I have heard about this tournament for years since I have been living in Minnesota. "You gotta play in the Majestic! It's amazing...." I have been to the Final 9 and the Opening rounds to see the Pro's light up some of the greatest courses Minnesota has to offer. I have seen Feldberg miss a putt and the immediately smack himself in the head with a disc in disgust. I've even dabbled in playing in the doubles tournament that is the Thursday before the tourney starts and we all know how that went. But I have never actually played in the event. UNTIL this year.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
Majestic Doubles: Truck Confusion
Well, that could have gone better.
Good news, we didn't get last. We didn't even get last in our grouping. We actually won our grouping. But to be any more positive beyond that would be a stretch. The amateur doubles tourney matched all amateurs against one another and took place at the Hyland Ski Course. Being my first time on the course, I wasn't sure what to expect. Guess what... its on a big friggin' hill! Up and down and up and down and across then up a bunch of hills! Ugh, it makes a man tired!
As I look back on it all, the result was pretty predictable. Not only had I never played the course before, MRK (my partner) had played the course a grand total of one time. Experience with the course was greatly lacking. Also, experience with that type of course is greatly lacking. Not too many courses I have played come close to simulating the elevation change and the accompanying length. Our inexperience with the course means our distancing was off, our shot evaluation was inaccurate, and I just flat didn't know how to throw uphill or downhill like that. It was learning as we were playing... in a tournament. No bueno.
Oh, and neither MRK nor myself had really played since our last tourney in May. I will admit that especially early on I was a liability to the team. We took nearly all of the King's shots because, well, he played much better than me.
Doubles are supposed to represent an amalgamation of the two players. It allows a team to utilize the strengths of the two and mitigate the weaknesses. It allows two attempts at the same shot. But when you rely more or less on one of the team, the team loses the bonus of having a teammate. The end result was that for a good portion of the round, I required the King to work alone. The end result was a poor scoring performance. We lacked birdies. That is all there is to it.
On a positive note, I threw a disc 700+ feet on the last hole. Downhill but it happened.
It felt good.
Maybe more about Taco Bell and Lion's Park and wheel bearings and watching the pros later. Right now I'm tired.
Diggs, out.
Good news, we didn't get last. We didn't even get last in our grouping. We actually won our grouping. But to be any more positive beyond that would be a stretch. The amateur doubles tourney matched all amateurs against one another and took place at the Hyland Ski Course. Being my first time on the course, I wasn't sure what to expect. Guess what... its on a big friggin' hill! Up and down and up and down and across then up a bunch of hills! Ugh, it makes a man tired!
As I look back on it all, the result was pretty predictable. Not only had I never played the course before, MRK (my partner) had played the course a grand total of one time. Experience with the course was greatly lacking. Also, experience with that type of course is greatly lacking. Not too many courses I have played come close to simulating the elevation change and the accompanying length. Our inexperience with the course means our distancing was off, our shot evaluation was inaccurate, and I just flat didn't know how to throw uphill or downhill like that. It was learning as we were playing... in a tournament. No bueno.
Oh, and neither MRK nor myself had really played since our last tourney in May. I will admit that especially early on I was a liability to the team. We took nearly all of the King's shots because, well, he played much better than me.
Doubles are supposed to represent an amalgamation of the two players. It allows a team to utilize the strengths of the two and mitigate the weaknesses. It allows two attempts at the same shot. But when you rely more or less on one of the team, the team loses the bonus of having a teammate. The end result was that for a good portion of the round, I required the King to work alone. The end result was a poor scoring performance. We lacked birdies. That is all there is to it.
On a positive note, I threw a disc 700+ feet on the last hole. Downhill but it happened.
It felt good.
Maybe more about Taco Bell and Lion's Park and wheel bearings and watching the pros later. Right now I'm tired.
Diggs, out.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tourney Week: Double the Fun
If you hadn't caught the pattern here, our tournament season is punctuated by events about every month or so. We started at Doane and continued at Acorn. The next couple events will be change ups to our regularly scheduled programming. MRK and yours truly will be joining forces for the Minnesota Majestic's Amateur Doubles tourney this week before the 2nd Annual Cold Lampin' Disc Weekend in July. Unfortunately, neither MRK or myself will be able to play the actual Majestic individual tournament. Employment requirements preclude such joys for me. It would have been nice to get in another A-Tier event on the calendar. No matter, we roll doubles!
In complete honesty, this is probably the tourney that precipitated the beginning of our tourney careers. I find a certain comfort and confidence in playing with the King. I've known this kid's game since he rolled with ultimate discs on the course; I was there when he found his first disc the Panther (no joke, his first disc was a find); and we have continued to develop our games throughout the years. I have a firm idea of his tendencies, his capacities and his mental game.
More after the jump...
In complete honesty, this is probably the tourney that precipitated the beginning of our tourney careers. I find a certain comfort and confidence in playing with the King. I've known this kid's game since he rolled with ultimate discs on the course; I was there when he found his first disc the Panther (no joke, his first disc was a find); and we have continued to develop our games throughout the years. I have a firm idea of his tendencies, his capacities and his mental game.
More after the jump...
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