Consider this when buying (and bagging) rare, expensive discs

Storytime.

This was probably three or four years ago …

I was playing in a tournament round on a ball-golf course. There wasn’t much in the way of water hazards, but there was one hole where finding a pond off the tee wouldn’t be difficult.

It was on that very hole some guy on my card with cojones far larger than my own proudly pulled out a well-seasoned 2015 Sexton Firebird. Queue the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” jingle …

Straight into the drink.

I didn’t know him personally, but I’d guess he was in his early 20s. To accuse him of crying would be taking things too far, but he was without a doubt teary-eyed about the situation. We gave the hunt a good three minutes with an extender stick, but the disc wasn’t visible in the murky water. For the sake of his emotional stability, I can only hope he found the frisbee.

Which brings me to the point I’d like to make …

Are you at all tempted to buy rare, expensive plastic?

Fine.

Whatever you do, though, avoid ANY kind of fairway or distance driver like the package it’ll show up on your doorstep in will be filled with anthrax. Quite literally, it’s not worth it …

Stick with the slow stuff.

Of course, if you’re a psychopath or live with the most patient woman in the world and plan on merely collecting discs or hanging them on an office wall, by all means – indulge.

Your best bet, however, is to pass on the CE Eagle for a 10X KC Pro Aviar …

Every. Single. Time.

My reasoning?

It’s simple, really …

You lose fast discs. The whole point of the disc type is to have the frisbee leave your hand and get as far away from you as humanly possible. For some reason, when the words “distance driver” are hot-stamped on a disc, amateur golfers start to feel themselves with ‘em …

Like clockwork:

“Hello, Darkness, my old friend.”

This doesn’t happen with putters – and it happens less with midranges.

Beyond a lack of loseability, there are other benefits, too:

• Perk No. 1 – Throwing something you shouldn’t is a thrill unlike any other.
• Perk No. 2 – On the course, you show off the gear for which you paid too much.
• Perk No. 3 – Discs were meant to be tossed. To use them is to maximize their value.

So all of that …

Without the inevitable heartache.

I don’t know you; I don’t know your game. But I’d venture to say you’ve never lost a putting putter. And though the risk level rises, it’s (usually) more of the same with approach putters.

So fill your “Wishlist” on eBay with loads of discs you’ll never buy …

But be smart when pulling the trigger.

You’ve been warned.

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