Sharpy accomplishments on baskets

[blang11]

So I've got a question for you all to weight in on. I went out and played Horning's Meadow Ridge course today and carded an eagle 2 on hole 7, the one that fades to the right following the curvature of the ridge (the hole previous to the severe downhill shot). Anyway, my drive was about as perfect as I could have envisioned. I threw a flippy teebird high and straight to let in anhyzer the entire length of the hole following the path of the trail. I sank a twenty foot putt for the eagle. Needless to say, I was stoked, and thought it MIGHT be possible that I'm the first one to accomplish this on that particular hole. In my state of elation, I thought it would be a good idea to sharpie my accomplishment on the yellow part of the basket (as small as possible and on the back side). Only now do I realize this may have been a stupid thing to do because (A) I'm defacing someone else's property, and (B) some might not even think the accomplishment warrants that much celebration.

Anyway, what do you think? If it was indeed a bad idea then maybe I should pitch Mr. Horning some cash to fix it, or just go and paint it over myself. If not, cool. In any case, I'm still stoked I carded the 2.

[REDFIVE]

Congrats on the eagle.

Clean the basket.

[LegoRules]

Originally Posted by blang11

So I've got a question for you all to weight in on. I went out and played Horning's Meadow Ridge course today and carded an eagle 2 on hole 7, the one that fades to the right following the curvature of the ridge (the hole previous to the severe downhill shot). Anyway, my drive was about as perfect as I could have envisioned. I threw a flippy teebird high and straight to let in anhyzer the entire length of the hole following the path of the trail. I sank a twenty foot putt for the eagle. Needless to say, I was stoked, and thought it MIGHT be possible that I'm the first one to accomplish this on that particular hole. In my state of elation, I thought it would be a good idea to sharpie my accomplishment on the yellow part of the basket (as small as possible and on the back side). Only now do I realize this may have been a stupid thing to do because (A) I'm defacing someone else's property, and (B) some might not even think the accomplishment warrants that much celebration.

Anyway, what do you think? If it was indeed a bad idea then maybe I should pitch Mr. Horning some cash to fix it, or just go and paint it over myself. If not, cool. In any case, I'm still stoked I carded the 2.

This topic has been discussed a couple of different times in different threads on this forum, and I think the consensus was that it is better to get your disc signed, and not write on the basket. However unless he has changed his mind Bob Horning is fine with people writing on his baskets. Here is a response that he sent to me when I asked him that very question.

<<"Hey guys I went ahead and PMed Bob Horning and asked how he felt about people writing on his baskets since my original post was pertaining to an incident that happened on his course. Below is his response to me that he said I could repost on this thread.


Quote:
Hi Cindy, Actually it is OK, for to me it adds a personal touch to the course and lets the one who aced it have a nice way to connect and add their own individually to it. Eventually we'll have to repaint them all anyway, to as long as they don't get carried away or as long as their is no defacing then I don't have a problem.
Thanks for watching out for us, I do appreciate it greatly!!
Thanks, Bob

When I get my first ace I still am only going to have my disc signed that's just how I feel personally on the subject.

Cindy">>

PS I did sign the two baskets I aced at Horning's, but I did not sign the three aces I go at Leverich #2. Dang five in one year. I probably won't get another one for about five years now.

PSS Congrats on the Eagle.

Cindy

[blang11]

Originally Posted by LegoRules

This topic has been discussed a couple of different times in different threads on this forum, and I think the consensus was that it is better to get your disc signed, and not write on the basket. However unless he has changed his mind Bob Horning is fine with people writing on his baskets. Here is a response that he sent to me when I asked him that very question.

<<"Hey guys I went ahead and PMed Bob Horning and asked how he felt about people writing on his baskets since my original post was pertaining to an incident that happened on his course. Below is his response to me that he said I could repost on this thread.


Quote:
Hi Cindy, Actually it is OK, for to me it adds a personal touch to the course and lets the one who aced it have a nice way to connect and add their own individually to it. Eventually we'll have to repaint them all anyway, to as long as they don't get carried away or as long as their is no defacing then I don't have a problem.
Thanks for watching out for us, I do appreciate it greatly!!
Thanks, Bob

When I get my first ace I still am only going to have my disc signed that's just how I feel personally on the subject.

Cindy">>

PS I did sign the two baskets I aced at Horning's, but I did not sign the three aces I go at Leverich #2. Dang five in one year. I probably won't get another one for about five years now.

PSS Congrats on the Eagle.

Cindy

Hey super helpful post. Thanks a ton!

