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ck34 · Mar 27 2007, 08:44 AM

Karl, I don't disagree with the different shaped green concept. Placing the basket in the center of a circle just isn't difficult enough for putting. Shifting the pin forward, raising it and trying different green shapes all help produce a better scoring pattern. If you make the landing area of the green too large, the hole doesn't play much different from an easy par 3 which loses the intended effect of an island green. It just requires properly blending the elements available in disc golf for us to get a similar effect that island greens have in ball golf.

Mar 27 2007, 08:44 AM	#33
ck34 PDGA Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 9,529	Re: Island Greens Karl, I don't disagree with the different shaped green concept. Placing the basket in the center of a circle just isn't difficult enough for putting. Shifting the pin forward, raising it and trying different green shapes all help produce a better scoring pattern. If you make the landing area of the green too large, the hole doesn't play much different from an easy par 3 which loses the intended effect of an island green. It just requires properly blending the elements available in disc golf for us to get a similar effect that island greens have in ball golf.