Wildcat Springs Sept 29th B-tier

[papparoc]

Saturday September 29th
Wildcat Springs Park
Hamilton IL

B Tier
$1500 added to open purse
   500 added to open masters purse

We will have more prizes than last year

More info soon

[Mukey]

Road Trip!!

[papparoc]

All Am winners will receive a basket or a mini basket!
Fridaday afternoon ACE RACE
Friday night Party- Camping and showers available at the course
Large Jr turn out

Sponsor By
Sierra Nevada Beer

[Dan Michler]

will there be a payout to the top~1/3 of the amateur fields or is the basket the only prize?

[tacimala]

It's a B tier so they have to pay out the top percentage

[Bruce Brakel]

I think there were issues with this tournament last year.  New TD.  Didn't understand the PDGA amateur payout thing. 

[papparoc]

We will go by the PDGA standards
Last year we had a huge payout and this year will be even better.

[Bruce Brakel]

Maybe I was confusing this tournament with the tournament that had the problem then.  Maybe Dan was too. 

[papparoc]

There might have been an issue last year I would have to ask Roger about it. Roger is great and raises alot of money for this tourney and any mistakes that was made last year will be fixed. He works very hard and I'm sure this event will be even better than ever. Last year Jay Reading(Open champion) said during his acceptance speech this might be the best C-Tier in the country. We are excited and hope that everone walks away happy.

[Dan Michler]

No I defnitely am not confused.  Last year they paid out the top 1 player of advanced with a mini-basket.  That was the entire payout.  I remember because I got 3rd and went home minus the $35 entry and without anything to show for it.

I'm defnitely not arguing that you had a huge payout, you defnitely did.  They paid out like the top 75% of pro as I recall.  My only question is will the amateurs be paid out other that 1st place getting a basket?

[papparoc]

We will be paying the top 1/3 of all the Am divisions. You can blame any mistakes last year on me. I was busy running the Jr's compition and didn't watch what was going on with all the AM payouts. Check me out before the tounament and we will hook you up.

[Dan Michler]

Sounds good.  Hopefully I can make it back.  The course is excellent.

[papparoc]

I just received word that a large group of Jr's are coming up from St Louis. We will have an 8&under division on the short City Course.

[Jon Brakel]

I just received word that a large group of Jr's are coming up from St Louis. We will have an 8&under division on the short City Course.

Just an FYI, there is no PDGA division that is 8 and under. MJ4 and FJ4 are "born 1997 or later" commonly referred to as 10 and under. That's the lowest age PDGA jr division currently.

[papparoc]

The 8 year old division will get trophies and prizes for the division. When we report the scores to the PDGA all the players 10 and under will be included in the 10 and under division and will be placed in the order of  their final  score.  The DesMoines area has offered this division for years. It gives the younger kids a chance to win trophies and prizes. The 10 and under kids will have a sweat double payout.  If there is going to be a problem please PM me so we can discuss it in more detail.

[mirth]

Its like AM4! =)

[Jon Brakel]

The 8 year old division will get trophies and prizes for the division. When we report the scores to the PDGA all the players 10 and under will be included in the 10 and under division and will be placed in the order of  their final  score.  The DesMoines area has offered this division for years. It gives the younger kids a chance to win trophies and prizes. The 10 and under kids will have a sweat double payout.  If there is going to be a problem please PM me so we can discuss it in more detail.

I'm fine with TDs running shadow divisions like Am4 like we do. I just wanted to make sure that people knew it was not a PDGA division.

[papparoc]

There will also be a group of kids coming from a school in central IL and just last night the father of the 10 and under world champion called and is going to try and make it up from AZ. Should be quite the Jr turnout.

[papparoc]

I forgot to mention this is an IL tour event.

[papparoc]

Fridayt Night Ace Race starts at 6:00pm to get things started
Large number of players planning to camp out on the course.