Some cool stuff on the website. www.usdgc.com Video highlights each day. Text messages with updates. Disc Golf TV is supposed to be doing highlights each day as well.
My picks.
1. Barry
2. Kenny
3. Feldberg
4. Jenkins
5. Martin
6. Schwebby
7. Doss
8. Anthon
Looks like Sleepy is teeing off early this morning. Too bad IL is not represented this year. I will promise someone from IL will be at the USDGC in 07.
What happened with this year's IL exemption?
I looked a the online scoring early this morning and they had some dummy data in there. I was trying to figure out how anyone could have gotten a 2 on hole 5 (1053 ft). Now that they have real scores up there, I see a lot of bogeys on that hole. Watching the scores is fun, but I really wish I could be there watching it in person.
Quote from: krupicka on October 11, 2006, 07:18:45 AM
What happened with this year's IL exemption?
I looked a the online scoring early this morning and they had some dummy data in there. I was trying to figure out how anyone could have gotten a 2 on hole 5 (1053 ft). Now that they have real scores up there, I see a lot of bogeys on that hole. Watching the scores is fun, but I really wish I could be there watching it in person.
Kris Hutter won the exemption and did not attend. I am going to send in the entry fee next year to save the spot. I will follow up to make sure whomever wins teh exemption goes. If not maybe i'll go again ;D.
Scoring is back up. Hole 5 is brutally tough. It looks like the wind is 5-6 mph so that shouldn't be too much of a factor.
I again offer to send in the entry fee. Tomorrow if necessary!
Quote from: CEValkyrie on October 11, 2006, 07:08:36 AM
Too bad IL is not represented this year. I will promise someone from IL will be at the USDGC in 07.
Good luck with that if you are going to give it to the highest winner who isn't already qualified at the IL state championship (which is what I think you said you'd do). I gave it to the highest winner who wasn't already qualified who promised me face to face that he would go at the Peoria Open. Kris Hutter won the Peoria Open and told me that he could and would attend the USDGC if I gave him the exemption. You can give the exemption to whoever you want to, but you can't make them go. The only way to guarantee that someone will go is to take the exemption and go yourself. Or to do like I did the year before and have a special event with no prizes other than the exemption because the only people who attended that event were ready and willing to attend...of course this wound up being you also! ;)
That's funny...I posted while Brett was posting. ;D
You can lead a horse to water, but if you want him to drink, feed him some salty peanuts.
It's too bad Kris did not go. He's a great player and I think he could tear that course up. I noticed quite a while ago that he was not registered. I understand you cannot make anyone go. I however have ensured someone will go and would have contacted the next person in line or found someone to fill that spot. Hopefully the procedures I have in place for 2007 will ensure someone from IL will be there even if it's not me.
With all of the hype surrounding that tournament I'm surprised someone would not go if they had a spot. Shoot I'd go down there and play and I would be happy taking last!
I feel bad for this Mark Stubbs guy... just not his day it looks like. he's +24 after 6 holes! 7,8,7,8,9,7 are his scores... unless he's not there, then that would make more sense. It's 7+number of throws above 3 to make par (so for hole 5 it's 7+2 since hole 5 is par 5). Stinks if he missed his tee time!
Quote from: stpitner on October 11, 2006, 08:06:31 AM
I feel bad for this Mark Stubbs guy... just not his day it looks like. he's +24 after 6 holes! 7,8,7,8,9,7 are his scores... unless he's not there, then that would make more sense. It's 7+number of throws above 3 to make par (so for hole 5 it's 7+2 since hole 5 is par 5). Stinks if he missed his tee time!
Don't feel bad until someone takes a 4 circle 12 ;)
Quote from: stpitner on October 11, 2006, 08:06:31 AM
I feel bad for this Mark Stubbs guy... just not his day it looks like. he's +24 after 6 holes! 7,8,7,8,9,7 are his scores... unless he's not there, then that would make more sense. It's 7+number of throws above 3 to make par (so for hole 5 it's 7+2 since hole 5 is par 5). Stinks if he missed his tee time!
Mark is actually a friend of mine, he won the CFR exemption. He's not a bad player either, so I'm wondering what is going on.
Did Hutter give any reason for not going? Hell, I'd love to even be there as a spectator vs. sitting here at work. Warmer weather & the best disc golfers in the world? No brainer.
Hole 17 must be a huge risk/reward hole because the first couple groups have finished the course, and it's either all deuces or a double bog, one person with a single bog. I know that the basket is pretty close to the edge of the water, but maybe those double bogeys are 2 ob trips into the water? I don't know if they have rope on this hole either...
Alright I guess Stubbs didn't even go to South Carolina so that is why his scores are like that.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on October 11, 2006, 07:59:03 AM
It's too bad Kris did not go. He's a great player and I think he could tear that course up. I noticed quite a while ago that he was not registered. I understand you cannot make anyone go. I however have ensured someone will go and would have contacted the next person in line or found someone to fill that spot. Hopefully the procedures I have in place for 2007 will ensure someone from IL will be there even if it's not me.
You're right. The way to do it is to pay it yourself and lock it in. The deadline was only two weeks from when I gave it out so there wasn't much time to do anything else. Had I paid it myself then it wouldn't have mattered.
Hole 17 is the island hole. You get two tries to make it onto the island before going to the drop zone. If you are curious check out the caddy bok. http://www.usdgc.com/pdf/caddybookweb.pdf
Quote from: stpitner on October 11, 2006, 09:00:30 AM
Hole 17 must be a huge risk/reward hole because the first couple groups have finished the course, and it's either all deuces or a double bog, one person with a single bog. I know that the basket is pretty close to the edge of the water, but maybe those double bogeys are 2 ob trips into the water? I don't know if they have rope on this hole either...
