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Tree Defense... Good or Bad? | Debate Night Clips
The debate around tree defense in disc golf continues. Alex Russell from the disc golf community sparked a discussion on Instagram about playing a major with branches less than 20 inches from the basket. The question on everyone's mind: is it safe or just too guarded? Silas and others weigh in on this topic, sharing their thoughts on the best approach to navigate such holes. For those new to disc golf, understanding tree placement and shot strategy is crucial. Alex Russell highlights the challenge of the Jones course, a par four with tight fairways that require precision driving and safe putting. Viewers can expect to gain insight into tree defense tactics and learn how to play effectively around these obstacles.
Top disc golfers debate: Is tree defense a strategy or an excuse? Watch [player names] weigh in on its effectiveness.
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um as actually i was going to bring this up i saw in the debate group the disc golf debate group where um i believe it was alex russell put up yeah what are your thoughts on that yeah i thought this is so alex russell put on his instagram story and said are we really going to play a major with branches less than 20 inches from a basket i want to hear you and silas's thoughts on it before i give my take for those that are listening those that are listening we're talking about whole uh it's like 10 or 11 i want to say on jones and is essentially a basket that sits in between two of those like trees that have like the they're almost like christmas trees of where they have like the different rows of uh branches coming out and like the bottom branches on this tree on one of the trees uh comes out so far that you can almost it almost is touching the basket on one side so that kind of gives you a visual of how guarded the basket is but yeah i'll hear what you inside think of this well i'd have to look at the whole as a entirety but play i've played jones east because it's a car for understanding it's a par four yeah and a good drive will leave you probably like 375 to 300. like people are gonna have 375 300 wide open shot into the green and are the trees just on one side of the basket uh they're completely certain so the tree that is the picture that they're showing that is on the so the the photos taken from behind the pass gets shooting down the fairway so the tree that he's kind of close to is on the left side of the basket and then the tree on the other is on the right so there's nothing in between your shot and the basket if that makes sense but like is there like a safe area like if you go past do you know you're gonna have a putt type thing yes yeah then i don't mind it i mean i can see where like 20 inches of the basket but there's no pga guideline of like it's got to be two feet away and in my opinion like...
