2008 IOS #5 @ Rockford, IL (DISContinuum Presents The ILLINOIS OPEN)

[duain]

des reading, angela tschiggfrie, & barrett white teeing off hole 16 west course final round

[4u2nv]

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this

17  Mike Durco  13559 972 53 975 53 984 52 963 52 984 -19 210 $80
17  Charles Holz  14895 953 54 965 54 974 49 996 53 974 -19 210 $88
17  Dave Kociuba  26608 965 54 965 51 1004 50 985 55 954 -19 210 $84
17  Bryan Marcotte  32108 952 53 975 48 1033 51 974 58 924 -19 210 $84

It seems one person was overpaid $4 and the other underpaid $4

Also since we all needed to be PDGA memebers the people whose names are in black are they signed up just awaiting numbers?

[JCthrills]

nice fix, that move's my highest ever rated round to a 965!  sa-weet

[duain]

heres a link to some pics i took this weekend.

http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj215/zanosuz/anna%20page%20disc%20golf%20park/Illinois%20Open%202008/

[pickax]

Those with missing numbers are new members. It looks like Jon needs to update his payouts to reflect ties. In the case above, they all received $84.

[Jon Brakel]

It looks like I uploaded the version that I was only half way through fixing payouts for ties. Hopefully I sent the finished one to the PDGA. Thanks for pointing that out. I usually miss at least one and it is usually a half-in or TO person and then the Karolyn doesn't know what to do with it. Whatever I did, I'll fix it tonight. And no matter how many mistakes we find, Karolyn will find one more. 

[thedraphter]

I might not have had a chance to tell everyone who had a part in running this, so here it is....

This was, in my view, an extrememly well run event.  I went to the Atlanta Open A tier, and it wasn't nearly as organized as this.  I Went to the St. Louis Open....again, not as organized.  Neither place were merched nearly as well.  Everyone I delt with was extremely friendly, and if they didn't know the answer to something, would get hooked up with someone who did.  Oh, I'm getting spoiled by getting the results posted on the same day!  I had to wait weeks for Atlanta.  Kudos to everyone, seriously....everyone!  I can tell that A lot of hard work went into this, from the Lemonade makers to the Temp course planner/Installers, to those that secured donations.

Thanks again,

DaveOwens
Pdga #33544

P.S.  Um.....Does the Brass expire this year?   I keep hearing rumors.....

[tree]

P.S.  Um.....Does the Brass expire this year?   I keep hearing rumors.....

Yes it does: December 31, 2008

[pickax]

Since Dave has now bumped up to Rec, I think his Brass Train is slowing down for now.

I really enjoyed myself this past weekend. I probably should have taken more time to watch the pros. I think they play different game than I do. Everything ran really smoothly.  The names have been already been shouted out above, but thanks again to those that took a risk trying to put this on and to  those that helped it run smoothly. I want to see it happen again next year.

Dave, I'll pass the thanks on to the lemonade makers at my house. Shameless thread drift, there will  be some frozen lemonades at the Invitational Friday. Just one more reason to be out at Bevier this Friday.

[dana]

Mmmm frozen lemonade...

Dave0- I'm sure you understand why the ATL Open results took so long...common man

[stpitner]

P.S.  Um.....Does the Brass expire this year?   I keep hearing rumors.....

Yes it does: December 31, 2008

Becky you must not have met Dave O. personally, or else you would know that everything Dave says usually winds up with him deserving to be slapped lol.  He knows FULL well that the brass is expiring at the end of the year.   And Dave - I think Diana was about to give you the look of death the way you were yelling out about hey what's up with the brass expiring when you were shopping for discs on Sunday lol.  I'll still whack him upside the head for you Diana, just let me know

Dave throw some bad rounds so that you can drop down to novice so that I can try to beat you again.  I'll do it one of these days!

[Bruce Brakel]

DaveO is doing us a favor.  I have plenty of inventory to cover all the outstanding brass, and I'd like everyone to know. 

[El Mexicano]

Will you have any more of those White Z Buzzz. Preferably in the 176-178 range?

