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Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:20 am

Anyone ever seen one of these before???

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-gT_C7fW46Q/RlHVq ... 0_0753.JPG

Shawn Mullen · Post by **Shawn Mullen** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:29 am

Where is that from? Never seen anything like it. Looks more difficult to make a putt from anywhere but in line of the front of it.

Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:34 am

It's from Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course in Washington

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:33 am

I've seen picture of baskets like that before.

There are some funky baskets that people have made and use in course all over. That one kinda puzzles me though as far as practicality goes.

Chris Webb · Post by **Chris Webb** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:54 am

She must have missed the putt. She looks rather forlorned.

I'd give her a hug. 8-)

Chris Bunce · Post by **Chris Bunce** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:07 pm

That basket is evil. Cups in ball golf aren't uni-directional, why should baskets in disc golf be? That's like having a shield on one side of a ball golf cup.

Matt Stroika · Post by **Matt Stroika** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 12:45 pm

I think of it as like having trees blocking a portion of the basket which in my opinion is always a bad idea. Your positioning in relation to the direction of the basket almost always comes down to luck... there is already enough luck involved in the game.

Why would someone lock this thing down? I can't imagine someone wanting to steal it. Maybe it is so someone doesn't yank it and put in a real basket???? :roll:

Scott Howard · Post by **Scott Howard** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:25 pm

That thing sucks

Mike Murphy · Post by **Mike Murphy** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:58 pm

CWebb wrote:She must have missed the putt. She looks rather forlorned.

I'd give her a hug.

Chris Bunce · Post by **Chris Bunce** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:58 pm

Not to mention there aren't any chains on an entire side of the basket. And there are only 7 chains total? Yikes.

Joe Wander · Post by **Joe Wander** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:01 pm

Ah, the Doctor Fred basket. Guy who makes these has been around for years, I remember his rants back from the rec.sports.disc discussion pages years ago. He seemed a bit wacky to say the least.

His thinking was that directional baskets help develop a preferred landing area around the basket, much like parts of a golfing green are better than others.

ekap · Post by **ekap** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:22 pm

Disc Golf Live wrote:Ah, the Doctor Fred basket. Guy who makes these has been around for years, I remember his rants back from the rec.sports.disc discussion pages years ago. He seemed a bit wacky to say the least.

His thinking was that directional baskets help develop a preferred landing area around the basket, much like parts of a golfing green are better than others.

That actually makes sense. A good layup would be key.

John Mucciarone · Post by **John Mucciarone** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:08 am

Played the course 4-5 times when I lived in Seattle.
Holes are mostly around 300, but it plays through many
tree lined alleys and elevation change. It requires much
more care on your layup than usual. I liken it a bit to pool
and making sure your cue is lined up for the next shot.

Its fun to mix it up and Lake Stevens was always good for that.

Jeff LaGrassa · Post by **Jeff LaGrassa** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:19 pm

Disc Golf Live wrote:Ah, the Doctor Fred basket. Guy who makes these has been around for years, I remember his rants back from the rec.sports.disc discussion pages years ago. He seemed a bit wacky to say the least.

His thinking was that directional baskets help develop a preferred landing area around the basket, much like parts of a golfing green are better than others.

Dr. Fred Chittenden was also on the PDGA DISCussion Board in the very beginning (late 90s) too. His idea was basically that putting in disc golf is easier than putting in ball golf; it's not a revolutionary concept and is well known. It's certainly true for the top echelon and touring pros in our sport for which anything inside 30 feet is practically automatic these days. But Dr. Fred's idea to make directional putting targets to make them harder, even on smaller pitch-n-putt courses, never really caught on. I think most people will agree that trying to land a drive from 300 feet out or even a shorter approach shot comes down to a lot of luck and the terrain around a basket and whether a disc skips, spins around, rolls, etc. Dr. Fred's posts eventually became uber-annoying because 1) he'd always claim to have positive feedback about his baskets from locals and 'top pros,' when people like Craig Grangloff would report that they've lived in the Seattle area for years and never seen the guy once at any local tournament or PDGA sanctioned event nor heard of a single person who ever played or talked to him in a casual round and 2) every one of Dr. Fred's posts became obviously marketed at selling his baskets. His not-so-subtle spamming got to be pretty outrageous, and after a lot of negative feedback about his posts, he eventually withdrfew from the scene.

If you've ever played one of Reese's Fly18 courses, he still uses the Dr. Fred baskets, but without the directional features.

Sean Curcio · Post by **Sean Curcio** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:12 pm

check some of these out... http://www.disctrips.com/galleries/unusual-pins/7.html this is my fav, there are many other great pics here too.

Eric Kevorkian · Post by **Eric Kevorkian** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:28 pm

SeanMC125 wrote:check some of these out... http://www.disctrips.com/galleries/unusual-pins/7.html this is my fav, there are many other great pics here too.

A lot of New England courses in those pictures. Good stuff...