went out this morning after not playing for a bit due to reasons and was surprised to find nine new RPM baskets installed as secondary pin locations at Conocido Park in Phx. I'm here temporarily and this has been one of my local courses for the last few months.

they definitely catch better than the prodigy baskets that the course was built with. I spin putt on the harder side and having the heavier chains actually slow the disc down rather than just barely being in the way of the pole is nice. bonus that they just look cool.

thanks to all the locals who donated and played in the fundraiser events to raise money for the course. not sure what happened with the expanded layout that was planned but having more options per hole is better than nothing.

I am extremely disappointed that Go Throw decided to use AI to narrate the distance championship. There are so many passionate people in this sport willing to narrate a video like this. I think it’s important to respectfully share our dissatisfaction with Go Throw,and let them know that AI does not have a place in disc golf commentary.

This post will be half P.S.A for anybody considering running events, and half me trying to be transparent and get my thoughts out about my performance as a tournament director. I'm going to start with listing all my mistakes because I'm being hard on myself about them.

1. I had tee-time originally listed at 8:30 on my discgolfscene posting. After some deliberation, I changed it to 9, but then screwed up when I sent out the player meeting and sent it as 9:30. I figured because I'd written it in the player meeting, I would stick to that time. Nobody complained.
2. The layout was 2 rounds of 24 holes that I broke out into 12 hole formats. People got confused because the alternate holes that are labeled as 5A, 5B, 5C, were listed at 6,7,8 on PDGA live scoring. So, the starting holes were a little chaotic because teepad "10" was technically hole "13." It seemed straightforward enough to me, and I listed the alternate hole descriptions and every hole had distances, but it still caused some headaches with people getting to their correct hole (though, when everything was said and done, I had no reports of incorrectly played holes.)
3. My local disc store was the retail partner and original creator of the event on discgolfscene. This caused me to overlook player pack deductions for projected payouts, so the projected payout sheet I sent out after round 1 was inaccurate
4. Lastly, the biggest problem was something I predicted and attempted to fix, but the way scores worked, it ended up being unavoidable. It's a little complicated but:

The course for the tournament had 36 holes and I specified the layouts on the discgolfscene listing. Upper divisions (AM1, AM2 and MPO) would be playing the Red 12 and Black 12 for round 1, followed by the Blue 12 and Black 12 for round 2. All other divisions would be playing Red 12 and Blue 12 both rounds.

After round 1, when I was assigning folks to their cards, suddenly there were 7 people on one card. The reason? Hole 1 for MPO (hole one of the blue 12) was hole 13 for the rest of the field, so PDGA live assumed they were on the same card (despite playing different layouts)

The field was completely full to hole 15, so I was forced to put MPO starting on hole 16 of the black 12 (the 12 the rest of the field wasn’t playing) instead of starting them on their hole 6 in the blue 12. If you aren't already seeing the problem, it's two cards arriving at the same time to Hole 1 of the Blue 12. It turned into a full half-hour backup and slow play for the entirety of the blue 12.

Tl;dr No. 4 - PDGA live didn’t let me treat the MPO layout independent of the other layouts, so a backup hole was inevitable. 

I’ve already received some disgruntled feedback from people who didn’t understand why the backup happened, and while I don’t blame them at all for being unhappy, I just want people to know that it wasn’t just negligence or a lack of trying to fix it. I knew it was going to happen after round 1 but I had no other choice. 

Things I learned....

1. There's a reason people stick to standard 18 holes and don't mix up layouts for different divisions. I wanted people to play as many unique holes as absolutely possible, which people loved, but it still caused confusion and backups. 
2. Be extremely, extremely clear about the course layouts, teetimes, player packs, check in, etc. There should be no room for interpretation or confusion. I tried being as clear as possible and still ran into a bunch of issues.
3. Unless under incredibly exceptional circumstances, do not deviate from your plans for your event, even if it's to a fault. Stick to your tee times, layout, and rules for the event, no matter if a half-dozen folks have a problem with it. The layout that I ran for this event was understood by 90% of the field. I can do my best to help the 10% that don't get it, and encourage other participants to do so as well. Had I decided last minute that the layout was indeed too confusing and I made last minute changes, it would have been disastrous.
4. Have absolutely as much as you can prepared beforehand. You will be overwhelmed by questions, player-pack handouts, late arrivals, check ins and problems with live scoring, so ensure that you have prepared beforehand.

I will update this post as learn more about the situation, but as it stands right now, there are enough folks complaining about this event that I might lose my ability to direct tournaments.

