Brought to you by fox Valley Metro Disc Golf Club and Pin High Discs:
The First Rites of Spring
PDGA C tier event
March 6th, 2010
Eagle Ridge DGC
Oswego, IL
max field 72 players
all divisions will be available pending a 3 player minimum
PRO $40
all AM divisions $30
Juniors $20
non- PDGA members add $10
preregister at: http://www.pdgasignup.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1265294594 (http://www.pdgasignup.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1265294594)
$5 fee for day of registration
all ams receive players pack
registration 8:00 - 9:00 AM
players meeting 9:15
first round 9:30
lunch hour 12ish
second round 1:15
award ceremony 3:30
optional ace pool $1
optional 50/50 CTP as a fundraiser for concrete tees at Eagle Ridge $5
Preregistration is now up and running.
Working on a few sponsors, check back for updates!
Gorilla Boy is Sponsoring this event!
All players will recieve a 13% discount on any item as part of their players pack!
Thank you Gorilla Boy!
What tees will pros be playing?
Thanks
I am planning on both PRO and ADV playing both rounds from the longs. There will, however, be a few holes played from the shorts due to the new layout of the longs and some fairways still need to be cleard properly for them to be playable. Most notably #8 which will be played from the original long and hole #14 where it will be played from the short tee.
I would volunteer to run the bag tags for the 1st round if nobody else was doing it??
Quote from: pdga#7648 on February 15, 2010, 01:53:12 PM
I would volunteer to run the bag tags for the 1st round if nobody else was doing it??
Doug,
That would be great if you would like to volunteer.
Tom, is it okay to just do it 1 round? Or do you guys do both rounds?
Here is the issue i've seen from running events and many volunteers running DISContinuum tags. When running both rounds it takes some patience to get to the leader board. By the time you are finished half the people have bolted and don't have their tag. When there were 5 to 10 people there wasn't much of an issue. Over the past few years there have been 20 to 40 tags in the box which make it very difficult to do. I would have no problem with 1st round tags then let people on each card play for tags.
When i was up in Wisconsin playing tourneys, all they ever did was that you had the challenge against those on your card with a bag tag. It was simple, and there was no wait after any rounds to get all of the scores in. At the most all you ever had were 4 people to switch tags with. Especially at an event with 30-40 people with tags.
Just added Starbucks Coffee as a sponsor for the event!
Bring your coffee mug as Starbucks will be providing free coffee to everybody all day long at this event to help with those cold spring mornings!
I will volunteer to do the 1st round then. All tags go in though, not just on your card. This way by the start of the 2nd round everyone will have new tags, then if they want to do a 2nd round on their own, they can.
anyone play'n the first rites that i can get my tag from. I'm gonna join again, I'm just wonder'n if i should get my tag sent to me or if i can pick it up that day thx ???
Quote from: PHishHead on February 24, 2010, 10:33:19 PM
anyone play'n the first rites that i can get my tag from. I'm gonna join again, I'm just wonder'n if i should get my tag sent to me or if i can pick it up that day thx ???
I am sure that someone will be there that day that will have a bag tag available for you. Thanks for renewing with the club.
??? i havent renewed yet im wonder'n if i can buy a tag that day or if i should do it before thx
I registered today.
I will be running league bag tags in round #1. Ask about it when you sign in, and I will take your namwe and tag #. Doug Payne, for those who don't know.
Quote from: PHishHead on February 27, 2010, 08:07:07 PM
??? i havent renewed yet im wonder'n if i can buy a tag that day or if i should do it before thx
Thank you for PLANNING ON renewing with the club. I will have tags that day.
time to bring some of the jtown game to oswego looking forward to winning this event cant wait till sat. are all the long tees marked out at the course so i can get some practice in?
All the longs have crushed stone on them, except for hole 8 where I believe Aaron is planning on using the old long tee location (about 40 ft east of the stone long tee). Hole 12 will also be using a different long tee location as the required brush clearing for long 12 has not yet been done by the park district.
how often do you up date the pre reg. list,, i dont see me on there
Quote from: pickax on March 01, 2010, 12:27:24 PM
All the longs have crushed stone on them, except for hole 8 where I believe Aaron is planning on using the old long tee location (about 40 ft east of the stone long tee). Hole 12 will also be using a different long tee location as the required brush clearing for long 12 has not yet been done by the park district.
It is actually hole #14 that needs the clearing not #12. We will be using the concrete tee on that one for all rounds.
Quote from: Barcas420 on March 01, 2010, 12:28:31 PM
how often do you up date the pre reg. list,, i dont see me on there
I usually get an update once a day from PDGA on the registration about 4- 6 PM. I upload the registrations every night when I get home from school about 9 PM.
I signed up on Saturday, and still don't see me?
