Dear Ryan,
I went and played disc golf at Sanders Ferry Park today and shot all 18 holes, with no ankle support. I’m feeling it now, but I wanted to force myself to finish. I took it slow, but I around hole 10, I could have quit and felt okay with my progress. I shot a +9, got two birdies (one shot was a 40’ putt), and had to take two penalty shots. I played both water shots, on holes 14 and 15, and lost a disc on hole 14. I was throwing a 175g XL and got off an unexpectedly good pull and over-shot the water, the trees, and then the parking lot. I was waving at it like crazy for it to fall back into play (it didn’t listen), but I must have put too much Anhyzer on it for it to fight back against the wind. It landed at the rear of some dubious-looking, chest-high weeds, and I just wasn’t up for another Midnight Tick Check, so I donated it to the disc gods. I liked the throw: there was a nice right to left wind, so it probably carried 375’ with a one-step throw. Unfortunately, it was carrying in the wrong direction the entire time. I also pulled off a 400’er with a one-step on hole 8: the boring straight-ahead, open shot with a low hill in the middle that prevents you from seeing the basket.

Interesting finds today: the 150g jelly Storm that I picked up in Bowling Green turns left if I throw it level with any speed, so I have a great turning disc now! It says it’s “stable”, but I had to put tons of Hyzer on it just for it to fly straight. It’s also a first-run, a 150, and I did hit that tree with it, but that was only one time. It shouldn’t be that fragile! I also found a 173g black Buzz sitting on hole 18. Someone must have forgotten it was there and walked away. It’s a collector’s disc from this years' Scottsdale Memorial. It's a crazy little full-color graphic with ducks and a three-eyed fishy! Unfortunately, Mr. Genius wrote his illegible name and number in black ink, on a black disc.