We went to Battle Creek today to play a couple of the Worlds courses, Kimble Pines and Begg. Kimble is a tough course. Most of it is cut through a piney woods and parts of it are fairly open. It is tougher than Brown Deer but a lot like Brown Deer with lots of elevation changes.
Begg is half fairly open like Dineen and half technical short holes in the woods. Begg is hilly too and the course designer made good use of the maxim, "Walk up, throw down." Begg has a cute island hole in the middle of a creek. We threw multiple discs in the creek and got them all back. Begg is pretty short, especially the wooded holes. Begg will definately be used for the women and juniors but I'd be surprised if they put the Open players on it.
The courses at the Kalamazoo Worlds will be about as good as the courses at the Iowa Worlds. I'd say better but I have not seen Three Rivers yet nor have I seen the redesigned Coldbrook.
Is there a list of courses for 2008 Worlds? Is there a date, yet?
Quote from: tree on October 05, 2007, 08:49:29 PM
Is there a list of courses for 2008 Worlds? Is there a date, yet?
August 8-16. Obviously not everybody will be playing all of those days....
Last I heard they were talking about using Coldbrook, Oshtemo, Kimbal, Begg, Robert Morris, Three Rivers, that nasty little course by the university whose name i forget, possibly Timber Ridge, and a course to be named later.
Thanks for the info :)
That nasty course by campus is Knollwood and only the juniors will be playing it I believe. I'm designing the website for the tourney so I'll post up the URL once it's up and running here in a few weeks.
They are using Timber Ridge, but it's only going back in temporarily and then taken right back out afterwards to never be seen again. It is too bad too because the course is a lot of fun and one of my favorites. The Albion course will be used, as well as a temp course in Albion and another temp course in Three Rivers. Scott Wilson redesigned half of the Three Rivers course and it's a ton harder and a lot of fun. I would compare it to a less elevated Toboggan actually. Lots of cool shots and a few holes are really going to pain some players. As for Coldbrook I have not played the changes either but my buddies all say that the changes are really good and it has made the course a few strokes harder overall and the flow is a lot better (which was very necessary).
I have played Three Rivers 5 or 6 times now, and always thought it was a fairly good course... It always struck me as being pretty easy but punishing if you got off the fairway (lots of thick brush and thorns). I played there again on Thursday and the layout of the front 9 was completely different, and WAY harder. That is an awesome course now. Really tough, with a lot of holes that require precise setup shots. You will see a lot of scoring spread on that course.
Kelsey and I played the Adrian course yesterday, Victory Park. The course might be used for Worlds.
The course is right on campus. If Adrian makes Kelsey a good deal, she won't have any reason not to keep her game sharp while in college.
The course is in a park-like setting with no thick woods or schule. There are lots of scattered mature trees, good elevation changes, and interesting water holes. One of the most interesting holes plays diagonally across a river, maybe 350 feet. Playing the bank and then crossing, or crossing and then playing the far bank are not good strategies due to trees on either bank. However, there is a big island in the middle of the river with bridges to it, so playing to the island and then over is an option. That's how we both played it.
The course has three long holes that are a par 5 and two par 4s. It also has a couple of short holes that are tee, all water, then the basket. It is a good course. Bring a disc retreiver of some kind for this course.
There will be two courses in Albion that are used for worlds, one permanent and one temp. Ideally the temp course will turn into something permanent once it is in!
how many courses are their total?
and any rough idea on # of players?
There are going to be at least 8 and up to 12 at this point. That could change though as a lot of the park districts over there are excited and offering to put courses in. Amount of players I would probably say just short of 1,000.
Initial site was released today. www.2008discgolfworlds.com
Nice work Taylor! Lots of information, good organization, intuitive and easy on the eyes. It'll be fun to see it progress.
Great website!
Quote from: tacimala on November 27, 2007, 04:54:43 PM
Initial site was released today. www.2008discgolfworlds.com
When I try this at work I get:
Access to this web page is restricted at this time.
Reason: The Websense category "Sex" is filtered.
WTF??
I did not have trouble accessing last night around 9:30p.
Quote from: Mike S on November 30, 2007, 06:13:19 AM
Quote from: tacimala on November 27, 2007, 04:54:43 PM
Initial site was released today. www.2008discgolfworlds.com
When I try this at work I get:
Access to this web page is restricted at this time.
Reason: The Websense category "Sex" is filtered.
WTF??
Me too! Talk about anal company web filter programs!
Plus, I don't think sex is an element of disc golf at all. Unless they've had bikini-clad hotties at a fly mart that I'm unaware of... ;D
We played Oshtemo and Three Rivers [Meyer-Broadway] last weekend. They are improving the long and short tees at Oshtemo so perhaps the short course there will be used for women and juniors. The Oshtemo course is much improved since the last time i played it. I used to think of it as a schuly waste of time looking for lost discs, but now it is a good course.
Three Rivers is a funky Jeckyll and Hyde course. They had a short open nine holer there and then got funding to expand the course. Instead of redesigning the course, they added a long, challenging back nine in the woods. And then when you finish you're like 800 feet from the parking lot and they could have just put in a hole there. It is still a good course. It's just funky with the two unrelated nines slammed together that way. Oh, and watch the tees signs because the numbers on the baskets are not all correct and the course routing is counter-intuitive at times.
There's no water on either of these courses.
I might add, Kalamazoo is probably just as close to my house as it is yours. It is half way from Waterford to Chicago, seven miles closer to Chicago, actually, but the average course is a little closer to Waterford. If anyone wants to meet there to play some Worlds courses, I'd be happy to show you around if it works with whatever else I got going on.
On our next trip we'll probably play Robert Morris and Coldbrook. If the snow stays light, maybe that will be sometime between now and Christmas.
Lets go for three-in-a-row.
Here are the qualification criteria.
I've qualified.
Qualification Standards
-All previous Professional World Champions
-Top Point earners on 2007 PDGA Tour:
-Automatic MPO 900 pts, MPM 500 pts, MPG/S 150 pts, FPO 25 pts, FPM/G 20 pts
-Other players who finished in the Top 25% of Points earners within their State/Province:
--Minimum Standards: MPO 500 pts, MPM 300 pts, MPG/S 75 pts, FPO 15 pts, FPM/G 10 pts.
-Senior Divisions - all male Pro members born 1947 or earlier who played a Tour event in 2007 & all female Pro members born 1957 or earlier who played a Tour event in 2007
-Top Finishers at the 2006 Amateur Worlds: MA1 Top 5 & Winners of all other Advanced Divisions
-International - 2007 Euro Pros and leading 2007 Asia / Australasia Pros
-Players from States and Provinces with zero qualifiers under 2-5:
--1 Invite to player with most points & 1 invite to player with most events played
-Other players with a 1000+ player rating (as of 1/30/08) who played in a Tour event in 2007.
-Pro Worlds Sponsor Exemption
Note: 2007 PDGA current membership required under qualification standards #2-8 above
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Plus, I don't think sex is an element of disc golf at all. Unless they've had bikini-clad hotties at a fly mart that I'm unaware of... ;D
those would be caddies for the semis and finals
I let Taylor know a couple of days ago that I couldn't access the Worlds site from work. I can get Bell's Brewery, but not the Worlds Site.
