2023-03-13 New Discs and Soehnstetten Because of the beautiful spring weather (18C! and sunny), I went for a round in Soehnstetten, my first one this year there. I took a typical bag with me, but also wanted to try out the new discs I bought in Berlin at the Discgolfstore last week. These are: - Star Valkyrie (pink), 171g - DX Roc3 (pink), 174g - DX Cobra (yellow), 177g The new Valk is intended as a backup for my yellow Valk, which is unique in its flight among my discs. The new pink one is pretty similar, but with slightly more turn. Not exactly a backup of the yellow one, but more a typical Valkyrie, I'd say. It's good enough for now. The Roc3 is also intended as a backup for my Roc3, but unfor- tunately it has more dome than my orange one. I didn't remember how flat my old one really is. The new one is okay, although not quite as forehand-friendly as the old one. I bought the Cobra because I am so impressed by this 150g Cobra I have. I cannot believe how well it flies and how much stability it has nonetheless. The new one is nice as well. I have to play a two disc round with it at the Wiley to really get a feeling for it. Certainly no disc for windy days but likely a nice discs to have fun with. The round at Soehnstetten today was a great experience. Nobody there, great weather and all alone. :-) Despite having more discs in the bag, I played only with: - D P3 (2) - JB Zone - DX Banshee - Star Valk (2) The P3s are pretty much identical, I only have two for conveni- ence. The Banshee had only exactly one throw, which I could have used the Valk as well. The second (new) Valk was used for only one throw as well, for which I better have used the old Valk any- ways. Thus, effectly I played with three discs: P3, Zone, Valk. That's the set that has proven many times to be well suited for Soehnstetten. I started with several pars, simple upshots and drop-in putts. Then, in the middle, I birdied #6, #7, (almost #8), #11, and #12. Already on PB path, #13 stopped me hard. :-D The drive wasn't bad, but it landed behind the big tree. I was about 9m from the pin, but with no real path to it. I tried it straight through the branches, unfortunately hit one. That was kind of expected. Then I had a slightly obstructed 6m putt for par. Here disaster struck: I hit the cage and the disc rolled down the hill. I chose to rethrow and hit the band, at least coming to rest close by. What as unfortunate triple bogey 6! All this happening within the circle! The rest of the round was okay. Two missed putts, the only bad drive all round on #18 plus a 7m spit-out on the same hole for a bogey. This results in 4 birdies, a triple and a single bogey for even par (=54). I wonder if I should have simply pitched out on #13 to play for a save bogey? This is a decision I haven't made yet in such a si- tuation. I have no problem to lay up risky putts, but I don't so much want to simply pitch out when I have the possibility to make it. But with a simple single bogey this round would have tied my PB! Maybe that wouldn't have been too bad anyways. ;-) Some statistics on the throws: Drives: - P3: -- - Zone: 6 BH, 2 FH = 8 - Banshee: 1 BH - Valk: 9 BH = 18 drives From year to year the Zone drives get more. ;-) Approaches: - P3: 3 BH - Zone: 1 BH, 2 FH = 3 = 6 approches Layups: 4 layups, when the putt was too long or too risky. Missed putts: - 6m: 3 - 7m: 2 - 9m: 2 = 7 missed putts Made putts: - drop-in: 7 - 2m: 2 - 3m: 6 - 4m: 1 - 6m: 1 - 9m: 1 = 18 made putts (of course) All throws and putts: - P3: 7 throws, 18 putts - Zone: 11 throws - Banshee: 1 throw - Valk: 9 throws - (drop-ins: 6) As expected, the putter was used most, more than all the rest combined. All P3 throws were approaches or layups. Zone and Valk are pretty much equal. The Valk has more drives but the Zone additional upshots. The Zone is my only disc that I rely heavily upon for which I have no backup at all. This is something I need to fix soon. My other important discs all have some kind of backup now. Usually I use premium plastic Teebirds for my straight-to-fade slot. During winter I use a DX Banshee for it, because its plas- tic is much more grippy. I really like the Banshee. After having it beaten in, it is no longer as stable as the premium Teebird, but I am surprised how far it goes. Long annies, for instance, work much better with the Banshee. It holds the anny and still comes back. Teebirds either tend to fight out early or not come back. It seems they don't as much accept the angle without losing their character. Altough I use these discs as replacements for another, I can see their difference. Although I like the premium Teebirds much for their pureness and versatility, I think that the DX Banshee provides more birdies off the tee. The Teebird is more a second throw disc for me. Let's see how much I'll play this year. (Last year was the year I played the least since I've started.) http://marmaro.de/discgolf/ markus schnalke