What to do with that free hand? - DG Equipment

TreeLove · #1 July 14th, 2009, 07:29 PM

"Some disc golfers prefer to play with a beer in one hand and the disc in another."

snap7times · #2 July 14th, 2009, 07:51 PM

what a uber dumbaxx letting that ever get into the press... for every step forward, some dumbaxx drags us back 2 steps...

Sam · #3 July 14th, 2009, 07:57 PM

The rest of the article was good, actually. Sad that the author opened with an idiot with a Bud Light in his hand.

ZacAttack · #4 July 14th, 2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam

The rest of the article was good, actually. Sad that the author opened with an idiot with a Bud Light in his hand.

How could you tell its a Bud Light?

Sam · #5 July 14th, 2009, 08:36 PM

Really... I couldn't. But would someone classy enough to have their picture taken like that for a news article drink much better beer than that?

zippyboy · #6 July 14th, 2009, 09:16 PM

I just want to head out there to learn how to throw 200 yards!

Ol' Bob · #7 July 15th, 2009, 12:37 PM

Careful, Zipp, don't let the Bud Light getcha.

Susie Sunshine · #8 July 15th, 2009, 01:26 PM

Please tell me I'm not the only one here who chuckles every time I read the subject line for this thread.... it's terrible that I'm a grown woman with the sense of humor of a 14 year old boy.

And, I believe I actually putt better with a beer in my left hand and my bag slung over my back. Ha!

Brian · #9 July 15th, 2009, 01:33 PM

I don't drink beer .. I don't stand a chance!

Celeste · #10 July 15th, 2009, 01:38 PM

I played once with a chick from Corvallis area who never once threw without a cig in her mouth and a beer in her hand. She also played with both hands. For all of that, she was pretty damn good.
Sam you forgot to note the backwards glasses and puka shell necklace as evidence to his classiness.

olydiscgolf · #11 July 15th, 2009, 02:15 PM

I don't understand why you guys are so hard on this article. A guy casually playing golf, drinking a beer, having FUN. It seems like a good thing to me. The article even goes on to talk about the positive effects of golf in parks.

It got me thinking about having a beer and playing some golf!

Scott · #12 July 15th, 2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by olydiscgolf

I don't understand why you guys are so hard on this article. A guy casually playing golf, drinking a beer, having FUN. It seems like a good thing to me. The article even goes on to talk about the positive effects of golf in parks.

It got me thinking about having a beer and playing some golf!

Because a lot of people do a lot of hard work to remove stereotypes relating to our sport. A picture like this is worth more than a thousand words and single-handedly removes a lot of that hard work.

Why that picture?

Why not show a picture of a family playing? Or a guy (sans beer) and his two kids? Or Over the Hill Bob?

olydiscgolf · #13 July 15th, 2009, 02:32 PM

You'd be hard pressed to find many pictures of casual golf that don't look alot like this one! What is so horrible about that picture, why do you think drinking beer ruins disc golf?(assuming no laws are being broken) In ball golf it is an accepted and catered to aspect of the sport, hence pretty girls in short skirts driving a beverage cart. Beer could very well be the "big" sponsor that everyone seems to be looking for!

olydiscgolf · #14 July 15th, 2009, 02:36 PM

If you are looking for a family picture playing golf?!?! Come to Yauger EVERY Wednesday night and you will see my 4 year old Tate and my wife Adrienne walking along with my doubles group.

BUT, like it or not, this picture represents pretty accurately the average disc golfer!

Scott · #15 July 15th, 2009, 02:41 PM

I have no problem with drinking beer.

I have no problem with drinking beer while playing disc golf.

I disagree with the statement that the picture depicts an average disc golfer.

Most golfers are not shirtless and conspicuously drinking beer. It's a vocal minority that is very conspicuous.

As a parent, I would not look at that picture and think of disc golf as a family appropriate activity.

Adam Schneider · #16 July 15th, 2009, 02:51 PM

Also, isn't it highly unlikely that a University's course even allows alcohol?

olydiscgolf · #17 July 15th, 2009, 02:51 PM

So its the fact he doesn't have a shirt on? The fact that he's throwing with a beer in his hand and not hiding it? I don't understand the issue? Do you take your kids disc golfing? For me and my family, on the golf course, Im more worried about the F-BOMBS going off when somebody has an errant shot, not the beer in somebody's hand, or the shirt or no shirt on their back.

Ol' Bob · #18 July 15th, 2009, 04:48 PM

Someone has to teach the kids to talk.

I remember the first time I heard my dad drop that bomb. I wondered who finally taught him to talk. Best to raise the kids in a 50 gal. drum so as to keep 'em pure.

snap7times · #19 July 15th, 2009, 04:55 PM

Disc Golf has a wide variety of perspective on what is acceptable and what is not. However, in the fight to bring the sport to mainstream acceptance and encouraging parents to get their kids involved in the sport; comes sacrifice in clothing attire and behavior in public. Tournaments are much more strict than casual play; however to the public eye that is not educated on the differences might sterotype the sport and might actually be a parent of 10 kids or something... Unless you got ripped muscles and immaculate abs, keep the shirt on, a nice clean one at that. As for the beer, throwing with a beer in hand just gives out the message that it's too easy and actual focus and dedication to the throw are not needed... You can't play shirtless in ball golf nor can you hit a ball with a beer in your hand... until we have huge sponsors in our pockets, I would refrain from what could be misunderstood by the public eye.

Ol' Bob · #20 July 15th, 2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by snap7times

You can't play shirtless in ball golf nor can you hit a ball with a beer in your hand...

Hence, the beer helmet was invented.