Most likely whoever had the IP before the worlds site and some interesting content. He should be able to contact WebSense and get it cleaned up. There may bea lag before corporate subscriptions are updated.
Odd about websense. Its database is uri based and doesn't typically use ips. Are there google ads or googleanalyitics code used on the site?
I had to whitelist googleanalytics at my old job because it was blocked by websense as either sex or adult content.....
Interesting, I hadn't ever heard of the Google Analytics portion, but I don't think that is it or half of the web would be blocked. Yes I've heard from three people now about that and I will work on getting it resolved...it just won't be today or this weekend. :)
Couple quick notes:
The qualification standards on the Players page are not correct. Apparently I was given false information and now it needs to be changed. I love decision by committee! The new stuff should be up by Dec. 7.
Three Rivers (Meyer Broadway) was always 18 holes, but now it's totally different and part of the back 9 is now part of the front and vice versa. The tee signs and pads are not in place yet, but it has been approved and partially, if not fully, sponsored.
Kalamazoo can be reached in 2 hours from Chicago with above optimal traffic and driving 80 once you get off the Skyway. On average, it is 2.5 hours, maybe a little bit more.
Scott of Club Dead says:
"originally it was a 9 that was expanded. in 2005 when I moved back to MI
we started working on the redesign.
Scott"
He should know.
Sure, so after 2005 it was 18 holes and in the spring of 2007 he changed 9 of those 18 into new holes. A lot of people have played the old 18 and don't realize how much the course has changed and how much harder it is now, so I was trying to help point that out.
Some of us have been playing disc golf longer than four or five years. Some of us were playing disc golf before your parents even knew each other! ;D
The redesigned holes are long and there are several par fours. The redesigned half of the course is as good as the Tobbogan or Ewing or some of the good par fours at Byron. The decision to redesign half of the course while leaving the other half as traditional par 2.5 disc golf is what makes the course Jeckyll and Hyde.
If I'm playing Worlds and that course is on my list, I'm taking my gas mask. Have you ever played it when the wind was from the south? The wind shifted from southerly to westerly while we were on our way to the course. We could not have played it if it had stayed southerly.
The course is owned by a landfill company and is across the street from an active garbage mountain.
since there listing 2 different hotels for hosting world is one closer to the courses say the pro end will play vs what the ams play just looking for some insight as trying to get my travel plans and such taken care of
Anything near 94 and 131 is fine. It's going to be like Iowa where the courses were pretty spread out.
There is an unsanctioned tournament at Oshtemo this weekend. It must be on Saturday or why would I remember? Oshtemo is really easy to get to:
I-94 east to US 131 north, go north just a few miles to MI 43 west. There'll be a Meijer on the right. A little ways after that there's a fire station on the left. The course is behind the fire station.
Kelsey and I will be signing autographs on the lunch hour. Otherwise, it is just an opportunity to play a tournament on one of the Worlds courses.
Quote from: Top Banana on December 03, 2007, 12:09:27 PM
Kelsey and I will be signing autographs on the lunch hour.
????????
Just a little kidding. We're always available to sign autographs, just as soon as any of you develop a measure of esteem for us that matches our self-esteem.
Actually, I'm not sure that we are going.
Don't know about you Bruce but I am sure it won't be long before your eldest will be taking her sharpie to autograph discs. I hope Oshtemo is used for Ams as I will be staying two miles from the course.
What division will you plan on playing Dave? I'll put in a good word. ;)
If I am wrong please correct me, but isn't today the first day that you can register for worlds?
Quote from: UMphreak on April 01, 2008, 08:27:09 AM
If I am wrong please correct me, but isn't today the first day that you can register for worlds?
It is indeed. I had e-mailed about on-line registration and told that it would be up today. AS of 1103am CDT it is not yet there...CORRECTION... it is there. I could not find it until I found a link on Dave Gentry's post to the message board here: http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=813582&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 03, 2007, 02:04:56 PM
Don't know about you Bruce but I am sure it won't be long before your eldest will be taking her sharpie to autograph discs. I hope Oshtemo is used for Ams as I will be staying two miles from the course.
Kelsey has no pro aspirations. I think when she is playing in the advanced mens' division and is the fourth highest rated woman in the world, she'll still be mostly anonymous in disc golf. She beat about 300 men this weekend who payed the same courses and everyone is talking about two girls whose rounds will rate about 50 points below Kelsey's. The G-pool hot round was -5 Sunday afternoon. Kelsey shot -4. I'm sure that will rate around 940. Nobody knows or noticed.
She's fine with the anonymity. She likes the anonymity. I'm just saying i don't see autograph hunters following her around in the B-pool of the Advanced Men's division at Worlds at KC if she wins Advanced Women at Worlds in K-zoo.
She has said since there's no pro money for pro disc golfers, she'd rather take a few shots at the Men's Amateur World and National Championships, if she is ever better than the best pro women, who basically are Mens B-pool material. She wants to carry me to a mixed doubles world championship. She wants to play disc golf in large pools of similarly skilled opponents -- not against the same three women at every tournament. Although she enjoys playing with Barrett and Marie, she's also seen the scene where the three pro women all hate each other! :o
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on April 01, 2008, 10:17:57 PM
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 03, 2007, 02:04:56 PM
Don't know about you Bruce but I am sure it won't be long before your eldest will be taking her sharpie to autograph discs. I hope Oshtemo is used for Ams as I will be staying two miles from the course.
Kelsey has no pro aspirations. I think when she is playing in the advanced mens' division and is the fourth highest rated woman in the world, she'll still be mostly anonymous in disc golf. She beat about 300 men this weekend who payed the same courses and everyone is talking about two girls whose rounds will rate about 50 points below Kelsey's. The G-pool hot round was -5 Sunday afternoon. Kelsey shot -4. I'm sure that will rate around 940. Nobody knows or noticed.
She's fine with the anonymity. She likes the anonymity. I'm just saying i don't see autograph hunters following her around in the B-pool of the Advanced Men's division at Worlds at KC if she wins Advanced Women at Worlds in K-zoo.
She has said since there's no pro money for pro disc golfers, she'd rather take a few shots at the Men's Amateur World and National Championships, if she is ever better than the best pro women, who basically are Mens B-pool material. She wants to carry me to a mixed doubles world championship. She wants to play disc golf in large pools of similarly skilled opponents -- not against the same three women at every tournament. Although she enjoys playing with Barrett and Marie, she's also seen the scene where the three pro women all hate each other! :o
All the more reason why those of us in the know will want this class kid's autograph.
Bruce! Answer my PM's on PDGA board!
Where would the best (and cheapest) camping be found?
Cold Brook Park - I am leaning toward here due to a course being on site. $15 bucks a night
American Campgrounds
Shady Bend Campground
Any info will help!!
Thanks.
I would be surprised if Coldbrook had sites left. A lot of players are staying there. It was an acceptable campground last time I stayed there. If you want to stay there, call today.
Quote from: tacimala on June 08, 2008, 08:10:08 PM
Bruce! Answer my PM's on PDGA board!
Presumably I did if I got them...
Never got a response, it was about playing doubles.
Oh, that. I'd be willing to shave and wear a skirt. How's the arm? ::)
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 03, 2008, 10:07:40 AM
I'd be willing to shave and wear a skirt.
