Monday, March 10, 2008

Interesting Read-Black ACE

We climbed a ridge and prepared to throw down the middle of the fairway on hole number four, which was 212 feet away. Carol stepped up to tee pad, did her usual mental gymnastics, extended the disc in front of her body with both hands, took a deep breath and threw.
It was a really nice shot — low and straight. It was soaring right toward the goal and we all sarted getting excited. The disc got closer and closer and then “rattled those chains” for a hole-in-one!
Several of us jumped up and down in excitement for Carol.
Unfortunately, some spoilsport in our group mentioned this fact: instead of traveling 212 feet, the disc actually reached disc catcher number three, about 100 feet to our left.
It was still a great shot, a once-in-a-lifetime shot. How many people can hit a goal when they are aiming at another in another direction?
COMMENT TO NEWS ARTICLE:
Frank Garcia wrote on Mar 7, 2008 6:21 PM:
" In Ohio we call that a "Black" ace. I once was in a tournament and a guy in my group threw two black aces in the same tournament, one in each round, in the same hole. What was more interesting is he hit his ace on a basket that had a garbage bag over it to indicate the basket was not in play. "

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