For those who want to save a few bucks as well, you may mail in registration to me as well at:
AAron SCott
309 Mulhern Ct #8
Yorkville, IL 60560
Online registration closes on Thursday and there is a $5 fee for day of registration. Weather is supposed to be good, 40's and sunny. Don't be left out on this one, get your registration in.
Quote from: pdga#7648 on March 01, 2010, 01:25:34 PM
I signed up on Saturday, and still don't see me?
Nope. I am betting my $ that it will be sent with the batch today. I have only received registrations up till an order time of 1 PM on Friday.
i bet the long tees with be a mess with the warm up. In that case with everyone play the shorts. because i know by the second round everything is going to be a mess
thats exactly why you buy cleats, for spring golf without concrete tee pads!
just make sure you buy golf cleats, or if you have football cleats you cut them down, or you can and will tear your ACL, and lat min.
been using them for 16 years with no tears yet(fingers crossed)
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
After hearing the weather report for the week, getting out to the course and seeing the conditions and knowinf how much the warmer weather will effect the course the format for the tournament will be as follows:
1st round everyone will play longs
2nd round everyone will play shorts.
The crushed limestone tees for the longs are below grade for the most part and with the thaw coming will be extremely sloppy, if not under water. Hopefully, by playing from the first round we can finish before the sun heats up the course too much. I believe that 2 rounds from those tees will do more damage than good when the PD has been nice enough to get those tees in before the freeze last winter. If you would like to see those limestone tees become concrete, there is a $5 50/50 CTP to help raise funds to make this happen!
how are the tees, i was planning on playing 2 rounds tomorrow and was wondering how muddy it is out there. and if the tees where flooded
the shorts are fine (concrete) - I guess the longs (limestone right now) are pretty sloppy - only time will tell I guess.
ill maybe be out there tomorrow but for sure on Thursday. i hope the longs are not that bad. already have knee problems dont want to mess anything up
Who ever said that there is no reason to join a disc golf club? Thanks to Discontinuum, The First Rites of Spring will have 6 rubber fly pads to help alleviate the effects of the spring thaw.
The holes that will be affected will be hole 1, 3, 4, 15, 16, and 17/18.
These will have the fly pads installed with the teepad for 17 and 18 becoming 1 tee pad for both holes.
This should help to make the tee areas not only much more playable, but safe as well.
Thanks again Discontinuum for once again helping to promote the sport!!!
So since so many things have changed about the layout, format and whatnot, here are a few more things to be aware of for this weekend:
OB
hole 1) on/ over the tracks
hole 2) on/ over the tracks
hole 3) over the fence
hole 4) over the fence, where the fence ends, the curb is ob line (there are flags from fence line to curb denoting OB line)
hole 16) on/ over path
temp hole A (if needed) on over path to the right
MANDOS
hole 6) must throw to the right of the tree with the yellow ribbon (drop zone to the right of the tree marked by flags)
hole 17) must throw to the right of the tree (drop zone to the right of the tree marked by flags)
Hole 6 mando was added due to tree trimming creating a path that goes in a direct line with long tee for hole seven (safety issue)
Quote from: Fox Metro Discer on March 02, 2010, 06:43:34 PM
Who ever said that there is no reason to join a disc golf club? Thanks to Discontinuum, The First Rites of Spring will have 6 rubber fly pads to help alleviate the effects of the spring thaw.
The holes that will be affected will be hole 1, 3, 4, 15, 16, and 17/18.
These will have the fly pads installed with the teepad for 17 and 18 becoming 1 tee pad for both holes.
This should help to make the tee areas not only much more playable, but safe as well.
Thanks again Discontinuum for once again helping to promote the sport!!!
Along with the fly pads I will have bag tags if people are interested in signing up with DISContinuum.
;D O0 ;D McManus u da man thx Ill be playn a couple of practice rounds today hopefully just after noon if anyone wants to join me in the fun
just shot the course to day, tom me and one other cleared all the snow and water off most of the tees, holes 1,3,4 should not need the rubber tee pads, and with the thaw do you, think it would be a good idea to use them rubber tees. with as wet and muddy as it is, they might be slippery, more so then the limestone, i had no problem at all with the tees as they are now.
Thank you, that is good to know. I will have the fly pads as a back up anyways even if they are not needed. It would be nice to be able to keep 17 and 18's tees seperate as well.
Hopefully the sun and wind will help to dry out the course a bit more before Saturday as well.
UPPER 40's to 50 on Saturday!!!!!!
ill be out there tomorrow in the am prolly about 10 if anyone wants to play a round
O0ill be out there tomorrow too, the cards didn't fall right for me today so thursday is the day. hope'n for around 11
??? :o ???anybody gonna b there so i can prereg? would rather do it in person than on line but if not oh well. also i have more than enough Chains Disc Golf stickers to be handed out to everyone at check in
I'll need to find you Tom to renew my membership for the year. so if you see me just holler at me....unless im putting lol
Quote from: PHishHead on March 03, 2010, 09:59:37 PM
??? :o ???anybody gonna b there so i can prereg? would rather do it in person than on line but if not oh well. also i have more than enough Chains Disc Golf stickers to be handed out to everyone at check in
Will not be out there today or Friday as I have school after work until 9 PM. Sorry!
