Just Throw - Episode 3 - Casual - Disc Golf Puttheads

Episode three is ready for your ears. We talk about our experience planning a casual disc golf event, not a tournament.

Episode Theme: Casual
Episode Length: 01:07:39
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Introduction
- We are competitive, but not all of our friends appreciate the fine arts of tournament play and playing to win.
- Some of our friends just want to hang out and have some fun.
Life application: know your audience
- Communicate on terms that the audience understands
- What if you don’t know your audience?
What is Natalfest/Disception
- Started as a birthday gathering
- Intention is to get some friends together and have some casual fun
- 18 holes on your own
- 18 holes with your doubles partner, chosen by singles placement
- Overall winner is best total score and gets to sign/care for the trophy
What have we learned?
- Advertise earlier
- Expect people to drop – schedules change
- Cost
  - Figure $5 per person for food
  - Leaves $15 for discs and prizes
  - (spoiler alert, this isn’t enough and you should either charge more or reduce to 1 disc per person)
- Discraft misprint boxes are fun
- Reduced disc rounds are fun
  - Trilogy Challenge
  - Dynamic Discs Two Disc Challenge
  - Learning the discs is easier when you only have two for a given round
  - Strategy for choosing your discs
    - Consider course layout
    - Mid and driver, no putter?
    - Drivers only?
    - Will your desired disc be available at your “draft” position?
Product Reviews
- Discraft Buzzz / Buzzz OS
- Discraft Undertaker
- Obsidian Discs Splinter
- Be sure to check out Zen and the Art of Disc Golf by Patrick McCormick