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A little Skin(s) in the Game

I played in my first Skins Match on Sunday. I will start with this...I wasn't even supposed to be there. Let me take that a step further...I have never played as well I did at The Castle on Sunday. Never. Never, ever, ever. Maybe it was because, hey, I wasn't even supposed to be there. I'll set the stage... Called up  We have several local clubs in our area, and the New Hanover Disc Golf Club , has great members, leaders that care, lots of people that volunteer and love the game, and monthlies at both Arrowhead and Castle Hayne . The former is frustrating if you don't birdie everything or at least make pars, the latter, requires patience and your complete focus, else your head may explode. My parents were both teachers, so I'll put it this way: Arrowhead is like going to recess and Castle is like taking the SAT. And I wasn't signed up to take the SAT. Players in each monthly earn points based on their finish at each event. The top 4 finishers at the end of the ...

Top 25 Discs from 2020... a CFG recap

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A wise man once told me that there's room for everyone in disc golf. So, I'm going to start 2021 on the right foot and get a solid post out there. Plus, we're going to cross streams, with Flippin Discs and Cape Fear Games . It worked for the Ghostbusters. Paved with good intentions It was a long year. In fact, 2020 felt like 3 years, and it was, a little bit. We were building the disc golf section of the store: adding accessories, working and re-working the rack, mixing in the lighter weights, and staying on top of special editions. We started our own Disc Golf Facebook group so we wouldn't flood the local group pages with restocks, and grew to over 200 members. We brought back Prodigy, going for a more user-friendly approach with low speeds and understable discs that weren't something we did well previously. The backstock was an issue, slow movers were moved out, and we were getting ready for the Azalea Am by building up safety stock, ordering a little heavier on ...