Brian Matthews's Blog – April 2008 Archive (4)

But there IS such a thing as a bad second throw..



Trust me.

I know.

I'm the king of 'bad' first throws.



I have squatted out drives that would make 'Steady Ed' spin in his grave.



I have hit trees right off the teepads so many times that I felt like adding buzzsaw blades to some of my discs to cut them down out of the way.



I have thrown discs right into the ground in front of me, and watched them roll back around and land close enough… Continue

On the same day I played Cliff Stephens DGC, I followed up with a run through NE Coachman, which is less than a mile away and accessible by walking from Cliff Stephens, if you're of a mind to walk the ways it takes. I drove, but then I am usually on some sort of time budget when I get to go out of town, so...

There were a fair number of people at Coachman that day, compared to the one guy I met at C.S., but it was later in the day. Most of the course runs under the…

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I've done it.

And a lot of you out there probably have, too.

Done what, you ask?



Looking for The Magic Disc.



Although most disc golfers are probably aware that it isn't the tool - it's the user - some of us are tempted by the local merchants and online repositories to look for that Magic Disc, that next big break for our game.



But is there any such thing?



I've heard from one or two retailers about the flow of people through… Continue

I had a drawing gig at a Mardi Gras party for a yacht rendezvous out on Useppa Island off the coast of Ft. Myers, and I left early so that I could stop and try a few holes at the disc golf course in the N. Ft. Myers Community Park. After having a bit of a hard time finding the place (although it turns out to be real easy to get there, once you know where it is), I was able to make a mad dash through as much of the course as I could before I had to get to my gig down the road.



I… Continue