That's a messed up mental picture :tard:
Quote from: Mukey on July 03, 2008, 11:39:36 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 03, 2008, 10:07:40 AM
I'd be willing to shave and wear a skirt.
That's a messed up mental picture :tard:
You mean you haven't met Emily Dickinson yet?
LOL
Arm still not doing well even with lots of resting it. Doc said July 20th I'd be cleared to play again so I'm hoping that is true.
Quote from: stpitner on July 03, 2008, 09:06:48 PM
Quote from: Mukey on July 03, 2008, 11:39:36 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 03, 2008, 10:07:40 AM
I'd be willing to shave and wear a skirt.
That's a messed up mental picture :tard:
You mean you haven't met Emily Dickinson yet?
Yeah, I know that story, but that doesn't mean I pictured Bruce in a drag
Any opinions from current or past 'locals' on some of the courses for Worlds? Begg, Robt Morris, Kimball, Oshtemo appear to be what the almost ancient guys are scheduled for, besides the temp course.
Begg Park isn't all that fun but the other three are cool courses and all four are fairly unique, which will make it a good set of courses to play. Only downside may be the length on all of those. Keep it in the fairway at Oshtemo and Kimball Pines!
Anything specific you want provided?
You need accuracy in the woods to score well in Kalamazoo. Oshtemo and Kimball especially have lots of pine tree lined fairways and schule lined fairways. If you have limited time to scout them in advance, Kimball, Oshtemo, Robt Morris and Begg, in that order. I'm not local but we've played them for tournaments and have gotten over that way some this year for Worlds scouting.
I'm not sure where you go from Chicago to practice accuracy in the woods. I've been playing Holly a lot for that.
All of these courses are cartable. All of them have poison ivy.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 07, 2008, 08:04:46 AM
I'm not sure where you go from Chicago to practice accuracy in the woods.
I don't either :P Although I have tried tossing around in the woodsy areas of forest preserves before...
Channahon longs would probably be your best bet. Different types of foliage, but practicing hitting the gaps with accuracy would be the key.
Quote from: damonshort on July 07, 2008, 09:32:24 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 07, 2008, 08:04:46 AM
I'm not sure where you go from Chicago to practice accuracy in the woods.
I don't either :P Although I have tried tossing around in the woodsy areas of forest preserves before...
I think that's your best bet for practice. The CC forest preserves have lots of great fairways, just no baskets...but you don't need baskets to practice keeping it in the fairway.
Quote from: damonshort on July 07, 2008, 09:32:24 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 07, 2008, 08:04:46 AM
I'm not sure where you go from Chicago to practice accuracy in the woods.
I don't either :P Although I have tried tossing around in the woodsy areas of forest preserves before...
Not a bad idea. I think I might bring a few Rocs, putters and short drivers to a hiking trail in the forest preserve this weekend.
Just a reminder that all 2008 DISContinuum Club Members are invited to a pizza party during the week of worlds. Time & place will be announced. Free Pizza to all current members.
Make sure you register soon. Worlds is filling fast. It's open to anyone that did not get an invite at this point.
The Waterford Brakels are in. I'm playing Advanced.
Almost 2/3rds of the Advanced field is Intermediate or below. If you can compete in Intermediate you can compete for finishing in the top half of the field. There are 40 or so players rated Rec and below. If you can compete in Rec you won't be DFL.
Quote from: Mukey on November 30, 2007, 07:09:53 AM
Quote from: Mike S on November 30, 2007, 06:13:19 AM
Quote from: tacimala on November 27, 2007, 04:54:43 PM
Initial site was released today. www.2008discgolfworlds.com
When I try this at work I get:
Access to this web page is restricted at this time.
Reason: The Websense category "Sex" is filtered.
WTF??
Me too! Talk about anal company web filter programs!
Plus, I don't think sex is an element of disc golf at all. Unless they've had bikini-clad hotties at a fly mart that I'm unaware of... ;D
I still can't access the website becasue of the Websense category "Sex" is filtered. Will this ever be fixed?
For those wondering about interesting perks at this year's Worlds...
I'm pleased to announce that all Amateurs competing this August in K'zoo will receive a DVD as part of their player's package. The "My Worlds 08" DVDs will be custom-made for each pool and will include footage of each player on two holes. As play begins, the My Worlds video crew will be taping the various pools while behind the scenes our production crew will be creating DVDs. Later in the week, we'll deliver each pool's DVDs to their assigned course. We're looking forward to providing a way for competitors to show folks back home a little about their trip to the Worlds, and to see themselves and their contemporaries at play.
Partnering opportunities available. This footage will be used for multiple purposes, and both banner and dvd ads are available.
Joe Wander
Producer of My Event DVDs and
Disc Golf Live video magazine
Quote from: DiscCrazy on July 09, 2008, 05:57:28 AM
Quote from: Mukey on November 30, 2007, 07:09:53 AM
Quote from: Mike S on November 30, 2007, 06:13:19 AM
Quote from: tacimala on November 27, 2007, 04:54:43 PM
Initial site was released today. www.2008discgolfworlds.com
When I try this at work I get:
Access to this web page is restricted at this time.
Reason: The Websense category "Sex" is filtered.
WTF??
Me too! Talk about anal company web filter programs!
Plus, I don't think sex is an element of disc golf at all. Unless they've had bikini-clad hotties at a fly mart that I'm unaware of... ;D
I still can't access the website becasue of the Websense category "Sex" is filtered. Will this ever be fixed?
I've posted on the PDGA boards about this in the past because people have mentioned it. Without more information about the filtering system, I can't really do anything. If you are able to send me some information I can pass it on to the web hosting company so that they can clean up their mess.
Most likely it's from shared hosting and and the other domains sharing your IP are categorized. You can try contacting Websense to see if they can update their database for the 2008discgolfworlds.com domain.
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Thanks Mike, can you pass on the URL that you got that from? I'd like to read a little more about it first. I'm on the websense site, but can't seem to find that info that you pasted.
http://www.websense.com/SupportPortal/SupportKbs/1950.aspx
It took a bit for me to find it.
Thanks, I sent a request.
Should be fixed within a week.
anyone looking 2 cut cost for worlds just took care of getting registered tonite i cant wait im looking for someone to split the cost of a room and if needed i could also help the cost and you could ride with me there i go right thru chicago i be leaving sometime friday or saturday
Looks like Advanced pools are playing Meyer and Three Rivers 2 times each. What are we looking at with those 2 courses? Heavy woods? What score would you say is 1000 rated?
Timber Ridge is the only course that pros and advanced play it looks like.
Kimball Pines i've heard is tight and Robert Morris I know nothing about.
Can't wait.
There should be photos up on the worlds site that takes you discgolfmichigan.com or something like that.
Meyer Broadway is almost two different courses between the front 9 and back 9. Front 9 has a lot shorter of holes, with the exception of 1. The shule is long and the fairways aren't huge, but staying in them is key here. There are a few wooded holes as well, but mostly it's open. The back 9 is about twice as long with good use of elevation as well. The temp course I don't know anything about yet. 52-53 will be 1000 on the regular course.
Kimball Pines is definitely tight, especially in the summer. I've actually only played it in the winter and it's a really fun course. Lots of tight gaps, but smart play helps to prevail here. Get into trouble, take the stroke and move on before making it worse. There are a lot of deuce holes, but those can easily be 4's too. 4-5 holes over 400, with a few being very tough 3's. I think I remember being around even as 1000 there, but most tourneys there also have alternates which make it easier.
