where ?
thought i saw a tidbit someplace but not sure
http://www.huklab.com/d/node/889
found it
i believe it will be in kansas city, which would be sweet, i mean i go play really good courses for a whole week, eat barbeque, and hopefully make some money right!
Time to pop this thread back open since the event is approaching.
I just used Priceline to book a hotel right downtown for 9 nights at $45 a night. Can get close to the host hotel without paying triple the price.
Who else is going?
Dan booked a room for us a few weeks ago. Can't remember the name of the extended stay but it's pretty cheap for the week and pretty close to quite a few of the coures. Dan, Dave N., Kenny G., & myself are staying there. I know Tom M. is going as well.
I booked already and am playing 16 and under. Its gonna be sick, leavin in 30 days.
Looking forward to this week-long disc golf vacation. Kansas City, as a whole, has some of the best disc golf you can find in one location. I think this will be the best Worlds since Des Moines. We'll be staying a little east of downtown Kansas City, not too far from the Blue Valley course. I played Water Works, Swope, and Cliff Drive at the KCWO in 2005 and they were all top notch, especially Water Works. It looks like the Ams will be playing Blue Valley, Water Works, and a few other courses that I haven't seen before, but look pretty long from what I've seen on dgcoursereview.com. To anybody going to this tourney, be ready to unleash a ton of long drives for an entire week. You may need to pack some IcyHot.
Like Taylor, I was also able to find accomodations at a significantly lesser rate than that offered by the host hotel. The host hotel looks super awesome, just a little more than I'd like to spend for a disc golf trip. Our room was $60/night for 6 nights. Can't wait!
I'm super excited for worlds! I'm camping just a little southwest of KC with a buddy of mine who is from WI. Should be really good time.
If you go with Dan's attitude you should have fun. A lot of good courses, players from all over the country in advanced, a couple of parties, good times with friends -- a disc golf vacation. If you are also expecting a payout, hey, it's Kansas City. There's no reason why amateurs should expect a payout in Kansas City. They might do some kind of nominal insulting payout, but Kansas City has a long reputation for giving amateurs good courses, player packs and food.
auren Lakeberg went on priceline as well and got us a room with 2 queen beds, a pool, a hot tub, for 8 days, at $438.00
Will be Chris Brenholtz, Lauren, and myself. Sweet deal for 8 days. Thanks LAUREN!!!!
Very anxious to get back to one of these. Played in 2 before, 1995 in Cincinnati Ohio, and 1997 in Grand Rapids Michigan. Failed to make either years cut. Missed 97's by 1 stroke. My career started in 1994, so was WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE, trying to go play with the Timmy Gills, and Avery Jenkins. But back in those days, there was, novice, Am 2, Am 1, and Open. None of these ridiculous intermediates, recs, etc. Played in 1 novice, got the win, then 3 Am 2's before making the jump to Am 1, which is now the advanced division.
Should be a great time though. Can't wait. Always a good time getting to see my buddies, Kenny G. and Diabetic Dave!
Quote from: Grayson Dewey on June 24, 2009, 11:39:32 AM
I booked already and am playing 16 and under. Its gonna be sick, leavin in 30 days.
I envy you. I wish I could be going and playing 16 and under. Have a great time and enjoy it because there's a lot of kids your age that would love to have that oppurtunity.
If there is any way you can possibly attend I would highly suggest doing so. I've heard nothing but good things about KC. This event is going to be huge. In 2004 I learned a lot about disc golf after playing a week of golf in Des Moines. You get to play with a bunch of new players and courses all day long.
Worlds is like no other. In 2000 I caddied for Bruce for the entire week. In 2004 I was the co-TD for the Jr. Boys. I hear its even more fun to play...although I don't think I'll ever have as much fun as I did caddying for Bruce in 2000 or pay for it at the end of the week as much!
How may days do they play in worlds? What are the days that they play?
Quote from: Miguel on June 26, 2009, 02:59:39 AM
How may days do they play in worlds? What are the days that they play?
Tuesday-Friday, Saturday is the semifinals for the top ~25% and the finals in the afternoon.
I'm heading to KC via Des Moines most likely, as opposed to the STL route. For those that have played along the way, what is the one course that we should hit during the trip? Maybe even two...
Quote from: tacimala on July 01, 2009, 07:21:12 PM
I'm heading to KC via Des Moines most likely, as opposed to the STL route. For those that have played along the way, what is the one course that we should hit during the trip? Maybe even two...
Quad Cities
West Lake Park
Milan 2
Middle Park
Is there going to be a club members pizza party this year?
Quote from: tacimala on July 01, 2009, 07:21:12 PM
I'm heading to KC via Des Moines most likely, as opposed to the STL route. For those that have played along the way, what is the one course that we should hit during the trip? Maybe even two...
If I was you, I would absolutely play J&B Rolling Hills in Lamoni, Iowa. Its right along I-35 and I've heard its an unbelievable course. i would love to play it myself.
Quote from: Dan Michler on July 02, 2009, 05:36:00 AMIf I was you, I would absolutely play J&B Rolling Hills in Lamoni, Iowa. Its right along I-35 and I've heard its an unbelievable course. i would love to play it myself.
Second. I've played both Lamoni courses, and while aren't the absolute greatest courses in the world, they're both pretty d@mn good. Plus, Lamoni is literally right off the highway. You can see one of the baskets at J & B from the interstate. The Graceland College course is 5 minutes down the street. I'd estimate that you could play each course in about an hour and a half if time is an issue.
If you have not signed up for this event and plan to play you better do so soon. Several of the divisions are full. There are 514 Ams and 214 Pros signed up. With just under a month i'd guess this event gets 1000+ players.
Going to be a great week. 514 AMS, WOW :o
Good luck to all that are going. The newest edition of The Discgolfer has a Worlds Preview. There is a course( BLUE VALLEY ) being played, almost 11,000 feet. WTF!? The advanced will play this at least once. It says this MIGHT be the longest disc golf course in the WORLD!! The course record is a -12 56, set by Steve Brinster in 2007, when a 66 was rated 996.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 02, 2009, 07:49:43 PM
If you have not signed up for this event and plan to play you better do so soon. Several of the divisions are full. There are 514 Ams and 214 Pros signed up. With just under a month i'd guess this event gets 1000+ players.
541 ams, 246 pros and only 19 Days, 9 Hours, 5 Minutes away by the running clicker on the Tournament Page.
This was a nice touch by the Discontinuum Club last year and I am glad I was able to attend (albeit a little late). Was there an answer given somewhere as to if this is going to happen again?
I know the week of Worlds is a very busy one and I know I go to Worlds to do business about as much as I go to play so I don't want to chime in with a specific night preference but if one happens I'd love to hear about it. I think I've been a Discontinuum Club member since the inception of the club and I'm proud of that.
Thanks!
Ter
Quote from: KenGmoney1 on July 01, 2009, 08:41:29 PM
Is there going to be a club members pizza party this year?
We are not planning a paid dinner this year due to how far worlds is from home this year. We felt the past 2 years there has been a pretty big turnout from DISContinuum members due to location.
Wouldn't be too tough for all of us to get together one night for dinner. I nominate Dan Michler to set it all up.
