PDGA B-TIER EVENT NOVEMBER 15TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The 12th Annual Turkey Shoot Out
*** B-Tier Event *** Two Rounds of 24 Holes ***
Where: Ox Bow county park, Goshen, IN
When: Sunday November 15th, 2009
Time: 9:00 am players meeting / 9:30 am tee
Open: $50
Advanced: $40
Intermediate: $30
Recreational/Novice: $25
Non-PDGA members add $10 / $5 ace! / $5 ctp fund!
Minimum $500 added to pro purse!
First 40 entries will receive players packages!
Players who donate a full bag of clothing for Goodwill receive $5 off their entry fee.
Directions to Ox Bow: I-80/90 E (IN Toll Road) to Exit 72 (US 31 S) becomes US 20 E.  Take US 33 E exit toward Goshen.  At light (Meijer on Left) turn Left.  Cross RR Tracks.  Immediate Left on CR45.  Immediate Right into park.  Through toll gate, 1st Left towards soccer fields on Left, thru covered bridge, Left at shelter, over spillway, registration shelter on right.  GOSHEN OBSERVES EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND WILL BE THE SAME AS MICHIGAN BUT ONE HOUR LATER THAN CHICAGO.



Contact Info:       
Mike Zivanovic    219.484.8217    mike37270@gmail.com
Mike Myers    574.904.4117    mmyers3488@yahoo.com
Kevin Jones   574.339.1161    sfynkz@aol.com

[Jon Brakel]

GOSHEN OBSERVES EASTERN STANDARD TIME AND WILL BE THE SAME AS MICHIGAN BUT ONE HOUR LATER THAN CHICAGO.

When do we go back to Standard Time this year? November 1st? I forget what the new rule is.

[stpitner]

November 1st is when we fall back an hour, so you'll have two weeks to get used to the time adjustment before this event, which will still be 1 hour ahead.

[Bruce Brakel]

I thought the new rule was that Standard Time is always in effect unless the TD announces you're on Daylight Savings Time.  Or is that the two meter rule?

It is nice to see tournaments in the Michiana region again.  I read on the MichiganDGO e-mail group that you are planning on running four tournaments next year.

[Jon Brakel]

First 40 entries will receive players packages!

Isn't it a B tier requirement that all amateurs get player packs or is that one of the sanctioning requirements that the PDGA removed?

[Bruce Brakel]

All amateurs are supposed to get a $10 value player pack at a B-tier.

http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/09TourStandardsV1-2.pdf

[mmyersdisc]

Not ALL amateurs need players packs...we are doing the first 40 participates becuase we do not have enough sponsorship money to provide all ams with packs, we are trying to give maximum payout! For those of you thinking about coming PLEASE pre-reg online to ensure your player pack! Also, for those of you that have NOT played Ox Bow previously, if the week before is raining, come prepared for muddy conditions! It is tough to soak up the mud in that park for those of you that have played it...if you have any questions please contact any of the TD's listed on the bottom (myself included)

[mmyersdisc]

I thought the new rule was that Standard Time is always in effect unless the TD announces you're on Daylight Savings Time.  Or is that the two meter rule?

It is nice to see tournaments in the Michiana region again.  I read on the MichiganDGO e-mail group that you are planning on running four tournaments next year.

Also, if this event goes well we WILL be having more events in the year...we will most likely have an Ice Bowl (mike Z wants to run tournaments rather then play in them now, so hopefully he/we can promote the michiana area again like in the past) I am in the process of getting the privleges of the club site along with the other club affiliations so hopefully the MDGC will be back in action next year!

[tacimala]

Players who donate a full bag of clothing for Goodwill receive $5 off their entry fee.

How big is a bag? Just wondering how much to pack!

[Jon Brakel]

Not ALL amateurs need players packs...we are doing the first 40 participates becuase we do not have enough sponsorship money to provide all ams with packs...

Certainly not all amateurs need player packs but it is a minimum 2009 PDGA standard that all B tiers provide amateurs with at least a $10 value player pack. I think it is commendable to try to get all the player packs sponsored. This is something that I have never been able to do. However, if you don't get all the packs sponsored it doesn't have to come out of your pocket. All player packs are considered part of the amateur payout to make your B tier minimum 100 percent payout to ams. You can also offer a different player pack to the first 40 that pre-reg if you want as long as everyone else gets at least a $10 value in their player pack.

The following is from the 2009 PDGA Tour Standards doc:

Table 1: 2009 PDGA Tier Standards Chart

National Tour / SuperTour / B Tier / C Tier
Min. Retail value of Amateur PlayersvPackage:
Not applicable    /      $25    /   $10  /    None

I have also attached the 2009 tour standards doc. Note that you have to be logged in to download it. It can also be found at: http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/09TourStandardsV1-2.pdf

[mmyersdisc]

Players who donate a full bag of clothing for Goodwill receive $5 off their entry fee.

How big is a bag? Just wondering how much to pack!

A grocery bag will be sufficient enough...(plastic bag) We will also have a local news station out there broadcasting (it is finalized) Hope to see you guys there! hopefully we can get a full house!!!

Thank you on the info for the players packs...i will be sure to address that to the other guys...

[AO]

I think I am attending.  I will be at my girlfriends parents in Naperville that Saturday so the drive to Goshen shouldn't be that bad.

[tacimala]

It's a little under 2 hours from Chicago if I recall correctly. I'll be heading over Saturday morning to get a practice round in before the tourney.

Is a stew being served again this year?

[Tom McManus]

It's a little under 2 hours from Chicago if I recall correctly. I'll be heading over Saturday morning to get a practice round in before the tourney.

Is a stew being served again this year?

I don't drive as fast as Taylor, but I think it is about 2.5 hours, plus an hour for the time change.

[tacimala]

Or it's the fact that you live a half hour north of me. 

[Tom McManus]

Or it's the fact that you live a half hour north of me. 

I figure about 4 hours from my house, including the time change.  I wish that I was a half hour from the city.

[Jon Brakel]

I haven't played it in a few years but I think Goshen is still worth the trip.

[mmyersdisc]

I haven't played it in a few years but I think Goshen is still worth the trip.

it DEFINTELY is worth it! If you like wooded courses you will like Ox Bow...lunch WILL be served thanks to Kevin Jones Flooring Service...it will be garbage can stew...(yes doesn't that sound delightful? ) I believe it is a little over 2 hours from chicago...you can take I80/90 there straight shot, take the US33 exit...not far from that exit....Um, if you guys are traveling far PLEASE pre-register online, we will give you the discount when you arrive if you have a bag of clothes, we already discussed that.....the saturday prior we will (or at least I will be) out setting the course up.....if you see some guys around introduce yourself  Hope to see you guys there! should be a great time! DRESS WARM! and bring extra towels!

[mmyersdisc]

bumping this to the top...only a week away folks!!! get your pre-registration in!!! Registration starts at 8AM!!! Try and get there before and practice!! Prepare for wet/muddy conditions...we will try our best to keep the course playable but it IS ox bow, and for those of you who know ox bow, knows its notorius for mud!! Hope to see everyone there!!!

[AO]

I see registration is at 8 am.  When do we tee off?