2009 Worlds !

[can't putt]

I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:

John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.

Doesn't suck:

Tree Camp's lead is up to 17.  Is there a final for MS1?  It looks like Frank will have to share the distionction of IL amateur world champion.  Nice shooting!

[damonshort]

I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:

John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.

This happens with the same guy every year; he makes the semis, but he doesn't play on Saturdays.(Adventist or something...)  McManus, me and a couple of others were one shot back at Milwaukee 2 yrs ago and the same thing happened with us.

It seems like it sucks but I ultimately had to agree that it made sense; sort of. John/we didn't make the 'cut'. Whether someone who makes the cut actually *plays* in the semis is irrelevant; sort of.

Maybe it'd make a difference if Helm were the last player to make the cut and he were the only one with the 'last' score, but I don't think that's ever been the case.

[Bruce Brakel]

Re:  The Ace Link

It was on the KC Worlds website.  They use the same link and update when they update.  Given that Worlds is over, you aren't likely to see an update.  But, if you ask this guy nicely and don't mention my name, he might be able to get it done:  http://www.myspace.com/chappyfade.

He is all over pdga.com.  http://www.pdga.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=1386263#post1386263

Former PDGA Board Member and current Worlds liason. 

[Bruce Brakel]

The Waterford Brakels were very happy to see Val and Avery win.  They are very nice people and they ran a very generous tournament just a few weeks ago.  If you believe in karma, or sowing and reaping, their crop has come in. 

[can't putt]

This happens with the same guy every year; he makes the semis, but he doesn't play on Saturdays.(Adventist or something...)  McManus, me and a couple of others were one shot back at Milwaukee 2 yrs ago and the same thing happened with us.

I remember that, now that you mention it.  I had no idea it was the same guy.  I suppose it might be argued either way.  I can't fault the guy for maintaining his principles, but since it is known in advance that he won't participate it could be argued that he should not be included in the cutoff calculation.

So, there is a MS1 final.  Congratulations Gary "Tree" Camp!  2009 Advanced Senior Grandmaster World Champion!

[discpro99]

I don't know the details, but it looks like this sucks:

John Jordan missed the semis in MG1 by one place, and one person who made the semis dropped out.

Doesn't suck:

Tree Camp's lead is up to 17.  Is there a final for MS1?  It looks like Frank will have to share the distionction of IL amateur world champion.  Nice shooting!

Im kinda both ways on this...But leaning more towards if your score doesn't meet the required score for the finals you should not be able to participate regardless if the bottom one or two does not decide to do so.

[discpro99]

add my name to that list. Hit an ACE on hole #4 at Shawnee Mission today. 300' blind shot!

What did u get for the ace... $$$ or funny money since playing AM?

[discpro99]

Way to go Kenny G... 9th place finish, mad props my friend,see u on the course soon.

[CEValkyrie]

Finally made it back tonight. My thoughts on the week.

Dave N. & I took off Friday afternoon. We played a new 9 bagger down in South Holland then Mokena. Dan met us for a round then we headed to Gridley.

Saturday we stopped in Alton to break up the drive. Alton has grown in very thick. It was a great morning for disc golf and the course is sweet! We played a practice round at Blue Valley. Wow that course is long. Grab your driver and throw it 18 times + fairway drives. Kenny met us on hole 5. We finished just before dark.

Sunday we played Water Works in the morning. What a course. It is one of my favorites that i've played. It has everything and more. After water works I went over to Cliff Drive. That is a very fun course with a technical front 9 compared to a longer more open back.

Monday I got up and went to a private course called Thornfield in Stillwell, KS. It is a very difficult course with tons of tough par 4's with heavy rough and woods. The land is absolutely awesome. In the afternoon I finished my final round of practice at Rosedale. This is another fun course with a wide varitey of terrain.

The player meeting was very long and boring. That's my only knock of the event. Congrats to Tom McManus for his points trophy!

It was raining Tuesday. I got to play with a very fun group round 1. Thru 7 holes things were going pretty good. On holes 8, 9, & 10 I decided I couldn't throw a driver off the tee and went 5, 6, 5 which bascially cost me getting into the semi finals. Those are holes where at worst case you should go 4,5,4 if not 3,4,3. I played pretty solid the rest of the way. A 69 is not acceptable.

Wednesday morning was a nightmare. The rubber tee pads were very wet and muddy from the day before. I struggled all day from the tee and could not get up and down for 3's. Not one part of my game was working. That 64 was pretty brutal. I was thru 2 rounds without one 2. I decided I could actally throw at Rosedale and played very solid shooting 53.