Nomination accepted. Taylor, meet us here on Wednesday night. As you can see, Sidekicks is a member of the MGRA, so you should have a good time.
http://local.yahoo.com/info-17791512-sidekicks-kansas-city;_ylc=X1MDMjAyMjQ2NzAxMQRfcgMyBF9zAzk2NjEzNzcwBGFjY3RpZANbb2JqZWN0IE9iamVjdF0EZ2lkAzE3NzkxNTEyBHNlYwNhbGdvBHNsawNtb3Jl (http://local.yahoo.com/info-17791512-sidekicks-kansas-city;_ylc=X1MDMjAyMjQ2NzAxMQRfcgMyBF9zAzk2NjEzNzcwBGFjY3RpZANbb2JqZWN0IE9iamVjdF0EZ2lkAzE3NzkxNTEyBHNlYwNhbGdvBHNsawNtb3Jl)
Clearly you are not taking this role seriously as you did not provide a time to meet.
just curious, where is everyone staying? I think Lauren said it's walking distance from host hotel???
Lauren,Chris Brenholtz, and myself are staying at The Sheraton Suites KC. There is another couple staying at the same hotel, but I don't know their names, but they always wear those maroon Innova hats.
I'll be camping in the southeast side of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area (say that 5 times fast haha) at one of the Jackson County Parks with by friend Henry Poth from Milwaukee. I am super excited and can't wait!
One of these years I'll be able to make worlds. Just need the rest of these auto companies to go away or do their business in the winter.
good luck to all the discontinuum folks going. bring it home tayl0r
Anyone remember when they had the pools up to see on PDGA? I can't remember if they won't be up later next week or if they will be sooner then that. I just want to see what order I play the courses, that may determine what courses I practice on Sunday and Mon. I plan on just walking Blue Valley during those times, I don't want to throw out my arm in practice with a course that long.
Kyle, I have been watching for that as well at PDGA.COM If I see anything I will post it here.
Quote from: SIUFrolf on July 16, 2009, 12:49:14 PM
Anyone remember when they had the pools up to see on PDGA? I can't remember if they won't be up later next week or if they will be sooner then that. I just want to see what order I play the courses, that may determine what courses I practice on Sunday and Mon. I plan on just walking Blue Valley during those times, I don't want to throw out my arm in practice with a course that long.
Check out the confirmation package materials on this page.
http://www.pdga.com/world-championships (http://www.pdga.com/world-championships)
Ron
Thanks for the link. I know what pools I could potentially be in, K-N. I just want to know what exact pool I'm in so I know what my schedule will be, haha as if that doesn't sound confusing.
I see Wiggins, Jr. and a couple other people rated over 970 are in the AM divison. I hope it's just a mistake, especially when Wiggins is 983 rated. I don't expect his rating to drop that much in two days.
You can play Am with over a 970 rating as long as you have never accepted cash.
that just seems crazy to me. So theoretically someone could be 1000 rated, but never took cash, so they can still play in the ADV division? What's the point of ratings breaks among divisons?
Quote from: SIUFrolf on July 19, 2009, 10:12:44 PM
that just seems crazy to me. So theoretically someone could be 1000 rated, but never took cash, so they can still play in the ADV division? What's the point of ratings breaks among divisons?
The ratings breaks are for the amateur divisions and the 970 mark is only used for Pros who have taken cash but can still play in amateur events.
My personal opinion is nobody should be forced to play Pro and gamble a higher entry fee to try to win cash. And definitely not at a 970 rating. Look at the statistics. 970 golf isn't winning you much cash in the Open division. And forget about playing the A-tier or Major events where you have to toss down 100-200 bucks for an entry fee and must average 1000+ golf to make the cash. I see alot of guys go Pro who are around 950-970, and they go from playing 20+ events a year and having a blast, to 2 years later playing 5 events a year and suddenly the tournaments aren't so much fun anymore when you're losing 50 bucks every weekend.
If there was going to be a cutoff line where you can't play amateur any longer, I would make the cutoff at 1000. Amateur disc golf is just about having fun and if 15 or 16 year old Dave Wiggins wants to play Advanced at Worlds to try and win a World Championship, why stop him? Just cuz his rating is 988? How do you know there isn't other guys in the field who are at a 990 skill level but just haven't played tournaments to prove it? Making a cutoff for Amateur only encourages players wishing to compete for a Major title to avoid playing rated events beforehand. Think about it if you were Dave. You can pay 115 bucks and play Advanced with a good chance you'll win the Amateur World Championship before you turn Pro, giving you more widespread notoriety and a better chance of real sponsorship money in the future....or you can pay 215 bucks to play Open and probably battle to maybe make your money back if you shoot well and finish in the top 50-60.
As far as I'm concerned, let anybody play Advanced who wants to. If Ken Climo decides he wants to move back down to Advanced, fantastic! Obviously he's not going to do that because he'll be losing out on the thousands he could be winning in Open. And the same will be true for Dave Wiggins or any other amateur. When they realize the money is there for them in the Open division, they'll go play Open instead of taking your valuable amateur prize money :rolleyes:. If the money isn't there for somebody, don't try to kick them out the door just because you're tired of getting your butt kicked by them.
I think sponsored amateurs are a more outrageous concept than really good amateurs.
I cannot remember anyone ever being kicked out of college football or basketball because they were too good to play as an amateur. Plenty of players quit before they get their degree or exhaust their eligibility, but does anyone shout "Bagger!" at the star player on the college team?
Disc golf is the only sport I know where many amateurs think they have a right to be protected from competing against really good players.
I'm throwing down my Worlds prediction before I leave on Friday.
1st Nate Doss
2nd Dave Feldberg
3rd Nikko Locastro
4th Matt Orum
solid....
I have the same in mind but with Rico in the fourth spot.
1. Feldberg
2. Doss
3. McCabe
4. Schultz
5. Locastro
I was going to stick Randolph in the top 4 but he isn't registered.
Please go to http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=4660.0 for the discussion on going pro, PDGA divisions, ratings, etc.
Please proceed here to talk about 2009 Worlds.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 20, 2009, 09:08:05 AM
1. Feldberg
2. Doss
3. McCabe
4. Schultz
5. Locastro
I was going to stick Randolph in the top 4 but he isn't registered.
Tom Watson.
Good luck to the following club members:
Brett Comincioli
Dan Michler
Dave Nelson
Kenny Glassman
Kyle Burnside
Tom McManus
Taylor Cimala
Michael Chavarria
Matt Travis
Matt Rogers
John Jordan
Ron Huebner
Ron Miller
Terry Miller
Spencer Wilken
They are all playing worlds. I wonder if there is another disc golf club in the US that is sending as many members as Discontinuum.
probably the Kansas City disc golf club. I think D Nelson has a good chance to get in the top 10. Brett is certainly due to cash in 1 of these things, so he better get it done this time! should be a good time, I hope all our local players perform their best.
1 other prediction..somebody from Illinois will get Factored.
Tear it up!
"Factored"?
A reference to a player who apparently can be distracting to play with. R.F. Huspen from Des Moines, Iowa. Kind of like getting Spazzed.
Pools are up. Looks like IL is in K pool so our schedule looks like:
Tuesday- 8am Water Workds
2pm Wyandotte County
Wednesday - 8am Prairie Center
2pm Shawnee Mission Park
Thursday - Blue Valley (Tee Times)
Friday - 8am Shawnee Mission
Our Semifinal grouping is 8am at Prairie Center.
I am getting so excited sleep is getting harder and harder haha. GO LAND OF LINCOLNERS!!!
Looks like the 2 highest rated players in the tournament, Blaine Kinkel and Dave Wiggins Jr., are also in K Pool with all of the Illinois Advanced players. I'm interested to see this Wiggins kid shoot as it appears he's on his way to joining the 1020+ rated elite group of players before long.
I'm hoping to finish in the top 100 and avoid the dreaded blow-up round
:s-redeemer:
1. Climo 13x
2. Doss
3. Feldburg
4. Nikko
5. Someone from Europe- Kallstrom/Lundmark
6. A Mc- McBeth or McCabe
This is my prediction
1. Nikko
2. Feldberg
3. Comincioli
4. Climo
5. Doss
If Jesper gets here in time to adjust to the time change, he is the highest rated player...
