Bowling Green Am Championships

[CEValkyrie]

http://www.bgdg.org/bg_am.html

[SIUFrolf]

What is this tournament like? I've already played two of the four advanced courses and want to play in it because it will help me with my goal of getting invited to the 2007 am worlds in milwaukee.  Another question, because I am a first year member to the PDGA, about how many points would be needed to get to worlds so I have an idea of what I need to play?

[CEValkyrie]

This is a must attend amateur event if you want to play Am Worlds in Milwaukee. If you do well you can get enough points to get invited from BG alone. There were 449 Ams there last year. I wish I would have been able to play.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_...hp?TournID=4632

[whofarted]

just mapquested it to check the distance, it says i'd be on I-65 (the arm pit of america) for nearly 400 miles, uffff....

[MDR_3000]

It's well worth the drive.

[whofarted]

i wonder how many people play those courses for the first time during the tournament?

[MDR_3000]

good question.  I know most of us who went down last year, it was our first time seeing the courses.  It wasn't too bad.

[Dan Michler]

good question.  I know most of us who went down last year, it was our first time seeing the courses.  It wasn't too bad.

sweet!  so what are the courses like?  looks like its Hobson, Lovers, Ephram White, and Keriakas for advanced.  where did u guys stay last year Mike?

also, how do these pools work?  are there multiple pools just for Advanced?  are the courses far apart?

[SIUFrolf]

The courses I played on a mini road trip from Carbondale last year was Lovers, White, and Griffin.  Lovers was nice some nice holes up and down rolling hills with some nice sized trees.  White, was WIDE OPEN with very few trees and wind was a major factor.  Lovers and White(especially White) were long courses, which I was not a huge fan of.  It got annoying having to throw 500-600ft. every other hole, really takes a toll on your arm after just one course. Griffin was a nice course but not very good at directing where you need to go, at one point they have you throw into an ampitheatre over a tall fence, and then don't give you a very good path to get out of the ampitheatre.

[El Mexicano]

I played it in '05 and there were I believe 2 pools for advanced, 400+ amateurs total. We played Keriakes 1st in the rain and Hobson in the afternoon. Lovers (My Favorite) and then White (The longest and most open). By the time you hit White you are tired as hell. Great tounament. Players packs were sweet and the competition was intense.

Make sure to bring your A game, this is definately a prelude to World's. I only wish it was later in the season so we didn't have to deal with the crappy weather. I remember a couple of the guys I played with at Keriakes slipped on the mud and slid down hill. Pretty funny until it happened to me!  

[amdiscgolfer]

THIS IS TOO TEMPTING - Won't do well enough to get an invite to AM WORLDS but still would love to play the courses.

CAN EVERYONE SAY "ROAD TRIP!!!"

[MDR_3000]

good question.  I know most of us who went down last year, it was our first time seeing the courses.  It wasn't too bad.

sweet!  so what are the courses like?  looks like its Hobson, Lovers, Ephram White, and Keriakas for advanced.  where did u guys stay last year Mike?

also, how do these pools work?  are there multiple pools just for Advanced?  are the courses far apart?

I think we stayed at some crappy Motel 6, Chase said it smelled like fried bologna.  I have your other questions answered on our board.

[Bruce Brakel]

The beds at the Motel 6 are hard as a rock.  We stayed there last week when we played Keriakas and Hobson Grove.  

The really cool thing about this tournament is that there are hundreds of players.  I finished 57th or so in advanced and that was in the top third somewhere.  If Crystal Lake had hills, that's what Keriakas and Hobson are like.  White is like the open holes at Fairfield only each hole is 200 feet longer.  

An intermediate rated player playing intermediate could get a bundle of points and a big boost towards an invitation to Milwaukee Worlds.  I don't know who our intermediate rated am masters are, but if you want to get your Worlds invite in one tournament, play intermediate at BGAC.

[amdiscgolfer]

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, all I have to do now is convince the wife

[discglfr]

Well,

You guys will all have the homeboy hookup because I'll be there as a marshal!  I'm not exactly sure whom I'm going down there with just yet but I think we'll be heading out on Thursday afternoon.  

I'll be marshaling for the 2 days and bustin' ya'll on rules violations - errr something like that;)

Also - the remarks about earning MAD points for the 2007 Am Worlds are pretty legit.  I believe this was the largest Adv field in country last year so it's definetly a 'must attend' for points.


Ter

[Guest]

Hobson rules! Great technical course with one hard mando.
Ephraim White is looooong - bring your rollers and make sure you are not playing it for the day's second round.
Lovers, since its revamp in 2001, is FUN!
Keriakes is a great risk/reward course.
Have fun!

[CEValkyrie]

http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?...sb=5&o=&fpart=1

Discussion on PDGA Board

[SIUFrolf]

does any one know their policy or from what they saw last year about spectators since they will probably have about 500 players to deal with?  I have some friends who want to come watch,and I was thinking that this might be a great opportunity to help turn them onto the sport.

[Bruce Brakel]

Spectators are welcome but not accomodated in any way.  They get a few players with caddies but not too many spectators because it is an Am-only event.  If they follow you around, this year the PDGA has a new rule making you responsible for the behavior of your caddy, but not for the behavior of your fans. 

[mirth]

are caddies subject to 804.05?