Mostly, the length has been dialed back.
September 24, 2020 by Charlie Eisenhood in News with 0 comments
The 2020 Women’s National Championship is the lone disc golf Major this season for the FPO division. The tournament will run alongside the US Disc Golf Championship on the Winthrop University campus. Although a number of FPO competitors at the tournament have competed on the Gold layout that MPO will play, the WNC will have its own layout.
The alterations are fairly simple. Most long holes have been given shorter tees or had their par increased. One hole — the par three 16th — has a different pin position for the WNC layout. Here’s a rundown of the changes on each hole (WNC layout on the left, USDGC layout on the right).
Hole 1
No change.
Hole 2
Tee moved 95 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 3
No change.
Hole 4
Tee moved 63 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 5
Tee moved 224 feet closer to the basket. Mandatory removed.
Hole 6
Tee moved 89 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 7
No change.
Hole 8
Par increased from 4 to 5.
Hole 9
No change.
Hole 10
Tee moved to MPO drop zone, 220 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 11
Par increased from 4 to 5.
Hole 12
Tee moved 262 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 13
Tee moved 174 feet closer to both pin locations.
Hole 14
Tee moved 152 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 15
Tee moved 72 feet closer to the basket.
Hole 16
Basket moved 49 feet closer to the tee and away from the pillars.
Hole 17
OB rules revised to allow for players to re-tee from a separate drop zone after an OB stroke off the tee, and only two OB throws before being allowed to advance to island green drop zone (vs. three for MPO, all from the tee).
Hole 18
Par increased from 4 to 5.