Robert Morris is a well designed course. Holes 1 and 2 will pretty much tell the story of the entire round though unfortunately. There are a lot of tweener deuce holes for advanced level players so if you get into trouble on 1 and 2, it's tough to really bring the score back down a lot. Good use of elevation here and lots of different types of shots. Front 9 is more about accuracy and placement, back 9 is a lot more distance with a few deuce holes mixed in. 52 is about 1000 rated.
Timber Ridge is sweet. It's hard to say how the shape of the course is going to be though since it was last used in September or October of '06. Awesome elevation shots from both directions and the course definitely favors distance throwers, but this isn't to say that you can't shoot well there if you don't throw far. Brent Koontz tied the course record playing blind there at the last tourney held at 56. 1000 rated I have no clue but course par is around 66 I believe. Probably good to get into shape for this course though as it is an ass kicker.
Physical therapy ends for me on the 5th, so if all goes well in the next four weeks, worlds is my next tourney!
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 08, 2008, 08:25:39 PM
Just a reminder that all 2008 DISContinuum Club Members are invited to a pizza party during the week of worlds. Time & place will be announced. Free Pizza to all current members.
Make sure you register soon. Worlds is filling fast. It's open to anyone that did not get an invite at this point.
Pizza Party
Date: Wednesday August 13th
Time: 6pm
Place: TBD
If there are any ams still dithering on going to worlds, it is almost full. Time to get in your money.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 21, 2008, 10:11:57 PM
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 08, 2008, 08:25:39 PM
Just a reminder that all 2008 DISContinuum Club Members are invited to a pizza party during the week of worlds. Free Pizza to all current members.
Pizza Party
Date: Wednesday August 13th
Time: 6pm
Place: TBD
Thank you for celebrating Jon's and my 20th wedding anniversary with a pizza party :) I will miss him terribly but I will have fun playing at my first Worlds!
Has anyone you know that has paid up needed to withdrawl & get a refund? I'm not getting a ton of responce while looking for a refund (cant get the time off work)
Scratch that, they finally got back to me. checks in the mail.
This year at pro worlds i'm going with
1st= Rico
2nd=Doss
3rd=Feldberg
That's right Steve Rico 2008 World Champ!!!!
My bets are on either Feldberg or Bennett. Bennett has been practicing a lot in that area this year and Feldberg started playing in Kalamazoo. A little edge never hurt!
There is no way I can bet against Feldberg right now. He's the most consistent player in the world and over the course of 8 rounds he is the man to beat. If Dave doesn't win....Climo is excellent in the woods and correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he won this tournament before?? My sleeper pick is Eric McCabe.
Quote from: Dan Michler on July 23, 2008, 07:51:05 AM
There is no way I can bet against Feldberg right now. He's the most consistent player in the world and over the course of 8 rounds he is the man to beat. If Dave doesn't win....Climo is excellent in the woods and correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he won this tournament before?? My sleeper pick is Eric McCabe.
Wow is this the start of fantasy disc golf?
There are actually a few leagues already set up, one on the PDGA boards and a few at http://www.fantasydg.com/. They may be the same one now, but either way there are already things like that going on.
Quote from: Dan Michler on July 23, 2008, 07:51:05 AM
Climo is excellent in the woods and correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he won this tournament before??
I heard that Climo injured his arm at the Scandinavian Open.
Final 9 players:
Mick Cabe
Feldburg (if his knee is healed)
Shultz
Doss
*McBeth (my darkhorse pick) He is really, really unbelievable.
I plan on taking a trip up there for Fri/Sat
Dana let me know if you need a place to stay, we can get a spot for you for two nights no problems.
I just gotta hope someone drops out, I just got my name on the waiting list. How dumb, I got a plane ticket to come home Aug 5th-20th and waited to sign up. I hope I am up there on the list!
dana I also will likely have space for you in if needed as it looks like Machine is not reg'd at all and with this closed for MA1 I'm guessing I'm alone with my hotel room for the whole week.
Boy do I sound like a sad sack. I don't have any friends and will be staying in a hotel all by myself.
Being able to sleep when you want and not having a snoring roommate isn't bad :)
UMphreak, who are you, and do you know how deep you are on the list? E-mail me.
Thanks for the offers!
Good luck to all the IL competitors, someone bring a title to IL...(cough cough ben or taylor)
I hope everyone has a better 6th round than I did last year as well.
6 more working days until I'm off from work to prepare for Worlds :)
Bruce-should I try to play all the courses for my division or should I concentrate on just a few?
This is Rocky- I have been living out in Colorado for the past year. I actually got a call on Thursday saying I got in off of the waitlist. I had just gotten an ace right before that and got the call, how cool! Now I need to find a place to crash. If anyone knows of any extra floor space or anything I would appreciate. I am trying to get out there with Kenny and some other people. Any help would be good.
Thanks-Rocky
Has anyone seen information regarding the dress code for Ams? When Worlds was combined in Des Moines 04 there was the dreaded Collared Shirt Rule. I don't mind, actually, just need to know what to pack....
(and yeah, I also posted this on PDGA.com)
...(edit) where I got an answer; T-shirts still OK until the semis/finals....
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=726813&page=0&fpart=73&vc=1
I'm packing all collared shirts, just to be on the safe side :)
Quote from: tree on July 31, 2008, 04:06:44 PM
I'm packing all collared shirts, just to be on the safe side :)
same here with collared shirts and im totally packed since im leaving early next friday a wedding then the road be in k zoo saturday very early am i plan on being on the courses by 8 am
From the competition manual 3.4.C.(3) (emphasis added):
No tee shirts will be allowed, except for competitors in
the Junior and Amateur divisions during preliminary
rounds only. Juniors and Amateurs shall not wear tee
shirts during semifinal or final rounds. Crew neck or
V-neck shirts made of high-performance or high-tech
materials, such as Dry-Fit, Cool-Max, and others will
be allowed.
I'm bringin' tee shirts. Maybe I'll throw in a single collared shirt just in case. ;)
Quote from: can't putt on July 31, 2008, 05:05:08 PM
I'm bringin' tee shirts. Maybe I'll throw in a single collared shirt just in case. ;)
Yeah, me too. Ya never know who might need a caddy on Saturday... ::)
Don't expect the language of the rule to actually mean anything. This is the PDGA. I'm bringing collared shirts because that's what I wear when i play disc golf. Other than my Schwinn shirt, I rarely wear a t-shirt.
Becky, have you seen the schedule? Practice the courses you play twice, Meyer-Broadway and Begg, or practice the hardest courses, Kimball Pines and Oshtemo, which ever works for you. I guess I'd practice Kimball and Oshtemo just because they are more fun to play. Like I told Barrish, we're going there to have fun and meet new people, and if a tornado blows away most of the field, win a World Championship.
Friday, tomorrow, we're going to play Meyer-Broadway and Three Rivers. Saturday we're playing Oshtemo and Begg.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 31, 2008, 06:19:19 PM
Friday, tomorrow, we're going to play Meyer-Broadway and Three Rivers. Saturday we're playing Oshtemo and Begg.
