What do you want?
It's a simple question with many possible answers. Let's say you've just registered and paid your cash for a PDGA B-Tier event. My question for you tourney golfers is this: what do you expect for your...
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As per Chiz remarks, I completely agree. Using existing paths, creeks, etc. to create ob lines for each hole makes for a better test of a golfer's skill than not having any O.B. at all. Throwing it...
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When you hit the ball or throw the disc three fairways away, you are punished by having to make a great shot on your second shot or upshot to save the hole.
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When you hit the ball or throw the disc three fairways away, you are punished by having to make a great shot on your second shot or upshot to save the hole. True Steve, but really punished? I think it...
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Not to take the word's out of Kim's mouth, or anything, but... : -) The flip side of the cement river (sidewalks) argument is: 1. the course is what it is 2. sidewalks typically do not have a natural...
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I really don't have a problem with defining additional ob on a course for a tournament. In some cases, it makes the course more interesting and challenging. If you throw your disc 3 fairways over at...
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Why is there so much fuss about on or over the sidewalk being O.B.? Most holes at MERP-W have a boundary around them which includes trees, yards, roads, creek and/or the sidewalk. The sidewalk has...
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As for MERW, the majority of holes that might have OB are very easy to figure out IMHO. If there are 2 or 3 holes that might be "special conditions," then they need to be marked clearly, refered to in...
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Lake Hastings is another course that could be made more challenging (for the front 9 anyway) by using the sidewalks as ob. If you played on or over the sidewalk is ob on #1, #2, #3 & #4 it would...
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I think the idea is keep the OB rules simple to remember. Having only been a tournament disc golfer for a few, I can see how this helps the intermediate and rec players. I am now playing advanced. I...
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IMO, too much OB gets confusing, and if it not CLEARLY marked a misunderstanding waiting to happen. Too much OB tends to penalize the lower skilled divisions more than the higher skilled ones. Lower...
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I understand where your coming from with the wind being more of a problem with the recs/intermediates, etc. Have you ever seen tournaments where for example throwing over the sidewalk for pro/adv is...
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That is where alternate/division appropriate tees come in. Intermediate and Recs should NOT play the same course as Advanced/Open if there are super long or tricky holes. In general, they do not have...
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anitajackson wrote: Surrounded by concrete is not a fair OB, IMO. It's "on or over" or nothing at all. Couldn't agree more. I'm cool with "on or over", but the "concrete stream" as played in leagues...
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Have you ever seen tournaments where for example throwing over the sidewalk for pro/adv is o.b. but for rec/int it is in bounds unless your surrounded by concrete? Not so much with the cement river,...
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BigChiz wrote: Moral of the story, KISS. Advise for life. That's why I avoid too much OB (creeks, fence, playground, shelters @ Roper) to keep it simple, stupid. The best players will rise to the top...
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Now you have to start specifying that on-or-over the path is OB… except for Documenting and sharing the boundary for each hole, as was done in the two Am World's where I competed, is actually a pretty...
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I can see how the "concrete stream" could be a nightmare for a tourney setting. I love it for league play even though some of us hate it but I can see the problems that might arise especially if you...
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Surrounded by water is sometimes confusing too. I remember a tournament where a disc had clearly landed in the pond but the pond was overgrown with lilly pads and the disc was resting on top of the...
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