Fivetone.com Presents IOS #2 @ Lombard, IL--05/19&20/07

[CEValkyrie]

IOS #2 @ Lombard, IL--05/19&20/07

[skipache]

let me know if you need any help with this event, im the local who shovels all the pads in the winter and is out there pretty much most day

[J.R.]

IOS #1 was great.  Thanks to all involved.

Now on to the next one.

Do you know yet what the tee configurations will be for Pro/Adv and for Int/Rec?  I want to get out there and start practicing as I've never played anything but the concrete tees at Lombard.

[pickax]

I am not Brett, but you can be fairly sure that the lower day will play concrete tees both rounds. The red tees (shorts) will not be used.

btw The Lombard Park District trimmed the base of a few evergreens (holes 1 & 4) and took out one by the basket on 3. The course plays a couple strokes easier because of it.

[J.R.]

I thought Lombard has a set of long tees (white?).  We don't use those for the lower divisions?  How about the upper divisions (In addition to playing Int, I'm going to play Adv trophy only because my ego needs a good thrashing).

[stpitner]

There are Red/White/Blue tees at lombard.  They are color coded on the tee signs.  All of the concrete tees are the white tees, and sometimes the concrete is the same as the blue and sometimes the concrete tee is the same as all 3 tees.

Last year I believe Pro/Am day they played blue tees 1st round and white tees second round (and they had a modified tee on hole 16 to make a long tee).  Int/Rec day we played both rounds from the concretes (including the full length #19 660 ft).  There was a 20th hole that played from a barbecue pit area near the pavilion out towards a bunch of evergreens near the parking lot.

I can't say for sure that this year it will be the same, but I expect it to be similar.

I *thought* hole 3 played a lot easier for some reason this past weekend, now realizing that it was missing one by the basket I can agree, it does feel a bit easier.

[airspuds]

ill be there on sunday  5-20 

[Bruce Brakel]

Jon wants to play the same set up as last year, including the same temp holes.  That way all he has to do is change Hotrags to Fivetone.com on the scorecards and he is ready to go!   

The name of this tournament will be officially changing as soon as Dave gentry gets a moment, or Addie, or whoever does that sort of thing at the PDGA.  www.Fivetone.com is donating seven $20 gift certificates for divisional CTPs each day at IOS #2 and IOS #3.  We're going to divide them up one per division but it will depend on how many play in your division.  A division of just a few players might get combined with another small division that plays at a similar skill level.  Then if there are extras, those will go to the bigger divisions.  Basically, we have one for every 12 to 15 players, depending on how many players we have, and we're going to spread them out that way, more or less. 

[skipache]

i think that pro/adv should play the blue tees both rounds, especially since its the qualifier is in lombard the added challenge would be cool

[Dan Michler]

sweet.  fivetone is one of my 3 or 4 favorite online boutiques.

[Jon Brakel]

sweet.  fivetone is one of my 3 or 4 favorite online boutiques.

[Tom McManus]

sweet.  fivetone is one of my 3 or 4 favorite online boutiques.

Okay.  I am guessing that the Bijou Theatre mail order is one of the others.  What are the other two?

[tacimala]

I thought it took $500 to get naming rights to a tournament?

[Bruce Brakel]

Generally, yes, and absolutely yes if you want us to B-tier the pros.  But we're also willing to go with the best offer when there is nothing else on the table.  We might also get a little more in the deal, which would make it worth a lot more, but he is still pursuing that. 

[CEValkyrie]

I've posted the tees being played on the IOS Course Information thread. I have also started updating the PDGA Tour Page with preregistrations. This event was full both days last year. Save $5 & preregister!

[Bruce Brakel]

You don't have to wait on the weather report before pre-registering for a late May tournament.  I can tell you right now what the weather will be: sunny and warm with a chance of pop-up thunderstorms in the late afternoon, like any other day in late May in Illinois.  So save the full $5 and send Brett or Mirth a check today. 

If I qualify, I'm going to Am Nationals this year.  I should play it once before I die. 

[Bruce Brakel]

I have 18 trophy discs under dye.  I have three full cubes of new Innova stuff all priced to make the Discraft look cheap.  I'm going to try to get a bunch of innova dyed, too.  I'm getting ready early on this one so I can be ready early on Crystal Lake so the short interval between Crystal lake and Rockford does not catch me flat footed. 

[tacimala]

I saw your discs yesterday at Loco at the Mills Bruce, good stuff. I almost had one on my 4th to last hole but apparently Pete Wyngaard can put his disc closer than 4 feet on a 360 foot hole to end the round. One potential USADGC may have opened up at Lombard if I were to finish in the top 20% as I got my berth yesterday!

[Bruce Brakel]

Peter can bomb.  He probably threw a Roc. 

Congrats on qualifying. 

Thanks for the compliments on the CTP discs.  Those were paid for by casual players at Baycourt.    

The Lombard trophy discs are looking excellent.  I found a solution for heat setting the dye in a way that does not burn the hotstamp.  Some of the gold foil stamps turned silver but none of them are burned or badly degraded.  So the colors are bold and the hotstamps are mostly intact. 

[Bruce Brakel]

$500 [estimated] ace pool for IOS #2.  Really I'm just guessing here.  Jon, how much rolled over from IOS #1?  $280?  If it is $280 we'll have close to $500 on Saturday.