2005 ILLINOIS OPEN SERIES

[damonshort]

I had to bolt right after the 2nd round (I actually made my gig in time thanks to Barish's Nascar imitation) so I didn't get a chance to thank anyone personally.

... and I don't even know who won the thing. Understandably it'll take a while for the results to get to the PDGA site, so..... ?

[CEValkyrie]

4 Events
Kenosha-> 101 players
Lombard-> 140 players
Crystal Lake-> 155 players
Rockford-> 167 players
Total-> 563 players
141 average players per event

Next event-> Streamwood--August 13&14
Ace Pool-> $600.00+

www.brasscash.com

[Jon Brakel]

  I had to bolt right after the 2nd round (I actually made my gig in time thanks to Barish's Nascar imitation) so I didn't get a chance to thank anyone personally.

... and I don't even know who won the thing. Understandably it'll take a while for the results to get to the PDGA site, so..... ?

Kris Hutter won Open. He shot a 61, 61, 15 for a total of 137.

Sorry there was no same day scoring for this one. We would have needed another all day volunteer to have been able to pull that off. Bruce and I had about 15 minutes to sit down and take a break before cards came back for the second round. The first round we were still working on financials and payouts when the first card came back. I'll start getting scores posted on PDGA this week. I'll try to do a couple of divisions each night.

[damonshort]

Sorry there was no same day scoring for this one.

definitely no need to apologize for that, it was quite a load you were undertaking.    

[SERG]

Had a great time at the event. Anna Page Park is an excellent disc golf facility. Thanks to all those who worked hard to put this event together. Greg, you did a great job. It was a pleasure meeting you.

I have a suggestion to Bruce/Jon (or anyone running the merch):

I know it depends on who is available to help out, but I think that you should keep selling merch during the payout session. This will help avoid the mad rush of purchasers after all the payouts are done. I understand why would want to "close" merch as the two of you are in charge of the merch and announcing the payouts, but I think this would help alleviate the chaos at the end.

Personally, I didn't have a problem with picking up what I wanted and scooting out of there, but I could tell people were anxious to get their goods and get moving.

Either way, thanks for all your hard work.

One merch question: What discs have the "Bond" hotstamp?

[Jon Brakel]

The problem with leaving merch open during awards is not one of available volunteers. The merch buying process is loud and actually drowns out the awards process to the point where Bruce and I can no longer communicate. Another reason is that people who won should have their moment to be publicly congratulated. They earned that.

We are always looking at ways to make the process more efficient and I welcome any suggestions to help any of our tournament processes.

[whofarted]

Had a great time at the event. Anna Page Park is an excellent disc golf facility. Thanks to all those who worked hard to put this event together. Greg, you did a great job. It was a pleasure meeting you.

very nice meeting you too, along with all the other discontinuum folks that i finally got to put a face to.  and i appreciate that you think that i did a good job, but bruce and jon did a great job and should take the bulk of the congradulations.  i only live here and knew some good sponsors, they did all the details.  worked out good for them, good for me, and great for the players.   look forward to more 'real' events in rockford, possibly starting with a holloween event this year.  and bruce and jon willing, another leg of the IOS series next summer.   i'll post some pictures from the day very soon...

[airspuds]

ace fund rolled huh  ?

looks like im coming up to streamwood
 

[mirth]

the reserve fund did. one lucky wisco player walked with the $750 primary pool.

[damonshort]

167 players currently ranks tied for 5th in 2005 largest events according to the Summer 2005 Disc Golf World News.

...but if you look for *one-day* events, it's at the top!

[Jon Brakel]

Open men scores are posted. http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_...hp?TournID=5115

[Bruce Brakel]

Jim Klem observed on pdga.com that the template is assuming 18 hole rounds.  I think there is an option to change that to 22-22-4

[Bruce Brakel]

The IO7 "Bond" stamp currently is on Crushes, Wildcats, Flicks, XS, Flashes, I think.  I was thinking about getting some on Avengers, Crystal Z Challengers and 150 Flicks because I am out of those.  

[Jon Brakel]

Jim Klem observed on pdga.com that the template is assuming 18 hole rounds.  I think there is an option to change that to 22-22-4

Changed that. I'll have to wait to change the pro payout to last place cash when I get home tonight.

[airspuds]

where can i mail a pre reg for streamwood

[Bruce Brakel]

About 1/3rd of the way down on www.brasscash.com there is an address and stuff.  I'd post the address but the stuff is important, so you should go to brasscash.com and read it.  

[airspuds]

so mail check to brett ?

[mirth]

yes, you can mail it to brett or me, since Brett's going out of town for the next 10 days. PM me if you want my address.

[DougEDawg]

Hey Jon,

With regard to the "Forest Frenzy" round ratings, why is a score of a "67" rate as a 932 for Women's Open and Pro Masters and as a 942 for Pro Open?  Didn't they play the same course at the same time?

[Bruce Brakel]

Those are preliminary ratings.  Either the template calculates ratings by division, or Jon flip-flopped his a's and b's in the course section.