2nd Annual Jericho Lake Ice Bowl

[E-Roc]

If anyone is interested I will be collecting Discontinuum membership dues.  We are off to a good start for 08. We are hoping for 150 members this year.

Tom,

I will be at the Ice Bowl this Saturday, and plan on renewing my Discontinuum Membership.

E-Roc

[Fox Metro Discer]

If I am there I will renew my membership as well.

[tjdub26936]

I was out yesterday and it looks like the fairway on 17 is a mini lake. Other than that there is some mud, but the remainder of the course is very playable.
Due to the water on 17, we will be playing 17's short tee to 18's basket.

I'm guessin that the mini-lake will be there at least until spring.  Little Lake Jericho.

There's a "mini-pond" on the 3rd fairway (in the grove of trees, less than 50 ft from 3's basket) that will probably still be there on Saturday.  This water creeps onto the fairways for 2 & 4, but will only affect errant shots on those holes.

There's standing water 20 feet behind 10's basket, plus some close to 11's basket.

I Highly Recommend bringing out some boots and/ or extra socks as your feet will probably be getting wet.

I second that emotion.

[Fox Metro Discer]

Here is the most up to date list I have of the Sponsors for the Ice Bowl at this time.
(It just keeps growing  )

Fox Valley Metro Disc Golf Club
Paper or Plastic Sports
Mag Finishing
Steak 'n Shake of Batavia
Domino's Pizza
Play It Again Sports
Giordano's Pizza
7-11
Applebees
TGI Friday's
Kendall 10 Movie Theatre
New Attitude Salon and Spa
P I Home Inspection Services
Leonardi's Furniture
Fox Valley Park District
Famous Dave's
La Cabana Restaraunt
Randy and Maureen Moore
Tyler Williams
Aaron Scott
Tafe Hemler
Discontinuum Disc Golf Club
Ron Miller
James Thomas Remodeling
Kevin Mooney
Disc Golf United
North Aurora Bowling Alley
Jeff Hopp
IBEW local 461

Just added:
Hollywood Casino
Dominick's Grocery
Quad City Headquarts Staircase
Lifetime Disc Sports
Jel-Sert

All in all that is 34 sponsors so far.
Maybe more to come!

[Tom McManus]

Regarding mulligans, when can they be purchased? Before the tourney begins or will they be available between rounds? Is there a limit to the number of mulligans that can be purchased? Do you have to purchase mulligans for the first round and use them up, or are they available for the day? With the second round seeding to set up partners it could make things interesting.

[Fox Metro Discer]

Mulligans will be available beroe the day as well as before the second round. They may be rolled over from the first round as well. There is no limit as this is a fundraiser as well. All proceeds from this will go to Hesed House as well.
However, during the round of doubles, mulligans are good only for one player, not the team. They may be transferred to another player though. Say you have a mulligan and you want your partner to take another shot, you may give it to him/her and have them re-throw.

[Chainmeister]

Is there a limit as to how many mulligans can be purchased and/or used?  It might be a good idea to announce to your group before the round how many you hold so there is no conflict over this. "Just hold your horses pardner, I  got me another Ace up my sleeve..."
And, can somebody use a mulligan, make a bad shot and then use anther one on the same shot, "Excuse me pardner, my ace went into the woods so I got me a joker up the other sleeve."

Will you be establishing local rules for the transient ponds/lakes/puddles?  ie. what if a disc lands in a deep puddle in the middle of the fairway?  Based on yesterday's report and then yesterday afternoon's rain, I expect an adventure.  I think Bass Pro Shop should have been a sponsor.   I am looking forward to playing in the mud tomorrow.

[Dan Michler]

you should be able to use consecutive mulligans just like in regular golf.  I assume that if you use your mulligan, you are throwing out your first shot, even if it turns out to be better than the second shot.

[Mukey]

I am looking forward to playing in the mud tomorrow.

Hopefully playing Disc Golf in the mud too   

[Tom McManus]

Any updates on the course conditions?

[stpitner]

from last year's mulligan rules, you can use as many mulligans as you want in succession, but the last shot you take has to be the one you take.  You can't shoot 2 using a mulligan and then decide which one you like better.

No limit to how many mulligans you buy.  When I played last year we would hand the mulligan slip of paper to the other team who would either tear it up or put a big x through it to mark it as used.

Another dude lost his mulligan slip of paper last year - he was hoping that he could have a "grace" mulligan because he really did pay for it but didn't have the proof.  No paperwork = no mulligan shot.

[Fox Metro Discer]

As Scott stated above, you may use any number of mulligans in a row to get the shot you desire, however, once you use the mulligan, that is the shot you must take. If you don't like it, use another mulligan.

The mulligans are in paper form and you will be given one per mulligan bought. Once you use it, as Scott stated, give it to the person with the scorecard and tear it up or put a big X thru it.

As for the conditions out on the course, Only 17 is really not playable. Hole 3 is a little rough, but it should be playable. Do not worry, any standing water on the course is to be considered casual, no penalty. As I stated b4 we will not be playing 17, rather 17 to 18's basket.

[jsun3thousand]

So tomorrow we are not playing  17 or 18, instead it will be 17's short to 18's basket, 9's short to a temp hole by the lake, 9's long, and the temp hole between the garden and the creek after 13? So two rounds of 19? Jason     

[stpitner]

well, you took away 2 (17 and 18) and added 4 (17's basket to 18, 9's short to temp hole, 9's long, and temp hole between garden and creek.

That will wind up giving you 2 rounds of 20 holes

[jsun3thousand]

Only added 3 holes, 9 just moved from short to long.

1   1S-1b
2   2S-2b
3   3S-3b
4   4S-4b
5   5S-5b
6   6S-6b
7   7S-7b
8   8S-8b
9   9S- Temp
10 9L-9b
11 10S-10b
12 11S-11b
13 12S-12b
14 13S-13b
15 13a-Temp
16 14S-14b
17 15S-15b
18 16S-16b
19 17S-18b

[Fox Metro Discer]

Right, there will be 2 rounds of 19 holes.
If there are too many players, I will have another basket with me just in case.

[stpitner]

duh, i must not have been thinking straight... I was trying to count 9 too many times

[Fox Metro Discer]

Thanks to everyone who came out today. We had great weather and great disc golf today at the Jericho Lake MUD.... I mean Ice Bowl. With a field of 60 players we raised over $1000 and 300 lbs of food for Hesed House today!!!!! We could not have done that without all of you guys coming out to support this cause. More specifisc to come!
I will get results posted tomorrow as I am beat after today.

[Fox Metro Discer]

What a difference a year makes!
Lst year's totals:

56 participants
$650 raised
259 lbs of food

This year
60 participants
$964 raised with more to come in from Paper or Plastic Sports
over 300 lbs of food

Thank you to the sponsors and you guys who stepped it up this year. You guys ROCK THE HOUSE. I am so glad to be associated with a group of people like yourselves who will take the time and money to help others in you community. We need more people like yourselves!!!! Thanks again.

Aaron

[Tom McManus]

Aaron,

Great job on the event. Very well run. Lots of fun, very generous players packs and prizes.  Good job by the Fox Valley Team. Couldn't ask for a better day. . .Excellent turnout. Hard to believe that an ace wasn't hit today

Nice job by Scott on having so much merchandise to choose from. Good seeing some faces that I haven't seen in a couple of months.