This is a list of the players who qualified at Rockford:
PDGA# First Last Where Qualified
13087 Bruce Brakel IOS #4
24562 Dustin Fee IOS #4
30060 Kenny Glassman IOS #4
28440 Gabe Guerrero IOS #4
30613 Tate Handy IOS #4
22890 Kevin Lenth IOS #4
24032 Juan Lopez IOS #4
1276 Tom Mcmanus IOS #4
28057 Jordan Merriman IOS #4
17103 Dan Michler IOS #4
27973 Garrett Podgorski IOS #4
28464 Greg Schwartz IOS #4
12784 Mike Strauss IOS #4
This is the best tournament for amateurs I've ever played. I'll be demonstrating what losing 35 pounds and taking steroids can do for your game. Be there.
www.amnationals.com
Here is a link to some more discussion about this event. It is an awesome event!
http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=3845.0
I've only lost 30 pounds so far. I've made the appointment for the steroids.
This is the deal for getting in by playing a qualifying round the day before:
If you have a rating of 915+ and you pay the $25 for a qualifying round and complete the round, you're in, unless the tournament fills. But it never fills. So if you have an opportunity to carpool with someone and you're 915+, get here a day early, pay your $25 and go qualify. If the tournament fills somehow, qualifying round players get in by score. But the tournament never fills. They only had 91 or 92 players last year and they can take something like 144.
ok who else from here is attending this event .as i will be making the trip there now that i made the list and fore going playing at a very good long running local event The Pickle for those that have played The Pickle you know what i mean by it can be fun if you get lucky and miss those >:Dcircles ::) :D for those that are hitting Am Nationals where you all staying getting a room at the Holiday in near Waterford if anyone wants 2 car pool once there just send me a message here and good luck to those playing
Kelsey and I practiced the course yesterday instead of going to Tony and Michelle's wedding. I practiced playing it. She practiced caddying it. She did not lose a disc. I found one.
I had the best drive of my life on 3. If the hole is 888 I threw the drive 588, but it is a steep downhill drive.
The rest of the front nine sucked. I had a 68. This course owns me. It beats me up every time.
Work isn't going to let me make this one but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND attending this event if you have qualified. I've never played the Bowling Green Am Championships but I definitely believe this is the true AM event to attend if you can. You're treated with great amenities throughout the entire tournament and have the opportunity to play one of the most challenging courses (both physically and mentally).
Good luck to all who attend.
Bowling Green -- feh. Don't get me started on Bowling Green.
Am Nationals has one of the best courses you'll ever play, great player packs, unending food, Lizard games, and I hear there's some kind of payout too. Trophies go really deep.
Am Nationals has tee times. Everyone plays the course 1-18 every round. I like that idea on on a course that has really tough sections. Of course, on the Toboggan the tough sections are holes 1-18.
Todd White was telling me about the player pack yesterday but I was not processing new information very well. There's going to be a lightweight chair, custom embroidered. There is going to be a custom made mini with your face on it. They will take your picture when you check in and you'll get the mini the next day. There will be that PDGA approved disc you can only get at Am Nationals. There's more. Ask on pdga.com and he'll probably tell you. It's not a secret.
Todd White is a guy that should be nominated for TD of the Year if he hasn't been already. Really nice guy and he gets the job done. Not too good at cribbage but I'll let that slide. ;D
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on May 23, 2008, 09:03:08 AM
This is the deal for getting in by playing a qualifying round the day before:
If you have a rating of 915+ and you pay the $25 for a qualifying round and complete the round, you're in, unless the tournament fills.
What if you don't have a rating of 915+? Can you still try and qualify? Is there any other way to qualify, other than playing advanced in a tournement and being in the top 20% that has not already qualified?
Quote from: DiscCrazy on May 28, 2008, 06:08:32 AM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on May 23, 2008, 09:03:08 AM
This is the deal for getting in by playing a qualifying round the day before:
If you have a rating of 915+ and you pay the $25 for a qualifying round and complete the round, you're in, unless the tournament fills.
What if you don't have a rating of 915+? Can you still try and qualify? Is there any other way to qualify, other than playing advanced in a tournement and being in the top 20% that has not already qualified?
I know there have been sponsor exemptions for the USDGC. Maybe there are sponsor exemptions for Am Nats also. Othere than that I think qualifying at a qualifyer or on the qualifying day before Am Nats are the only ways to get in.
Worlds is all about everyone getting to play if they want to. Am Nats is about the best Am players duking it out against a killer course.
After hearing about the event from Todd this weekend & others that are qualified I'd love to try my hand at getting in. Do you know of any more qualifying events that a very low ranked (but fastly improving) player such as myself can get to in an attempt to qualify? Am I reading correctly that the day before will be a last chance qualifier?
I think I may have found the answers to my questions... should have looked first I guess. From the PDGA boards:
The 2008 USADGC!
http://www.midgp.com/index.html
Held annually at the INFAMOUS 'TOBOGGAN' Course in Kensington Metropark in Milford, Mi.
Players with a rating over 915 can go play a qualifying round tuesday, wednesday, or thursday and qualify no matter what score they shoot due to their rating being over 915.
