There are few moments quite as stressful in disc golf than walking to where you’re certain your disc is, only to discover it’s nowhere to be found. The heart starts racing. Panic sets in. Screw your score: There’s a disc missing in action – you’ll do whatever it takes to bring him home.
There’s good news, though …
You’re not Ted Kaczynski: You brought a buddy along for the ride. One frenzied mind is liable to make idiotic mistakes during a disc-hunt. It’s nice to have a cooler head one on-hand to help out.
But that’s not ALWAYS the case …
Admittedly, I’m bad at most things in life – helping others look for lost discs isn’t one of those things. Losing a golf disc is a metaphoric groin-kick with which I’m perfectly able to empathize.
As such, when one goes wayward, I’m balls-to-the-wall to find that thing. I’ll examine rocks, sift through a sea of fallen leaves and look over surrounding trees thoroughly – and quickly, too.
So when I am in need of help, and my partner in crime is half-arsing the activity …
I’m ticked.
No, it’s not like he’s posting up on a park bench with a pillow and cigarette or anything – but he might as well be. He’ll meander around the fairway, kicking over a few sticks in the process. Graciously, he might even summon the energy to offer up a disinterested comment or two …
“Man, where is that thing?”
Don’t hold your breath.
The texting, tweeting and Tinder-swiping while he “searches” tell me all I need to know: This is a one-way, scratch-my-back situation. No matter how much mine might itch, I’m on my own.
If the above strikes close to home, do some soul-searching …
Then change.
Treat the hunt for a friend’s disc as if it was your own.
Rest assured, the favor will soon be returned.
For at least three minutes, of course.
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Ahh poor baby must have lost a good disc and nobody helped you find it huh? I don’t go disc golfing too spend hours looking for someone else’s disc. To be frank I wouldn’t even bother playing with someone if they shared your attitude.
Duly noted.
Thanks for reading, Ryan!
Attitude?
Dear Ryan,
You are a douche.
That is all.
I agree wholeheartedly with you Lucas. I always try to pay it forward and do my best to help watch my friends throws so that if they are errant, I can help find them. We have a motto amongst us that every disc comes home with us.
Ryan’s comment was indictive of someone who probably doesn’t have many friends. With a comment like that he probably rubs one out to being a negative troll in the posts of others. Haha. It would behoove him to spend less time being a troll, and more time on using spell checking and applying better grammar going forward. 😉
Ah, don’t worry about it …
He kept the profanity to a minimum, which is all G.S. asks.
It’d be an honor to lose a disc on the same card with you one day. Haha.
You know what would be really nice if they had a disk finding app on your phone. If you play like me and my friend there is always like 4 or us sometime7-8 and when you are the first to throw an seen your disk fly by the tree line after watching everyone throw there disk you tend to forget we’re your disk went. Now if someone could make an app on your phone which uses your camera to tell you what area your disk flew in could help amazingly on finding your disk. Or even remember when you have 6 people playing the game. That would be an app I wouldn’t mind paying for at all and really don’t sound like it would be that hard to make and just have your buddy hold your phone or put your phone on a stand. If it just gave me a 5ft radiuses of were my disk might be I wouldn’t ever lose my disk.
Yeah, it would depend on the monthly cost …
It’s probably take on a subscription plan of some sort.
Also, don’t think you’re the first person to think of this – it’s a VERY desirable idea.
I’m not stranger to losing discs. Haha.
(also, great name – nice job by your parents)
I think you could just set up a camera and tripod to achieve the same effect with the rewind button.
Probably.
But, man …
Nobody in their right mind wants to tote a camera and tripod around, right?
(outside of the YouTubers, of course)
I will go look for disc at the local disc golf course near me and when i find some i call the number and return them and i met a really good friend that way i spend hours looking for disc and i enjoy returning them to the Owen’s it is a very enjoyable time for me to go look for them i go almost everyday i am out looking right now i just got here to look i hope find some
Best of luck, Uncle Bud!
You’re doing the Lord’s work 🙂