Our bag tags won't be an engraved circle or rectangle like most clubs. For one, that's pretty unoriginal and for two you kind of have to have a logo for that. I'm not artistic at all and this "stamping of dominoes" and drilling holes in them is about as crafty as I get.
Our bag tags also speak to the love many of us have for other types of games. They are dominoes with stamps of cards on the back. The numbers on the domino represent ranking of players based on skill-based challenges. The 0:1 domino is the best of the bunch and also has an Ace on the back. This is great for disc golf because we strive for aces, throwing the disc in the basket in one throw from the tee box. 0:2 through 0:5 have the stamp of kings from a deck of cards on the back in bridge suit order. When we get to #10, I had to grab a domino from another set of double-nine dominoes and use it as 1:0 since the 0:1 was used for #1.
Our disc group started as a spinoff of the Round Rock Gamers and that's where I started recruiting people in Texas to play disc golf with. One thread on that Yahoo group had WAY too many messages on "where do you want to play disc golf Saturday at 10:00?" and as a result Mark Hamzy created a Yahoo group for us. Eventually due to low attendance and some people moving away, we migrated the group to Meetup.com so more people can find us.
What's a pip?
According to the dictionary, a pip could be a dot on a card or a die. Great, we are gamers so that fits. Another meaning of "pip" as a verb is to beat or get the better of someone. We often use the word pip to describe just barely beating someone at a game. In disc golf, our group often says of a throw that just passes your lie as "you pipped me."
Everyone won't participate with the bag tags. Some folks think you're a "disc nazi" if you take a proper score and still others don't carry bags so would have no need of them. We do have a few new competitive folks who'll like the challenge of striving for that top tag.
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