2020-08-18 Goettingen: More Fives Another round on the course. After some rain the grass was wet, but the temperatures had rosen again, making it a nice evening round. Almost calm, as all these days. I met Manuel, a newbie he said. We played a round together ... and he shredded me! 8-( He had a Kaxe and some noname starter set. With them he did nothing special, just playing a solid sen- sationless game. Myself, in contrast, ... Well, in the beginning it wasn't too bad ... 1) Forehand Hellfire hyzer, a bit long. Missed the 7m putt (without practice putting before). -> 3 2) Hellfire anny flex, a bit short. Missed the long putt. -> 3 3) This time a forehand hyzer with the Hellfire, leaving a long putt, i.e. layup. -> 3 4) Not the best forehand anny flex (it lacked the flex), landing behind bushes left, without a window. Had to thumber out as a layup. -> 3 5) Not enough anny on the Hellfire backhand ... and much too high. My angles were off today. Eventually I secured what I con- sider par for me on this hole. -> 4 6) Probably because of people standing on the side, I refrained from throwing the forehand as wide as I otherwise would have. It landed pin-high right. With the low ceiling and the slope this long putt was too risky to run. -> 3 Up to here, I had played all pars ... nothing special, just sim- ple golf for par. 7) ... then I shanked the backhand anny flex high right into the first tree. The backhand Hellfire hyzer went long. The long look was an expected miss. The 5m comebacker I should have made. That was a horrible miss. Actually, I knew that it didn't feel well. I should have stepped back and focus anew. -> 5 8) Quite good P3 backhand anny, landing right below the platform, but with no good look at the basket. It hit chains but didn't stick. -> 3 9) Went long with my low forehand hyzer. And again missed a make- able 6m putt from a knee. -> 3 10) Desaster strikes again. Drive into the bushes right. P3 back- hand throwout. Already two throws to get out of the gap. Then a good Hellfire forehand hyzer, that goes deep. Missed another 8m putt. -> 5 11) Horrible first shot. Bad second shot. No line at all. Okay approach jumper. Missed another 8m putt. -> 5 12) P3 drive straight into the bushes left. No line at all. Hit the Hellfire hard into the bushes in front to get it just out behind them into the fairway. Jumper. Putt. -> 4 This makes +8 (=44). One of my bad scores. The first half of the round was fine, but towards the end it went down fast. Three fives! At least no OB. Man, did I miss many putts! Probably the result from doctoring on my putting technique yesterday. Man, were my angles off! Maybe the result of talking too much with Manuel and not focussing on my game. Man, did I throw bad shots! Surely the result of trying too hard. He let his discs fly smoothly into the middle of the fairway, whereas I hammered mine out ... right into trees and bushes. :-( (I would have liked to have a Comet today!) For him it must have been a great experience. :-) http://marmaro.de/discgolf/ markus schnalke