Meyer Broadway and Three Rivers are the same course! It is a really nice course though, so worth playing twice if that's the case.
Can't wait for worlds, I get to play my first round in 6 weeks on Wednesday or Thursday next week!
They are using "Meyer Broadway" to refer to the permanent course and "Three Rivers" to refer to the temp course. They are in the same park.
Ah fair enough, that was my second guess. That's not confusing at all, the PDGA must be behind this.... ???
Thanks for the pointers, Bruce. I'll keep that in mind when I head over there next Friday. I want to at least walk each course once before I play them.
Friday we played Three Rivers. This course is pretty boring. Half of the holes are about 500 feet long in a field with no obstacles. For a temp course, it has a couple of super lame moments. This is one: There are two short holes that play down a power line right of way in the woods. The basket for the first one is on the right side of the corridor and the tee is no further down on the left side, so that any drive that hyzers out is going to hit people on the next tee. I can understand that kind of inane course routing when idiots design courses. They could have made one good hole there and made another hole somewhere else.
Today, Saturday, we played Oshtemo, Robert Morris and Begg. Oshtemo is what it has always been, a tough, fair course. I was surprised that they did not fix the one dumb course routing conflict that it has. On the back nine there's a hole where if your drive or approach shot goes twenty feet past the basket and you walk over there, you are walking blind into the next fairway 70 feet off the tee. Blammo!
The changes at Robert Morris are mostly minor with the exception of 8, 9 and maybe the other one is 15? 8 should be labeled par 2. Some players are going to jump putt from the tee on that one. 9 now plays across the pond. The other one played up to a cluster of trees but a tornado blew the trees down so they rerouted it to the right.
At Begg they put in a new basket for hole 3 about 50 feet diagonally short and right of the island basket. Then they lengthened 6 by making it play to the old 3 basket position. So now 3, 4, 6 and 7 have a hideous routing conflict. 8 and 17, if I have the numbers right, still share a double wide tee.
Worlds Am Mixed Dubs is going to be mostly about guys throwing far. It is at Meyer-Broadway/Three Rivers where the Advanced Men play four tournament rounds, so the doubles will be good practice for the singles. If you'd like to play mixed dubs, my daughter Kiralyn is looking for a partner. If you have a reputation for throwing far, I'll front your entry fee. If you beat my wife and I, you don't have to pay me back.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 31, 2008, 06:19:19 PM
Don't expect the language of the rule to actually mean anything. This is the PDGA. I'm bringing collared shirts because that's what I wear when i play disc golf. Other than my Schwinn shirt, I rarely wear a t-shirt.
Almost all of my T shirts are cotton. I am not going to wear them. Almost all of my collared shirts are iin some type of sweat wicking fabric. I am going to wear them. Wore a T shirt to Bevier yesterday and came home and drained enough out of it to water the flowers. :toothy4:
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 21, 2008, 10:11:57 PM
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 08, 2008, 08:25:39 PM
Just a reminder that all 2008 DISContinuum Club Members are invited to a pizza party during the week of worlds. Time & place will be announced. Free Pizza to all current members.
Make sure you register soon. Worlds is filling fast. It's open to anyone that did not get an invite at this point.
Pizza Party
Date: Wednesday August 13th
Time: 6pm
Place: TBD
DISContinuum DGC World's Pizza Party
All Current 2008 Members are invited.
A reasonable amount of pizza will be provided by the club.
Drinks and appetizers are not included.
Wednesday August 13th
6pm (We'll start gathering at 6pm. Pizza served approximately 7pm)
Bilbo's Pizza In A Pan
3307 Stadium Dr
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269) 382-5544
You know, your idea of "reasonable" and mine might vary considerably. >:D
Anyone in need of somewhere to stay?
I have a spot available to camp with myself. CHEAP and in 3 rivers as well.
PM if interested.
Worlds Weather Forecast
Saturday, Aug 9 Partly sunny and beautiful Low: 55 °F High: 77 °F
Sunday, Aug 10 Pleasant with partial sunshine Low: 58 °F High: 76 °F
Monday, Aug 11 Mostly sunny and comfortable Low: 59 °F High: 81 °F
Tuesday, Aug 12 Sunshine and patchy clouds Low: 58 °F High: 79 °F
Wednesday, Aug 13 Rain Low: 53 °F High: 75 °F
Thursday, Aug 14 Partly sunny Low: 54 °F High: 76 °F
Friday, Aug 15 Mostly sunny Low: 57 °F High: 77 °F
Saturday, Aug 16 Rainy Low: 53 °F High 79 °F
Cannot ask for much better than that.
What are the mosquitoes like in K'zoo.
They sense your fear. >:D
Just noticed they have the Pools on the Tour page now. Looks like Pool L for the Illinois ams. We get an afternoon round on Monday followed by 1 round at Timber Ridge on Tuesday.
I like how they did the Pro tee times with 1 big dog on each card which gives the most players possible an opportunity to play with a top pro. Brett is playing with Sprague and Jason Rose is playing with Coda Hatfield it looks like. Good luck to everybody, I can't wait to get out there this weekend and play these courses.
Bruce, you have a PM.
I got thrown into N pool. Start the tourney off 2 rounds at 3 Rivers and Meyer Broadway. 8AM start. I hate Monday mornings! Maybe it'll be different cause I'm not goin into work :-\.
In my experience, getting up to play disc golf is always easier than getting up in the early am for work :)
Well I am staying in 3 Rivers as well so it wont be that early of a morning :)
Yea the 8 AM's in Three Rivers are not going to be cool. Especially since I thought I was staying in Kalamazoo, but got moved over to Battle Creek.
I'm in Kzoo already, practice starts today! First throws since Am Nats.
Brett tees off at 12noon!
Good luck and KICK SOME BUTT!
I'm heading out in 2 hrs and should be hitting my first course around 1 :)
Congratulations to Kelsey for winning the mixed doubles championships with Tate! That trophie should look good next to your third place 'mirror' from last year.
Those of you playing this week- good luck! And remember to keep us at home updated.
Thanks!
Another World Championship for Kelsey! Five Brakels in the mixed doubles...I think that's a World record! ;D
Rumor has it that Tom McManus broke his collar bone but is still going to try to play Worlds. That's crazy! :o Good luck Tom!!!
Quote from: Jon Brakel on August 10, 2008, 08:39:05 PM
Rumor has it that Tom McManus broke his collar bone but is still going to try to play Worlds. That's crazy! :o Good luck Tom!!!
That is a true die hard! Broke both of mine so i know the pain. That would be a story for Sports Illustrated if you cash Tom. -_-
Kelsey is in first place by one throw after the first round. Bruce had a good first round...in the upper portion of his pool shooting a round well above his rating.
Becky said that she is having fun! ;D
Fun is what it is all about !!!!
I think Becky is just setting up for a underdog type of comeback!! ;D
Morning round was awesome. Shot 970. I only made two or three mistakes and made a few big time putts. Ended the round with a 50 foot jumper for a birdie 2.
Afternoon round was competent for me. Played 940ish golf but scores aren't up yet. I'm just guessing from how M pool rated in the morning. It was pretty cool playing on the #2 card at Worlds. Dropping down to 4 or 5 card tomorrow, and with 4 pools, that really means 64th to 80th place.
