The good weather lately has let me get out every other day this week. I'm looking to get some new disks in the next few days since mine are getting a little beat up. You guys have any recomendations?

here is a helpful chart for anyone looking to get into the sport
http://www.innovadiscs.com/discs/comparison.html

5/17/2007 5:33:39 PM

disc golf is pretty gay

5/17/2007 6:10:43 PM

^^ What discs have you been throwing, and how far are you throwing them?

5/17/2007 6:54:32 PM

isn't this a bit late

5/18/2007 1:15:35 AM

yeah, tell us what your strengths/weaknesses are, and someone will be able to steer you toward something that'll help.

where have you been playing (if in raleigh) / what do you throw on certain holes, etc?

5/18/2007 2:08:55 AM

i've been throwing my Wraith a lot lately. just recently switched to the forearm release for long drives because of the better distance and consistency. I'm happy with my Wraith but my mid disk is a Shark that doesn't glide too well. I'm thinking about switching to a Jaguar for my mid disk because of how large it is. I would also be able to give it to my girlfriend if she plays because it is designed to glide and be thrown by weaker players.

5/18/2007 12:03:01 PM

Go DiscCraft, Innova is a bit overrated IMO

Putting with a PoleCat or Rhino (theyre very different though) also helped me a ton coming from an Aviar / Birdie

5/18/2007 12:08:39 PM

ehh i've always used Innova but yeah I like that Pulse driver that Discraft makes. The grooved top seems like a good idea.


and of course the XS is a beast

[Edited on May 18, 2007 at 12:29 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/18/2007 12:24:21 PM

Yeah, I meant DiscCraft drivers only. Im not very keen on their other discs....

Then again, my main drive is primarily a sidearm so that may contribute to that opinion greatly....

5/18/2007 12:46:15 PM

i just started playing this year and i love it. def a cheap way to get outside and enjoy the weather.

5/18/2007 12:54:17 PM

^Then (as much as I hate to admit it), you gotta play the UNC-CH course if you havent already. Oh and the homemade course out at Monceur is the best I've played in the Triangle though I havent been out that way in 6 months (not to mention swingin DB and his people are wild n crazy)....

I always play at Kaplan cause its only a mile away but I rank it the lowest by far:
1. Monceur
2. UNC-CH
3. Zebulon
4. Harris Lake
5. Cedar Hills / Millbrook
6. Kaplan / Kentwood

Oh and all of the DG courses in Charlotte blow ours away...

5/18/2007 12:59:14 PM

I agree, Kentwood is the easiest course I've ever played, but it's fun for a quick round.

Ranking the courses in NC (that I've played):

1. Cedar Rock (Burlington) - two great, challenging courses, one wooded, one open
2. Harris Lake - really challenging from the blue tees
3. Asheville - wooded course with great elevation changes in the hole designs
4. Wilmington - decent course with a number of difficult holes
4. Chapel Hill - overall good course, can be wet and nasty sometimes, watch out for poison ivy
6. Cedar Hills - solid course, with alternating basket locations (you gotta play everything par 3)
7. Kentwood - just way too easy, few challenging holes

looking at this moncure course, I think I might have to head out there this weekend..also I've always wanted to play those Charlotte course, I hear they are tough.

5/18/2007 4:36:55 PM

Use whatever putter feels right for you. Three from different manufacturers that I like are the soft APX (Discraft), Aviar (Innova), Wizard (Gateway).

For mid-ranges, a Shark (Innova) is a good beginner disc, although a Roc (Innova) or Buzz (Discraft) are more common choices, and superior to a Shark for better players.

Drivers are the toughest to select. The biggest danger for a beginner is throwing discs that are too heavy and/or overstable (left-turning when thrown right-hand, backhand) for your ability level. A Leopard (Innova) is a nice straight or gently right-turning disc useful for a variety of power levels.

5/18/2007 10:39:38 PM

i recently played some courses in charlotte, Renaissance blows all the courses around here away, that place was fun and extremely challenging

5/19/2007 1:59:52 AM

Renny, Hornet's Nest, and Winthrop (home of the US Disc Golf Championship, in nearby Rock Hill, SC) are all better than any of the Triangle courses.

Buckhorn (at Harris Lake Park) is the best of the local courses, and definitely worth the drive; bring the bug spray, though, because the ticks are bad this time of year.

5/19/2007 10:45:39 AM

^^ yeah, Renasssance will take you 2hrs to play from the long tees. If you arent having a great day you can stretch that to 3hrs easily.

5/21/2007 12:26:42 PM

^^and watch out for wakeboarders launching water balloons at you

I've never played disc golf, looks pretty fun though.

[Edited on May 21, 2007 at 5:22 PM. Reason : >]

5/21/2007 5:16:02 PM

Anyone who goes wakeboarding into the tiny "finger" of Harris Lake that's near the disc golf course is taking their life in their own hands. The water there is no more than 5-6 feet deep, and there are a lot of fallen tree limbs in it. I've never seen anything bigger than a jon boat near any of the DG holes.