[DiscnRN]

I'd clean it. As much as I like to see the names of people that ace a shot, I think it has the potential to turn negative. Someone doesn't like someone and an expletive is written and then it goes on from there or people that don't play DG start "tagging" the baskets because they see stuff written on them. (Hell, people have tagged the trees at Pier)

[Ol' Bob]

I voted before reading anything. I voted "no." Then I read that it was Bob's course and I knew he approved. He's got the right to call the shots there. Whether he can keep the tradition from spreading to where it's not welcomed is not going to be up to him. Does that make it "grey?" I don't think so. Maybe if stick golfers started spray-painting greens, eh?

[Bullseye]

In spite of what Bob said I still think this is a TERRIBLE idea. I've seen people signing baskets at a few locations now and the first thing that crosses my mind is definitely NOT congratulations... Next thing you know people will be signing those nice signs Bob had installed.

[erp]

I think it's pretty obvious that if you ace the shot, you get to keep the basket - you sign the next one that they put in to replace yours.

I thought everyone knew that?

[smobro]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

In spite of what Bob said I still think this is a TERRIBLE idea. I've seen people signing baskets at a few locations now and the first thing that crosses my mind is definitely NOT congratulations... Next thing you know people will be signing those nice signs Bob had installed.

I congratulate you on your awesome shot and I wish I would have seen it. BUT I totally agree with Jeff. That kind of thing gets out of control very quietly. The sign on the canyon course that cautions about being slippery, has been written on for a while now. Although it is funny, it is not cool.

[mazza]

my ideal of signing the basket is signing the tape.....that way it can be easily removed or covered with a new peice of red tape if need be. now i've seen only one person try to sign the metal... i told him that its lookd down on but he felt he had to sign it. to not sign the metal

[sillybizz]

Sign the disc, not the basket.

[Parks]

If you do sign the basket, do it on the inside of the band if it has one so that it doesn't mess with the look of it.

Also, only do it for aces in my opinion.

[sillybizz]

Originally Posted by Parks

If you do sign the basket, do it on the inside of the band if it has one so that it doesn't mess with the look of it.

Also, only do it for aces in my opinion.

It doesn't matter where you write it, it's still vandalism. If you want to remember your ace, write it on the disc, not the basket.

[Parks]

Originally Posted by sillybizz

It doesn't matter where you write it, it's still vandalism. If you want to remember your ace, write it on the disc, not the basket.

Pay attention to the rest of the thread.

In this case, Bob Horning has given his likely blessing to sign his baskets.

As such, it is not vandalism.

[sillybizz]

Originally Posted by Parks

Pay attention to the rest of the thread.

In this case, Bob Horning has given his likely blessing to sign his baskets.

As such, it is not vandalism.

That doesn't work with any other course though.

[blang11]

Originally Posted by sillybizz

That doesn't work with any other course though.

Just to reiterate for fairness' sake, I was only concerned with Bob's baskets. I've never been compelled to write on anything else on any other course. I guess I just took cues from what other people had already done there. That's also the reason I didn't think twice about it until later.

[Parks]

Originally Posted by sillybizz

That doesn't work with any other course though.

It certainly does. Does the entity that owns the course allow it/endorse it, whether it be a single person, a disc golf club, a city, or whoever?

Taking that into account probably works a lot better than monolithic proclamations about what you think is and isn't right to do.

[DiscGolfOregon3]

Originally Posted by Parks

It certainly does. Does the entity that owns the course allow it/endorse it, whether it be a single person, a disc golf club, a city, or whoever?

Taking that into account probably works a lot better than monolithic proclamations about what you think is and isn't right to do.

What if as a fresh (and unknown) course designer I found this thread and topic interesting . . . What if I offered at my freshly designed 9-hole course's inaugural event that if the course's first ACE occurred during the event, then the party responsible could permanently name the hole ? ? ? What if there were no ACES at the inaugural event . . . What if this fresh course designer's new course was worthy of AWE??? What if the not yet installed baskets (visible from the freeway) were ALL powder coated white?

Within said scenario I'd rather that NO ONE WOULD WRITE ON OUR FUTURE BASKETS at Pass Creek Park DGC!!!

This said, brings me to the entire reason that I replied to this topic . . . What if an "Ace" (and/or Special Achievement) sign were provided next to or above installed tee signs???

-Derek
www.DiscGolfOregon.com

[Parks]

What if you own the course? If so, then what you say goes.

[Scott]

Great accomplishment on hole 7, but I agree that the basket should not have been written on.

Although Bob doesn't mind, I feel it sets a bad precedent. Someone sees writing on a basket and thinks it's OK to do that somewhere else.