favorite discs

[Dan Michler]

uh oh!  it looks like brandon is #3 in the state.  busted!!!!!!

[D]

When I search that list (for illinois), why do I not see alot of people that should be on there..


for example Todd Fanning - current rating 905


not where a 905 should go.... ?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!?

[Dan Michler]

Todd is registered with the PDGA as a junior (M1J).  the rating list by state only lists M1O (am open) i believe.

[D]

I'm registered at M1J as well...

So it's impossible to determine what rank one is, unless they're open or "am open"?

btw- isn't am open an oxymoron?

[gordo09]

yea me and jordan are good friends he was over at my house and saw this site on my favorites and put a bunch of junk on it. he dont even play disc golf lol!

                                       -gordon

[gordo09]

about brandon being ranked 3rd... when was that list updated? i dont think he would lie to me.

                            -gordon

[gordo09]

oh i understand now! since he was letting a lot of people (including me) borrow discs from him, his bag had lots of different kinds of discs! no duh! his tournament bag is probably like yours. i am an idiot!

                   -gordon (who has been wrong a lot lately)

[Jon Brakel]

I'm registered at M1J as well...

So it's impossible to determine what rank one is, unless they're open or "am open"?

btw- isn't am open an oxymoron?

The "open" part of Amateur Open means the same thing that it does in Pro Open. That is that it is an unprotected division. As opposed to say Pro Master or Advanced Women which are both protected divisions not open to all people.

[Dan Michler]

silly gordo!!!  thats that mississippi education kicking in    

[D]

in disc golf terms- when i hear open, i think of a division where anyone, whether they are 80 years old, 10 years old, have a rating of 750 or rating of 1000 can play against one another...



you're telling me an amateur divsion is open?

i don't mean to be difficult, just not getting it.. (obviously)    

[Jon Brakel]

in disc golf terms- when i hear open, i think of a division where anyone, whether they are 80 years old, 10 years old, have a rating of 750 or rating of 1000 can play against one another...



you're telling me an amateur divsion is open?

i don't mean to be difficult, just not getting it.. (obviously)  

OK, I'm typing as slow as I can.  

ANYONE, whether they are 80 years old, 10 years old, have a rating of 750 or a rating of 1000, are male or female can play in the Open divisions. That's why they are called Open. The Amateur or Pro modifier in front of the word Open denotes whether they play for cash or prizes. Current PDGA rules prevent a person that is registered as a pro or has accepted pro cash at a PDGA event from playing in any Amateur division.

[D]

roger dodger, should've said that the first time

or "spell it out for me", it saves time... wait, didn't you spell it out?    

[Guest]

i play with a CE Eagle, DX Roc, DX XD, and a #2 Slice...  I just buy new ones when i lose one, CE discs cost too much

[gordo09]

Jon, you are a Disc Craft fan! no way! Innova kicks Disc Craft's but! and why do all you guys have sooooo many of one type of disc? is it because they age and then throw differently? i would just get champ editions of my favorite discs and a few more dx or pro discs. around 12 discs in my tournament bag. my advanced friend Brandon who is 2nd in our state has around 20 discs in his bag. and i dont think he has more than one of the same disc.
-gordon

lets face it, if u aren't throwing well, it isn't because of innova or discraft.  cam todd and ron russell seem to have figured out how to work the discraft plastic and barry schultz doesn't seem to struggle with the innova, so unless u r better than them then i think ur problem lies within.

As for this awesome dude Brandon, I don't think I have the time to get comfortable with 20 different kinds of discs and I'm sure I have no need to get comfortable with 20 different kinds of discs.  maybe u could list the 20 different discs that brandon has in his bag gordo  

innova or disc craft is like your favorite sports team in a way. i can throw both and they both throw fine. i just like innova better for some strange reason. just like some of my friends like ole miss and i like mississippi state, some guys throw disc craft and some throw innova. i just like names like spider and teebird better than names like crush and buzzz. but to be honest i might be getting a magnet which of course is made by disc craft. its nothing real. i just pull for innova like i pull for my mississippi state bulldogs.

                           -gordon

[Jon Brakel]

Seriously I throw Discraft mostly because of economics. Same reason why I throw so much Z plastic. I rarely lose discs and the Z discs last so much longer without changing flying characteristics. If I could ever get Innova discs consistently at the same prices that I get Discraft, I might start throwing some Innova.

[gordo09]

found and "E" wizard on ebay for $6.99. what is an "E" wizard? is it firm, medium, soft or different all together?

                             _gordon

[gordo09]

i found a candy classic roc on ebay too! isnt ebay the greatest? wait a minute... i think i feel a song coming on!

they say theres shopping day and night on ebay...


lol


-gordon

[Bruce Brakel]

why do all you guys have sooooo many of one type of disc? -gordon

The top pros recommend learning to throw the disc rather than having a specialty disc for every situation.  Most of them carry five or six molds, some in different states of wear or different plastic types.

I'm throwing Crushes, Tsunamis, Buzzes, Magnets and X-Puttrs right now.  

[Bruce Brakel]

I'm registered at M1J as well...

So it's impossible to determine what rank one is, unless they're open or "am open"?

btw- isn't am open an oxymoron?

The "open" part of Amateur Open means the same thing that it does in Pro Open. That is that it is an unprotected division. As opposed to say Pro Master or Advanced Women which are both protected divisions not open to all people.

In official PDGA-speak "open" refers to the absence of any age restriction.  In the disc golf vernacular [or common tongue] it is often used to mean "pro."  

For example, when Jon turns in his TD report, the code for Women's Intermediate will be F2O:

F=Female
2=Am 2 or Intermediate
O=Open

Meanwhile, there is an option on the PDGA ratings page to sort all amateurs together, tossing the juniors and masters in with the advanced and intermediates.

That option exists only for points, sorry.  If you want to get junior ratings sorted by state, use the same url that pulls up advanced ratings and then substitute M1J for M1O where it appears in the url.