The Big Chill

[mirth]

Yeah, Joe made it pretty clear he was unhappy with the Orchard.

Wonder if/how they'll work the open containers on the course...

[CEValkyrie]

It might actually help get more players up there. Did Sunday fill? I have a feeling more Adv/Int teams from around here would attend the Parkside event.

[mirth]

Sunday was almost full. I think they were one short on preregistrations and then a couple teams were no shows.

[MDR_3000]

What tees did you guys play from on Sunday?

[mirth]

shorts

[SERG]

Scores have been posted on Uncle Joe's Site:  www.unclejoes.org

Neal and Nasty played awesome. Brian and I played with them the first round. Our team struggled in the putting department...both rounds.

Joe and Carla cashed in Intermediate. They were the only mixed team in the tournament.

Here's my one grievance with the tournament:
People are paying alot of money to play. Payouts are awesome. Raffle prizes are awesome (but you have to spend more money to get raffle tickets). We paid $50 to play and received a player's pack of (1) mini marker. Last year they fed us. This year they were charging $2.75 for a bratwurst. In all honesty, I plan to cash when I play, that's my goal. But for people who are spending money to play and are playing to have fun should be given something more than a mini marker for their $40 or $50 entry fee.

Don't get me wrong, Uncle Joe, Tom Holsten and the rest of the group do alot of work in preparation for this event. They put on one hell of weekend. Maybe I'm just bitter I didn't win the basket, again...

[mirth]

I was definitely looking for more in the player's pack as well. Maybe I got lulled by the sweet disc stand Holsten made for last year. With as much cash they got from WWW.IBIDANDSELL.COM (they were pimping the site all frigging day long) you'd think they could have come up with more than a $3 hotstamped mini for our entry fees.

Agree that it was a shock to be charged for the food. Maybe that was part of what Joe alluded to when he went on his mini rant about the Parks Dept & the Orchard.

The event was great & if Dr Dye's willing we'll be playing it next year....

[Dan Michler]

i'll agree that a 50 dollar entry per man seems a bit steep!!!

[Dan Michler]

2nd round for Team Schumann/Swanson

[MDR_3000]

i'll agree that a 50 dollar entry per man seems a bit steep!!!

try playing open...

[SERG]

Speaking of ibidandsell.com, is this relatively new (as in brand spanking new)? I went to the site and there isn't much out there.

As Mirth mentioned, I will play this event again.

And in case some of you didn't hear, eBay's the wrong way, go to www.ibidandsell.com and check out the lower fees! 

[CEValkyrie]

That just shows you how good the top pros are. A 112 & 115 from the longs. Wow~ A 119 from for the winning advanced team from the shorts. Neal, do you still think you are going to win The Memorial?

[mirth]

Serg - the site's been up for about 6 weeks if I remember correctly

[mirth]

FWIW Dr Dye & I improved on our total score from last year. In 2005 we finished T8 with a -3 on the day. This year we ended T8 with a -8.
2005 Best Shot round was -10, alternate shot +7.
2006 Best Shot was -8 & alternate 0.

[amdiscgolfer]

And as dead as the orchard was both days (at the bar anyway) why you would need to charge $600 or so for the back rooms is Bull$hit

especially when the make an a$$load on the markup in alcohol.  Food should be free if you are chargin $600 to rent the F'n Place.

Another big reason I do not play any of Uncle Joe's events are the players package - I know I suck but I have a good time and a $3 mini should not be my award for taking DFL 4 out of 6 events last year.  Sorry for that rant

[CEValkyrie]

FWIW Dr Dye & I improved on our total score from last year. In 2005 we finished T8 with a -3 on the day. This year we ended T8 with a -8.
2005 Best Shot round was -10, alternate shot +7.
2006 Best Shot was -8 & alternate 0.

Did you play a hole like 2005 that you each play the hole as singles & add the score?

[Bruce Brakel]

Well, it is unsanctioned and you always take your chances on unsanctioned.  Anytime the TD is in a situation where he is shelling out $1000 just for your facility [the park and restaurant combined] it is very, very hard to have good payouts too.  Every time a park has tried to take that much from us, we've said, "No way.  Sorry.  That's a deal breaker."  Then their second offer is usually something we can work with.  

[mirth]

FWIW Dr Dye & I improved on our total score from last year. In 2005 we finished T8 with a -3 on the day. This year we ended T8 with a -8.
2005 Best Shot round was -10, alternate shot +7.
2006 Best Shot was -8 & alternate 0.

Did you play a hole like 2005 that you each play the hole as singles & add the score?

good point, no. But we did take advantage of the wacky OB substitution rule Joe announced - Go OB, take your lie, throw with your regular arm & take a stroke. Go OB, take your lie, throw with your opposite arm without penalty. Used that one during alternate.

[badger1190]

the ob rule did save us a stroke also, but beacuse of our crappy 2nd round we finished one spot out of the payout, and even though he said hed pay half the field we came in 13/26 and didnt get anything, so we had to sit through his 2 hour raffle/ibidandsell.com promotion.  the sit around time was waaay too long, but the golf itself was fun

[mirth]

I'd agree the breaks were generally too long...