2008 PDGA Tour Schedule - River City Rumble vs. Bowling Green Am Championship

[Mukey]

Was perusing the '08 schedule & noticed that these are on the same weekend next year. Looks like traveling players from our area will have a tough choice to make....

[stpitner]

and traveling vendors who was at River City Rumble last year relying on am's coming out to play at a tournament in order to have a decent weekend...

I honestly can't believe they are the same weekend, especially with how huge Bowling Green was last year.  On top of that, there were a ton of players unhappy with the Rumble scheduled on Mother's day weekend, now this year the Am's have to figure out where to go.

The courses are awesome in Iowa, but I have a feeling that it's going to be good pro turnout, not so good am turnout.

[Tom McManus]

Was perusing the '08 schedule & noticed that these are on the same weekend next year. Looks like traveling players from our area will have a tough choice to make....

Right now it is River City Rumble for me.  Excellent courses and well run. I believe the attendance at Bowling Green was just a little bit beyond the grasp of the organizers last year.

[damonshort]

Was perusing the '08 schedule & noticed that these are on the same weekend next year. Looks like traveling players from our area will have a tough choice to make....

Right now it is River City Rumble for me.  Excellent courses and well run. I believe the attendance at Bowling Green was just a little bit beyond the grasp of the organizers last year.

I don't see either of these listed...? 

[Dan Michler]

I'm going to verbally committ to the River Cities Rumble which should immediately cause a boost in RCR attendance.

[skipache]

I'm going to verbally committ to the River Cities Rumble which should immediately cause a boost in RCR attendance.

well that makes my decision.... yeah itll save a chunk of change going to RCR

[can't putt]

I don't see either of these listed...? 

http://www.pdga.com/schedule/index.php?startMonth=3&startYear=2008

Bottom of the page.

[can't putt]

Right now it is River City Rumble for me.

Obelisks make great bookends, Tom ... but you need two.

[damonshort]

I don't see either of these listed...? 

http://www.pdga.com/schedule/index.php?startMonth=3&startYear=2008

Bottom of the page.

oh lord, I wasn't looking as early as March. Global warming at work, I guess....

thanks!!

[Mukey]

I'm going to verbally committ to the River Cities Rumble which should immediately cause a boost in RCR attendance.

well that makes my decision.... yeah itll save a chunk of change going to RCR

Do we have a brand new Michler-phile here?     

I'll probably go to the RCR also, but month-end is a big deal for Finance companies, so I may not be able to get the time off. Was looking at the QC website & the pics of West Lake look awesome! I know lower division players didn't get to play that last year, hoping we do this year. Holy water hazards Batman!!

[Mukey]

John Resch, chairman of the QC Disc golf club, e-mailed me back. They're (obviously) in the very early stages & don't have everything set yet, but the issue of having each division play at least 1 round at West Lake has already been brought up & will "definetly be addressed". My fingers are crossed.

[skipache]

what is a Michler-phile?

[stpitner]

I did some comparisons last night because I noticed they were talking about this on iowadg.com as well... there were 31 players that played both the RCR and Bowling Green last year.  Granted there were only about 60 AM players at RCR, but it was also mother's day weekend.  That scared away a LOT of people.  

My thought was that with all the additional people that can make it to a tournament now because of a different weekend, the loss of people to Bowling Green will still be covered by others.  I only sold stuff there and didn't even play the courses at RCR, but I knew that they rocked.

Will this year yield more than 60 AM's though?  That's the question still to be answered.  All I can is that I certainly hope so as I consider going back there to vend again.  Excluding hotel and gas, I broke even on the weekend, and more than 60 AM's will help improve the quality of the weekend for me.

[Mukey]

what is a Michler-phile?

More of a jab at Michler than you Skipache, in the fact that him mentioning he's going should:

immediately cause a boost in RCR attendance.

It's good to see that keeping his ego indoors(speculation here, Dan probably golfs in the cold, unlike me) hasn't affected it

[Bruce Brakel]

We might go down to Bowling Green this year, especially if I am still an Intermediate with the next rating update. 

[Murph]

I can't wait to play in the RCR. I would choose River City Rumble over BG. I would rather play much better courses with fewer in my division that play average courses with huge divisions.

[dana]

Granted there were only about 60 AM players at RCR, but it was also mother's day weekend.  That scared away a LOT of people

also the fact that it was on the same weekend as many college graduation ceremonies....that kept me away, im sure it kept others away too.

With that being said, I plan on being at RCR this year

[tjdub26936]

the issue of having each division play at least 1 round at West Lake has already been brought up & will "definetly be addressed".

I got the skinny on the RC Rumble schedule for 2008:

Sat-Sun, March 29-30, 2008
PDGA A-tier - you MUST be a PDGA member

The schedule changed a bit from 2007:  Intermediate & Adv Masters get to play West Lake from the short tees this year.  This is STILL a kick-ass course, challenging from any tees.

I'm only 95% sure on who's playing what, but it should go like this
All Pros:   West Lake, Middle, West Lake
Advanced Men & Women:   Middle, West Lake, Eastern (longs)
Adv Masters, All Intermediate & Juniors:   West Lake (shorts), Eastern (shorts), Middle

Pre-registration is available at PDGA.com:  http://www.pdgasignup.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=1202689233

The local club web site doesn't have an active link to the tournament as of 2/12, but will soon.
www.qcdiscgolfclub.com

Last year they had a doubles event on Friday and a final nine for the top four pros on Sunday afternoon.  It's also a qualifier for Am Nationals.  This tournament is well run, the courses are AWESOME, and it's close.

[stpitner]

definitely bring some extra plastic because that water definitely gets hungry at West Lake.  There's some water at Middle park too, but I don't think it comes into play anywhere near as much.

I'm planning on setting up at Eastern this year.  I won't be able to see the pros until the event ceremony, but for those of you playing other divisions make sure to stop by and say hello!

[skipache]

this could be an expensive tournament for those who throw errant drives at west lake