Sweet. Solid tee time day 1 and get to play with super thumber man Brian Schweberger.
928 total players. WOW!
I noticed a decent jump in junior numbers, at least in relative terms. This Worlds starts early enough to miss even the earliest wacky school schedules. I know last year a few kids were already starting school the week of Worlds.
No sign of Randolph, eh? Too bad, always like to see how Mike does. Maybe he'll play the USDGC this year instead.
I'm guessing Feldberg over Nate then McCabe. Nikko will start hot but fade late. Or maybe not.
I'd like to see Schackmeister pull off a 2nd straight vic in masters, although that battle should be as close as any other out there.
I'd like to see a first-time champion among the ladies, just for some variety. But I think it will be Val over Des by a few.
Best of luck to everyone for a safe and fun-filled week in KC.
Joe
Quote from: Dan Michler on July 21, 2009, 05:58:25 AM
probably the Kansas City disc golf club. I think D Nelson has a good chance to get in the top 10. Brett is certainly due to cash in 1 of these things, so he better get it done this time! should be a good time, I hope all our local players perform their best.
1 other prediction..somebody from Illinois will get Factored.
Would love to see Dave Nelson in the top 10!!! I would say this format favors T. Cimala out of our State though. Both should be very competitive though!
My predictions.
Kinkle folds under the pressure of having a kid like david wiggins beating him early.
Wiggins wins and Taylor Cimala makes a huge comeback after Am Nats to take 2nd (Maybe even winning in the late rounds)
Open Men
1. Doss
2. Fledberg
3. Nikko
4. Climo
5. Barsby
Open Women
1. Angela Tschiggfrie
2. Liz Carr (Suprises everyone taking 2nd)
3. Des Reading
4. Val Jenkins
5. Liz Lopez
What I've found on the amateur courses.
Water Works and Blue Valley are the only courses I've seen. Shawnee Mission, Prairie Center, and Wyandotte will be completely new to me, and this will be the first time I've actually played Blue Valley.
After researching the courses a bit, it looks like Shawnee Mission and Prairie Center are ~6000 ft courses without heavy rough, but alot of trees (looks like a ton of pine trees at PC) to contend with. Mostly holes in that 300-400 ft range. Wyandotte looks long as hell, especially if they have it setup in the long placements, with alot of wide open holes over 400 feet. Blue Valley obviously is the ballbuster and Water Works is a very fun course with a ton of elevation and tricky shots.
I'm thinking you'll want to practice Blue Valley before the tournament round as this course will probably produce the largest spread in scores due to its difficulty level. I'd like to practice it on Sunday so it doesn't wear me down immediately before the tournament. SM and PC are played 2 times and look like they have alot of difficult deuce holes that you might want to get comfortable on. Wyandotte looks like a course you might be able to get away with not practicing. Water Works is the 1st round of the tourney and a fantastic course, so you'd be crazy not to practice that one!!!!!
Overall, it looks like your not going to want to leave your high speed drivers at home. 10 days from now your arm will be feeling it cuz none of these courses are short (atleast not by Lake County terms).
Quote from: 4u2nv on July 21, 2009, 02:07:10 PM
My predictions.
Kinkle folds under the pressure of having a kid like david wiggins beating him early.
Wiggins wins and Taylor Cimala makes a huge comeback after Am Nats to take 2nd (Maybe even winning in the late rounds)
Taylor Cimala winning... that has to be the funniest thing ive heard this year on a forum.. and val will win by alot..
Definitely a long shot, but probably more realistic than you or Rodgers finishing a tournament. ;)
The competition in these Junior divsions is fierce. There is a 1000 rated kid in <16 this year, and he has 37 rounds on his rating so its the real deal.
I looked at his history and he played Worlds last year in <16. He lost by 9 shots to a kid who averaged 1000 rated golf for the 8 rounds. Dave Wiggins is a 14 year old kid who won <19 by shooting 990 golf for the week. Had he played <16 he would have placed 2nd. All these kids could have played in the Advanced division and either won (the winner averaged 999.5 golf for the week and won by 12 shots) or atleast made the finals.
The lesson is: if you are a Junior boy who is 950 rated and very talented for your age, don't expect to pick up an easy World title by playing in the Junior divsions because there is probably a soon-to-be 1000 rated kid somewhere in the world who already thought of that. Might be more fun to play Advanced where you have another 280 players to compete with other than the 2 or 3 phenoms at the top who are there to make a name for themselves by picking up an Am Worlds Title before moving on to play against Nate Doss and Dave Feldberg at NT events.
I am leaving for worlds in 12 hours!
The pathetic thing on the junior boys is they don't make a name for themselves doing that. No one knows who won junior boys last year other than his mom and dad, maybe uncle and aunt. Or, and this is really pathetic, all the people who read the custom shirts dad went out and had made!
Good luck fells. Tear it up!
Anyone got any ideas on how to distract oscsar(1000 rated 16 yr old). I am playing with him.haha well kc is hot! I left yesterday and it was 100 degrees down there. Everyone goodluck.
taking off in a little less than 19 hours.
Quote from: Miguel on June 26, 2009, 02:59:39 AM
How may days do they play in worlds? What are the days that they play?
Last year I played worlds in the Women's Am Master's division. We played 7 rounds before the finals; the bigger divisions (Advanced men) have semi finals then finals and more than one pool of players. Last year we had a tough schedule: Monday 2 rounds, Tues 1 round, Wed 2 rounds, Thurs and Friday 1 round each.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on July 21, 2009, 08:50:51 AM
Sweet. Solid tee time day 1 and get to play with super thumber man Brian Schweberger.
COOL! Have fun!
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 24, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
The pathetic thing on the junior boys is they don't make a name for themselves doing that. No one knows who won junior boys last year other than his mom and dad, maybe uncle and aunt. Or, and this is really pathetic, all the people who read the custom shirts dad went out and had made!
So age and gender restricted divisions are pathetic? I mean I'm not in full agreement with everything PDGA related, but being that the U-19 division is very competitive with 15-20 people, wouldn't a world championship there be as commendable as any other narrowly competitive division with 5-8 people tops?
I don't see anything competitive in any of the junior boys' divisions. In <19 you have a 985 rated player with one opponent at 972 and four or five players rated aound 960, and then there are a bunch of kids with no chance. If the 985 rated kid has a horrible week and the 972 rated kid has a mediocre week, there could be a competition.
In <16 you have a 1000 rated junior whose closest competition is three kids in the 940s. That division will have a competition for about 9 holes and then the three are playing for second.
In <13 the highest rated kid has 45 ratings points on the next kid.
Year after year the junior boy's competition is an excuse for the top rated kid NOT to compete for a world title. If Oscar or Nageeb wanted to compete for a world title, they'd play advanced.
Last year the junior girls mostly decided that they would compete for a world championship. They finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 19th and 25th -- maybe 29th and 38th were junior eligible also -- in the Advanced Women's Division.
When three of the ten highest rated players in the amateur side of the tournament go hide out in the junior divisions, yeah, that's pathetic.
Best of luck to all the DISCONTINUUM members! I'll be on the computer watching the progress of you all.
I'll be joining you all next year at Lemon Lake.
Don't forget to save some energy for the Praire Open at the end of August ;)
i thought the first round scores would be up ...
This is the worse coverage and website linkage in years.
Good luck IL 8)
Quote from: ChrisPUTTS on July 28, 2009, 03:55:05 AM
i thought the first round scores would be up ...