Hole 17 is an island green. You either make it on the island or you do not. If you land on the green you have a pretty makeable putt. It's downhill with hay bails guarding the front side. Water is on the back side of the green.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on October 11, 2006, 09:25:25 AM
Quote from: stpitner on October 11, 2006, 09:00:30 AM
Hole 17 must be a huge risk/reward hole because the first couple groups have finished the course, and it's either all deuces or a double bog, one person with a single bog. I know that the basket is pretty close to the edge of the water, but maybe those double bogeys are 2 ob trips into the water? I don't know if they have rope on this hole either...
Hole 17 is an island green. You either make it on the island or you do not. If you land on the green you have a pretty makeable putt. It's downhill with hay bails guarding the front side. Water is on the back side of the green.
By "either you make it on the island or you do not" does that mean that the only option is to re-tee? In other words you can't play it where it went out of bounds and there isn't a drop zone?
Hole #17— (249') "Island Green"marking rule
in effect. See general ground rule #10. Area
inside pine bales is the only in-bounds. All else,
including bales themselves, is out-of-bounds.
Marking option for OB tee shot limited to retee
for first miss. After second miss, throw from drop
spot inside bales. Normal OB rules apply after
disc has come to rest inside the bales or throws
from drop spot.
http://www.discgolftv.com/dgtv/main/32
You can get a pretty good idea of #17 from this video.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on October 11, 2006, 11:11:50 AM
http://www.discgolftv.com/dgtv/main/32
You can get a pretty good idea of #17 from this video.
Sweet. Looks like a nice risk/reward shot where they have a wider landing zone away from the basket but the immediate basket area is much harder to hit.
Quote from: Jon Brakel on October 11, 2006, 11:57:15 AM
Quote from: CEValkyrie on October 11, 2006, 11:11:50 AM
http://www.discgolftv.com/dgtv/main/32
You can get a pretty good idea of #17 from this video.
Sweet. Looks like a nice risk/reward shot where they have a wider landing zone away from the basket but the immediate basket area is much harder to hit.
It is a good hole. To park it you have to play it perfect. I threw a beat Roc right at the pin and let it turn to the right. I 2'd it 3 of the 4 rounds. Missed the birdie putt on the other. Rico almost blew up when his putter hit the hay bails & bounced back.
Barry is right there after 1 round, just a shot back. Barry hasn't won USDGC or Worlds in a couple years, I think this year he will pull it out. Jenkins and Anthon are both right there too though and they have been at the top all year this year. I wish we could watch highlights on TV.
This is the shit! Live audio for the 1st group. SWEET!
The live audio with the skittles for the disc placement of the group and refreshing top two cards is WAAAAAAY cool.
Of course it would be even cooler if we were following some of our local favorites.
Brett,
How tough is this course? It looks brutal with the OB on each side on some of these holes. It looks like disc placement is extremely important.
Looks like Climo is tearing it up this round.
Climo is doing great, but so is Barry. If I'm adding it up right, Barry is -10 through 12 on the 2nd round, so that's -20 overall. If he keeps that up no one is going to catch him! I'd like to see Ken or some other guys give him a good run at it though. It hurts for Ken that he was only -1 for the day yesterday. amazing what these guys can do.
Schultz has the lead by 5 strokes now. Wow!
That live feed and the audio is really cool. Too bad that I didn't get any work done today!
It's probably agood thing that my company blocks the streaming audio. The toss-by-toss diagrams are great. There was one hole where I was thinking to myself that Josh Anthon must have been getting frustrated when he three-putt. I was also thinking, "I do that all to often myself." :P
www.discgolftv.com has some great footage of the course. Wednesday-> You can get a good idea of how #17 plays and some great views of #18's green & how it slopes down to the water. You get to see how tough of a 3rd shot it takes to carry the water on hole #5 as well. Thursday-> You can get a good idea how downhill hole #3 plays with the tight OB to the left & the schule to the right.
Quote from: Tom McManus on October 12, 2006, 01:54:50 PM
Brett,
How tough is this course? It looks brutal with the OB on each side on some of these holes. It looks like disc placement is extremely important.
This course is ridiculously tough. You have to stay between the lines and limit the damage when you do go OB. I have my book at home but I believe I went OB 16 times last year. 4 of those on the same hole. The grass is cut ultra short making discs skip like crazy. I managed to shoot par(68) the 1st round out there and faded every round after that. I just wish I could go back and replay the 888 hole that 2nd round. Took a 12 and finished +6. That hurt >:(. There are potential blow ups (big #'s on many of the holes) such as hole 5 & 13. The clown's mouth is gone for this year but heard it will be back next year. That hole is playing much easier this year and was a major blow up hole last year. Even a birdie hole like #17 is brutal. If you miss the island it's an automatic bogey. Trouble will find you and any mistake.
Someone par'd 17 in one of the first two rounds by going OB and then basically acing it for his 3rd shot. Pretty crazy!
Quote from: tacimala on October 13, 2006, 08:31:47 AM
Someone par'd 17 in one of the first two rounds by going OB and then basically acing it for his 3rd shot. Pretty crazy!
Just read the Yeti Road Report & he mentions that along with a couple of other sweet shots. Unbelievable, laying up, catapults off a stick, then into the basket. WOW~~~
http://yeti.zonedriven.com/
Geez. Another -10 today for Barry. I don't think there's anybody that can catch him! Absolutely insane the way he is playing right now. He was 6 strokes better than everyone else on the leader card, and it would take an extreme blow up in round 4 to let anybody else squeak in.
Nice job so far Barry!
Unreal. Talk about domination. Even Bryan Schumann could go out there and bring home the title tomorrow with that lead!
Just like putting in the winning PK for the first prarie div. team to ever win the FOX Valley conference.