Chris Baker - Bloomington, Indiana

PDGA #: 70039
Home Course: Deer Run Park
Bag: Handeye Supply Co Mission Rig Backpack
Favorite Course: Brewster Ridge – Smugglers Notch Resort – Jeffersonville, Vermont
Favorite Disc: Westside Discs VIP Ahti

Beginner Tip

Find ONE midrange or lower speed driver that you LOVE…and practice, practice, practice with it! Play single disc rounds. Throw that mold on as many lines and angles as you can, learning all of the different things it can and can’t do. Try different weights and plastic types in that mold and see how they fly differently. Then add new molds slowly, one at a time, from that center disc in different stabilities and speeds.

Most Memorable Moment

Completion and Grand Opening of Deer Run DGC in Nashville, Indiana. Deer Run was my first course design, and I poured my life into it for almost a year. We celebrated its opening in April 2016 with the Dynamic Discs RV, two Team DD pros, local officials, and 80 golfers. That day was a mixture of pure joy, exhaustion, pride, and relief!

Disc Golf Career Goals

– Compete in a Masters Pro World Championship – Win an A-Tier in MP40+ – Help start a local high school team – Help start a local junior league – Continue to host multiple tournaments each year in my local area – Find sufficient land in my area to develop a private course at my home

In The Bag

Drivers

Westside Discs VIP War Horse

Very strong headwinds. Hard forehand and backhand skip shots

Latitude 64 Royal Grand Orbit Rive

Lesser headwinds and reliable fade on distance shots.

Westside Discs Tournament-X Sword (Tournament pictured)

Overstable distance.

Westside Discs VIP Sword

Neutral distance.

Westside Discs Hybrid Sword (VIP pictured)

Right turning distance.

Westside Discs VIP Destiny

Big "S" shots for maximum distance

Latitude 64 Opto-X Musket (Opto pictured)

Forehand and backhand drives between fairway and distance drivers.

Westside Discs Opto Pioneer

Forehand and backhand utility with hard fade and skip. Forehand rollers.

Latitude 64 Opto-X Explorer

Just a touch less overstable than the Pioneer. Reliable fairway driver with good fade.

Latitude 64 Gold Explorer

Middle stability workhorse fairway driver.

Latitude 64 Recycled Explorer

Flip up to straight fairway drives with just a touch of turn.

Westside Discs Hybrid-X Hatchet (VIP pictured)

Flip up to drives that get late turn to the right on backhand.

Westside Discs VIP Hatchet

Drives that will go right and hold that turn the entire flight.

Midrange

Westside Discs SE Anvil (Tournament Burst pictured)

Forehand upshots and drives.

Westside Discs BT Hybrid Anvil

Backhand hyzers and spike shots for distance control

Westside Discs VIP Gatekeeper

Very straight shots with just a touch of fade at the end.

Westside Discs BT Hybrid Gatekeeper (VIP pictured)

Cycle multiples of these in different stages of wear for very straight midrange shots to slight turning shots.

Latitude 64 Retro Fuse (Opto pictured)

Flip up to turn midrange that holds right the entire flight.

Dynamic Discs Lucid-X Culprit (Lucid pictured)

Forehand flip up shots that go very straight with a small fade at the end.

Dynamic Discs Prime Moonshine Culprit (Lucid pictured)

Backhand drives with more fade than the Gatekeeper and more distance than Anvil. Touch forehand upshots with less fade than Anvil. Forehand rollers to get out of trouble.