I might be a jinx

[LegoRules]

I think I might be a jinx or something because the last three times I have gone to play disc golf someone has gotten seriously hurt. Milo on Saturday someone got smashed in the face by a drive. Pier on Sunday my friend broke her ankle. Now Rockwood last night another friend got smashed in the back of the head by a greenhorns drive, and ended up with 5 staples & a mild concussion. I am going to play tonight with my husband, and hopefully nobody will get hurt.

Cindy

[Susie Sunshine]

I don't know if I want to play with you anymore after last night, Cindy. First you kick my ass on the course, then you jinx my man with your bad injury mojo.

I'm just teasing, of course. Have fun playing tonight!!

[Bullseye]

While I am pretty sure (not certain mind you), but pretty sure that Cindy is not to blame for these mishaps, but it does bring a pressing issue to the forefront.

With disc golfing getting more and more popular by the day we all have to be vigilant about being patient, considerate and thoughtful about when and where we throw. Likewise we all need to POLITELY inform people that it is not cool to throw on a hole until the group in front of you is done. I am stressing politely because unless we are polite the people doing the throwing are likely to just get pissed right back and nothing get fixed and more people get hurt. And if more people keep getting hurt then the baskets get pulled and we all lose.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

While I am pretty sure (not certain mind you), but pretty sure that Cindy is not to blame for these mishaps, but it does bring a pressing issue to the forefront.

With disc golfing getting more and more popular by the day we all have to be vigilant about being patient, considerate and thoughtful about when and where we throw. Likewise we all need to POLITELY inform people that it is not cool to throw on a hole until the group in front of you is done. I am stressing politely because unless we are polite the people doing the throwing are likely to just get pissed right back and nothing get fixed and more people get hurt. And if more people keep getting hurt then the baskets get pulled and we all lose.

What if we just use Nerf discs? Seriously though Jeff is spot on with being cautious and being POLITE when helping educate others.

Bob

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

While I am pretty sure (not certain mind you), but pretty sure that Cindy is not to blame for these mishaps, but it does bring a pressing issue to the forefront.

With disc golfing getting more and more popular by the day we all have to be vigilant about being patient, considerate and thoughtful about when and where we throw. Likewise we all need to POLITELY inform people that it is not cool to throw on a hole until the group in front of you is done. I am stressing politely because unless we are polite the people doing the throwing are likely to just get pissed right back and nothing get fixed and more people get hurt. And if more people keep getting hurt then the baskets get pulled and we all lose.

I agree with all of the above, but last night was not the case of being thrown on by another group. We were standing on 9 getting ready to tee off, and the guy who hit Eric was teeing off on 8. This was his first time playing, and he shanked a forehand bad that hit Eric. We did not hear a warning until it hit the back of Eric's head. This is a whole other issue I think with people out there not really knowing what they are doing. These guys probably thought man this looks easy I will just get up there and huk it with all my might cause I am a big strong dude. They don't necessarily think to wait for it to be clear before throwing. Man just imagine what would have happened if that had hit a non golfer.

Cindy

[Sam]

Were you there for Hiatt tagging that guy in the face on 4? I heard the story from Joe Armijo and hope Hiatt is OK. The other guy... meh. Dumbass should have probably listened when he was told that he should look out. I bet he does next time.

[Adam Schneider]

So what we really should take away from last night's incident is that you should ideally have more than 4.5 acres of land if you want to put in a 9-hole course!

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by Sam

Were you there for Hiatt tagging that guy in the face on 4? I heard the story from Joe Armijo and hope Hiatt is OK. The other guy... meh. Dumbass should have probably listened when he was told that he should look out. I bet he does next time.

Yup that was the Saturday incident. He got tagged bad.

Cindy

[Sam]

Was Hiatt OK, though?

Was the guy who got tagged the same guy that Bart had to tell to pick up after himself?

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by Sam

Was Hiatt OK, though?

Was the guy who got tagged the same guy that Bart had to tell to pick up after himself?

I don't know either of these guys, but the guy who got tagged at Milo on Saturday was picking up trash. Because he must have been in shock or something because he continued to the trash can after getting hit and threw his trash away before he realized boy that kinda hurt, and man I am bleeding.

Cindy

[all2common]

Same guy. Things are fine with me.

[Sam]

My understanding was that there was a group of 10 of you and a smaller group finished on 27 and then proceeded directly to the 4 AM pad. One of the guys had left a beer can on the top of the 27 basket and Bart confronted the guy such that the guy eventually threw the can away. Then there was some dispute about who was going to throw and who was going to get out of the way. I understand that the smaller group wouldn't get off of the AM pad while the larger group was throwing. Most of the throws went off OK but then this guy got tagged by Hiatt as he was walking to the trash. And yeah... I heard he kept going to the trash can for a few more steps and then opened his mouth and spit out some blood and stuff.

So... the question remains... was Hiatt OK?

