2003 ILLINOIS OPEN (PDGA SANCTIONED C-TIER) 08-10-03

[drdye]

Well said, I shot horrible, but had a great time!!!   Awesome event!!!!  Great job guys!!!!

[damonshort]

...for my .02, there are already a lot of tournaments in July/Aug, and it's usually so friggin' hot anyhow, and there's a lot fewer things in Sept/Oct, so it'd actually seem to work better having this later in the year...

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... "a lot fewer"? sorry....

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my .000002.....



add 'Fairfield Park' and/or 'Round Lake IL'



'pdga c-tier event' and 'get out and throw' should be smaller.

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...maybe 'discontinuum.org'?

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MyndCraft (03-11-2003 08:58 p.m.):

Btw, watch out Damon I'm gunning for you. With Steve C in upper now, I'm only 6 points behind you for first :-)

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...better hurry, you've only got 9 months to go... ;)



I tend to suck at Lombard even though it's the course I play the most, so fire away...





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MyndCraft (03-11-2003 08:58 p.m.):

Btw, watch out Damon I'm gunning for you. With Steve C in upper now, I'm only 6 points behind you for first :-)

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...better hurry, you've only got 9 months to go... ;)



I tend to suck at Lombard even though it's the course I play the most, so fire away...





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just to make sure I'm looking at my calendar correctly, this will be SUNDAY, August 10th, right?



sounds like a stupid question but originally it was going to be on a Saturday. doesn't matter to me, but just curious, was there a sanctioning conflict with Sat the 9th, or is it because of the Safari that day?

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Jim (03-15-2003 09:35 a.m.):

Rick at DGW has responded to the Stir Fry logo question:

*****

The Stir-Fried logo is copyrighted by Chuck Custer, who licenses it to Disc Golf World exclusively. I'd prefer not have it used in another logo.

*****

So there it is. Jay, if you can rework the logo w/o the StirFry, please give it a go.

maybe just a regular ol' basket (or somewhat stylized...) ?

[damonshort]

The club website http://discontinuum.org/Events/ILOpen2003/index.html lists am masters, but Brett's site http://discgolfer_1.tripod.com/discgolfcentral/id7.html doesn't.

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Jim (05-21-2003 10:52 a.m.):

Gotta have at least 3 to open up a division.

Well, yeah, but the division is being offered - isn't it?

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Jon Brakel (05-21-2003 10:09 p.m.):

yes, I did mean Intermediate Amateur Master. And if we only have two Int. Am Masters that want to play each other, I don't have a problem with running the division for two, just don't expect a big payout. The payout would only be what those two have paid in their fees.

OK, here's part of what's confusing me:



First off, I'd recommend that the information on the club page and Brett's page be in sync. Brett's page is what is linked to from the www.illinoisdiscgolf.com site.



It seems to me that the 'amateur master' division (on the club page) should be termed 'advanced master', as the $30 entry fee is the same as the 'advanced' fee; if there's going to be an 'intermediate master' division, then that entry fee should be $20, same as the 'intermediate' division.



...unless, as Jon implies, this is related to payouts based on the # of players within a division. This might explain why, for the Prairie Open, the 'advanced master am' fee is the same as the 'advanced' but the old coots get to play on a different day from the shorter tees - which I'm not complaining about, except that I like where #10 and #11 are now and they're going to be moved for Sunday, but I digress...



Anyhow, I just see some inconsistencies in how the divisions are posted. Jon, can you verify that if, for example, there would be  'advanced master' and 'intermediate master' divisions, payouts within each division would be based on entries within each separate division? Personally, I've played better when I *haven't* been in a 'masters' division anyhow so I'm leaning toward playing 'straight' intermediate and taking my chances w/ sandbaggers ;)



This isn't meant to be negative at all, I'm just genuinely confused about the semantics of all of this.

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Bruce (05-22-2003 08:39 p.m.):

Damon, you don't really have to worry about sandbaggers since (a) in every region of the United States most players are already playing up a division and (b) every player I used to think was sandbagging in Am II, (yeah, I have a list!) as it turns out has an Am II rating, including me!

oh, I don't really 'worry' about sandbaggers, I have enough to worry about w/ my own game ;) In theory I guess I should take advantage of my advanced age by playing in a 'protected' division, but I tend to play better when I don't. Whatever, August is a long way off and I'll see what shape my game and my body is by then....

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Jon Brakel (05-28-2003 11:27 p.m.):

Here's the flyer. Someone please print it out and make sure it looks normal. I'll be distributing them at the MDGO this weekend (can't hurt). Please pass them out at Parkside. Brett, can you take some to Parkside this weekend? Is anyone going to the Peoria Open? I'd like to get some down that way also.

'Disctontinuum' lower left column.



I'm planning on going to Peoria, depends on how Parkside goes.

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CE-Valkyrie (06-11-2003 07:23 p.m.):

I strongly suggest that you Pre Register for this event. 90 spots will fill fast. We have had a Pre Registration from Farmington, MN which is 375 miles away. I would hate to see our own members not make the field.

how many are actually registered? I figure I'll see you or Jon in the next couple of weeks.

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Jon,



Here's my info if you don't have it:



Damon Short

6211 N. Campbell

Chicago IL 60659

PDGA #17348



Put me down for intermediate. Depending on the adv master pool and the amount of practice I get in (may actually be working in a week or so), I may bump up to there and pay the extra $10.



Also if there's enough interest in an Intermediate Master pool (hey, Pat...), I'd probably go there.

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pat (06-30-2003 07:50 a.m.):

Sorry Damon, I won't be playing the IO. I will be out of town that weekend.

well, at least you won't beat me again.... ;)

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Jon Brakel (05-22-2003 09:29 a.m.):

I'm sorry about the confusion. I will have flyers done in a few days and I will make sure they are easier to understand. Then maybe the web people can redo that stuff to match the flyer.

...suggest that the website get updated so the divisions match. There's still that confusing stuff about am masters (should be *advanced* masters on the website.

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Jon Brakel (08-03-2003 09:18 p.m.):

Sponsor signs are made, just have to staple gun them to stakes, new course map is made, score cards are jugging out of the printer as we speak, I'll just have to cut them. I'm posting the pdf of the IO score card in case anyone wants to take a look. It'll also be out here if you want to print out one to take to the course. The card has all the distances on them and the CTPs we'll be playing next Sunday. Can't believe its NEXT Sunday! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!

Hey Jon,



the cards look great - the background is cool. I hate to, um, rain on this, but you've got CTPs for ams twice - should one of them actually be Adv, or are they both Am/Adv, or....  ?

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wow... I didn't realize (or had forgotten) that there's a final 4... are there actually 'alleys' for the 2nd and 3rd holes?



Should be entertaining...