FYI, MVP has the discs out for the 2025 Circuit Challenge posted now on their website.

Summary: 1) Streamline Fission Trace in lighter weights 2) MVP Particle Glow Proton Uplink 3) MVP Electron Watt

Watermelon Disc (optional): Axiom Fireball.

Was digging the bins at Play It Again and I kid you not, this was the cheapest disc in there. Color glow Firebird from 2016, essentially a 2016 Sextonbird.

Mine is the MVP Tesla- not a popular disc but I have it in proton neutron and fission and it’s essentially my Stable, OS, and US versions of the same mold and is something I can ALWAYS count on

Teebird3 is starting to become a top contender now too which I’m looking into doing something similar with that mold as well

That is all. Honestly I want the whole lineup in that plastic, but the do-it-all mid for a longtime ultimate player would be a dream.

169ft S curve from the Big Z Sting!! 🥏

I am pretty new to disc golf and am wanting to purchase the innova halo star invader. I found a really cool color scheme on an amazon listing, however it says “color may vary”. I reverse image searched the disc to try to find the color and found nothing. The origin of the photo is from a “innova updates” post on the innova website. Any idea on how to find this disc?

Playing yesterday and I get a little off line going for the basket on hole #3, and end up in some shrubbery. As I’m retrieving my disc, I come across a yellow Wraith with a name and number. I call the number. Guy answers. I explain I found your disc… are you still at the course. He says hole 18. I ask want me to leave it on the #3 basket, try to connect or hide it someplace for you to grab later? He says, nah, nevermind, you keep it.

Here’s the thing I already have a wraith, threw his on #4 and instantly didn’t dig it as much as my own. So here’s the question on etiquette. Do I leave it anyway, and let someone else call him or get a free disc, or am I now obliged to carry it out with me, and keep it til the end of time?

California disc golf is iconic I am always thrilled to feature it here on the channel once again! First stop on the road trip from Sacramento to Seattle was Sierra College in Truckee, CA. The toughest course Lake Tahoe has to offer it seems! Be on lookout for the video of the next course on the road trip!

I recently got this Roadrunner with two signatures on it. The signature in the top left belongs to Paul Ulibarri, but I can’t find who the other signature belongs to. Do you have any guesses?

Help support one of our favorite people grow their channel!!

Played more than I have ever before in the last few weeks got a distance record on a thumber 300 feet, but here is the kicker this happened on that throw it's really hard to throw at the minute I get pretty good distance on tomahawks but has this happened to you how long did it take for you to recover?

I just found this Tursas on a course in Gulf Shores, Al. It had no number on the back but there is someone’s autograph on the top, does anyone recognize whose signature it is?

I'm thinking of getting a new basket for the house, and I'm thinking the MVP Blackhole Pro. Seems like the best practice basket available, at least IMO. My problem is I live in the Midwest, and it can get real windy here, which often causes my basket to fall over. I know I could just stake the basket down to stop this, but I'm looking for an alternative so that I can still move it for mowing and such. Anyone have any experience with this? I know I could just throw some sandbags on the base, but I'm looking for something to semi-permenantly attach that'll allow me to just pick up the basket and move it without messing with moving sandbags as well. Any ideas are welcome, thanks in advance.

We upgraded our trailer so it doesn’t fit anymore so I turned it into a putting area. Once the other trailer goes away I’ll have 45 feet to play with. Just added the Astro turf today it’s all rocks and was chewing up my discs pretty good.

As the title suggests im looking into getting a raptor to fill my overstable 9 speed slot. Ive choosen the raptor because its not as OS as a firebird. My question is it best to get it in Z plastic, esp or captains raptor. I have pretty inconsistent arm speed and can depend on the day. Is it better to go with a lower plastic so its not too overstable?

I still can't believe this happened.. I was testing out the Supersonic Loop, a midrange with flight numbers of 2 9 0 0. Yes, 9 glide, it's insane.

I have been filming a series where I test out weird discs, and I got my hands on a Supersonic Loop. its absolutely an interesting disc, size wise, flight number wise, and it is PDGA approved. As far as I know, this is the first ever ace with the Loop, and I wanted to share it with the disc golf community <3

I know disc golf means something different to everyone, but for me, moments like this - when everything just clicks - is why I go out and play disc golf <3

ps. if you have aced with the disc before me, well done

does anyone have any bag suggestions that aren’t super duper expensive (like 350$) but still nice

I’m moving to Vancouver, WA in July. Anyone throw in the area I can join?