A Skilled Worker…

I’ve come to realize I’ll never be GREAT at disc golf.  Hell, I’m not even mediocre.  I am better than many of my friends but, let’s face it, I play 6 days a week and they…don’t.

That said, I’m still committed to learning.  And through this site I can use the two best teaching tools I know…

A) Talking to people who are actually good at disc golf.

B) Looking at my own approach.

To the first point, I should again thank some of the pros who have answered our questions here.  The National Disc Golf Tour is underway again and the first even of 2010 saw two of our “Top Pros” cash in The Memorial.  Congratulations to Avery Jenkins who tied for 22nd and Scott Rief who finished 39th.

I was looking for more pro info this afternoon and had to laugh at these pages set up for Disc Golf Superstar Ken Climo :

“What Would Ken Climo Do?” is a Facebook fan page set up by a guy who’s e-mail address is “kenclimoisgod”.

“The Ken Climo Appreciation Club” is another Facebook fansite that seems more like a way for people to use Ken’s name to promote their own crap.

I actually did play with someone better than me just yesterday.  Thanks to Jack for showing me a new disc that I think will help with my long-distance anhyzer.  Otis is supposed to hit the store looking for a couple of Discraft Stratus ASAP.

Finally, since I’m ranting about people with particular skills, a shout out to my friend Timmy who is absolutely awful at the game of disc golf but is immensely talented as a photographer.  I clipped these shots from his website, but his work is always worth checking.

Our Yukon buddy Drizz tries a putt at Timmons. We'll pretend this went in.

I taught these guys how to play! Be prepared for lousy frolf booms in L.A., Atlanta, Minnesota and Chicago!

Timmy says this picture shows just how fat I've gotten. Timmy is a very skinny man. But I like it because I think it shows some pretty good follow-through on the 13th hole at Timmons.