I regret leaving plastic in the woods. I don't have any suggestions about the penalty stroke. Or the possibility that the finder doesn't know the answer to the question "do the PDGA rules allow someone else to use (or sell) your disc?" Or can't tell whose disc they found because the mark wore away. But here's an idea that helps. Instead of using a full size disc use a mini-disc. They cost less to replace, and you will not need to throw that disc later in the round. Instead of using a mini use a paperboard beer coaster. If no one ever finds it it just degrades. And they are free at many bars and restaurants. Maybe disc manufacturers will start making most minis out of paperboard or other natural stuff.

What are you talking about?

Instead of using a mini use a paperboard beer coaster. If no one ever finds it it just degrades. And they are free at many bars and restaurants. Maybe disc manufacturers will start making most minis out of paperboard or other natural stuff.

Is this post the result of too many coasters?

But here's an idea that helps. Instead of using a full size disc use a mini-disc. ... Instead of using a mini use a paperboard beer coaster.

This rulez. In just a few sentences, Saucer Tosser has reinvented disc golf. It now seems to be an indoor sort of bar game which is played by hurling paper coasters. LOL, I'm sure bartenders everywhere will love this sport! What's funniest, is that the dude/dudette's name is "Sucer Tosser"!

Instead of using minis or discs to mark our lie my friends and I now use paperboard coasters we pick up in bars. No more chance of leaving plastic behind. Instead if we leave the marker behind it is biodegradable. And they are free. Maybe some manufacturers will look into making paperboard minis...

In casual doubles rounds my family members often mark their lie with a pair of crossed sticks or by making a mark in the dirt or by making a little of stack of rocks. If they look at their partner's lie and don't like their own lie, they don't have to go back for the sticks or rocks.

I don't know how eco-friendly or biodegradable beer coasters are, but I've used them for markers. I would not intentionally leave them on the course. It is going to be a long time before one of those ceases being a blot of trash and starts being new topsoil.

Instead of using minis or discs to mark our lie my friends and I now use paperboard coasters we pick up in bars. No more chance of leaving plastic behind. Instead if we leave the marker behind it is biodegradable. And they are free. Maybe some manufacturers will look into making paperboard minis...

i beleive you can get a penalty stroke for littering !!! :eek:

If a penalty stroke is required for littering, then it should be enforced if any kind of marker is left behind.

I'm sure some paperboards are more biodegradable than others, and all of them are more biodegradable then plastic.

This idea is not meant for tournament play.

I get your idea but a rock or a stick marker is the eco way to go. A tree was chopped down to make those costers you are using.

I get your idea but a rock or a stick marker is the eco way to go. A tree was chopped down to make those costers you are using.
Paperboard is usually made from recycled material, which encourages the market for recycling. OK, your rock or stick is probably more eco than my paperboard, but we're splitting eco-hairs here. My idea will have non-ecos behaving more eco without even knowing it.

I like practicing the whole tournament routine. Your method is less like tournament play, unless you keep rocks & sticks in the mini-pocket of your bag.

My idea here is to get some manufacturers to consider paperboard minis for tournaments. A lot more eco than plastic minis.

I've heard squirrels love plastic minis as nest liners, especially if it's their gang colors. And underground animals have found they make excellent subterranean doors, harder for predators to gnaw thru compared to leaves.

Also great for bird's nest foundations. Raccoons collect them, turn them upside down and use them as dinner plates when they have guests.