2020-01-06 Koenigsgolfen I played the small Koenigsgolfen tournament on the Wental course. [0] The course was extended from six to nine holes. They were beautifully arranged! It was a pleasure to play these versatile, rather short but demanding holes. The weather was cold (0C) and foggy with almost no wind. The ground was frozen. We played two rounds in the morning and two in the afternoon. Both flights were nice to play with. In the morning with Denver, the later winner, and his friend Tim. In the afternoon with Ortwin and Giselbert. In my bag: - D P3 (2): Putting and few approaches - JB Zone: A lot of drives, most approaches and few putts - ES TB: Drives on 9, partly 3, and a shot here and there - S VL: Drives on 1, partly 2, 5 - L Felon: Some drives on 3 - ESP Comet: Backup, no shots - DX Eagle: Backup, no shots On all rounds I started on ... Hole 3 (the normal hole 3): a 90 degrees dogleg right, rough ground. No skips to expect. I drove forehand with Felon, ES TB and Zone. Nothing really worked well. Avg: 3.5 strokes. Hole 4: narrow forest track, then around a mando and backwards to the pin, par 4. I drove with the Zone forehand to the gap. Played three bogeys and a birdie. Avg: 4.5. Hole 5 (the normal hole 4): long straight over a light hill. The longest drive. I threw the S VL backhand, three times too high and with hyzer; one time flat and level. Avg: 3.5. Hole 6: along a narrow and rather long forest track. I drove forehand with the Zone most times, once forehand with the Valk. My worst hole, avg: 3.75. Hole 7: through the triple mando to the basket right before a fence. In some other year it was a straight shot, this year the tee was off to the right, which allowed for an easy low forehand hyzer through the mando and sliding, slithering or skipping to- wards the basket and back-stopped by the fence, 2m behind the basket. I threw Zone and Valk, depending on the ground condi- tions. My best hole, avg: 2.25. Hole 8 (the normal hole 5): downwards around a few trees with the basket at the end of the downslope. I threw the Zone backhand, often flying too far. Avg: 2.75. Hole 9 (hole 6's basket with a tee down right): either a straight shot uphill inbetween two trees or a big forehand hyzer around the trees. The basket's on the slope. You better land short. First round I threw the Zone straight, later the Teebird big forehand hyzer. Avg: 2.75. Hole 1 (the normal hole 1): Long backhand anny. I drove with the Valkyrie. Avg: 2.75. Hole 2 (the normal hole 2): low ceiling, narrow forest track, basket to the right. I threw forehands, slithering towards the basket, Zone or Valk. Avg: 2.75. This makes five holes below par and four above. For throwing my most used disc was the Zone, then Valkyrie, then Teebird, P3 and Felon. The holes were rather short, thus few drivers needed. It was more important to stay on the track (fair- way) and not enter jail. Furthermore, most drives were forehands (2,3,4,6,(7),9). Therefore the Zone was the best fitting disc to- day. If I would have had to play with only one disc it would clearly have been the Zone. Lowlights: - The first four holes after the lunch break: four bogeys. I was cold and had no confidence. Missed 5m putts. It was terrible. - First try on the big forehand hyzer line on 9, I took it way to tight. This is a typical problem when I throw the Teebird fore- hand hyzer. - Too much hyzer and height on the first three drives on 5. - Distance differences on 1: 20m too short -- 20m too long. - Throwing bad approaches on 5 to spoil easy pars. Highlights: - Playing so well in general. No double bogey at all! Few really bad shots. No OBs, no mando misses. No clear problem area. - Three birdies on the triple mando hole! - Parking hole 8 in the first round (Zone backhand). - Sinking a long putt/approach with the Zone on hole 1 in the first round. - Seeing the big forehand hyzer line on hole 9 and getting a bir- die with it, finally on round 4. - Two or three great approaches (or rather second drives) after finding the rough on the first throw. Overall I'm happy with the tourament. I scored 27 (-1), 31 (+3), 30 (+2) and 26 (-2), which in sum makes 114 (+2). It were 8 bir- dies, 18 pars and 10 bogeys. Out of the 24 players (22 in Open) I placed 6th (!) with with my 114 throws. The winner had 106 strokes. I am very happy with the result. For a better score I should have made some more of the a bit longer putts, but that needs more practice than I have invested. Hence it is okay this way. More important, I always made the comebacker. Concerning my bag, it really feels settled. I used to write that I could drop the Zone, but no!, it is such a handy disc. I wouldn't want to miss it. (Maybe that comes from the P3s getting more understable now. The worn-in JB Zone now flies somehow like a few P3.) I find no use for the Comet. For longer lines I throw the Valk; for shorter lines I throw the P3. Besides, the Comet is the only disc in my bag that I cannot forehand. This makes no sense. As much as I like it, it doesn't fit my bag. The Eagle I'll keep as backup, and as well because I think that I could come to throw it every now and then. The Valkyrie is set. Recently I use the Teebird less, mainly because the Zone took over a good part of the shots. Maybe that's only because I played primarily short courses. Clearly, the TB will stay. The Felon will stay as well, even being it only for the occasion- al shot. A real understable disc would only make sense for hyzer-flip and finish straight or right shots. I rather don't need that. But a faster, rather understable disc like a Tern could make sense for max distance. I has to be a disc that holds a slight anny (or continues to turn slightly) for a long time, before coming back and fading out. If I throw the Valk on slight anny and low, it won't come back. The Eagle is the closest to that line, but it fades out too hard. Well, that's just an idea ... the only idea (on the search for more distance). All of the rest of the bag is just fine. No wish to change anything. :-) [0] https://wsca.de/uploads/files/discgolf/ergebnisse/koenigsgolfen20.pdf http://marmaro.de/discgolf/ markus schnalke