UW Parkside "Prairie Open" May 31-June 1st C-tier

[jim]

Yes, a BIG THANK YOU to Shawn, Paul, Craig, Dennis, Pat, Ed Wallen, and all the others who put on such a great show!

Congrats to Doug (Ace on #4 saturday evening casual round), Jojo (nice Ace), Steve, Pat & Damon!

This will go down as one of my FAV events of all time!

[jim]

Has anyone heard how Alex (or Billy Crump) did at New Lenox on Sunday?

Damon, did you go?

[jim]

.... and it ROCKED!!!



BTW, sorry, Damon. Brain fart on my part.

[jim]

Sorry about the delay. Fell asleep early last night (actually got 6 hours of sleep!!!).  I'll post 'em before Singles tonight......

[jim]

Results for Pro, Masters, and Advanced are posted on sewisconsindiscgolf.org.

Other divisions to come as soon as my flippin' PC gets defragged.

[jim]

yes, it was a great event and all you SEWisc guys did a great job.  The UWP staff did well too, but the $$$ portion of the event makes me want to skip it next year if it is done the same way.

Is Pleasant Prairie still a possibility?????

[CEValkyrie]

I also think that is a great idea to sponsor this tournament. I think it would benefit us big time by doing so. I was planning on playing, just have to double check my schedule for that weekend.

[CEValkyrie]

Yes, it was voted that we would sponsor a hole. Thanks for taking care of that Jim.

[CEValkyrie]

cool!

[CEValkyrie]

Friday was awesome!! The clinic put on by Barry Schultz & the Carolina crew was great. I learned many helpful tips.



Saturday was fun!! The atmosphere was awesome. UW Parkside has come a long way & is a top notch course. The course played around 6,100 feet & with winds of 30-40MPH. I shot +11 on the day & finished tied for 7th in the Advanced Division. I'm not sure what scores won each division but shooting par today was great.



Not only is the course great but having the facilities @ Parkside is awesome. Great food, beer, & place to relax.



The only complaint I heard all day is why the Pro Master winner only got $170.00

[CEValkyrie]

Jojo,

 

Congrats on the ACE & for the 3rd Place finish! Sounds like a great day to play.

[CEValkyrie]

Shawn,

     I was wondering if you guys had to contact Gary Lewis or the PDGA about sanctioning due to mileage limitations. New Lenox, IL is only 94 miles from Kenosha, WI. The PDGA stated a C/B Tier Event must be 250 miles apart. I'm just wondering because Jon & I had a bear of a time trying to find an open weekend due to this rule. Let me know.

Thanks

Brett

[CEValkyrie]

I'm still trying to figure out the payouts for the advanced division. I am really confused????



There were 45 Advanced players. The entry fee was $37.00. $5.00 going to the WI Tour & $2.00 to the course.



45 players X $30.00 entry fee = $1,350.



$1,350 X .75 (amount that must be paid according to PDGA) = $1,012.



According to the results from the link on our index2 the total paid to the advanced division was $853.00.



To make things more confusing, it says I won $41.00. The 3 of us that tied for 7th place got envelopes with $35.00, $33.00, & $31.00. We divided that & got $33.00 each.



I understand there was a player package & award costs. Was that not added to this.



$1,350(entry) - $853.00 paid out = $497.00



I want to understand the #'s. I want to run PDGA events in the future. Can someone help?

[CEValkyrie]

Thanks for that info Shawn. That is a bummer that you had to pay for the facility use. You'd think they would have been happy getting new faces around campus & making $ off the concessions. Keep us posted on the meeting. Thanks Again! Brett

[CEValkyrie]

#8 ranked -]Best Attended PDGA Events in the new DGW.

[shawn]

There are so many bugs on this form, I will try to contact someone about them.

[shawn]

They are working on it now, they got a big list of errors to fix.  Should be done soon.

[shawn]

Everyone on Sunday will be playing short tees, everyone on Saturday will be playing long.  Keeping it the same for everyone makes it easier to mix divisions if neccesary.  Saturday all concrete (sidewalks) will be OB, none for Sunday(except for roads).

[shawn]

WI tour is not an option this year for WI tour events.  We had to sign an agreement with the tour that we would do that.  The cost I have no control over....had no idea they changed it.  All I know is that we asked them to include the fees and not make it sound like it was optional, and they declined to make the change.  I'm not happy with this tournament by committee, Id like to go on about it, but will not.  This is the 1st big event on the course in their eyes and they want it to be a great event.  So we have to walk them through the "way" things are done at disc golf events.  It should be alot easier for future events after this one as we are writing protcol with this event.



Yes, it would be better looking, clearer to follow registration if we had control over it....but we don't, we are just running the tournament.



Anyway, this event is going to be a blast, lots of added cash and prizes....Lots of CTP's for the AMs on Sunday.  We got control over the sound system in the union, so we can jam some tunes.   Players package is insane with what you get also.  You will not be dissapointed if you play.  Food...beer...mmm food..    Should be a fun party after the Pros/advance play Saturday.

[shawn]

Course is in excellent condition at this time.  We have spread over 200 yards of chips on the fairways over the last few weeks, and it looks great.  Moved baskets #3, #5 and #12 today to spice things up a little.  



Please get registrations in soon to help us get ready for the event.  Let me know if you have any questions.