Editor:
Jeffrey Bird did a nice job of promoting the emerging sport of Disc Golf (“Disc Golf,” Sept 8). It is a sport for kids, families, loggers, hippies and pot growers, and the start-up costs/playing costs are among the lowest of most sporting activities. “Par Eternity” Past-President Jim McIntosh (Mailbox, Sept. 15) takes Jeffrey to task for not promoting one of the many disc golf clubs in the county and for referencing dogs and beer. First of all, disc golfers in general are pretty good about picking up after their dogs — don’t want our discs or feet to step in it. Regarding beer, Par Infinity is sponsoring the “Brewer’s Cup” Sunday, Oct. 9 at Mad River Pump Station #4 (aka Pump Station Fore!) at 8:30 a.m. (see www.parinfinity.org). One can attend Pump Station #4, Par Infinity’s home course, any day and find plenty of beer and dogs. Also, “chunderheads” are people who throw poorly, into the brush, not “drunken sloppy disc golfers.”
There will be plenty of drunk disc golfers at the Pump Station #4 at this year’s Brewer’s Cup and I would not call most of them chunderheads. Really, Jim, “chunderhoads (sic) like him” (Jeffrey Bird)? No need to call names. Relax. Play a round with some golfers who aren’t wound tighter than an eight-day wooden clock.
Rodney Cabrera Brunlinger, Eureka
This article appears in Best of Humboldt 2011.
The Brewer’s Cup is a privately sponsored tournament. Though it was listed on Par Infinity’s events page, this event is not sponsored by Par Infinity. Also, although there is more than one local disc golf club, as far as I know only one actually pays insurance on, and ensures access to, the local courses (HSU, pump station 4, etc) – Par Infinity.
Lighting into Jeff was completely hypocritical. Par Eternity has the Brewer’s Cup listed on their website and it is being Directed by long time PI member Marion Dutch Sullivan. Pump Station Fore! is a dangerously narrow disc golf course and adding a kegger only increases the chances of injury and/or losing the park altogether. Want a preview? See the Men Ramming video attached. Good thing you folks have insurance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnQ6bM43-rs
Yes it is a good thing we (par infinity)have insurance – without it, there would be no course at pump station 4, or most of the other local courses.
Par Eternity only insures two of a dozen courses in the county, one being Pump Station Fore!, a dangerously narrow disc golf course. You guys need to quit acting like you created golf on the seventh day, then rested. You had no business ripping Jeffrey, he’s a great guy. But golf courses round the world are filled with stuck-up golfers who act like they own the world. Casual golfers are the best golfers to play with. Relax, play a round with some golfers who aren’t wound tighter than an eight-day wooden clock.
Par Eternity only insures two of a dozen courses in the county, one being Pump Station Fore!, a dangerously narrow disc golf course. You guys need to quit acting like you created golf on the seventh day, then rested. You had no business ripping Jeffrey, he’s a great guy. But golf courses round the world are filled with stuck-up golfers who act like they own the world. Casual golfers are the best golfers to play with. Relax, play a round with some golfers who aren’t wound tighter than an eight-day wooden clock.
Jeez Rodney… We’ve never met as far as I know. I never ripped anybody about anything. But I guess I’m a stuck up uptight golfer who acts like I invented golf, just because I’d like it acknowledged that a local club has actually done a lot of good things for golf in the community. I guess that got in the way of your vendetta against par infinity… My bad. Feel free to judge me and those who have installed and insured golf courses around here, who have personally donated our own baskets, spent hundreds of hours working on course that you probably play all the time, etc. I’m sorry you hate par infinity so much, but hey, you’re a relaxed casual golfer who is the best kind to play with. Maybe you could give some lessons in being so mellow some time.
Hey I’m not trying to say par infinity and everyone in it is perfect – far from it – but we have done a lot for the sport in this county. Just because we love the golf, like I’d bet you do too…
Par Eternity Past-President Jim McIntosh ripped Jeffrey, I merely called him on his hypocrisy. You, anonymous JT, said Par Eternity insures “most of the other local courses”, that too was false. I merely called you on it. You folks have an aversion to people fact checking your propaganda. I have no “vendetta against par infinity”, in fact the current Par Eternity President, VP, and Liaison and many many PE members have been our guest at many of our tournaments. Regarding your donation of baskets, big deal. You donate to a sport which you participate. So do I (big deal), but that is not the point so let’s not cloud the topic at hand with our generosity. The topic at hand is Jeffrey Bird wrote a fine article promoting disc golf and Par Eternity Past-President Jim McIntosh ripped him and insulted him in the NCJ. I merely defended Jeffrey’s great spirit. Get over it.
My name is John Taloff – most golfers call me JT.. Nothing to hide here, Mr Mellow Kind Relaxed golfer. I’m already over it… sorry to bother you with our propaganda and irrelevant generosity. Maybe someday you’ll get over yourself, too. Peace Out!