A little tournament help...

[Mikk]

Ok so I now have a modified way to keep playing disc golf due to my back injury. My max distance is 350ft, mabe if I get lucky and enough room I can skip a disc to 370ft MAX. So where do I play?? My guess is Masters, I am over 40, its just that I'm used to playing MA1, pro or open. Them days are over, I would like to be able to play atleast some tourneys tho. I have alot of friends that are fun to hang with and play against, however they are mostly in their 30's. I only know a couple of Masters players like Tom Bontempo, and I think Andy Foster?? I don't care about my PDGA rating anymore but I DO want to play some local tourneys...

[mazza]

u can play advance masters if u wish to have some comp when you play

[cefire]

You can easily play open with 350' drive - its not about distance dood! (ok maybe a little bit of it is!)

[DMajor]

Based on what I've seen from your posts & a few tournament scores

Play adv. masters. Stop trying to throw far. Start trying to throw smooth & accurate.

Disc golf is judged on the number of throws not the length of some of your throws.

Throwing injuries suck, but they can usually be avoided by warming up & not overdoing it. Conditioning away from the golf course is also grossly overlooked by most disc golfers. You're asking your body to absorb a lot of torque when throwing discs hard, best to make sure you have some protection built up especially in the knees, shoulders, hips and back.

Good luck & stay healthy!

[Mikk]

So sence I got some e-mails telling me to stop whining about this, let me say that I dont want to be considered a "bagger". Thats why I'm a bit confused as where I should register. OBVIOUSLY am's wouldn't be correct, I was just currious about it seeings how I play mosty with the people on this board...

[vapor]

You mentioned that you don't care about ratings but your rating might help you determine where to play. Most adv. masters fall in the 900-950 range. Plenty of these old cats can throw >350' and have a decent short game too. Once you start winning tournaments you can start to think about the bagger issue.

[Mikk]

Originally Posted by vapor

You mentioned that you don't care about ratings but your rating might help you determine where to play. Most adv. masters fall in the 900-950 range. Plenty of these old cats can throw >350' and have a decent short game too. Once you start winning tournaments you can start to think about the bagger issue.

I didnt think of that!!

[Rolly]

Originally Posted by DMajor

Good luck & stay healthy!

Dmajor.Lifecoach. He'll send you the bill

[dan mc]

About 70% of the golf holes in washington are under 350'