Everybody with a rating UNDER 915 must shoot a qualifying round of at least 915 to enter the event...
During last year's event a 66 (+4) round was rated 922... (remember this course has 6 par 4's and even a par 5!)
Qualifying rounds are $20 each.
The player's pack has ALWAYS been one of the major drawing points for players in previous years..
This year's player's pack includes: (Valued at $180)
--Embroidered Chair
--2 Discs
--1 Mini (this will be a super color with your mugshot & PDGA# on it!)
--1 Hat
--2-3 Towels (embroidered)
--7 meals over 3 days + players night
With your entry fee at $75, entering this event is a no-brainer!
BTW... the toboggan course will have baskets in on June 7th!
You can find a list of qualifying tournaments at www.amnationals.com., but there are no more qualifiers for this year. If you play Advanced, you can qualify for next year at the Illinois Open in Rockford in September.
If you aren't 915 rated, you can get in by shooting a 66 during the week-of qualifying. I'm 935 rated and I cannot shoot a 66. Ratings for that course are kind of skewed because the ratings are being generated by a bunch of rapidly improving advanced players. The course has an SSA of 58 to 59 when stable pros play it but an SSA of 56 to 57 when rapidly improving advanced players play it. It is not because there is an easier Advanced version of the course but because top Advanced players just shoot more above their rating than top pros do.
There are absolutely no sponsor exemptions to Am Nationals. It may be the only tournament in the PDGA that has qualifying rules where money isn't one of them.
The nice thing about this year's player pack is that for Innova throwers it is heavy on general merch and light on the Discraft discs. One of those two discs is a Z Buzzz SS that has nice resale value.
Well, at the very least I'll get to play a memorable round on the Tobbogan & have a couple extra days off work. Should I not qualify I'll be able to get alot accomplished at my soon to be on the market home in Burton ,MI.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on May 28, 2008, 12:29:26 PMThere are absolutely no sponsor exemptions to Am Nationals. It may be the only tournament in the PDGA that has qualifying rules where money isn't one of them.
Never say never. No one has offered a large enough sponsorship. I could see someone win one of those $200 million lotteries and then think...hmmm...I could part with 1 percent of this for an opportunity to play Am Nats! ;D
Very true! Everyone & every company has their price.
Mark Ellis has this great paragraph in his Am Nationals dinner speech. He says something like, "This is the only tournament in the PDGA where you cannot buy your way in. You can buy a sponsor's exemption to Pro Worlds, or the USDGC, or pretty much any other tournament. I know; I have. But not here. Every one of you qualified by playing some damn fine disc golf. You are truly the best amateurs in disc golf and everyone of you belongs in this tournament."
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on May 28, 2008, 01:27:35 PM
Mark Ellis has this great paragraph in his Am Nationals dinner speech. He says something like, "This is the only tournament in the PDGA where you cannot buy your way in. You can buy a sponsor's exemption to Pro Worlds, or the USDGC, or pretty much any other tournament. I know; I have. But not here. Every one of you qualified by playing some damn fine disc golf. You are truly the best amateurs in disc golf and everyone of you belongs in this tournament."
I think if someone came up with a figure that Kenner would agree to sell Discraft for, they would find themselves in the situation that they could play Am Nats if they wanted to. I'm not sure who wants to get humiliated by the course AND the field...but there could be someone out there, some day that gets him or herself into that situation.
Jason Rose are you playing?
sadly no, reports around here say that he is working on friday and thursday and maybe saturday too, he said that he was going to try and go to Circus City though....
Woo-hoo! IOS road warrior Jesse Cahill qualified today during the week-of qualifying. Seven Illinois players are in, but a dozen IOS players are in. Watch for scores on-line tomorrow as they come off the course, starting around noon. Jesse should be on the first card. I'll be coming in around 2:00.
I took the day off from throwing, got the steroids and got some prescription anti-inflams for the shoulder.The doctor says he needs to consult with a radiologist because the film showed an abnormality. He said to withdraw if it starts to really hurt, or if they institute steroid testing at this tournament!
Jesse Cahill - thAT cat can play
his rating will not be under 850 after the next calculation
i swear at lombard one of his drives blew right thru the trees like a missle
i enjoyed playing the round with him
good luck Jesse
Overheard today at the Tobbogan:
"That guy is on steroids and telling everyone!"
Check out my rating compared to last year. I can get these steroids three times a year. Worlds, hmmm, isn't that the worst of ragweed season? Holy cow this stuff is good. There's absolutely no way you can blame a guy for taking this stuff when MLB or whoever is looking the other way and the Cubs or whoever are paying him 5 million a year to be a superstar. I'd take this stuff and pay $1,000 a year. You can get it for poison ivy too. I'm going to have to start rolling maked in poison ivy before the big ones! ;D
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on June 13, 2008, 05:09:39 PM
Overheard today at the Tobbogan:
"That guy is on steroids and telling everyone!"
