IOS #3 The Cryztal Cruise

[Bruce Brakel]

See www.brasscash.com for details.  It's just like any other IOS this year.  Pros and Advanced play Saturday.  100 players play both days.  Three players don't get in because they did not think they needed to pre-register.  Don't let it be you. 

Lets talk about the $750 ace pool.  This is how its going to work:

The ace pool is capped at $750 and all new sign-up money is going into the reserve ace pool.  You have to pay $3 and sign up to get in.

Saturday: No aces: The $750 ace pool and the reserve ace pool roll over to Sunday
Saturday: One ace: The ace thrower collects $750 and the reserve rolls over to Sunday.
Saturday: Two aces: Each ace is worth $375 and the reserve rolls over to Sunday.  So the Sunday ace pool is likely to be $400 to $500 even if someone aces Saturday.  So go pre-register right now.
Saturday: Three or more aces: The ace pool is combined with the reserve and all aces split.  If one player had two aces, he's get two shares.

Sunday: If both ace pools roll over, same deal.  If the reserve rolls over, it becomes the new ace pool, and all aces split the new ace pool.

Someone will ace at Crystal Lake.  It won't be you if you wait until the last day to pre-register and the tournament fills. 

[whofarted]

what is the ace pool at currently?

[Bruce Brakel]

Currently it is capped at $750 with $53 in the reserve pool.

[ninjaboy076]

Lets talk about the $750 ace pool.  This is how its going to work:

The ace pool is capped at $750 and all new sign-up money is going into the reserve ace pool.  You have to pay $3 and sign up to get in.

[stpitner]

I know that the tees will be flagged and all that good stuff so that you can't have this insane run up on some of the holes (eg. 6 and 10), but I was wondering if anything is going to be done as far as filling in some of the ruts that are created on the tees.  That's probably the biggest thing I don't like about this course.  I'm always afraid of twisting my ankle when I play a round there (hitting the back of my hand on a tree at Lombard is bad enough! heh)

I'm sure that Brett or somebody will post about how the tees will all work out, but Hole 4 is still played "the old way", correct?  I don't even know where the old 4 tee is anyway.

Not sure if I can make it to this one, I'm expecting my sister-in-law and her family out that same weekend!

[CEValkyrie]

Last year the park district worked on the tees prior to the event. I will call to find out if they will be doing the same this year. I cannot gurantee anything. The tees will be marked with cones and will be marked in a way that trees are not close enough where you can hit hands on trees. Yes, old hole #4 will be played. It's back towards the limestone pather shooting down the tree line. It's a much tougher hole and about twice as long as the current number 4.

[airspuds]

let me know if u need a resident to call my bro lives close to the park 

[SnoMoDude]

Brett, if they do the same thing they did last and just put loose limestone in the tees tell them not to since it was like throwing in sand.  If they do fill them they should compact them or not do it at all.  By the end of the first day all the loose limestone is kicked out anyways.
Oh yeah, they said that somebody was going to ace at IOS #3 last year when the ace pool was capped.  But guess what, it did not happen!

[CEValkyrie]

Brett, if they do the same thing they did last and just put loose limestone in the tees tell them not to since it was like throwing in sand.  If they do fill them they should compact them or not do it at all.  By the end of the first day all the loose limestone is kicked out anyways.
Oh yeah, they said that somebody was going to ace at IOS #3 last year when the ace pool was capped.  But guess what, it did not happen!

I will bet you $10.00 there is an ace at Crystal Lake.

[Mike S]

There will be a lot more people playing the course this year.

[Bruce Brakel]

Venue	Divisions	2005	2006
Kenosha	Pro/Adv	52	100 FULL
Kenosha	Int/Rec	49	103 FULL
Lombard	Pro/Adv	80	102 FULL
Lombard	Int/Rec	60	100 FULL
Crystal Lake	Pro/Adv	63
Crystal Lake	Int/Rec	92

I see no reason why Crystal Lake would not fill both days.  Same course, same weekend, same NT/A casting a zone of exclusion on most of the eastern US.  This year we will get more Pro/Adv for the same reasons that Kenosha and Lombard did. 