Despite the Mon-Sat dates listed on the PDGA schedule, the tournament web site's schedule has first rounds starting today, not yesterday.
Which, to complete the thought, would make it hard to post first round scores yet, especially since Krupicka is not volunteering in the scorer's tent.
They need to invest in better coverage for these big events.
Although i have not been around this game many years, i am still amazed at how little coverage in any forumn disc golf gets. I would assume with all the goofy crap espn covers (scrable, spelling bee, flugtag) that a major event disc golf like worlds should, or could garnish a 30 second to 1 minute sportscenter highlight of some kind. At least the open leaderboard. Maybe its just unrealistic thinking on my part, but it's amazing things like this go on untouched on.
Nice first round for Kenny! He is best placed of the Discontinnum crewwith a 998 round 2 strokes off the lead.
Quote from: ChrisPUTTS on July 28, 2009, 01:13:18 PM
Although i have not been around this game many years, i am still amazed at how little coverage in any forumn disc golf gets. I would assume with all the goofy crap espn covers (scrable, spelling bee, flugtag) that a major event disc golf like worlds should, or could garnish a 30 second to 1 minute sportscenter highlight of some kind. At least the open leaderboard. Maybe its just unrealistic thinking on my part, but it's amazing things like this go on untouched on.
it's been discussed before... basically comes down to, if somebody pays for it, they'll show it....
Quote from: damonshort on July 28, 2009, 01:23:12 PM
Quote from: ChrisPUTTS on July 28, 2009, 01:13:18 PM
Although i have not been around this game many years, i am still amazed at how little coverage in any forumn disc golf gets. I would assume with all the goofy crap espn covers (scrable, spelling bee, flugtag) that a major event disc golf like worlds should, or could garnish a 30 second to 1 minute sportscenter highlight of some kind. At least the open leaderboard. Maybe its just unrealistic thinking on my part, but it's amazing things like this go on untouched on.
it's been discussed before... basically comes down to, if somebody pays for it, they'll show it....
I love to watch bicycle racing. Not many other people do. It was hard to find bike racing on television until what's his name came out of retirement. Once he did the money came back and Versus ran the Tour de France all day for the month of July. I guess if disc golf ever gets a big name star that they can market there might be some action. Or, if it was more like beach volleyball there might be a voyeuristic audience. I think there is enough interest to spark a non-profit webcast but that's about it.
Well, networks and profitable coverage aside, the PDGA website could at least cover it better! They have a link to "Worlds Complete Coverage" and there's almost nothing. You have to hunt just to find a link to a complete leaderboard, and only half the open scores are up. I know the last round just started about 4 hours ago, but there are rounds that started 7-8 hours ago that still aren't reported at all. It makes it hard to cheer on our friends! ;)
The courses in KC are sick! The 53 that Avery shot at Blue Valley is mind boggling to me. I had a rough stretch today but saw one of the sickest 2's ever. Hole #13 Brian S throws a huge 2nd shot thumber that bounces off the ground into the basket. It was the only 2 on that hole.
Anytime anyone goes near 1080 it was a near perfect round. You have nowhere to go but up Brett. Go get 'em tomorrow.
Good luck Brett ;)
Congratulations Diabetic Dave Nelson!
2009 MINI GOLF Amateur World Champion!
:hello2:
What exactly is mini golf? I have some guesses but,,, :unsure:
now that is funny
GO DAVE
Quote from: Steven Jacobs on July 28, 2009, 07:55:10 PM
What exactly is mini golf? I have some guesses but,,, :unsure:
Mini disc, mini baskets, mini course...fewest throws wins.
Quote from: 4u2nv on July 21, 2009, 02:07:10 PM
My predictions.
Kinkle folds under the pressure of having a kid like david wiggins beating him early.
Wiggins wins and Taylor Cimala makes a huge comeback after Am Nats to take 2nd (Maybe even winning in the late rounds)
Open Men
1. Doss
2. Fledberg
3. Nikko
4. Climo
5. Barsby
Open Women
1. Angela Tschiggfrie
2. Liz Carr (Suprises everyone taking 2nd)
3. Des Reading
4. Val Jenkins
5. Liz Lopez
Given that Tschiggfire DNFed alreayd I will go with my 2nd place pick to win it all Go Liz Carr!!!
Quote from: Jon Brakel on July 29, 2009, 10:39:01 AM
Quote from: Steven Jacobs on July 28, 2009, 07:55:10 PM
What exactly is mini golf? I have some guesses but,,, :unsure:
Mini disc, mini baskets, mini course...fewest throws wins.
I think they played this game in one of the Austin Powers movies. >:D Either that or the disc golf cruise stopped to play a round of this game when they stopped at Fantasy Island. :P Or maybe diabetic showed up when they were having leagues on the set of Time Bandits II. ;D In any case, if you are playing and somebody mentions the Lollipop Guild, don't bet any money. :lol:
My earlier post about the highest rated amateurs in the tournament playing junior divisions may have been a little harsh. Could be that Oscar and Nageeb had transportation issues that would require them to play juniors or not at all. And Andrew would not be competitive in Advanced. Nonetheless, after two rounds Oscar and Andrew both have big leads consistant with their ratings advantage over their divisional cohorts. Nageeb has started off tepid and is only leading by one over a kid playing well above his rating.
Based on ratings, Oscar is playing well enough to be leading in Advanced.
Based on ratings, Elaine is playing well enough for fourth place in Pro Women. So I bet she's glad she's playing Pro Master Women and has the 12 throw lead.
For Elaine, I'll cut a little slack. I know she has injuries and it is hard for her to play two-day tournaments.
Here in Waterford we all have mixed emotions about the youngest Frazer leading in Advanced Women. We're all rooting for Paige. But if Becca wins and goes pro, it is one less Frazer Kira has to beat next year. If Becca wins it and doesn't go pro and plays Am Worlds in Ohio in Advanced Women, well, then, so can Kelsey! If Becca wins it and goes pro, maybe the whole Frazer fam will play Pro Worlds next summer instead of Am Worlds. So there are lots of upsides to Becca winning it.
Nice to see the recoveries Brett and Dan made today. Taylor has been solid throughout - each round gets better! - and it sounds like anything can happen at Blue Valley so there are lots of possibilities.
Also note that Ron Huebner is playing in his first Worlds and has shot consistently above his (obviously obsolete) rating. (He's even ahead of my evil twin... 8) ) John Jordan figures to finish strong and I expect him to make the semis; if Ron continues at this pace he's got a good shot too.
Really jealous I'm not there, esp seeing that it's probably not going to break 90 degrees all week. Keep it going, guys.
Go Becca, Go!!!
Everybody in our hotel room was feeling pretty good heading into today. Kenny, Dave, and I are playing Blue Valley today. Hopefully we all survive. The game plan is to throw far, throw far again, and hopefully get up and down when you need to. It'd be cool to see Taylor move into the top 10 if he can tear it up at the big course today.
Brett is playing Cliff Drive this morning. I think he'll fare well at that course as it really suits his game more than the other courses he's played so far. He's also got Water Works and Swope left which are also right up his alley, so he definitely has a chance to do some damage the next couple days.
Avery with a 6 throw cushion. It'll be interesting to see if he can extend or keep that lead today. Doss and Feldberg are lurking 9 throws back.
On a sidenote, the unofficial ratings are no longer correct for rds 1-4 since the Shuffle in case you are looking at the leaderboard. It seems like they usually correct everything based on what pool you played in after the tournament is over.
peace out!
Go Gary Camp currently leading by 4 strokes in Am Sr. Grandmasters!
