JezzyeJane
Feb 25 2012, 08:01 PM
Hello and Thank You for your time. I am new to the PDGA and so far am the only female in town that plays regularly. I am looking for advice in the way of drivers for windy conditions. Also for the starting lines for women on the courses. There is a man that has told me that women start at different starting lines (which to me is just sexes). Is this true?:rolleyes:

kdlclem
Mar 01 2012, 04:42 PM
Hey. Day going well. As far as different start times. Whoever this person is,not telling the truth. Now some tournaments have tee times for the golfers. But most are a shotgun start. All golfers start at 4:00 for the round. As far as wind drivers,find you a disc that is overstable a +2 rating for Discraft and turn rating for Innova. Off hand Predators and Crush for Discraft.
Wraith and Vipers,old school disc are really well in the wind. Something to remember with the wind. Into the wind the disc will turn to your throwing hand. Push the disc downwind. DiscGolfReview.com is a great website to look at different discs. Hope this helps. KC

jconnell
Mar 01 2012, 05:48 PM
There is no such thing as a good "wind" disc, and anyone who says otherwise is typically confusing all wind with strictly headwind. There are certainly discs better suited for headwinds, but those same discs are definitely not all that well suited for a tailwind, or a crosswind. Throwing an overstable disc in a tailwind will not give a player an advantage of any kind. The key really isn't the disc you throw, it's understanding what effect the wind will have on the shot you want to throw, and adjusting your disc choice and/or shot style accordingly.

Headwinds tend to turn the disc over, so an overstable disc will often be the better choice if you want the disc to fade or hold a straight line reliably. But a stable disc can also be effective...you just gotta throw it with a bit more hyzer or without as much power. Headwind adds relative speed to the disc, which is why it turns over. Slowing down the speed of the throw reduces the relative speed of the disc, which can reduce the turnover effect.

Tailwinds will force the disc to fade more quickly, so understable discs will give you more glide and will hold the straight line longer before it falls off. But you can also counter-act a tailwind's effect by throwing with more anhyzer or throwing the disc harder.

So the best thing to do to improve your game in the wind is to understand its effects, read up on the discs and their characteristics and purchase them according to how they fit your needs. Don't simply take advice from the internet and buy this or that disc because someone says it's "great" or "perfect" for the wind.


As for the other question from the original poster, the answer is that it depends. In casual play, play the tee you want to play. At tournaments, it depends largely on the course. More often than not, everyone in the event is playing the same tees regardless of division or gender. Occasionally, if a course has some particularly difficult longer tees, lower divisions are sent to the shorter tees. What those divisions are will depend usually on the skill of the division rather than gender. So if the Intermediate men are on the short tees, so are the Int. women, or if the Pro men are on the longs, so are the Pro women. Can't say I've ever encountered a situation where the men played from one set of tees regardless of division and the women played from another.

araydallas
Mar 08 2012, 06:52 PM
Ron Convers, Jr is a very experienced player. He'll be 50 this year, and still plays mostly open division in tournaments (with the young pros), and still sports an over-1000 rating. This article he co-wrote gives a lot about playing in, and mastering the wind.

http://www.discraft.com/res_wind06_p1.html

Good luck.

bruce_brakel
Mar 09 2012, 12:40 AM
Some courses just have a 4X4 post set in the ground for a tee and maybe that is a "starting line"? If by "starting lines" you mean the tees, a lot of tournament directors will have women play short tees if they have a course with long and short tees. But it is not sexist. They will have rec and novice and maybe intermediate men on short tees, and maybe pro women on long tees. They put shorter throwing and higher scoring divisions on short tees so that everyone will have a similar amount of fun and will play at the about the same pace. If you want to play from the long tees, just play in a long tee division.