Check out my rating compared to last year. I can get these steroids three times a year. Worlds, hmmm, isn't that the worst of ragweed season? Holy cow this stuff is good. There's absolutely no way you can blame a guy for taking this stuff when MLB or whoever is looking the other way and the Cubs or whoever are paying him 5 million a year to be a superstar. I'd take this stuff and pay $1,000 a year. You can get it for poison ivy too. I'm going to have to start rolling maked in poison ivy before the big ones! ;D
Please forewarn us if you'll be rolling maked in poison ivy anyhwere near IL ;D
Bruce on the Juice is Loose!
Good luck to Bryan Marcotte and Jimmy Mac!! up there both shot -2 ;D Watched Bryan throw a 380ft thumber at Channahon last weekend, just sick.
Quote from: Mukey on June 13, 2008, 08:43:31 PM
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on June 13, 2008, 05:09:39 PM
Overheard today at the Tobbogan:
"That guy is on steroids and telling everyone!"
Check out my rating compared to last year. I can get these steroids three times a year. Worlds, hmmm, isn't that the worst of ragweed season? Holy cow this stuff is good. There's absolutely no way you can blame a guy for taking this stuff when MLB or whoever is looking the other way and the Cubs or whoever are paying him 5 million a year to be a superstar. I'd take this stuff and pay $1,000 a year. You can get it for poison ivy too. I'm going to have to start rolling maked in poison ivy before the big ones! ;D
Please forewarn us if you'll be rolling maked in poison ivy anyhwere near IL ;D
The image is enough to cut down on day-of registrations, at any rate.... :o
Other than a triple bogey on 16, my round today was just as fine as yesterday. Oof. Triple bogey. Got into a russian olive thicket and could not get out.
On the prizes front I'm doing a little better. Four discs and a mini in Lizards games. 8 ESP discs at $5 each from Kira's Lizard Games and Driving Clinic winnings. And I'm ahead a full disc in swapping. Am Nats is fun!
I wish the playoff was between Woj and Daemon.
i wish it was too! i wonder if woj would have showed up?
Quote from: bigeric on June 14, 2008, 01:22:37 AM
Good luck to Bryan Marcotte and Jimmy Mac!! up there both shot -2 ;D Watched Bryan throw a 380ft thumber at Channahon last weekend, just sick.
Happen to know what disc/weight? I've got a pretty mean thumber & am trying to get the most out of it with the right disc.
Quote from: Bruce Brakel on June 14, 2008, 06:11:20 PM
On the prizes front I'm doing a little better. Four discs and a mini in Lizards games. 8 ESP discs at $5 each from Kira's Lizard Games and Driving Clinic winnings. And I'm ahead a full disc in swapping. Am Nats is fun!
http://www.pdga.com/news/articles/a-063.php
Check out this link, it talks about some 21 disc Bruce won!!! Nice job. Not bad for a weekend of Disc Golf!!!
This is how you come home with 21 discs without actually finishing in the prizes:
QuoteI did not finish in the prizes. I have 21 new discs on the table!
Two were from the players pack.
Two Kira won in Friday's Lizard Games and sold to me for $5 each.
One I won in Friday's Lizard Games.
Four Kira got for shagging during the driving clinic and she got another for being there during the driving clinic. I bought them from her for $5 each.
I got two for shagging and one for being there at the driving clinic.
After my rounds I was working on dying discs. Every time I sold a disc I'd run over to the merch table with the money and buy something you cannot get generally, like Buzzz SSs or ESP Comets. I got four discs that way. Converted a lot of ordinary Innova to primo Discraft.
We got two discs each from playing speed golf on sunday and Kira won one in Lizard Games.
If you work it, this tournament is fat with prizes!
Quote from: JCthrills on June 16, 2008, 11:26:07 AM
Quote from: bigeric on June 14, 2008, 01:22:37 AM
Good luck to Bryan Marcotte and Jimmy Mac!! up there both shot -2 ;D Watched Bryan throw a 380ft thumber at Channahon last weekend, just sick.
Happen to know what disc/weight? I've got a pretty mean thumber & am trying to get the most out of it with the right disc.
Max weight champion firebirds.
McManus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwinnjon/2585764442/
I prefer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schwinnjon/2586455156/in/set-72157605688539010/
Ever since I can remember I been pop pop pop poppppin my coller.
Nice, Bruce.
Very cool pic of Bruce, but I'm partial to Tom's with the guy in the background sporting the sweet cart.
McManus always looks good, but if he would have wore this:
http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=45&g2_itemId=71 (http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=45&g2_itemId=71)
he probably would have shaved 20 strokes off the final round. I haven't seen the yellow T with jorts in quite some time.
2009 Am Nationals
This just in: If you are rated 940 or above, you are qualified for Am Nationals this year. Read the thread if you don't already know how good this tournament is. I don't know whether I will attempt to qualify this year. I'm 939.
I'm in with out the LCQ for once. WOO-HOO! I have a feeling that this year will fill a little more and those LCQ spots may become competitive. I would guess that you'll have to be in the top 20's of LCQ'rs to get in. 65 or lower maybe.
I have DVD's of the 2006 version (the only one I didn't play, besides the first) if people would like to see them, PM me and we'll work something out. See you on top of the Toboggan!!!