Brett busted out with a 1048 unofficial round today. Go Brett! Brett's moving up to cashing and tied for the lead in the Bee Pool.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 10:31:27 AM
Brett busted out with a 1048 unofficial round today. Go Brett! Brett's moving up to cashing and tied for the lead in the Bee Pool.
He also got an ace. A Worlds Ace! Sweet round Brett!!!
sick! Good stuff Brett, keep it up!
Quote from: Jon Brakel on July 30, 2009, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 10:31:27 AM
Brett busted out with a 1048 unofficial round today. Go Brett! Brett's moving up to cashing and tied for the lead in the Bee Pool.
He also got an ace. A Worlds Ace! Sweet round Brett!!!
So, he is going to cash regardless of position. I assume he is in the ace pool. He did this at Highbridge a few years ago as well. Way to go Brett!
Quote from: Jon Brakel on July 30, 2009, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 10:31:27 AM
Brett busted out with a 1048 unofficial round today. Go Brett! Brett's moving up to cashing and tied for the lead in the Bee Pool.
He also got an ace. A Worlds Ace! Sweet round Brett!!!
Any idea what hole it was and how far?
Quote from: Jon Brakel on July 30, 2009, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 10:31:27 AM
Brett busted out with a 1048 unofficial round today. Go Brett! Brett's moving up to cashing and tied for the lead in the Bee Pool.
He also got an ace. A Worlds Ace! Sweet round Brett!!!
Keep it up Brett!!
Brett's ace is not listed on the official ace list.
http://www.pdga.com/2009-pdga-world-championships-ace-list
Brett did indeed have an ace, hole 2 at Cliff Drive.
It's listed now, Bruce.
Paul Wright looks to be pulling away in Adv GM. He's from WA, met him last yr through Randy Signor; played a practice round on Sun with him and wound up being on the same card w/ him for (obviously) the 1st round. He made the finals last year. Really good guy, nice to see...
I'm sure it's buried somewhere on the PDGA or Worlds site, but how many players make the semis? I think it's been top third in the past.
Nice, looks like Avery slipped the lead to Josh Anthon by a stroke. Wicked!
"brent" comincioli on the ace list? lol *sigh* 2nd longest ace so far though, that's pretty cool
Gary Camp now holding a 15 stroke lead on 2nd
Quote from: damonshort on July 31, 2009, 07:09:11 AMI'm sure it's buried somewhere on the PDGA or Worlds site, but how many players make the semis? I think it's been top third in the past.
Seems to me like there's no fixed rule. They usually have a note about it in the players' guide to the tournament. For a four-pool division like advanced they'll usually take an entire pool to fill an 18-hole course. The rest kind of depends on how many courses they want to use for the semi finals and how they can fit the pools together. For micro divisions they often don't have a semi-final.
For advanced they only took the top 64 for the semis.
add my name to that list. Hit an ACE on hole #4 at Shawnee Mission today. 300' blind shot!
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 04:10:52 PM
Brett's ace is not listed on the official ace list.
http://www.pdga.com/2009-pdga-world-championships-ace-list
Bruce, where do I find the Ace list at?
KennyG with an OUTSTANDING 44 in the semifinals!!!! THATS HOT!! low round out of all 64. way to go Kenny, keep it up bud!!!
Quote from: pdga#7648 on August 01, 2009, 09:12:16 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 04:10:52 PM
Brett's ace is not listed on the official ace list.
http://www.pdga.com/2009-pdga-world-championships-ace-list
Bruce, where do I find the Ace list at?
Are you serious? The link is right there. You quoted it.
Drink some water and get out of the sun. ;D
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on August 01, 2009, 11:21:44 AM
Quote from: pdga#7648 on August 01, 2009, 09:12:16 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on July 30, 2009, 04:10:52 PM
Brett's ace is not listed on the official ace list.
http://www.pdga.com/2009-pdga-world-championships-ace-list
Bruce, where do I find the Ace list at?
Are you serious? The link is right there. You quoted it.
Drink some water and get out of the sun. ;D
but where did you find it? That link just shows updated till yesterday morning. I hit mine in the afternoon. I thought maybe it would be a new link for new aces? my bad.
I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:
John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.
Doesn't suck:
Tree Camp's lead is up to 17. Is there a final for MS1? It looks like Frank will have to share the distionction of IL amateur world champion. Nice shooting!
Quote from: can't putt on August 01, 2009, 02:36:13 PM
I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:
John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.
This happens with the same guy every year; he makes the semis, but he doesn't play on Saturdays.(Adventist or something...) McManus, me and a couple of others were one shot back at Milwaukee 2 yrs ago and the same thing happened with us.
It seems like it sucks but I ultimately had to agree that it made sense; sort of. John/we didn't make the 'cut'. Whether someone who makes the cut actually *plays* in the semis is irrelevant; sort of.
Maybe it'd make a difference if Helm were the last player to make the cut and he were the only one with the 'last' score, but I don't think that's ever been the case.
Re: The Ace Link
It was on the KC Worlds website. They use the same link and update when they update. Given that Worlds is over, you aren't likely to see an update. But, if you ask this guy nicely and don't mention my name, he might be able to get it done: http://www.myspace.com/chappyfade.
He is all over pdga.com. http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=1386263#post1386263
Former PDGA Board Member and current Worlds liason.
The Waterford Brakels were very happy to see Val and Avery win. They are very nice people and they ran a very generous tournament just a few weeks ago. If you believe in karma, or sowing and reaping, their crop has come in.
Quote from: damonshort on August 01, 2009, 05:01:13 PM
This happens with the same guy every year; he makes the semis, but he doesn't play on Saturdays.(Adventist or something...) McManus, me and a couple of others were one shot back at Milwaukee 2 yrs ago and the same thing happened with us.
I remember that, now that you mention it. I had no idea it was the same guy. I suppose it might be argued either way. I can't fault the guy for maintaining his principles, but since it is known in advance that he won't participate it could be argued that he should not be included in the cutoff calculation.
So, there is a MS1 final. Congratulations Gary "Tree" Camp! 2009 Advanced Senior Grandmaster World Champion!
Quote from: can't putt on August 01, 2009, 02:36:13 PM
I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:
John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.
Doesn't suck:
Tree Camp's lead is up to 17. Is there a final for MS1? It looks like Frank will have to share the distionction of IL amateur world champion. Nice shooting!
Im kinda both ways on this...But leaning more towards if your score doesn't meet the required score for the finals you should not be able to participate regardless if the bottom one or two does not decide to do so.
Quote from: pdga#7648 on July 31, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
add my name to that list. Hit an ACE on hole #4 at Shawnee Mission today. 300' blind shot!
What did u get for the ace... $$$ or funny money since playing AM?
Way to go Kenny G... 9th place finish, mad props my friend,see u on the course soon.
Finally made it back tonight. My thoughts on the week.
Dave N. & I took off Friday afternoon. We played a new 9 bagger down in South Holland then Mokena. Dan met us for a round then we headed to Gridley.
Saturday we stopped in Alton to break up the drive. Alton has grown in very thick. It was a great morning for disc golf and the course is sweet! We played a practice round at Blue Valley. Wow that course is long. Grab your driver and throw it 18 times + fairway drives. Kenny met us on hole 5. We finished just before dark.
Sunday we played Water Works in the morning. What a course. It is one of my favorites that i've played. It has everything and more. After water works I went over to Cliff Drive. That is a very fun course with a technical front 9 compared to a longer more open back.
Monday I got up and went to a private course called Thornfield in Stillwell, KS. It is a very difficult course with tons of tough par 4's with heavy rough and woods. The land is absolutely awesome. In the afternoon I finished my final round of practice at Rosedale. This is another fun course with a wide varitey of terrain.
