting resistance there as well. It's not just vibram as they also were iffy on running a dynamic disc tourney later in year.