I won my card both rounds. Second round I signed off on the card thinking I was second on the card with a 60 being edged out by a 59. Turns out he miscounted his total and got a 61+2=63. Ouch. Second round I also closed the round with a 50 foot jumper for a birdie 2.
Great weather. Chilly at night. Highs in the upper 70s or low 80s with lots of big puffy lake effect clouds.
I'll check in when time allows.
Kelsey is still hanging onto that 1 throw lead now after two rounds.
Congratulations and good luck to everyone as you continue!
Can Discontinuum grab a Worlds's record with the most club members in one event?
(Especially if they all cash!)
How very cool!
Quote from: jimklem on August 11, 2008, 07:20:17 PM
Congratulations and good luck to everyone as you continue!
Can Discontinuum grab a Worlds's record with the most club members in one event?
(Especially if they all cash!)
How very cool!
Does anyone have a count on how many club members we have there? Even with the addition of the pros, you'd think we would have had more club members in Milwaukee but I never counted those either.
just look at the numbers at the Club Invitational ;) 100% of the people that cash are club members! :P
;D
I guess the PDGA and Worlds folks were caught by surprise by this Score Port shortage. The three IOS Score Ports are making their Worlds debut this week! Since they've only been used twice I was a little worried to let them go to Worlds but I was assured by the PDGA that if they come back in worse condition that they will replace them once some get shipped to the U.S.
Kelsey increases her lead to 6 throws!!! They played a tight wooded course today. Good for Kelsey. Not so good for Becky. Hope Becky is still having fun! ;)
Is Diana having fun? Her scores from yesterday didn't look like she was having fun.
Sure. Playing is great. Watching is great too. The old men played Eaaarly this morning so we got a chance to watch the pros at Oshtemo this afternoon. I followed Brett's group for a while and he lookd good. Saw him deuce two in a row. He shot is only sub 1000 round today and he only missed by a stroke. Terry Miller, who had played great the first two rounds had an off day today but is still up there. We then followed the first three cards most of the afternoon. They are so good that there is a point where you are not impressed when they don't make the 50 foot putt. Feldberg put a tee shot way in the woods. I still never saw his second shot come out of the woods. AlllI know is I saw his disc rolling around the basket and have no idea how it got there. Sheesh! Kallstrom had an off day but you can still HEAR his disc come off his hands. It sounds like you are at the Air and Water Show. It literally explodes off his hands with a sonic boom. Nikko was very consistent and is currently leading. You might think his hair is interesting but it is nothing compared with his caddie's hair. That guy has dreadlocks that go about 10 inches below his backside. His hair must weigh 50 lbs.
My lessons with Brett seem to be helping. I hope I can keep it up.
I haven't had a chance to see Kelsey or Kira play. I saw their scores. I am used to seeing Kelsey play very consistent and strong golf. No surprise. However, Kira is lighting it up. Way to shoot girl!
I have to go clean up and grab some Bells at the Players Party... :P
I point out fairly often that if Kira could time travel to 4 years ago she could totally pound Kelsey. Kelsey wouldn't stand a chance. Kelsey's rating 4 years ago was 758 and she was shooting good rounds around 810. Kira's rating right now is 821 and she is shooting good rounds in the 870s and higher. Four years ago Kelsey won Worlds in jr. girls under 16 in a field of 3. Today Kira is 14th out of 39 at Worlds playing Advanced Women. Kira will dominate some day...until then she continues to shine in Kelsey's shadow.
By the way, I ALWAYS say this stuff about Kira...and she's my ONLY niece that doesn't like me! Hey Bruce, help me out here. Print this out and give it to Kira! ;D
Kelsey shot a 983 rated round this morning and increased her lead to 11 throws! Get 'er done!!!
She also got an ace!
Quote from: pickax on August 13, 2008, 10:27:27 AM
She also got an ace!
I was so excited about the 983 round I totally forgot that Becky said that she got an ace also! Where are you getting your info, Mike?
PDGA message boards.2008 World Championships Results & Coverage forum contains various announcement threads (e.g. aces). Jeff has also been posting aces on the Worlds thread under the tournaments forum.
From her score, looks like Becky did do better that round. Still working the underdog comeback!!!!!!!
Bruce must have gotten his hands on some steriods for this last round!
Nice work, Kelsey! Keep it up!
Dave Nelson had a good R3. Taylor needs to step it up.
Brett and Terry Miller need to stay around 1k each round.
Oh ya, how much is gas up there?
Anyone else catch the video of King Bruce on the pdga home page today? (~2:54)
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Quote from: pickax on August 14, 2008, 04:58:44 AM
Anyone else catch the video of King Bruce on the pdga home page today? (~2:54)
I don't know who that is... ;)
Attenion Worlds players.... First off, congrats on being there! I'm very jealous. Even more so after I saw a pic of an ESP Zone in your player packs?!? I have a fat stack of discs available to trade for your Zone's , I've been throwing them since picking up a prototype in Bowling Green & got an Ace with my Am Nats zone.
Anyway, keep up the good work! Can't wait for Worlds 09!
~Jesse
The Borg nearly shot an 1100 rated round at Victory, but bogied on 17.
Unbelievable.
Not a bogie. Hole 17 is par 4.
4 pars
13 birdies
1 eagle
I would like to have seen that performance.
It would be nice if the PDGA would have pictures from the Amateur Worlds also. So far from their coverage you would think this was Pro Worlds only!
btw Feldberg was out done on the second card by Matt Orum with a 41. Feldberg only had a 44. Give me some of that juice. You know something is wrong with par when a player turns in a -18. Why is par a 940 round?
Quote from: pickax on August 14, 2008, 08:02:17 AM
Not a bogie. Hole 17 is par 4.
4 pars
13 birdies
1 eagle
I would like to have seen that performance.
Good to see, i'm not a big Nikko fan.
[rant]I realize that Worlds is more "Everyone's Tournament" rather than the most competitive event. Probably USDGC is the most competitive pro event that the sport has right now. However, I think it is ridiculous that we have our pros playing on courses where the top 100 pros are all double digit under par. What that means, of course, is that we have a silly idea of what par is and we lack courses that have engineered challenges and were built from the dirt up to challenge players in the same fashion that ball golf has. After 4 rounds in PGA tournament if anyone is double digit under par it is usually only the top 3 or 4 players. Of course this varies a little bit depending on the difficulty of the course and the conditions, but you will never see the top 100 PGA players under par let alone double digit under par. [/rant]
Quote from: pickax on August 14, 2008, 08:09:58 AM
btw Feldberg was out done on the second card by Matt Orum with a 41. Feldberg only had a 44. Give me some of that juice. You know something is wrong with par when a player turns in a -18. Why is par a 940 round?
For some reason in disc golf a birdie is considered a good score and in ball golf a birdie is a great score. The courses have not kept pace with the improvements in technique and discs. If you look at some of the retro pictures from the 70's and 80's you see the top players throwing frisbee style discs using a frisbee style form. Using good technique and modern discs even lowly ams like myself can throw a disc 300 feet straight.
Combine that with our tradition of "par 3" golf and you have a sport where par doesn't mean what it should mean. Jack Nicklaus said that par (on a par 4 hole) should require 2 or 3 good shots and no bad shots or 1 bad shot, 2 good shots and 1 exceptional shot. He said that a birdie should require 1 exceptional shot and 2 good shots.