The player meeting was very long and boring. That's my only knock of the event. Congrats to Tom McManus for his points trophy!
It was raining Tuesday. I got to play with a very fun group round 1. Thru 7 holes things were going pretty good. On holes 8, 9, & 10 I decided I couldn't throw a driver off the tee and went 5, 6, 5 which bascially cost me getting into the semi finals. Those are holes where at worst case you should go 4,5,4 if not 3,4,3. I played pretty solid the rest of the way. A 69 is not acceptable.
Wednesday morning was a nightmare. The rubber tee pads were very wet and muddy from the day before. I struggled all day from the tee and could not get up and down for 3's. Not one part of my game was working. That 64 was pretty brutal. I was thru 2 rounds without one 2. I decided I could actally throw at Rosedale and played very solid shooting 53.
Thursday was a good day for me. I got off to a hot start. I got my first 2 on my starting hole #3. I had a throw in on #8 and 2'd #9 to go -3. I picked up another 2 on hole #14 to go -4. I managed to avoid disaster on the back 9 picking up my only 4 on #17. On my final hole of the round I skip aced #2 to go -5. If you saw that hole you wouldn't believe it was aced. That's my 2nd worlds skip ace both being over 300ft. I felt really good heading over to Water Works. I played solid but could not pick up birdies with several missed putts. On hole 12 it took me 4 strokes to get up and down from 100ft. I had one 2, one 5, and 16 3's for a score of 55.
My goal had been to make the semis. After arriving at Cliff Drive Friday morning I looked at the board from the A Pool and it looked like I had to shoot a 54 or better. After the first 5 holes I was even. I bogied #6. The frong 9 has all the birdies. I decided to throw a roller on #8 which cost me a stroke. I missed holes 9 & 10. Going into the last 8 holes I was +2. There are 2 realistic birdie opportunities for me on those holes. I missed both. With my tournament coming to an end I was taking some big risks trying to get some lucky 2's. On my final hole of the tournament I tried to throw a big anhyzer trying to get it to S back on the road for a skip. I drilled a dude on a motorcyle and it kicked in bounds. It was a crazy way to end my tournament.
It was a fun but frustrating week. There is always next year.
The courses in KC are so much fun. It was a fantastic week of only thinking about disc golf every day. Back at work now :'( We were all pumped for Kenny who started with a hot round at WaterWorks, played solid in between, and finished with an unreal round of 44 to shoot up to 9th place. Nice going Kenny!
My tournament started off with a total debacle in the rain at WaterWorks. That is my favorite course in KC, so it really sucked to have to play it in the rain. I was near the bottom after round 1, but battled back quickly with excellent scores in rounds 3,4,5. The highlight of my tournament was definitley holing out from 100 feet on the 18th and final hole at Blue Valley to shoot a 64 and scoop up the leaderboard, putting me in position to make the semis. I held on to that position in the 6th round with 17 threes and 1 two at Shawnee Mission.
I was very happy with how I shot overall for the tournament. I was the lowest rated player in the semifinals, so I'd say I overachieved for the week which is about all you can ask for. I played with several dudes who can flat-out BOMB! We did eat some good food while in KC and I demonstrated absolute dominance over Kenny Glassman at the mini disc golf course. Hopefully there will be more Worlds' tournaments for me in the future, its an experience thats tough to beat.......
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 02, 2009, 07:19:40 PM
Finally made it back tonight. My thoughts on the week.
Dave N. & I took off Friday afternoon. We played a new 9 bagger down in South Holland then Mokena. Dan met us for a round then we headed to Gridley.
Saturday we stopped in Alton to break up the drive. Alton has grown in very thick. It was a great morning for disc golf and the course is sweet! We played a practice round at Blue Valley. Wow that course is long. Grab your driver and throw it 18 times + fairway drives. Kenny met us on hole 5. We finished just before dark.
Sunday we played Water Works in the morning. What a course. It is one of my favorites that i've played. It has everything and more. After water works I went over to Cliff Drive. That is a very fun course with a technical front 9 compared to a longer more open back.
Monday I got up and went to a private course called Thornfield in Stillwell, KS. It is a very difficult course with tons of tough par 4's with heavy rough and woods. The land is absolutely awesome. In the afternoon I finished my final round of practice at Rosedale. This is another fun course with a wide varitey of terrain.
The player meeting was very long and boring. That's my only knock of the event. Congrats to Tom McManus for his points trophy!
It was raining Tuesday. I got to play with a very fun group round 1. Thru 7 holes things were going pretty good. On holes 8, 9, & 10 I decided I couldn't throw a driver off the tee and went 5, 6, 5 which bascially cost me getting into the semi finals. Those are holes where at worst case you should go 4,5,4 if not 3,4,3. I played pretty solid the rest of the way. A 69 is not acceptable.
Wednesday morning was a nightmare. The rubber tee pads were very wet and muddy from the day before. I struggled all day from the tee and could not get up and down for 3's. Not one part of my game was working. That 64 was pretty brutal. I was thru 2 rounds without one 2. I decided I could actally throw at Rosedale and played very solid shooting 53.
Thursday was a good day for me. I got off to a hot start. I got my first 2 on my starting hole #3. I had a throw in on #8 and 2'd #9 to go -3. I picked up another 2 on hole #14 to go -4. I managed to avoid disaster on the back 9 picking up my only 4 on #17. On my final hole of the round I skip aced #2 to go -5. If you saw that hole you wouldn't believe it was aced. That's my 2nd worlds skip ace both being over 300ft. I felt really good heading over to Water Works. I played solid but could not pick up birdies with several missed putts. On hole 12 it took me 4 strokes to get up and down from 100ft. I had one 2, one 5, and 16 3's for a score of 55.
My goal had been to make the semis. After arriving at Cliff Drive Friday morning I looked at the board from the A Pool and it looked like I had to shoot a 54 or better. After the first 5 holes I was even. I bogied #6. The frong 9 has all the birdies. I decided to throw a roller on #8 which cost me a stroke. I missed holes 9 & 10. Going into the last 8 holes I was +2. There are 2 realistic birdie opportunities for me on those holes. I missed both. With my tournament coming to an end I was taking some big risks trying to get some lucky 2's. On my final hole of the tournament I tried to throw a big anhyzer trying to get it to S back on the road for a skip. I drilled a dude on a motorcyle and it kicked in bounds. It was a crazy way to end my tournament.
It was a fun but frustrating week. There is always next year.
Your new nickname is: Easy Rider <_<
Did Peter Fonda stop?
Brett, did he fall off the bike?
At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.
way to go kenny for kicking a!! and good shooting diabetic dan and brett wish i could have been there with you guys
Diabetic Dan???
That's a new one Jordan.... hahaha
looks like someone forgot punctuation.... he probably meant diabetic (dave), dan, and brett.
Quote from: Arok on August 03, 2009, 09:45:49 AM
Brett, did he fall off the bike?
At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.
He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.
At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.
I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 03, 2009, 10:17:24 AM
Quote from: Arok on August 03, 2009, 09:45:49 AM
Brett, did he fall off the bike?
At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.
He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.
At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.
I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.
Heck yea $270. I will get me some as well! Not that bad of a tournament after all. I played like crap, but to hit a 300' blind, anhyzer ACE in my last round makes it somewhat satisfying :D
Quote from: discpro99 on August 01, 2009, 09:11:28 PM
Quote from: pdga#7648 on July 31, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
add my name to that list. Hit an ACE on hole #4 at Shawnee Mission today. 300' blind shot!
