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Originally Posted by Altophish

But the rules don't exist for what we'd rather have happen. They exist to maintain a fair and even playing field for everyone.

And, in my opinion, carding a score for an incomplete round is not fair to the players that did finish a full round.

Also, life saving is always outside the rules!

That is why you get carded with a score of par plus four. That is a pretty huge penalty for being late.

If life saving is outside the rules, what about getting pulled over, flat tire, broken down car, power failures ( alarm doesn't go off)...the list could go on and on. That is why the PDGA has made a rule to allow for unforeseen tardiness at the start of a round.

[Matt B.]

Originally Posted by Altophish

Yes, far fetched. (And I would hope no one would really do that). I'm only arguing that the rule is way to friendly to the disc golfer.
I KNOW you'd rather get to play out at $70 but I'd rather not take a stroke for going OB. Or I'd rather move a branch out of my way.

But the rules don't exist for what we'd rather have happen. They exist to maintain a fair and even playing field for everyone.

And, in my opinion, carding a score for an incomplete round is not fair to the players that did finish a full round.

Also, life saving is always outside the rules!

Well, now this is just getting silly but I will play along. The comparison to OB strokes etc. is really not relevant. The rule has already been established to keep things fair, and that rule is that you get par plus four, which in my opinion, is pretty fair and appropriately punitive. Basically your round, and potentially your tournament has been seriously impacted after one hole.

Let's say you register for the BSF at $175. You take two days off of work, drive 100 miles, and set up camp or even buy a hotel room. Somehow you get confused on your starting hole and show up ten minutes late. Is it your fault? Yes, it's your fault. Dumb, innocent mistake. There's something "fair" about getting kicked out of the tournament and your entry fee forfeited?

It's an opinion to say that would be fair. But I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find a lot of people supporting this scenario. Or anyone.

[Altophish]

"But I'm pretty sure you'd be hard pressed to find a lot of people supporting this scenario. Or anyone. "


Ya think? I'm ok with that. Like I said this is just my opinion and the reasons for it. I only think that you don't get to say you ran a marathon if you start at the 5 mile mark.

[Yardbird]

That would only be true if you were running in a Marathon for the sole purpose of saying you ran a "Marathon".

If you were competing in a Marathon for prizes, then you would be severly penalized by adding twice the average time for the missed 5 miles that you didn't run.

Sounds fair to me. If you miss some of the "game", then you will be penalized and will have a harder chance of finishing in the top spots.

Usually, the players that are late to a round are already at a disadvantage because they are being rushed into starting a round and aren't warmed up. Their first few holes will most likely not be good, too. Adding the penalty strokes for missed holes. I really doubt that a player that missed a couple holes in a tournamnet will be in the top 10 spots for payout. But, of course, the player could have a couple of stellar rounds and one good. The good one could of been stellar if they player actually played all the holes.