How many times do we see top disc golf pros throw a good drive and then drop it in for the birdie? Then repeat 18 times. How many times is a pro NOT aiming for the basket on the tee? How many times are they aiming for a spot that they can then have a chance to layup from for the par? I'd say almost never. It would be nice to have more USDGC style courses but with more variety in terrain and obstacles. USDGC does it with carefully placed tees and baskets corresponding to the sparse trees AND with lots of OB.
It's nice to see Bruce make the top pool after the Great Sort (I refuse to call it the "Great Shuffle" when NOTHING should get shuffled!). I'm sure that was one of his goals.
Jon, I totally agree with your stance on the reality of "par".
Brett just did pretty well also by shooting a 1025! Only four strokes off Feldberg and shot better than Nikko, Schultz, and Climo! Way to go Brett!
Jon,
I am new to the sport and I read your rant on "pros" after which I checked the "Worlds" scoreboard and found it amusing that even the top 10 of the "Advance Ams" are at -19 under par. I would have to say your rant does ring true. I hope the PDGA notices as well.
Quote from: jimklem on August 14, 2008, 08:55:38 AM
Jon, I totally agree with your stance on the reality of "par".
Brett just did pretty well also by shooting a 1025! Only four strokes off Feldberg and shot better than Nikko, Schultz, and Climo! Way to go Brett!
When Brett is on he can be freakin awesome. I still hold out the -8 from the longs I saw him shoot at McNaughton before the Lesser Peoria Open as one the best rounds I ever saw personally.
Go Brett!
Quote from: Mukey on August 14, 2008, 09:36:26 AM
Quote from: jimklem on August 14, 2008, 08:55:38 AM
Jon, I totally agree with your stance on the reality of "par".
Brett just did pretty well also by shooting a 1025! Only four strokes off Feldberg and shot better than Nikko, Schultz, and Climo! Way to go Brett!
When Brett is on he can be freakin awesome. I still hold out the -8 from the longs I saw him shoot at McNaughton before the Lesser Peoria Open as one the best rounds I ever saw personally.
Go Brett!
Sweet!!!
Check out my page at Disc Golfers R Us to read my blogs on the 2008 Worlds. http://www.discgolfersr.us/profile/brakel
Only now am I seeing the brighter side of playing some many event & missing out on worlds.... (long story)
I've meet so many discers from all over the country & joined up in a few clubs that I will play multiple events with. I have alot of am's (and a handfull of pro's) that I can follow & throw vicariuosly through! Otherwise I would be really bummed out I'm not there with everyone else!
QuoteWhen Brett is on he can be freakin awesome. I still hold out the -8 from the longs I saw him shoot at McNaughton before the Lesser Peoria Open as one the best rounds I ever saw personally.
A 46 from McNaughton longs or Morton longs?
Lesser Peoria Open?
Quote from: dana on August 14, 2008, 11:58:19 AM
QuoteWhen Brett is on he can be freakin awesome. I still hold out the -8 from the longs I saw him shoot at McNaughton before the Lesser Peoria Open as one the best rounds I ever saw personally.
A 46 from McNaughton longs or Morton longs?
Lesser Peoria Open?
Bruce and I ran the Peoria Open in 2007 but Bruce nick named it the Lesser Peoria Open because it was just an Am B and Pro C tier event. It was also Lesser in that we only had about 100 players over two days. Maybe it was less than 100.
Quote from: pickax on August 14, 2008, 04:58:44 AM
Anyone else catch the video of King Bruce on the pdga home page today? (~2:54)
Hmmmm....dunce cap maybe?
Club member Diabetic Dave Nelson shoot'n good after round five he is tied for 17th. Go Diabetic Dave!!!!! :hello2:
The crown is my birdie hat. The photographer was shooting me in my crown today so I 'splained it to her. When I get a birdie I put on the crown. When I get a Bogie, I put on some other funny hat. For birdie/bogey purposes, I'm calling par whatever the tournament tee sign says par is. So a 3 on a 550 foot par 4 is a birdie. When Kelsey beats me she gets possession of the crown until i beat her back.
Today i started with a double bogie o.b. unless they were calling that hole a par 4. So I immediately put on the bogey hat. Two holes later I made a nice putt for 2 and putt on the crown. I wore the crown for the rest of the round and shot my personal best round at Robert Morris. Ratings are now screwed up because after the Sort they cannot sort the pools by pool anymore until they run it by hand at the end. My 56 at Morris is probably 950 rated.
Kelsey had a 983 round at Begg yesterday with an ace on a 185 tunnel turn over shot, and was certain she had won the crown until Discontinuum's newest member, Eric the Crushin' Russian downloaded scores at dinner. I had a 986 at Timber Ridge. [Eric is an American who grew up in Hawaii and went to Russia 14 years ago on a tourist visa. He has lived in Russia ever since. He has mad skills for a dude who started playing Russian object courses 1.5 years ago. He was and is an Ultimate player.]
Timber Ridge is a ski hill course that is all about playing smart with ski hill skills. The ski runs are easy to hit if you throw a mid 350-400 but if you try to crush a 700 footer down the run, you either turn it over or hyzer out and if you get off the run you're often doomed.
This library is closed tomorrow. I'll try to update on the Kelsey situation. I'm 12th card in the top Advanced pool. Diana is trying to fight her way back into the final 9.
go DAve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gave Dave Nelson a shout out on my blog at disc golfers r us, but since I don't think anyone reads those I'll say it here to. Way to go Dave!!!! :toothy10:
Hard to see, but there's a video clip of Brett driving in this video (~1:15)
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=861686&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD
I wish the PDGA would post higher quality videos.
Say Brett on the latest Worlds video.
Quote from: dana on August 14, 2008, 11:58:19 AM
QuoteWhen Brett is on he can be freakin awesome. I still hold out the -8 from the longs I saw him shoot at McNaughton before the Lesser Peoria Open as one the best rounds I ever saw personally.
A 46 from McNaughton longs or Morton longs?
Lesser Peoria Open?
McNaughton
Quote from: pickax on August 15, 2008, 04:28:20 AM
Hard to see, but there's a video clip of Brett driving in this video (~1:15)
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=861686&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD
I wish the PDGA would post higher quality videos.
if you look carefully you can also see that it's his entire group that is driving the hole - it starts about 5 seconds sooner. You'll see brett standing in the background slowly moving his way forward towards the tee box before finally taking his turn. Unfortunately he was last to throw so either there isn't a lot of movement on the card, or he had a not so great hole just slightly before. Hope you nailed the drive on video Brett!
This news just in...Kelsey shot a 60 in round 7 giving up 8 throws to second place Michelle Frazer who shot a 52. Kelsey's lead is now just 7 throws. Kelsey was quoted as saying "I played like a junior girl."
Diana is in last prize place (whatever that is) in Women's Adv Masters. Kira is right around last prizes for Advanced Women which is very cool!
Besides our other celebrities, there's a real nice photo of Damon in the Friday folder of pdga images (link on front page of pdga.com).
The available media has been exceptional this year!
Was that Dave Barish in that video with the short putt that he held in the chains? It looked like him and the guy was lefty.
I was wondering the same thing.