5/21/2007 7:21:15 PM

i always laugh when i see guys toting cases full of discs like they're fucking golf clubs. its fun to play, don't get me wrong, but lets not go overboard.

5/21/2007 7:26:49 PM

if it's a serious hobby for you, it's not going overboard.

at kentwood you could probably make it by with about 3 different discs, but more challenging courses require more options.

plus it's a good beer/keys/wallet holder.

5/21/2007 8:50:01 PM

played in a few of the pro-am's at kentwood last summer....one old guy who i was paired with used his disc case as a handy marijuana container

5/21/2007 9:11:26 PM

Just got out to the Harris Lake course today. Shot pretty well....from the white tees. The bugs were awful. Where are some good fields in the area to go out and practice driving?

5/22/2007 2:03:11 AM

^^ i would say that's joe who, but his disc case is a plastic shopping basket

5/22/2007 2:20:01 AM

^^ At Harris Lake, if you go all the way to the end of the of the park road, there's a decent-sized open field, and one practice basket for putting. Cedar Hills Park has the softball field, which is always open during the daytime. The intramural fields on campus are also a good practice area.

5/22/2007 11:27:48 AM

I didn't think the IM fields were open during the summer

5/22/2007 12:11:45 PM

played Swingin' D.B.'s in Moncure on Sunday. Fun course, very tight at points. Really enjoyed trying out a new course. Those guys that run the course are extremely nice and have set up a nice course out there.

5/22/2007 12:14:25 PM

^Hell yeah. If the Moncure course was 15-20mins closer (45mins away from NCSU), Id be there more than anywhere else. Ya gotta watch out for the wildlife out there too, its even deeper in the less traveled cut than Harris Lake....(snakes / bad mosquitos / those little ticks that are so small they look like dirt).

The 4-20 hole at Moncure is the bomb diggidy

5/22/2007 2:58:39 PM

Getting a group together to head to Moncure on monday if anyone else is interested....

5/25/2007 12:01:28 PM

damn I would love to but i'm heading to Wilmington tomorrow

5/26/2007 9:41:09 PM

i will be working, never played this course, but will someday

5/26/2007 10:45:49 PM

Quote :

"Renasssance will take you 2hrs to play from the long tees. "

We played a tournament down there a few weeks ago. It took us 4-5 hours for each round on the long pads.

Also, the charlotte courses are tougher, but I wouldn't call them better out of hand. Charlotte definitely has some rough courses, but we have a nice assortment in the Raleigh area too. In terms of sheer numbers Raleigh has just as many to choose from. Between Raleigh and Charlotte you've got the disc golf capital of the east coast.

Quote :

"i always laugh when i see guys toting cases full of discs like they're fucking golf clubs. its fun to play, don't get me wrong, but lets not go overboard."

Part of the bag is so that you don't wear your discs out too quickly. Most players carry bags because they have several backups to the same disc. It can be very annoying to lose a disc and not have a replacement for it. Even worse is having to play with a disc long enough to beat in so it flies right.

Additionally, I'm sure that, if I had to, I could go out and play regular golf with maybe 4 clubs. Give me a driver, a 5-iron, a wedge, and a putter, and I'm sure I could make do. Then again I'd also get exceptionally odd looks from regular golfers...

So it is with regular disc golf players...

5/29/2007 12:20:06 AM

Actually ended up going fishing this wkend instead, so no Moncure trip happened. But im trying to try and put together a group to head out there again soon and will post it here. I did get a chance to stop by the DG course in New Bern on the way back from fishing and it was pretty cool. It runs along the Neuse river right near the "original capital of NC" downtown area.....

5/29/2007 2:28:53 PM

nice, im from new bern and have played that course a lot..some of the holes are fun, but then there are a few holes that have no real path, you just throw it in the woods and pray it misses a bunch of trees...

the wind is also brutal since its on the river, i cant recall ever playing a round where it wasnt windy. 17 is always a fun drive when you have the wind at your back, i wanna say that hole is somewhere between 500-600 feet

5/29/2007 9:30:35 PM

ok the replacement thing makes sense i guess. but as far as carrying 4 golf clubs, maybe i'm just playing easy courses, but i can practically throw the disc to within 20 yards of the hole on almost every tee. i can't imagine needing more than 3 discs max before the difference is negligible

5/29/2007 9:55:11 PM

i'm going to try Castle Hayne in Wilmington out tomorrow. There is a 700 footer over there that should be pretty tough. and i've never played anywhere with alternate baskets.

5/29/2007 10:20:40 PM

what time are you planning on heading out there tomorrow?

I've kinda wanted to get into this disk golf thing but I don't have any stuff. I'd want to try a game or so before I actually spend the big bucks on a few disks.

