2005 Illinois Open Series

[airspuds]

damn trouble makers you guys are

lol

[mirth]

I'd love to have a tournament at Adler Park. Who want to do the grunt work & contact the park district? Make sure you ask for permission to set up temp baskets.

Libertyville won't allow the setup of temp baskets. I have been thru this several times. The one tournament that Bruce and I did run there we setup one temp basket. Since then they have been completely against setting up any temp baskets at all.

Jeez, what did you guys do that was so horrible?

[Chainmeister]

Is it worth you guys putting on a clean shirt and sitting down to talk with them or is it just NIMBYland?  Of course, after reading about Diron at Adler   I can understand their reticence.

[Jon Brakel]

Is it worth you guys putting on a clean shirt and sitting down to talk with them or is it just NIMBYland?  Of course, after reading about Diron at Adler   I can understand their reticence.

I have a good relationship with them. There is no problem there and we didn't do anything wrong when we ran a tournament there. They just don't want to have temp baskets because it would use other parts of the park. They want disc golf to only be on the disc golf parts of the park.

[Bruce Brakel]

I'd love to have a tournament at Adler Park. Who want to do the grunt work & contact the park district? Make sure you ask for permission to set up temp baskets.

Libertyville won't allow the setup of temp baskets. I have been thru this several times. The one tournament that Bruce and I did run there we setup one temp basket. Since then they have been completely against setting up any temp baskets at all.

Jeez, what did you guys do that was so horrible?

Are they still upset about the temp basket on top of the pavillion and the temp tee on top of the toilet building?  They really need to move on and quit fixating on the past.

[Jon Brakel]

I'd love to have a tournament at Adler Park. Who want to do the grunt work & contact the park district? Make sure you ask for permission to set up temp baskets.

Libertyville won't allow the setup of temp baskets. I have been thru this several times. The one tournament that Bruce and I did run there we setup one temp basket. Since then they have been completely against setting up any temp baskets at all.

Jeez, what did you guys do that was so horrible?

Are they still upset about the temp basket on top of the pavillion and the temp tee on top of the toilet building?  They really need to move on and quit fixating on the past.

Some people are going to think you are serious.

[Chainmeister]

Some people are going to think you are serious.

Well the kid who got hit on the head while using the aforementioned toilet didn't think it was too funny.

[Jon Brakel]

Is it worth you guys putting on a clean shirt and sitting down to talk with them or is it just NIMBYland?  Of course, after reading about Diron at Adler  I can understand their reticence.

I have a good relationship with them. There is no problem there and we didn't do anything wrong when we ran a tournament there. They just don't want to have temp baskets because it would use other parts of the park. They want disc golf to only be on the disc golf parts of the park.

I'm just pointing this out so that you don't think that no one has ever tried. That being said, if someone else wants to take a shot at it, by all means please try. Perhaps someone else will have different results.

[Dan Michler]

Haha!  That was funny Bruce    Cmon Jon, part of the fun of such good sarcasm is hoping that somebody WILL believe it     I was going to say they must still be upset about your temp hole that went over Milwaukee Ave.    

[Dan Michler]

I thought of a suggestion for the 2005 IOS today     I had heard a couple complaints from some Pro players about the payouts maybe being too deep for the 04' IOS events (granted the complaints never come from last cash   ).  I know that you guys just went by the PDGA suggested payout tables, but after I looked at alot of other events, it looks like its more common to keep the pro payout to about the top 1/3.  At Fairfield and CL 5 out of 10 players were payed.  I'm not personally a pro so I don't really know for sure, but I think alot of Pros like the idea of making a big score money-wise if they should win a tournament.  I think if 1st place got a higher percentage of the payout in Pro then that would make other Pros more likely to come back to our events. And hopefully they will bring their advanced buddies along!

[Brian]

I think that it's funny to call it the Illinois Open when you have a tourney set up in Wisconsin.  

Maybe you could have one stop be a two or three different 9 hole courses.  It is probably a nightmare to make a tourney like this, having to either trust people to report  on time at events or to move HQ course to course.  

[Dan Michler]

That is a cool idea having a tourney that could be like Warren, Adler, and Bevier in 1 day.  Maybe we could try that as a club non-sanctioned event or something.  

Question:  Would it actually bother any Wisconsin players if a Parkside tournaments was called an Illinois Open Series Event?

[Bruce Brakel]

I think that it's funny to call it the Illinois Open when you have a tourney set up in Wisconsin.  

Maybe you could have one stop be a two or three different 9 hole courses.  It is probably a nightmare to make a tourney like this, having to either trust people to report  on time at events or to move HQ course to course.

That is just an indication of how open the series is.  We're even open to running cross border events.  

I think it is funny how every state in the United States feels much more united in general than they do in particular to the state they share a border with.  

[Dan Michler]

I think that it's funny to call it the Illinois Open when you have a tourney set up in Wisconsin. 

Maybe you could have one stop be a two or three different 9 hole courses.  It is probably a nightmare to make a tourney like this, having to either trust people to report  on time at events or to move HQ course to course.

That is just an indication of how open the series is.  We're even open to running cross border events.  

I think it is funny how every state in the United States feels much more united in general than they do in particular to the state they share a border with.

Why is that funny?  I'm not gonna feel united with a bunch of frickin Wisconsinite bastards    

[Mangler]

Contact Vernon Hills.
They have plenty of room and the Infrastructure is already there. ie Bathrooms,Parking, Lots of property. ETC "NO BRAINER"

Happy Thanksgiving.

[airspuds]

Contact Vernon Hills.
They have plenty of room and the Infrastructure is already there.

baskets ?

yes

we need stinking baskets

at least i think so

[mirth]

Contact Vernon Hills.
They have plenty of room and the Infrastructure is already there.

baskets ?

QFT.

We already have the venues for 2005. Maybe if VH puts a course in we can think about 06.

[D]

Jon, what tournament? When?

Maybe I could try try again.


After all- you could setup about 2-3 holes in thoes woods from 2-4, there are alot of paths back there. Set one up by the old 18 pin, set one up like #17 that they use at leagues.. halfway there! lol.

I'm sure if we actually thought about it, it would be very easy to setup 9 more temp holes that offered a challenge, but were still out the parks way..

[Jon Brakel]

Jon, what tournament? When?

Maybe I could try try again.


After all- you could setup about 2-3 holes in thoes woods from 2-4, there are alot of paths back there. Set one up by the old 18 pin, set one up like #17 that they use at leagues.. halfway there! lol.

I'm sure if we actually thought about it, it would be very easy to setup 9 more temp holes that offered a challenge, but were still out the parks way..

Several years ago, probably before you ever played, Bruce and I ran a tournament doubles tournament at Adler. 1 1/2 years ago was the last time that I approached L'ville about running a tournament. They were all for it until I asked about setting up temp holes. No. No. No. Were there responses. I asked three times. Each time I addressed the issue that they objected to. The last time they said it matters not what there objections are, there will be no temp baskets setup for tournaments.

[Mangler]

If Somone can get an official press release for the series I will get it Published in The Herald.