The Kelsinator cleans up!!! Congratulations Kelsey!!!!!! :toothy10: :toothy12: :toothy9: :s-ctf: :hello2: :notworthy: :blob10: :happy6: :s-bluecap: :wav: :laughing9: :blob1: :blob3: :blob6: :blob9: :headbang:
Just got back. Everybody from IL had an awesome time and the courses were really all fantastic from what I saw. Tournament was run extremely well and I have no complaints. One of my best tournament experiences ever.
As far as the 41 that Orum shot in Albion, that is 1 shot off of a perfect round at that course. There is a par 5 that he 4'd and a par 4 that he 3'd. He missed the birdie on one of the easiest par 3's on the course. I shot the course today and trust me, alot of the deuces are extremely difficult shots and to make all of them in 1 round is one of the most amazing rounds ever. If you played doubles there every week you would maybe see one 41 turned in per year. 1 of the holes he deuced is 522 feet a little downhill through a tight gap in pine trees. Another hole is 420 feet uphill that he threw a roller on through the trees. unreal.
Watched alot of the Pro action at Timber Ridge. These guys are pretty good and you wouldn't believe some of the shots they attempt. I picked Feldberg before the tourney but honestly find it hard to root for that guy after watching the action this week. Doss, Orum, and Randolph all seemed like really cool guys. Barry seems really focused more than alot of guys when I saw him, he shot really well that day and rallied for a 6th place finish. It was cool to see Climo, Jenkins, Rico, Kallstrom (the disc goes 100 mph out of this guy's hand) etc.. throw as well.
whats wrong with feldberg?
Quote from: dgnickster9224 on August 16, 2008, 09:08:08 PM
whats wrong with feldberg?
The entire week he found something to complain about. Whether it be the way that the putting contest was run, the courses used for the pros, the way the wind was blowing, the color of the other guys shirts and anything else you can think of.
For being one of the top players on tour, you would think he would realize that he is not the only pro playing the same course as him, everyone else has the same conditions.
Quote from: Tenny Schimo on August 16, 2008, 09:44:06 AM
Was that Dave Barish in that video with the short putt that he held in the chains? It looked like him and the guy was lefty.
I just saw it and yeah, it was me. Drop in for par. This event was more fun than should be allowed. I blogged about it at http://discgolfer.ning.com/profile/DavidBarish
Feldberg punching himself in the head with both hands was pretty funny. Steve Mills caddying for him was also pretty funny. All the complaining I witnessed from Dave- not so funny. That guy can do some amazing stuff with a disc, but he just isn't right in the head.
I find Feldberg's asinine behavior no more unappealing than Climo's dicksian behavior. At least when Feldberg isn't acting like an ass, he has a sense of humor. I'm not sure what Climo acts like when he's not being a dick...does anyone? ;D
Heyo!
What a fun week of disc golf. I was very impressed with the staff pulling off an event of 900 disc golfers.
The courses were sweet. Timber Ridge, Oshtemo, Coldbrook, Victory. All 4 were very different and tested your entire game. I was able to play Robert Morris on Saturday. All 5 were better than any course around here. I wish I had Victory as a home course!! I am sad to be home to play these weak courses.
I was able to play with some very good golfers all week. Chris Sprague, Chris Heeren, Garrett Gurthie, Shawn Sinclair, & Manabu Kajiyama all made the semis. I had a blast playing 9 holes with Markus Kallstrom & Michael Johansen prior to the Oshtemo round. Kallstrom was throwing a Piranha 300 feet.
Gotta give a shout out to David Nelson for jacking an ace on hole 18 at Robert Morris. What a sick hole. 350 ft downhill thru a tunnel. Just awesome!
While waiting 1hr & 5 minutes to tee off after putting out on #13 at Timber Ridge I was able to see some of the best players in the world throw 2 of the toughest holes on the course. It's just amazing what some of these guys can do with a disc.
As for Feldberg. I have never seen any player complain more than him. It started on Sunday at the putting competition and didn't end until Saturday.
Diabetic dave doss is my hero.....
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Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 17, 2008, 04:04:55 PM
As for Feldberg. I have never seen any player complain more than him. It started on Sunday at the putting competition and didn't end until Saturday.
Becky reports that Feldberg was complaining before that. When 300 players all decided to practice Oshtemo on Friday because it was close to tournament central, he was complaining that the course was crowded.
Meanwhile, I'm glad you all had a good time at Worlds. I'm glad you enjoyed the courses and the tournament generally. I think the courses were as good as the courses for Iowa Worlds or the previous Michigan Worlds.
Kelsey says that was her last tournament in Advanced Women, but going pro is not anything she plans on doing soon. She was too shy to make a speech at the awards, but she thanked Diana and I privately, and thanked the TD in the parking lot.
Congratulations to all of our members who played Worlds!!!
Perhaps I cut Feldberg too much slack. Down with whiny pros (or any whiny players for that matter)! I think there are lots of cool pros and several of the top pro players are very cool...Feldberg and Climo just don't happen to be two of them, unfortunately. That's why whenever someone calls Kenny the ambassador of disc golf I always say "He's not MY ambassador!" ;D
For anyone interested, here is a link to some pictures from Worlds.
http://www.foxvalleymetrodiscgolfclub.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php/v/fox+metro+discer_001/ (http://www.foxvalleymetrodiscgolfclub.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php/v/fox+metro+discer_001/)
Quote from: Fox Metro Discer on August 18, 2008, 08:58:36 AM
For anyone interested, here is a link to some pictures from Worlds.
http://www.foxvalleymetrodiscgolfclub.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php/v/fox+metro+discer_001/ (http://www.foxvalleymetrodiscgolfclub.com/gallery2/gallery2/main.php/v/fox+metro+discer_001/)
Nice pics. Thanks!
thanks for the pics
Just wanted to thank everyone from the club that came out to the pizza party. 25 members were there!
Thanks for the salad and pizza. Both were good and filling :)
It was fun to eat with familiar faces :)
Ya that was a fun time, wish I could have been there earlier!
There is some great coverage of Friday on this thread. You can really get a good idea what Timber Ridge looks like. What a sick course!
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=863765&Main=860835#Post863765
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 20, 2008, 12:47:42 PM
There is some great coverage of Friday on this thread. You can really get a good idea what Timber Ridge looks like. What a sick course!
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=863765&Main=860835#Post863765
That's a sweet video. Kelsey made a nice drive and upshot on that one. It was cool that her division had the winner putt out last. Usually only pro divisions think to do that.
Those shots that were parked are awesome to watch...poetry in motion!
watching those shots makes me want to go throw it. looks great
I heard about this from Diabetic Dave, but it's nice to see it on video. Too bad they missed most of the comeback putt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_xT7xSiCmI
Worlds was actually very profitable for the PDGA and the host club. It took until November or December to settle up on all the bills and account for everything, but the tournament made a net profit of $10,752. That's $10,752 left over after paying for everything. Normally the PDGA picks a host club that can be counted on to (a) run the tournament for a profit, and (b) put a fair bit of the profit into the pro payouts at an A-tier or NT next year. I don't know if anyone besides maybe Taylor noticed this on pdga.com, but the Kalamazoo post-Worlds NT was just canceled.
It makes me wonder if the $5,000 from Worlds was managed with the same fidelity as your average league's ace pool money.