Mailbag: More Putting Circles, Restarting Pro Disc Golf

Will we get back in July?

May 1, 2020 by Charlie Eisenhood in Opinion with 0 comments

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Q: Listening to last week’s episode of The Upshot has me rethinking an idea that’s been kicked around for a while.

I think we could add a third circle and I think all three circles could or should be different sizes. Circle 1 at 5m or 16.4’ would be the new gimme/bullseye range. Almost 100% of MPO putts will be made in this range. I bet FPO is also above 95%. Circle 2 is at 15m or 49.2’ would be a good place to start referencing putts that begin to offer a challenge. Also, no moving past your lie in this new Circle 2. That means step putts move back out to 50’. Then circle 3 is at 30m or 98.4’. These are malleable but they’re on another level.

Now I’m not married to or convinced these are the right distances. Maybe 5m, 15m, and 25m is better. That’s up to someone else.

Lastly, this is where I’m supposed to point out other sports have different layouts on their courts, fields, etc. on the pro level vs. what ams play on.