Thursday was a good day for me. I got off to a hot start. I got my first 2 on my starting hole #3. I had a throw in on #8 and 2'd #9 to go -3. I picked up another 2 on hole #14 to go -4. I managed to avoid disaster on the back 9 picking up my only 4 on #17. On my final hole of the round I skip aced #2 to go -5. If you saw that hole you wouldn't believe it was aced. That's my 2nd worlds skip ace both being over 300ft. I felt really good heading over to Water Works. I played solid but could not pick up birdies with several missed putts. On hole 12 it took me 4 strokes to get up and down from 100ft. I had one 2, one 5, and 16 3's for a score of 55.

My goal had been to make the semis. After arriving at Cliff Drive Friday morning I looked at the board from the A Pool and it looked like I had to shoot a 54 or better. After the first 5 holes I was even. I bogied #6. The frong 9 has all the birdies. I decided to throw a roller on #8 which cost me a stroke. I missed holes 9 & 10. Going into the last 8 holes I was +2. There are 2 realistic birdie opportunities for me on those holes. I missed both. With my tournament coming to an end I was taking some big risks trying to get some lucky 2's. On my final hole of the tournament I tried to throw a big anhyzer trying to get it to S back on the road for a skip. I drilled a dude on a motorcyle and it kicked in bounds. It was a crazy way to end my tournament.

It was a fun but frustrating week. There is always next year.

[Dan Michler]

The courses in KC are so much fun.  It was a fantastic week of only thinking about disc golf every day.  Back at work now      We were all pumped for Kenny who started with a hot round at WaterWorks, played solid in between, and finished with an unreal round of 44 to shoot up to 9th place.  Nice going Kenny!

My tournament started off with a total debacle in the rain at WaterWorks.  That is my favorite course in KC, so it really sucked to have to play it in the rain.  I was near the bottom after round 1, but battled back quickly with excellent scores in rounds 3,4,5.  The highlight of my tournament was definitley holing out from 100 feet on the 18th and final hole at Blue Valley to shoot a 64 and scoop up the leaderboard, putting me in position to make the semis.  I held on to that position in the 6th round with 17 threes and 1 two at Shawnee Mission.

I was very happy with how I shot overall for the tournament.  I was the lowest rated player in the semifinals, so I'd say I overachieved for the week which is about all you can ask for.  I played with several dudes who can flat-out BOMB!  We did eat some good food while in KC and I demonstrated absolute dominance over Kenny Glassman at the mini disc golf course.  Hopefully there will be more Worlds' tournaments for me in the future, its an experience thats tough to beat.......

[Sr.]

Finally made it back tonight. My thoughts on the week.

Dave N. & I took off Friday afternoon. We played a new 9 bagger down in South Holland then Mokena. Dan met us for a round then we headed to Gridley.

Saturday we stopped in Alton to break up the drive. Alton has grown in very thick. It was a great morning for disc golf and the course is sweet! We played a practice round at Blue Valley. Wow that course is long. Grab your driver and throw it 18 times + fairway drives. Kenny met us on hole 5. We finished just before dark.

Sunday we played Water Works in the morning. What a course. It is one of my favorites that i've played. It has everything and more. After water works I went over to Cliff Drive. That is a very fun course with a technical front 9 compared to a longer more open back.

Monday I got up and went to a private course called Thornfield in Stillwell, KS. It is a very difficult course with tons of tough par 4's with heavy rough and woods. The land is absolutely awesome. In the afternoon I finished my final round of practice at Rosedale. This is another fun course with a wide varitey of terrain.

The player meeting was very long and boring. That's my only knock of the event. Congrats to Tom McManus for his points trophy!

It was raining Tuesday. I got to play with a very fun group round 1. Thru 7 holes things were going pretty good. On holes 8, 9, & 10 I decided I couldn't throw a driver off the tee and went 5, 6, 5 which bascially cost me getting into the semi finals. Those are holes where at worst case you should go 4,5,4 if not 3,4,3. I played pretty solid the rest of the way. A 69 is not acceptable.

Wednesday morning was a nightmare. The rubber tee pads were very wet and muddy from the day before. I struggled all day from the tee and could not get up and down for 3's. Not one part of my game was working. That 64 was pretty brutal. I was thru 2 rounds without one 2. I decided I could actally throw at Rosedale and played very solid shooting 53.

Thursday was a good day for me. I got off to a hot start. I got my first 2 on my starting hole #3. I had a throw in on #8 and 2'd #9 to go -3. I picked up another 2 on hole #14 to go -4. I managed to avoid disaster on the back 9 picking up my only 4 on #17. On my final hole of the round I skip aced #2 to go -5. If you saw that hole you wouldn't believe it was aced. That's my 2nd worlds skip ace both being over 300ft. I felt really good heading over to Water Works. I played solid but could not pick up birdies with several missed putts. On hole 12 it took me 4 strokes to get up and down from 100ft. I had one 2, one 5, and 16 3's for a score of 55.

