2 meter rule.

Can someone please explain to me in what circumstance this is a good addition to a tournament?

 

[Jim Coonradt]

Luck happens in disc golf and in ball golf as well. You simply can't legislate luck out of a sport. That being said I have not missed the two meter rule being in effect simply because it comes into play very rarely. I could see the rule being rewritten so that there is a time limit for retrieval from a tree. If you can't get the disc out of the tree in say two minutes you incur a penalty. Then it becomes simply a speed of play issue. Also a disc that was stuck further up in a tree would be more likely to be penalized if it was harder to retrieve. But in general I don't see the game changing all that much without the rule in effect. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

[Chuck Kennedy]

I heard the retrieval idea was considered back in the 80s but was scrapped due to safety and foliage damage issues with players trying to quickly scramble up trees to get their discs.

[David Sauls]

The 2-meter rule doesn't legislate luck of out sport---it legislates it into disc golf. 

 

I love luck.  I love baskets on steep rollaway greens.  But, with few exceptions, the 2-meter rule inserts a penalty for a very rare, random, unlucky occurence.  It's not like O.B., where you could have a rare an extremely unlucky roll or carom into O.B., but the O.B. rule applies and affects many other throws.

[harold king]

and it took 40 GD responses,should have known the rule the first day you played,waste off space and time

[LEE CASTRO]

Played in a tourney this week and it was in effect,but what was unfortunate was they had a elevated basket.Three people took penalty strokes because their disc landed on top of the basket,that was more then 2 meters off the ground,Didnt happen to me but sounded kinda crazy,any thoughts?

[ROBEY the one.]

Now that's retarded. should have been exempt.

[Jamie 'gr8rocshot' Ruane]

He said...."That's preposterous!"

 

Who's laughing now Clown!! Bahhahahahahha!!!

[Jamie 'gr8rocshot' Ruane]

I wasn't ragging on you. I was laughing with you, not at you.

 

The word "preposterous" ...to me is inherently funny.

 

The clown bit refers to "Happy Gilmore" ...you should watch it sometime. Very funny movie.

 

But hey that's ok.

[Jamie 'gr8rocshot' Ruane]

It's all good!!

[Nate Nasty]

If a course depends on penalties to create artificial difficulties it's a flaw of the course design. Less rules equals better game and less contravercy. Personally, I think all the arguments for keeping the 2 meter rule are stupid. Anyone who thinks minimizing luck in disc golf is taking the game to serious and needs to get the hell of my fairway and go play ball golf with the rest of the yuppies. You obviously don't get the point of this wonderful game we call disc golf.

 

[Jim Coonradt]

I am of the same opinion, that less rules is better as long as the "core" rules are in effect. When I run league the only OB that gets called is the street (which usually doesn't come into play anyway). If someone wants to throw it from the creek then I say "Go for it". It isn't the easiest of shots anyway. The point is that we should concentrate on playing disc golf and not on worrying about some silly rule which just arbitrarily changes outcomes. Let's go out and enjoy ourselves and play disc golf! IMHO the two meter rule doesn't add anything beneficial to the sport.

[Eirik]

For once I agree.  The 2 meter rule is trash.  Throwing shots @ trees to drop in the basket is trash too.  Luck should not be penalized nor rewarded.