2007 Worlds Qualification

[Bruce Brakel]

2008 Kalamazoo Pro-Am Worlds.  Get your points in 2007.  Kalamazoo has great courses and it is closer than Highbridge. 

[Mukey]

And we all know this crazy guy out of MI.....

Now I've got no excuse for not playing some of those courses next year.

Also:  Yea on the combined Pro-Am Worlds!

[Chainmeister]

While on a long phone call I was wondering the PDGA website trying to keep awake yet  mildly focused on the call.  I recall reading PDGA board minutes where they conditionally awarded 2008 to Zoo but they had some questions they wanted resolved having to do with the courses.  What did they want? Also, who will the host be?  Will you be involved?  If so, would that effect your participation in IOS?  Just wondering.

[Bruce Brakel]

They were just being coy.  They have no one willing to run Pro Worlds unless they can also skim a pile of cash off the ams for it, so expect linkage quite a bit.  Pro Worlds was in Augusta last year because no one would do it and PDGA Board Member Pete May said his club would do a scaled down version if that was the last option.  It was. 

You'll see Pro-Am Wisconsin in 2007, but at two different venues.  Then Pro-Am Kalamazoo in 2008 and Pro-Am Kansas City in 2009.   

In related news, the Waterford Junior Girls Club FINALLY decided that they are not playing Milwaukee Am Worlds.  It was their decision, not mine.  I'm fine with it, I guess.  I'd be willing to take a week off from work to drive my girls around, but only if it is what they want to do.  With my bad elbow, it is not realistic for me to play Am Worlds as an Am Master.  Maybe Am Grand in KC if my left arm is stronger by then. 

I might have a hand in 2008 K'zoo Worlds.  I volunteered to be the Junior TD when Larry was putting his bid together, but have told him that if there is someone busting their butt on course improvement or whatever who would feel honored to be the Junior TD who is also capable, I'd have no problem just being the father of a couple of Champions.  So we'll see.  2008 seems a long way off today, but in four weeks 2008 will be next year.

[tacimala]

Oh man so excited for Kalamazoo worlds. For some reason I don't really play that well in the courses I learned to play on there, but it will still be a blast. Timber Ridge is going to blow people away!

[tjdub42]

The point minimum might go up or down.  They work backwards to arrive at that number.  How many is a full field?  How many should we invite to be pretty sure we can accomodate everyone who accepts an invitation?

Attempting to "work backwards" for the regular old Advanced Men's division, the number of participants have been:

  2003 - 213 (Kansas City)
  2004 - 278 (Des Moines)
  2005 - 158 (Arizona)
  2006 - 244 (Tulsa)

Assuming the "full field" goal is 250-300 for Milwaukee & there are about 550 potential qualifiers with 1,000+ points, that would mean 50% of the invitees would compete.  Does that sound typical?

Based on the 2006 Worlds standard for automatic invitation to the "top point earners" of 2006:

  MA1     1,000 pts      613
  MM1     300 pts        275
  MG1     100 pts        123
  FW1     50 pts          105
  FM1      30 pts          43
  MJ1      75 pts          156
  MJ2      50 pts          102
  FJ1       25 pts          8
  FJ2       10 pts          7

  Total                       1,432 - compared to 987 invitees based on these top point earner standards last year, a 45% increase.

Bruce, I know you can only speculate, but does this mean they'll possibly/probably increase the standards for Milwaukee?

BTW, Illinois had 69 touring ams with 1,000+ points, & 50 with 1,500+, more than any other state.

[Bruce Brakel]

I could only speculate.  I don't know how many courses Terry is running or whether he is going with a two round day or a three round day.  We'll hear the official word in a few weeks. 

[DiscGolfSchodt]

Invite list is supposed to be up on the PDGA site on FEB.15th

[tacimala]

Just got my invitation pack!

[CEValkyrie]

The PDGA has started to update the prereg pages for Worlds.
http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=680432&Main=680432#Post680432


I believe the invites were sent out on March 19th. There is a 60 day period for the players on the invite list to register. After that 60 day period anyone will be able to register for Worlds unitl it fills.