[Sam]

Glad to hear it, Justin. I have always thought about how I would react if I hurt someone with a drive. Fortunately, I have only ever hurt myself and mostly on the inside where no one can see it.

[Susie Sunshine]

I totally agree that we should be polite - especially when attempting to educate newer players.... last night, however, I was far from polite. I sort of feel bad about that, but I also sort of feel like this guy needed an ass chewing to realize the gravity of the situation. Had he just waited a couple of seconds to throw, or even yelled once he did throw, we wouldn't have spent the rest of the night in the ER having CT scans and getting Eric stapled up.

So what we really should take away from last night's incident is that you should ideally have more than 4.5 acres of land if you want to put in a 9-hole course!

I don't think it's a space issue as much as it's a respect and common sense issue. Greenway is far more spread out than Rockwood, but if I didn't use common sense and wait to throw on most holes, I could hit walkers or other park users very easily.

[Sam]

In this case, I think it is a spacing issue. The distance from the 8 pad to the 9 pad is what - 70 feet? That is clearly not enough room. I have seen multiple people tagged on multiple pads there. I would not consider Rockwood a safe place to play disc golf by any stretch of the imagination.

[Susie Sunshine]

While I agree that those two tee pads in particular are closer together than I'd like, I don't think that was the only issue in this situation. He could have waited to throw, just like I waited to throw my drive on 9 while there were people walking up the fairway for 7. I don't even want to take the slightest chance of hurting someone.

Say you're out throwing Orchard - you're getting ready to tee on hole 5 and get hit in the back of the head by someone throwing on 4. Is the issue then the fact that Orchard is not safe to play since that tee is so close to the previous hole's basket, or is it a case of the thrower needing to be more careful (i.e. waiting to throw until it's safe/yelling fore).

[Sam]

In my opinion - both. The tee is too close to the previous basket and the thrower should either wait or yell.

That said, a disc thrown from the 4 tee pad that strikes someone on the 5 tee pad (at Orchard) will hit with much less force than the same throw from the 8 tee pad to the 9 tee pad (at Rockwood). The difference has got to be about 200 feet.

[snap7times]

Heh, that brings up a situation that happened at the Memorial. My group and the group behind me are waiting on Tee Pad number 9 at Fountain Hills with the 2nd pennisula. For those who do know, Tee Pad 8 is looking almost straight at Tee Pad 9 but with at least 200-250 feet in between. The basket for hole 8 is about 150-175 feet to the left of tee pad 9, maybe more. I was talking to the other Deaf guy that was in the group behind me and we standing right next to tee pad 9 with maybe 10-14 other hearing DG'ers and spectators. I see some hearing guys in our group start to throw their hands up *their hands didnt even have enough time to go all the way up*, before I can cut our conversation off and turn around, a disc smacks the other Deaf guy square in the gut at full force. *The disc barely missed several other DG'ers before hitting the Deaf dude... Sean Phillips was in his group as well, i think Josh Westmoreland was in my group.. anyways*
Ohhhh boy was he pissssssedddddd off... What kind of dumbass in a NT tournament throws directly at a crowd of 10+ people and waits till the last minute to yell fore? You know you let rip a good drive, it goes towards people, start yelling! On hole 10, which is about 360-390 with a path on the right farther down the fairway. I let a very good rip hyzer with a boss. I see it could possibly go longer than anticipated and there is a little girl and her mom walking on the path, didn't see them before I threw, but of course I yelled super loud before the disc was half way there just to be cautious, and i think, gosh, that was EASY to do, ain't no one gonna be pissed off that I yelled too loud, cuz I was following the rules of respect of the game, if there a chance a disc could hit someone, start yelling early and loud. The disc faded maybe 10 feet short of the little girl and they both just continued walking, but i can imagine the mother being super pissed off if I had yelled later or not at all... I've been fortuante enough to only been hit once, at Orchard on tee pad 8 from a FUBAR throw off teepad 7, in the leg, walked over, was like WTF man, ever hear of saying fore? Guy was like, oh dude, oops... makes you wanna run up and rip his head off but nono, let it go... but tournament play is a whole lot different... anyways, back to the point, common sense says yell fore early and loud... although shorter flight distance before impact is a different situation and is more related to waiting before throwing....

[Jet]

Originally Posted by LegoRules

I think I might be a jinx or something because the last three times I have gone to play disc golf someone has gotten seriously hurt. Milo on Saturday someone got smashed in the face by a drive. Pier on Sunday my friend broke her ankle. Now Rockwood last night another friend got smashed in the back of the head by a greenhorns drive, and ended up with 5 staples & a mild concussion. I am going to play tonight with my husband, and hopefully nobody will get hurt.

Cindy

I don't think your jinxed. It's just a coincidence. We played Pier on Friday and nobody got hurt. btw-fun doubles round.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Originally Posted by Jet

I don't think your jinxed. It's just a coincidence. We played Pier on Friday and nobody got hurt. btw-fun doubles round.

What are you talking about? My ego was seriously hurt!

Bob