What did u get for the ace... $$$ or funny money since playing AM?
$270 Cash money(well PDGA sending a check). Not bad for $5 entry ;D
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 03, 2009, 10:17:24 AM
Quote from: Arok on August 03, 2009, 09:45:49 AM
Brett, did he fall off the bike?
At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.
He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.
At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.
I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.
Oh my god man I bet that was super funny. Good stuff, thanks for the chuckle! It's good to know that you were
having a good time even though you had some rough times. That's what it's all about. Man, I hope there is some
rogue video of the cyclist... hahaha
Good stuff on the ace too!!
Here are my thoughts and experiences from my week at worlds.
I left last Saturday morning from Macomb. My first stop was the Westin (Host hotel) to check in and get my players pack. This hotel was super fancy and connected to a very nice mall. I knew I was in the right place as there were disc golfers all over the place. The players pack was huge including 2 shirts, 5 discs, towel, ching golf bag etc... From there I went directly to Water Works for a Practice round. I played with three really cool guys that just flew in from Portland. Not thinking about it, I asked them who else from their state come to worlds. They all laughed and mentioned that Avery and Dave Feldberg came from Oregon. The course was absolutely awesome; I shot six over in the practice round and had a blast. After the round I went to my car to go the next course and it would not start. I had to get my car towed and it was still only the beginning of the first day!
I was lucky and got the tow truck driver to drop me off at blue valley where I met up with Brett, Dan and Dave on Hole 5.
Saturday and Sunday consisted of going to all the other courses to get in a practice round. The mini golf course was sweet, lots of longer holes and elevation changes that required you to crush a mini. Dave and Dan kicked my ass in mini golf, I went OB 9 times. We played with Becky from San Francisco CA. I think she won the women's division. About half way through the mini round we hit the backup; this backup was caused by the players and gallery on the card in front of us. It was Climo, Feldberg, Ken Tank Franks, and some guy who was really good at putting with minis. Feldberg almost lost his Beaver State fling mini in the bushes and was freaking out! There were about ten people looking for it before they finally found it.
Tuesday morning we played Water Works in the rain. I played with big dog Terry Gallops from NC, this guy is like 6'6'' and 240 lbs and could crush a thumber about 400 feet. He shot the hot round which was a 50. I had four birds and shot a 52 which put me on the lead card going into round two at Wy-Co in the rain.
Wyandotte Park is a longer course with lots of long holes. It was raining pretty good for the start of the round and continued to rain heavily for most of the round. I was on the lead card with Justin Atwater-Taylor who absolutely tore it up shooting a 56, that is amazing considering that he took a triple circle 9 on hole 13 which has ob flags going down the left and right side of the fairway which make you have to place your shots perfect. I gained 6 strokes on him that hole and I only shot a 59. Wiggins shot the hot round which was a 53.
Wednesday morning I was on the second card at Prairie Center with Blaine Kinkel. After shooting a round with him I know why this guy wins tournaments. He shot awesome parking many of the holes to shoot a 47 which was the hot round. This round was probably one of the most fun rounds of golf I played all year. Everybody on my card was very complementary of each other. There were lots of high fives and cheering going on. I was happy to shoot a 50 thinking to myself that there is no way I could keep up with Blaine the way he was shooting.
Round four was at Shawnee Mission park which I personally thought was the easiest of the courses that we played. I was on the second card and I played this round with Beckett Carduff who was on fire and shot the hot round which was a smoking hot 46. He birdied 7 of the front nine holes. This was by far my worst round of the tournament. I took a 5 spot on hole 16 cause I hit a tree and kicked into the woods. The rest of my card birdied the hole. I shot a boring 54 that round. Diabetic Dave killed it that round shooting a 48 and Dan shot a 49.
Round five was a Blue Valley. Going into this round my goal was to just hold my place which was 21st after the shuffle. Taylor and I went to the course together I had a 1pm tee time and he had a 1:10 tee time. I shot this round with Ben Askren who brought along his beautiful girlfriend to distract me for the five hour long round. Ben shot lights out with back to back birdies on holes 5 and 6 he shot a 62 which was the hot round. Birdies at blue valley do not come easy, I had only one on hole 15. I was happy to see Dan and Dave on hole 16 when they came to caddy and give me some mental support to finish out my round. I was happy to make a big putt in the wind to take a 4 on hole18 which is 856 feet. I shot a 67 that round which was respectable.
Round 6 on Friday was back at Shawnee park, this was my chance to redeem myself from that 54 that I shot last time. I was on the 6th card. I shot a 51 which was better but I was not happy with it as I missed quite a few putts inside the circle. I did manage to redeem myself with a bird on hole 16 which I took a 5 on the time before. I felt really bad after this round because I missed a 15 foot putt on the easiest hole of worlds #5 which is only 200 feet dead straight. Dave shot a 49 which was a good round.
Round 7 was the semi finals back at Prairie Center. Going into this round I was in 23rd place, my goal was to hold my spot or maybe make it into the top 20 if things went right. Prairie center has OB on practically every hole. I started my round on hole 6. I made a 40 foot putt to start the round and things just felt good. At eight holes in to the round I found myself sitting 5 down. At this point I realized I need to play safe and away from the OB. My drives just kept landing inside the circle leaving me with a 15 to 20 foot putts on many of the holes. I did not miss any putts in the circle that round and ended the round with a huge birdie to shoot a 44! That was the round of my life, everything went perfect, and I scooped 14 people to make it to the top ten.
Overall this was by far my best Worlds/Disc golf experience. I was lucky to get to play with great players from all over the country including a player from Switzerland. Every body that I played with was extremely nice and happy to be there playing disc golf in Kansas City on those awesome courses.
Kenny, I think the craziest part of your story is that in 6 of the 7 rounds, the person that shot the hot round was on your card, with one of the rounds it being you! What a crazy unimportant coincidence. That being said, nice playing and that sounds like a heck of a semi finals for you.
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 02, 2009, 07:19:40 PM
Finally made it back tonight. My thoughts on the week.
Dave N. & I took off Friday afternoon. We played a new 9 bagger down in South Holland then Mokena. Dan met us for a round then we headed to Gridley.
Saturday we stopped in Alton to break up the drive. Alton has grown in very thick. It was a great morning for disc golf and the course is sweet! We played a practice round at Blue Valley. Wow that course is long. Grab your driver and throw it 18 times + fairway drives. Kenny met us on hole 5. We finished just before dark.
Sunday we played Water Works in the morning. What a course. It is one of my favorites that i've played. It has everything and more. After water works I went over to Cliff Drive. That is a very fun course with a technical front 9 compared to a longer more open back.
Monday I got up and went to a private course called Thornfield in Stillwell, KS. It is a very difficult course with tons of tough par 4's with heavy rough and woods. The land is absolutely awesome. In the afternoon I finished my final round of practice at Rosedale. This is another fun course with a wide varitey of terrain.
The player meeting was very long and boring. That's my only knock of the event. Congrats to Tom McManus for his points trophy!
It was raining Tuesday. I got to play with a very fun group round 1. Thru 7 holes things were going pretty good. On holes 8, 9, & 10 I decided I couldn't throw a driver off the tee and went 5, 6, 5 which bascially cost me getting into the semi finals. Those are holes where at worst case you should go 4,5,4 if not 3,4,3. I played pretty solid the rest of the way. A 69 is not acceptable.
Wednesday morning was a nightmare. The rubber tee pads were very wet and muddy from the day before. I struggled all day from the tee and could not get up and down for 3's. Not one part of my game was working. That 64 was pretty brutal. I was thru 2 rounds without one 2. I decided I could actally throw at Rosedale and played very solid shooting 53.