5/29/2007 10:36:21 PM

knocked down an Ace on #17 at Kaplan earlier. the disc skipped off the ground, smacked the chains, and stuck in the basket. it was pretty effin-sweet.

6/2/2007 5:23:52 PM

So I dont know what everyone else who has played the course thinks but I was not impressed with Castle Hayne. About all it has going for it is the length. I got lost twice trying to find the next tee. From 9 to 10 it is all the way across the parking lot without any sign posted. Oh well, probably shouldnt complain. I still had a good time.

Good job on your ace. I got my first one today on #18 at Kaplan. Had two witnesses too which made it better.

6/2/2007 8:43:46 PM

Castle Payne is not a place that you want to play blindly. You want a local to show you around your first time because of not knowing where to go and where the baskets are.

6/2/2007 8:48:18 PM

come back when you guys have aced #11 at kaplan

6/2/2007 9:36:31 PM

^ I hate that hole basket

[Edited on June 3, 2007 at 2:13 AM. Reason : /]

6/3/2007 2:12:40 AM

^^ I'll take a 2 on #11 anytime....

Quote :

"ok the replacement thing makes sense i guess. but as far as carrying 4 golf clubs, maybe i'm just playing easy courses, but i can practically throw the disc to within 20 yards of the hole on almost every tee. i can't imagine needing more than 3 discs max before the difference is negligible"

Then you're probably talking about Kentwood (aka Kaplan). I'm shot -7 with one disc out there twice, and that was a few years ago. Try one-discing Cedar Hills, or Buckhorn, or UNC, and then you'll start having issues. If you're playing a casual round, then yeah, I'll typically pick up 3-4 discs and go play. If it's a long course I'll take an extra driver, if it's a shortie I'll have an extra putter.

Once you start playing seriously, however, players typically diversify a little more.

6/3/2007 11:18:31 AM

^ well said. also have to account for lost discs from water holes or when spring rolls around and you accidentally drive one deep into the thick brush.....

I played Moncure a few days ago for the first time in 9 months or so. Still very solid. The creek for holes 7-8 has mostly dried up, making it much easier not to lose discs and avoid the snakes. (The basket for #7 is actually suspended above the creek, so dont miss that putt) Watch out for the Pit of Doom on hole #6 though. Its still 6' deep and is always hungry for plastic...

6/3/2007 12:35:35 PM

I played in my first official PDGA event yesterday (saturday, june 2) at the C-tier Yadkin Open at the Yadkinville Park. I entered the Advanced division and came in 10th of about 30 players. $48 payout was enough to get me a Champ TL, Champ Sidewinder, Star Wraith, and a whopping 3 minis.
The event was pretty solid. CTPs on every hole for both rounds. I didn't end up with any CTPs (hole 17 on the first round, in the uphill, alt5 position, had an absolutely amazing CTP), but I was halfway satisfied with my score. 54, 56 with reposition of all of the pins between rounds (mostly to harder positions).

First round I played solidly with 2 birds, 2 bogeys and the rest straight pars. Second round started off shaky as hell. I couldn't hit a putt over 15 feet out and ended up with an OB-4 and OB-5 within the first 5 holes. I finally pulled my first birdie a whopping ten holes into the round on hole 17 (secondary long position), followed by two more birds and a final bogey on the last hole of the day.

Results:
http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6627



and then today I fucking threw my Pro Classic Roc in the lake in Jefferson. Fuckity fuck fuck fuck. That was my favorite disc of all time.

[Edited on June 3, 2007 at 10:49 PM. Reason : ]

6/3/2007 10:48:07 PM

When will you get a rating? Ever play out at Kaplan on thursdays?

6/4/2007 8:49:38 AM

I haven't officially joined the PDGA. I figure that for $50 to join, I'd have to participate in 10 PDGA events a year to recoup my investment, and I'm not gonna do that. So I'll just take my lonesome pride and keep it to myself. (But my ratings for the two rounds in Yadkinville were 947 and 943.)

And I don't live in Raleigh no mo', so I won't be out to Tuesday or Thursday doubles for a long time.

6/4/2007 12:11:05 PM

^^^ nice. Wish I had the time to commit to DG like I had in college days

6/4/2007 12:15:08 PM

Aced #3 at Kaplan today and birdied #14, first time ive birdied 14 after countless basket hits...luckily it took a parked shot to get this

[Edited on June 5, 2007 at 9:40 PM. Reason : ghj]

6/5/2007 9:36:52 PM

#3 is pretty tough now with all the bushes in the way. Gives you like an 8 foot window to slide it in there. I've recently switched to a baseball style throw for holes that are within about 220 feet or so. You don't get the roll like you do with the forehand or the unpredictable skip like you do from the backhand.

6/12/2007 10:06:30 AM

you hippies faggots and your disc golf

why don't you try and play some real golf?

this message is directed completely towards hershculez

6/12/2007 10:24:39 AM