Teepad driving area.

[Twitch]

I have a question about driving from the teepads. In the recent video thread you can see people driving from off the teepad. How far off the pad is legal? Is it a conditions/event thing? Just wondering as at Hornings MR #8 I sure wish I could throw about two to three feet to the left.

-Mark

[Tim]

Yeah, it's a conditions/event thing. Normally you have to use the teepad, but a TD can designate otherwise. They did the same thing at the Memorial this year.

[Scott]

I have a question about driving from the teepads. In the recent video thread you can see people driving from off the teepad. How far off the pad is legal? Is it a conditions/event thing? Just wondering as at Hornings MR #8 I sure wish I could throw about two to three feet to the left.

-Mark

For PDGA play, you must throw from the designated teepad. Occasionally a TD will allow for play behind the teepad if unfavorable conditions exist. This has to be stipulated before the match.

For the skins match, the players likely agreed to throw from the side before the beginning of the match.

For casual rounds, do whatever you like - who's to stop you? IMHO, play from the pad. Moving off the pad because it's slick or dangerous is one thing. Moving because there is a better line somewhere else is kind of lame.

[emmarose]

well said, scott.

peace,
em

[Parks]

For PDGA play, you must throw from the designated teepad. Occasionally a TD will allow for play behind the teepad if unfavorable conditions exist. This has to be stipulated before the match.

It doesn't have to be behind a teepad; it can be anywhere safe that the TD designates. You see this a lot for Icebowls and other winter tournaments with icy teepads.

[papatart]

Play from the tee pad please. From a course designer/upkeeper it is much easier to not have people making a reasonable size tee pad into a huge area that gets pitted and needs to be tended to (if natural).

As for tourneys, yep, TD's often say one side or other is okay if there are multiple surfaces being used (concrete/fly pads) and there is no consistency except for the grass next to both of the tee areas.

Later,
Papa

[Twitch]

Thanks all,

It is not that I will play from off the teepad, but I always wondered what the rule was. I see people starting from off the teepad, generally the side, and then move into the throwing area and release. So if I understand, if the pad surface is safe, it is appropriate to make any throw so long as that the disc is released while on the surface of the pad? Be it at the back, front, side, or somewhere in between.

Thanks,

Mark

[Parks]

http://www.pdga.com/rules

I recommend you check out rule 803.02 "Teeing Off."

Its a lot better to go there and read it yourself rather than taking someone else's word for it, because I hear tons of bad information about the rules in tournaments. Even in the Open division.

[Trozzle!!!]

With the way I throw. RHFH, I often start off on the left side, normally off of the tee pad. as long as I do my release while on the tee pad, it is a perfectly good throw.

[papatart]

Thanks all,

It is not that I will play from off the teepad, but I always wondered what the rule was. I see people starting from off the teepad, generally the side, and then move into the throwing area and release. So if I understand, if the pad surface is safe, it is appropriate to make any throw so long as that the disc is released while on the surface of the pad? Be it at the back, front, side, or somewhere in between.

Thanks,

Mark

That is correct. You can tee off from anywhere in the tee area as slong as ALL of your supporting points are within the teeing area when the disc is thrown. You may start from off of the teepad but you cannot be touching outside of the teepad with one of your feet when you are releasing the disc. The tee area consists of either (a) the area defined as the teepad, like a concrete surface or ground defined by a wooden border or (b) the front of the teepad may be marked by two markers (in the case of natural teepads) in which case the full teepad is to be defined as extending directly back from these two points three meters.

So use all the area you need to make the best shot. I have often used just the back section of a natural teepad as there will be a big hole at the front where everyone tees and makes your stance drop down and throwing awkward. I would much rather give up three feet in the beginning to gain fifty feet in the end.

Later,
Papa

[Scott]

as long as I do my release while on the tee pad, it is a perfectly good throw.Perfectly legal, at least.

[Scott]

The tee area consists of either (a) the area defined as the teepad, like a concrete surface or ground defined by a wooden border

Is the wooden border considered part of the teepad?

[Tim]

Perfectly legal, at least.

Zing! :laughing:

[Ol' Bob]

Anything that hits the ground could be a perfectly good throw. Sometimes I'll have six or seven on one hole.