Pre-register.

[Bruce Brakel]

Can somebody fix that stupid table?    

[SnoMoDude]

Posted on May 24, 2006, 04:33:18 by CEValkyrie
I will bet you $10.00 there is an ace at Crystal Lake.

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Brett i will take that bet!

And you can't put in any 80ft alternate holes.  I meen any short easy holes that are in the open.

[Bruce Brakel]

The Throw Discraft player pack worked last time so we'll do it again, only sweeter.  This is how it will go:  You can have a player pack of 15 Brass OR any Discraft disc of your choice plus one from the designated box.  The disc of your choice will include the ESP Surge, Thumb Gripper Z-Surge and ESP Buzzz, but it can be anything I have.  The designated box will have a lot of what you saw last time.  But I will put some IOS stamped Challengers in there because those were popular last time. 

If you want to groove your hyzer bomb, the Throw Discraft CTP will be on hole 1.

The trophy discs will all be Elite X Challengers.  I love dying X-Challengers.  These should be sweet. 

[adoni]

The Throw Discraft player pack worked last time so we'll do it again, only sweeter.

Bruce,
Do we have to email you again for it?

[Bruce Brakel]

No.  It will be "while supplies last."  I can do at least as many as I offered last time, 25 each day. 

[Bruce Brakel]

No.  It will be "while supplies last."  I can do at least as many as I offered last time, 25 each day. 

This is the deal on the IOS #3 player pack:

For your 15 brass you can get

(A) $15 off anything I have.  Discraft is always cheaper than Innova because Discraft sponsors local tournaments, ours included, and I pass that sponsorship along.  OR

( The Throw Discraft Player Pack.  This time the Throw Discraft Player Pack will be any Discraft disc except a Spectra, plus a D-disc from the designated D-disc boxes.  Kelsey and I counted and I think we counted that I can do 70 total this time.  First come, first served.  Among the any discs will be ESP Surges, ESP Buzzzes, thumb gripper Z-Surges, and anything else non-Spectral that is Discraft.  OR

(C) You can use your 15 Brass to get in the Let it Ride Brass Sidebet.  This is a really simple concept: you put your 15 brass in he can and your name on the sheet.  There is a payout to the top 40% or so of the players who get in.  We payout all the brass in the can. 

The Amateur Sidebet was really popular when we did it back in 2001 and 2002.  Now we aren't getting much interest.  If interest remains low we may quit doing this.  It may be that with a 15 Brass player pack you can get something or most of something you really want, whereas when we were doing it in 2001 and 2002 the player pack was 10 funny and it might have made more sense to let it ride.  I don't know. 

(D) You can also spend your Brass at the popstand.  Even as I type, popstand girls are in my living room practicing making change.  The popstand girls are Charlie and Cassie.  They don't play tournaments. 

We are going to focus on water, ice tea, frozen lemonade and Gatorade this year.  Illinois players are smart and don't drink a lot of pop when they play.  They will also have some single serving snacks and maybe M&Ms.  We get a lot of requests for chocolate, but had an inventory meltdown last year when we bought Fun Size candy bars! 

[Mike S]

Do you know how many people put in the sidebet on the Adv/Pro day at Lombard?  I know the turnout was good both days at Kenosha, but it was only 6 people or something like that on the Int/Rec day at Lombard.  I really like that option and would like to see it continue.

[Schwinn2]

Just to confirm: there will be a players pack for rec/int?  I don't recall there being one last year for the Crystal Lake.  I might bring another woman down, so I need the full scoop.

Can't wait for that lemonade.  If it wasn't for the lemonade stand on hole 1 last year, I wouldn't have survived the 2nd round of the tourney.  It was hot!!

[stpitner]

There will be a player pack for rec/int.  I played Rec at Lombard and was able to take the Throw Discraft pack option.  I picked up a sweet surge disc