Quote from: duain on March 04, 2010, 08:57:59 AM
I'll need to find you Tom to renew my membership for the year. so if you see me just holler at me....unless im putting lol
I will have a tag for you Duain.
Hey have you thought about moving that mando on 17 to the tree that is to the left of the cement/short tee? For 1 thing, it is difficult to see if discs make the mando where it currently is. Also, moving the mando will still keep people going the intended route.
I was out at Eagle Ridge today... for the first and thought it was a great course and lay out, a bit tight, meaning 18 holes right there in a small area. But it works. The weather was great and the turn out of people to throw some plastic before Saturday was big. The course wasn't to bad. The long tees were a bit soggy and will be beat up first round. The course should dry up a bit more by the time Saturday gets here, so it might not be to bad.
At this time of year, the mando on 17 is still easily seen from the long tee.
Uh, ok. You seriously think that that is a good spot for the mando on that hole?
While I recognize the difficulty of determining if the mando is missed/made when everything leafs out, it tightens up the line quite a bit and does make a difference in the scoring distribution from the longs.
i will be out at the course today after 4 pm taking last minute registrations. there are currently only 12 spots open. don't miss out, come out and get registered today cause it WILL fill.
Just making sure: you said only 12 spots were left, but pdga.com still lists only 38 players...can I assume my registration is in? Paid online on Wednesday. Thanks. looking forward to it! ~Jake pdga#12984
7 spots left.
Quote from: JakeJacobs on March 05, 2010, 09:51:50 AM
Just making sure: you said only 12 spots were left, but pdga.com still lists only 38 players...can I assume my registration is in? Paid online on Wednesday. Thanks. looking forward to it! ~Jake pdga#12984
You are in Jake!
I am adding some holes to make room for some of the people that have called asking to get in.
There are 11 spots open. Registration opens at 8AM. First come first serve. I will not hold a spot for anyone, even if you show up early, so please do not ask.
Who won today???
Quote from: KenGmoney1 on March 05, 2010, 07:12:29 PM
Who won today???
Ahh for the old days at college. Not even needing to know what day it is.
lmao :D
After watching a tournament for three days it can be hard to keep track...
Al H. won open, swooped from 2nd card.
Payne won ADV
Aaron Scott/TD won INT
Results are up http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=9988 (http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=9988)
Just want to thank everyone for showing up to my first tourney! When I picked the beginning of March I knew it was gonna be a hit or miss date with the weather. I had planned on maybe 50-60 players, but when all was said and done 91 disc golfers came out to play for the day! I guess the itch was on. the weather was great and so was the company, so thank all of you once again for coming out!
I had a blast and cannot wait to throw my next one. I know there were a few bumps in the road, but as they say hindsight is 20/20, so some lessons were learned for next time. If anyone has any constructive criticism, I would love to hear it . I know I cannot think of everything, and I want to provide you with the best tournaments I can, so please let me know.
There are a lot of people I want to thank as well for making this happen: Dave Y for having the plastic for the day, Starbucks for the coffee, Gorilla Boy for the coupons, ABC Discs and Dan Pastore for the minis, Discontinuum for the fly pads, Tom M. for hauling them, Scott Pitner for the basket and leader board, Fox Valley for the basket and leader board,Mike K. for running the leader boards, Jon Boster for taking registrations, all of those that helped set up/ and tear down, those that helped with adding scores and making up scorecards, those that handed out bag tags for the day, and anyone else I may have missed.
I do have a few tags that people left from some different clubs. If you did not get your tag or left before they were handed out, let me know I may have it.
Nice job Aaron. What did you figure for the par out there from the long and from the short?
63 from the longs, and 62 from the shorts
Great tournament Aaron. You did a great job. The course was awesome. Glad I got out to see it before the IOS stop there this spring. Congrats on your win as well.
Quote from: dana on March 07, 2010, 05:55:48 AM
Al H. won open, swooped from 2nd card.
Payne won ADV
Aaron Scott/TD won INT
feels awesome to win the 1st tournament of the year. A bogey free 2nd round, and a spike hyzer ACE that slipped thru the chains on mando #17 from 2nd place guy, that won it for me.( that mando was hard to see from PRO tee Dana) Congrats on your finish as well.
Thanks again for running the event, Aaron. If you haven't sent the check yet, just keep the $10 for the cement fund.
Any you will have this submitted in time for the March update? I think the deadline is sometime this week.
Dana, check was sent the other day, I did not check here before sending. And, yes, it will be in for the ratings update. I got everything in on Monday.
Thanks for doing it in a timely manner. Official results are already up on my stats.