[1000RatedDiscGolf]

TD Brett Comincioli wrote a nice article about The Illinois Open which has been posted to our site. You can read the article at:

http://www.1000rated.com/2008/09/nikko-takes-1st-at-the-illinois-open/

Enjoy!
Brian

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[Tom McManus]

TD Brett Comincioli wrote a nice article about The Illinois Open which has been posted to our site. You can read the article at:

http://www.1000rated.com/2008/09/nikko-takes-1st-at-the-illinois-open/

Enjoy!
Brian

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Great article. And 1000rated.com is a great site. Thanks for the sponsorship Brian. 

And thanks to Brett for being such a great promoter of disc golf.  Two separate TV stations showing disc golf footage of a local event. I don't imagine that happens very often. It was a great weekend but long. Brett and Adrian worked extremely hard the week before the tourney to get everything ready for the temp course.  Bruce, Jon, and families worked extremely hard to keep everything running smooth at tourney central.  Jon did a great job of getting scores posted, Pickax and Mirth also did a great job at tourney central with scores and answering questions.

The pools worked out better than any of us could have imagined.  Free lunch and great weather, along with some fantastic golf made for a great weekend.

It was nice to see some of the touring players come to the event, almost all of them seemed to enjoy the courses.  It was great to see Chris Sprague hit about a 100 footer to take a four on hole number 6 on the temp course.  All in all it was a great weekend.  And finally, congrats to Dana for capturing the USDGC spot, he is a going to be a fine representative for Illinois disc golfers.

[paulpriest]

To echo all the thanks that have been posted on here...

Thank you to everyone who took part in making this event happen.  It was fantastic and I cannot wait for future events where future Brettopias may be realized.  Hopefully I can contribute more than one basket by then.  I don't think my girlfriend will let me buy any more until she gets a ring though...so...we'll see.

On a more serious note, one of the best results of the tournament was allowing players from Illinois to watch some amazing disc golf players (like Jay and Nikko and Avery) for the first time.  Those of us who stayed at Motel 6 (just about the cheapest in town, if a drive) were lucky enough to spend some time with Avery in particular.  Josh Younkin (Home Course: Steamwood) had brought his practice basket so a few of us locals were outside at about 10 pm on Saturday night playing HORSE, throwing discs between our legs and challenging each other to make turbo putts from the third floor balcony.  While we were screwing around Avery Jenkins came out on the second story balcony with a few of his friends and drank their beers and admired our putting    .  Then they came down and Avery challenged us to a game of HORSE.  What a cool and down-to-earth dude.  He putted with us and gave us putting tips (looks like I'll be changing my style after he disparaged it graciously).  With his help we finally made a turbo putt from the third story (must be one of those skills you need as a professional).  He signed a couple of our discs and we cheered him on for the remainder of the tournament.

For me some of the best memories of the weekend will be me friend Brian asking Avery, after being introduced to "Avery", what his last name was.  In response to the reply of "Jenkins", Brian could only muster a stunned "Oh...really."  Watching Avery take the CTP on Saturday from Jay Reading on hole 10 of the West Course with a 600 ft sky roller...just fantastic.  Getting putting tips from one of the best in the game...very memorable.  I just hope after playing the game from 23 years like he has I will be half as laid back and still take the time to coach players who putt with their index finger on the rim of the putter (no longer though  ).  So, thank you everyone for that opportunity.  Oh...also being maybe the only player in the tournament with a caddy for four rounds was nice.  Keep those PDGA membership fees high and maybe I can convince Roman to caddy for me next year as well  .  (Thanks a lot bud.  I wouldn't have played nearly so well without you.)  It was a great weekend and I'm glad so many other people thought so as well. 

[airspuds]

hey i posted a job add for caddies on craigslist but no takers

[SERG]

Just started a flickr account so I uploaded some of my pics from the Illinois Open to it:

Illinois Open Pics

Didn't get too many pics of various players as I really only took picks during the final round of the Pool B. If you see any you like and want a full resolution version let me know and I'll email it to you.

[Jon Brakel]

Just started a flickr account so I uploaded some of my pics from the Illinois Open to it:

Illinois Open Pics

Didn't get too many pics of various players as I really only took picks during the final round of the Pool B. If you see any you like and want a full resolution version let me know and I'll email it to you.

Nice pics! Love the grass hopper thing!  He looks like he wants to play!!!

[El Mexicano]

Mean looking Mantis! Great pics Sergio and nice "1" on that scorecard!