Disc golf: 5 of the most likely (and annoying) places to lose discs

The woods. The water.

These are obvious places to lose discs.

This list, however, will be more specific …

I’ll focus on the REAL culprits – the annoying ones.

Proceed with caution:

1. Look up

In and of itself, losing a disc in a heavily wooded area sucks. What sucks even more, though, is losing a disc in a heavily wooded area after seeing the entirety of its flight. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve spent 30 minutes looking for a disc I thought I’d find in five …

Then, the solution hits me:

“Look up, Lucas.”

Sometimes the wayward frisbee is spotted and dislodged by a rock, stick, water bottle or second disc. Far too often, though, it’s gone forever. Or worse, it’s identified, but impossible to reach …

Please, no.

2. Tall grass

This happens on overgrown courses.

Most maddening of all, it happens during field work, too.

When the latter takes place, it’s not uncommon to want to pull your hair out. Walking around in circles like an idiot for all to see feels bad enough as it is. The salt in the proverbial wound, however, is the realization that somebody’s going to soon stumble upon it, inadvertently.

And you know what that means …

Freebie frisbee.

3. Fallen leaves

This is nature’s sick (and often successful) attempt at straight-up hiding plastic.

I don’t care what anybody says …

The best disc golf happens in the fall.

Still, the fallen leaves that accompany the season make finding discs subject to gravity an absolute nightmare. And if the disc is orange, yellow or I-Dye, prepare to practice patience.

Finding it will take time.

4. Evergreen trees

My thoughts on evergreen trees:

• They’re pretty in Christmas photos.
• They don’t belong on disc golf courses.

My reasoning?

They’re the “Jerry Rice” of the arboreal sector. When you throw a disc near the top of a massive spruce, that thing’s not coming down without a pair of impromptu, faith-filled Hail Marys.

Instant heartache.

* Note: Clearly, I’m being flippant with this – evergreens belong on disc golf courses.

5. Absent-mindedness

This one’s the worst of the lot …

YOU alone are to blame.

After marking my lie or flipping a disc, I’ve left my previous frisbee either near or right where it landed. After missing a putt and haphazardly draining it with the driver I originally threw, I’m no stranger to leaving it in the basket. The same thing happens with mulligans and practice throws.

Tragedy strikes when you least expect it.

Have you ever felt the pain of the above?

The good news: You’re not alone.

The bad news: It won’t be the last time.

The sooner you accept it, the better off you’ll be.

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