Thursday was a good day for me. I got off to a hot start. I got my first 2 on my starting hole #3. I had a throw in on #8 and 2'd #9 to go -3. I picked up another 2 on hole #14 to go -4. I managed to avoid disaster on the back 9 picking up my only 4 on #17. On my final hole of the round I skip aced #2 to go -5. If you saw that hole you wouldn't believe it was aced. That's my 2nd worlds skip ace both being over 300ft. I felt really good heading over to Water Works. I played solid but could not pick up birdies with several missed putts. On hole 12 it took me 4 strokes to get up and down from 100ft. I had one 2, one 5, and 16 3's for a score of 55.
My goal had been to make the semis. After arriving at Cliff Drive Friday morning I looked at the board from the A Pool and it looked like I had to shoot a 54 or better. After the first 5 holes I was even. I bogied #6. The frong 9 has all the birdies. I decided to throw a roller on #8 which cost me a stroke. I missed holes 9 & 10. Going into the last 8 holes I was +2. There are 2 realistic birdie opportunities for me on those holes. I missed both. With my tournament coming to an end I was taking some big risks trying to get some lucky 2's. On my final hole of the tournament I tried to throw a big anhyzer trying to get it to S back on the road for a skip. I drilled a dude on a motorcyle and it kicked in bounds. It was a crazy way to end my tournament.
It was a fun but frustrating week. There is always next year.
Man, what a great way to end it! I've never laughed harder than the time I got distracted at a Streamwood tournament during my run up and fell into the mud on the first hole of the tournament! I had to play in some damn muddy pants haha
On Friday afternoon Dan, Dave, Kenny, & I headed over to Rosedale. After we played the top course we headed down under. From what I understand Rosedale Park is the highest point in Kansas City. When playing the top course there are several areas where your shot can go down some steep areas to the down under course.
The down under course is by far the most unique course i've ever played. It's super tight in the woods and there are some nasty drop offs. I'm actually suprised the park allows people to play down there. The new baskets are pretty sweet. The pole is a yellow with the rest of the basket being bright orange. It makes spotting the baskets really easy.
Quote from: KenGmoney1 on August 03, 2009, 12:16:05 PM
Here are my thoughts and experiences from my week at worlds.
I left last Saturday morning from Macomb. My first stop was the Westin (Host hotel) to check in and get my players pack. This hotel was super fancy and connected to a very nice mall. I knew I was in the right place as there were disc golfers all over the place. The players pack was huge including 2 shirts, 5 discs, towel, ching golf bag etc... From there I went directly to Water Works for a Practice round. I played with three really cool guys that just flew in from Portland. Not thinking about it, I asked them who else from their state come to worlds. They all laughed and mentioned that Avery and Dave Feldberg came from Oregon. The course was absolutely awesome; I shot six over in the practice round and had a blast. After the round I went to my car to go the next course and it would not start. I had to get my car towed and it was still only the beginning of the first day!
I was lucky and got the tow truck driver to drop me off at blue valley where I met up with Brett, Dan and Dave on Hole 5.
Saturday and Sunday consisted of going to all the other courses to get in a practice round. The mini golf course was sweet, lots of longer holes and elevation changes that required you to crush a mini. Dave and Dan kicked my ass in mini golf, I went OB 9 times. We played with Becky from San Francisco CA. I think she won the women's division. About half way through the mini round we hit the backup; this backup was caused by the players and gallery on the card in front of us. It was Climo, Feldberg, Ken Tank Franks, and some guy who was really good at putting with minis. Feldberg almost lost his Beaver State fling mini in the bushes and was freaking out! There were about ten people looking for it before they finally found it.
Tuesday morning we played Water Works in the rain. I played with big dog Terry Gallops from NC, this guy is like 6'6'' and 240 lbs and could crush a thumber about 400 feet. He shot the hot round which was a 50. I had four birds and shot a 52 which put me on the lead card going into round two at Wy-Co in the rain.
Wyandotte Park is a longer course with lots of long holes. It was raining pretty good for the start of the round and continued to rain heavily for most of the round. I was on the lead card with Justin Atwater-Taylor who absolutely tore it up shooting a 56, that is amazing considering that he took a triple circle 9 on hole 13 which has ob flags going down the left and right side of the fairway which make you have to place your shots perfect. I gained 6 strokes on him that hole and I only shot a 59. Wiggins shot the hot round which was a 53.
Wednesday morning I was on the second card at Prairie Center with Blaine Kinkel. After shooting a round with him I know why this guy wins tournaments. He shot awesome parking many of the holes to shoot a 47 which was the hot round. This round was probably one of the most fun rounds of golf I played all year. Everybody on my card was very complementary of each other. There were lots of high fives and cheering going on. I was happy to shoot a 50 thinking to myself that there is no way I could keep up with Blaine the way he was shooting.
Round four was at Shawnee Mission park which I personally thought was the easiest of the courses that we played. I was on the second card and I played this round with Beckett Carduff who was on fire and shot the hot round which was a smoking hot 46. He birdied 7 of the front nine holes. This was by far my worst round of the tournament. I took a 5 spot on hole 16 cause I hit a tree and kicked into the woods. The rest of my card birdied the hole. I shot a boring 54 that round. Diabetic Dave killed it that round shooting a 48 and Dan shot a 49.
Round five was a Blue Valley. Going into this round my goal was to just hold my place which was 21st after the shuffle. Taylor and I went to the course together I had a 1pm tee time and he had a 1:10 tee time. I shot this round with Ben Askren who brought along his beautiful girlfriend to distract me for the five hour long round. Ben shot lights out with back to back birdies on holes 5 and 6 he shot a 62 which was the hot round. Birdies at blue valley do not come easy, I had only one on hole 15. I was happy to see Dan and Dave on hole 16 when they came to caddy and give me some mental support to finish out my round. I was happy to make a big putt in the wind to take a 4 on hole18 which is 856 feet. I shot a 67 that round which was respectable.
Round 6 on Friday was back at Shawnee park, this was my chance to redeem myself from that 54 that I shot last time. I was on the 6th card. I shot a 51 which was better but I was not happy with it as I missed quite a few putts inside the circle. I did manage to redeem myself with a bird on hole 16 which I took a 5 on the time before. I felt really bad after this round because I missed a 15 foot putt on the easiest hole of worlds #5 which is only 200 feet dead straight. Dave shot a 49 which was a good round.
Round 7 was the semi finals back at Prairie Center. Going into this round I was in 23rd place, my goal was to hold my spot or maybe make it into the top 20 if things went right. Prairie center has OB on practically every hole. I started my round on hole 6. I made a 40 foot putt to start the round and things just felt good. At eight holes in to the round I found myself sitting 5 down. At this point I realized I need to play safe and away from the OB. My drives just kept landing inside the circle leaving me with a 15 to 20 foot putts on many of the holes. I did not miss any putts in the circle that round and ended the round with a huge birdie to shoot a 44! That was the round of my life, everything went perfect, and I scooped 14 people to make it to the top ten.
Overall this was by far my best Worlds/Disc golf experience. I was lucky to get to play with great players from all over the country including a player from Switzerland. Every body that I played with was extremely nice and happy to be there playing disc golf in Kansas City on those awesome courses.
Kenny that's awesome man! It's all about putting in that comfort zone! Good times man!
Here is a photo of hole #2 at Cliff Drive. I had been looking for a picutre of this hole. Lauren Lakeberg posted this on facebook. Thanks Lauren!
The pin is down the fairway and slightly left. What you don't see is the drop off that runs down the entire right side of the fairway. The smart play is to keep it left!