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Hunter thinks disc golf should implement cuts | Grip Locked
Hunter discusses the need to implement cuts in disc golf tournaments to reduce playtime and increase competitiveness. He shares his experience at the Northwoods tournament, where rounds took up to 5 hours due to field size issues and an abundance of recreational players who shouldn't be participating on the pro tour. Hunter proposes a rating system, cap at 970, to ensure only top-rated players participate in professional events. This approach would help maintain ratings credibility and separate true professionals from recreational enthusiasts.
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like let's say this so this weekend for instance the first problem was the field was too big so rounds at northwoods were taking at least five hours way too long it was insane you start around ten you're finishing a little after three way too long i mean like pga tour ball golf rounds where you know it's way it's a way slower sport are taking that long and they're walking farther yeah the holes are long that's what i mean like it's yeah the whole thing is yes they're not in the woods they're not having to like look for discs and stuff like that but really yeah adding up a lot of the time part of it was northwoods hole 12 was it was legitimately taking like 45 plus minutes to play one hole it's a joke but the thing is like it's a great hole hole 12 is the design's great the difficulty is great i love that hole yeah the issue was there was too many bad players in the field they just shouldn't they shouldn't have been there yeah and like there was a lot of sub nine heck there's even a lot of sub 930s out there that like you're not gonna you're not gonna be able to play good at northwoods well i mean those are yeah those are people who are playing it because they think oh this is a cool opportunity to play local players local yeah which is just that can't be like if this is the premier tour like that those guys can't be out there no what if you're just some random spectator and you show up and that's the card you find yourself like glancing at you should be i just can't happen i i don't like it being ratings the thing that separates because i feel like because i feel like you know i've talked to several people about this and i feel like if you make ratings of the cap so let's just say that the tour 970 and above you can play for pro tour if i'm on the bubble and i'm a 972 rated player and i want to sign up for a pro tour not playing i'm not playing yeah because i'm like i'm 972 rated i'm not gonna play or i'm picking and choosing and i'm only playing events that...
