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More Ways To Describe A Course
A simple layout with lots of bushes? You're on a Dubbyuh course.
by Joe THE / DiscLife.com
October 23, 2001
Hachee machee! I'm in awe at the number of you who sent in your submissions in reference to the Describing a Course article that appeared here in April. The response has been great. I thank you all for the feedback. Now, for those of you who are just joining our little party here, I had assembled a slew of terms that can be used to describe the layout of a course without having to go into a vast diatribe of long-winded hole-by-hole descriptions. An example of the abbreviated terminology I've set forth: a course that is wooded and hilly would be described as a "woody" or "willy" course. You can refer to the Describing a Course article for more.
Below I am listing some of the submissions I received. They are in no particular order, with the submitter's name also included. Feel free to use these descriptions at your own risk.
(Note to Tim Reppert: Yours were funny, but not for a family audience!! HA HA!)
Matt Whalen (Alabama)
- Bark Park (a course with many trees)
Jim Klem
- Aretha Franklin (always very windy)
- Wile E. Coyote (lots of extreme elevation changes)
- BarFly (really easy course)
- Danny DeVito (a very short course)
Phil Ross (Secane, PA and fellow Philly golfer)
- Wap Wap (backwards spelling for Paw Paw DGC in West Virginia; trees abound!!)
Dave Stembel (Philadelphia, PA, fellow Philly golfer and the other half of the "Sarcastic Plastic" 'toon team)
- The Dubbyah (simple layout with lots of bushes)
Chris "Critter" Truaz
- Slurpy (course with lots of water)
Mark Davik (New Zealand…currently the person from the furthest away who has beamed me an email. NOTE: Mark plays on a course that is near an active volcano!
I'd hate to be O.B. there! Oh, and what a great name for a disc…the Volcano. Just a suggestion.)
- Fertilizer Course (any course located near a farm)
Chad Beehler (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Plinko Course (where there are enough branches to simulate the "Price Is Right" game as your disc comes down)
Daniel Playfair
- Tattoo Course (think "Fantasy Island"….a very short course; similar to a Danny DeVito, as mentioned earlier, but even shorter!)
- Sniper Course (deadly accuracy required)
Don Mordecai (Kansas' Elmwood Park)
- how appropriate that someone from Kansas would submit the Over the Rainbow term for a course that requires a LOT of hyzer
- Prairie Dog (you have to play close to the ground, i.e. rollers & low ceiling shots)
Gina Massi sent in a course characteristic without a neat little description, and had asked me to come up with a term for it. Well, Gina, thanks to a previous submission, we have your "strong winds on the course" description as an Aretha Franklin (though I'm sure some would say it could be called a Joe THE! heh heh heh)
Have fun with them, and combine them where you can using the terms here and the ones from my previous article. For instance, as Matt Whalen pointed out, a course that is wooded and hilly and requires a mammoth arm could easily be called a "Mammoth Willy." **nervous laughter** And, as Critter Truax suggests, if you're on a course that's always open (a "7-11") and has lots of water (a "Slurpy), you would describe it as a "7-11 Slurpy". Ain't this fun?!?!?
Let's see how long it takes before our groovy little system starts making its way into our culture. Remember, these phrases are for you, and will help cut down on long, drawn out course narrative ramblings. If you're ever at the receiving end of someone's course portrayal, just do what I do and quote Duckman: "There's no use in talking anymore because I've already stopped listening!" And then direct them to familiarize themselves with these terms presented here.
Hey, happy golfin' to you all! And thanks to you all for the input. See yah next time.
Roc(k) on.
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