re: Disc Golf is the future

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Rough vs against a tree with a steep drop.

I wonder which is more common

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Poor lies are about equally common. You have to take into account the vast majority DG courses are designed for DG and are designed to punish you when you are off the fairway which in general are far tighter than they are in ball golf.

Consider these tunnel shots which are a mainstay of DG and you can see how often you would have a "bad lie".









Also rough is different on a DG course, more likely to be bushes than tall grass. When there is tall grass rough (Flanacher in Zachery is a great example) it is often kept at or more than 18" tall. This doesn't pose much of an issue with a standstill shot but is brutal when you need the distance that requires a run-up. Here is an example of a famous course that uses sunflowers to give above the waist high rough. Note you can't see the tee box and the basket is down inside that woodline at the top of the picture.

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Muh bag...

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It is amazing that DG triggers some people enough they come in and DV something as innocuous as a bag photo...

I pulled this thread up for some Baton Rouge related news. Silas Shultz a BR native and member of team Discmania had the hot first round at the Des Moines Challenge (a Pro Tour Elite Series Event) on Friday. He was on the lead card today along with Paul McBeth. I was going to wait until tomorrow after the CCDG coverage was uploaded to YT but they had lightning delays today so it may not be uploaded until Monday and I didn't want to forget to make note of it here.

Anyone that plays much DG in BR has almost certainly run into Silas and his older brother Thunder.