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Hot Take Course Design With Nate Doss
Nate Doss shares his insights on course design in disc golf, emphasizing the need for innovation to elevate the sport. He highlights the importance of courses that challenge players beyond mere execution, providing risk-reward options and punishing bad shots. Nate cites notable examples, such as Paul McBeth's struggles at Northwood Black, as a testament to the value of thoughtful course design. The conversation touches on the role of natural design elements, like terrain and tree placement, in creating courses that require skillful shot selection. Doss also mentions Milo McGregor's courses, which exemplify a balance between length and challenge. He believes that perfect courses are still yet to be fully realized, leaving room for further evolution and innovation in the sport. Nate offers his expertise on what it takes to design engaging, high-level disc golf courses that require strategy and skill.
Join pro disc golfer Nate Doss on innovative course design, sharing expertise & strategies in this exclusive video from Foundation Disc Golf.
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you mentioned like you know later on you're going to have like the mental advantages over some of these younger players do you think that disc golf needs to continue to push the boundaries when it comes to courses because there's certain courses that I'll play and I'm like this is just an execution course this is literally we're playing darts who can who can throw the shot better and then there's other courses Northwood black I think is one of the best of where it's not an execution you're not going to show up and be able to execute every shot out there and so you're going to be put in a lot of different spots and we saw with Paul McBeth like someone like you talked about we saw him literally crumble at that course that one year of where it looked like he was just an absolute blender you're not going to see that at these courses that don't punish bad shots that don't give you risk reward options so how much do you think courses need to continue to evolve to where we get to see these moments down the stretch of where is a should I do this should I not do this because to me that's what really makes disc golf special is can you execute the shot sure but can you also pick the right shot to throw yeah it it's a good it's a good point I think from a distance perspective I'm not sure the courses need to get much longer I think I think it's more of the like you're saying the technical aspects and basically up until about even until to this day most dis gol courses use natural design it you know hey we're not building up mounds of dirt or planting a bunch of big ass trees or anything like that you kind of have to naturally design the course and then it like work in and I I'm I mean I can you know speak to Milo mcgyver as a great example of that that's 11,44 ft or something like that but it doesn't feel that long because players have to execute some really good shots in some bigger Fairways with some tight Woods as well at times the perfect courses are still yet to be even designed yet I think they're still coming I think...
