Flippin' Discs

I had a buddy get me into Triathlons a few years back. In 2005, I entered my first, the Emerald Isle Triathlon. Now it wasn't anything crazy like Ironman distance or anything. I think it was something like a little under a half-mile ocean swim, a 12-13 mile bike and finished with the 5k run. They call that "sprint" distance. Um, yeah...sprint. Long story short, I really thought the swim was going to kill me, but I made it. Then I got a leg cramp about halfway through the bike portion, but I made it. By the time the I trotted across the finish line, it had seemed an eternity since I lost my breakfast (twice) on the dunes between the surf and the staging area for my road bike. Not to "Ron White" you here, but I told you that story, so I could tell you this story. The Usual Suspects I've been to one PDGA sanctioned event, but I've met some people whose company I enjoy. As players were swarming the check in, I found James and Geoffrey on the sidewalk ju...

I like quotes. I'm a writer first and a disc golfer second...distant second. Growing up I loved baseball. My two passions collide with so many lines attributed to Yogi Berra that I could go on for days. One of my favorites is "Baseball is 90 percent physical, the other half is mental." While there are disputes over who actually delivered the line and whether or not the quote was, in actuality, "Ninety percent of the game is physical, the other half is mental," is for old men to debate over their morning coffee with each other at Hardee's on any given morning for years to come...it does bring up the side of sports that generally rears it's ugly head in the greatest of mistakes, or the greatest of victories. The mental game of disc golf was a topic of discussion, briefly, during my last semi-competitive round at one of my local courses. Golf...any way you play it It was Caleb that advanced the brief conversation by dropping the name of Dr. Bob Rote...

I recently read a post written by someone who I had the pleasure of meeting and playing on the card for 3 rounds during the King's Cup in Kinston, NC. I was a little disheartened at first, but it just took me a moment to get refocused. I mean, that's not me. He's more seasoned as a disc golfer and quite honestly, my expectations for performance are pretty low as a newcomer to the game. Not exactly baby steps There are 5 weeks to prepare for my next tournament. Another B-tier. While this is a local event for me on a course that I have played almost a dozen times now, I haven't played it very well. The par 64 course near Wilmington, NC is called "Castle Payne" for a reason, beyond being a playful pun referring to the Castle Hayne Disc Golf Course. My first time out there was last August and I shot a 94. I wasn't sure that I'd make it out alive. My best round so far has been a 73, where I made par on 9 holes and birdied the treacherous par-5 12th w...

Disc golf thrives on both knowledge and creativity to enhance your game. The challenge lies in learning both how to throw, whilst, and at the same time, learning how the disc that you throw is designed to fly. I have been playing golf for over 20 years and I have consistently played with four sets of clubs over that span. I played baseball for about 12 years and played through various levels during that time, only using about seven different bats and a similar amount of gloves. Last August, I got hooked on disc golf...I own 97 discs, not including the 15 my son has and the six I sent with my daughter back to college. It's a process Equipment in many different sports seems a bit marginal to me. I played golf just fine (relatively) with the last set of clubs I had. That set was an upgrade from my previous set, but the improvement wasn't dramatic. Baseball bats are mostly about length and weight, with a lower range of variance for selection. Disc golf will make you crazy. ...