My goal had been to make the semis. After arriving at Cliff Drive Friday morning I looked at the board from the A Pool and it looked like I had to shoot a 54 or better. After the first 5 holes I was even. I bogied #6. The frong 9 has all the birdies. I decided to throw a roller on #8 which cost me a stroke. I missed holes 9 & 10. Going into the last 8 holes I was +2. There are 2 realistic birdie opportunities for me on those holes. I missed both. With my tournament coming to an end I was taking some big risks trying to get some lucky 2's. On my final hole of the tournament I tried to throw a big anhyzer trying to get it to S back on the road for a skip. I drilled a dude on a motorcyle and it kicked in bounds. It was a crazy way to end my tournament.

It was a fun but frustrating week. There is always next year.

Your new nickname is: Easy Rider 

Did Peter Fonda stop?

[Arok]

Brett, did he fall off the bike?

At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.

[cjordan]

way to go kenny for kicking a!! and good shooting diabetic dan and brett wish i could have been there with you guys

[Arok]

Diabetic Dan???

That's a new one Jordan.... hahaha

[jasonc]

looks like someone forgot punctuation.... he probably meant diabetic (dave), dan, and brett.

[CEValkyrie]

Brett, did he fall off the bike?

At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.

He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.

At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.

I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.

[pdga#7648]

Brett, did he fall off the bike?

At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.

He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.

At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.

I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.

Heck yea $270. I will get me some as well! Not that bad of a tournament after all. I played like crap, but to hit a 300' blind, anhyzer ACE  in my last round makes it somewhat satisfying 

[pdga#7648]

add my name to that list. Hit an ACE on hole #4 at Shawnee Mission today. 300' blind shot!

What did u get for the ace... $$$ or funny money since playing AM?

$270 Cash money(well PDGA sending a check). Not bad for $5 entry 

[Arok]

Brett, did he fall off the bike?

At least it didn't cost you a stroke. I bet it was funny to see though, not so funny if it landed OB.

He saw the disc coming at him. He slowed down to a near stop and started wobbling. After it drilled him he almost nailed a park car on the other side of the road. He managed to save it. Across the road there was a huge crowd of players at tournament central. They went nuts.

At the time I had accepted the fact that I was going to miss the cut so I was really just having a good time throwing shots i'd not normally throw.

I got an e-mail today saying the ace was worth $270.

Oh my god man I bet that was super funny. Good stuff, thanks for the chuckle! It's good to know that you were
having a good time even though you had some rough times. That's what it's all about. Man, I hope there is some
rogue video of the cyclist... hahaha


Good stuff on the ace too!!

[KenGmoney1]

Here are my thoughts and experiences from my week at worlds.

I left last Saturday morning from Macomb.  My first stop was the Westin (Host hotel) to check in and get my players pack.  This hotel was super fancy and connected to a very nice mall.  I knew I was in the right place as there were disc golfers all over the place.  The players pack was huge including 2 shirts, 5 discs, towel, ching golf bag etc...  From there I went directly to Water Works for a Practice round.  I played with three really cool guys that just flew in from Portland.  Not thinking about it, I asked them who else from their state come to worlds.  They all laughed and mentioned that Avery and Dave Feldberg came from Oregon.  The course was absolutely awesome; I shot six over in the practice round and had a blast.  After the round I went to my car to go the next course and it would not start.  I had to get my car towed and it was still only the beginning of the first day!

I was lucky and got the tow truck driver to drop me off at blue valley where I met up with Brett, Dan and Dave on Hole 5. 

Saturday and Sunday consisted of going to all the other courses to get in a practice round.  The mini golf course was sweet, lots of longer holes and elevation changes that required you to crush a mini.  Dave and Dan kicked my ass in mini golf, I went OB 9 times.  We played with Becky from San Francisco CA.  I think she won the women's division.  About half way through the mini round we hit the backup; this backup was caused by the players and gallery on the card in front of us.  It was Climo, Feldberg, Ken Tank Franks, and some guy who was really good at putting with minis.  Feldberg almost lost his Beaver State fling mini in the bushes and was freaking out!  There were about ten people looking for it before they finally found it.

Tuesday morning we played Water Works in the rain.  I played with big dog Terry Gallops from NC, this guy is like 6'6'' and 240 lbs and could crush a thumber about 400 feet.  He shot the hot round which was a 50.  I had four birds and shot a 52 which put me on the lead card going into round two at Wy-Co in the rain. 

Wyandotte Park is a longer course with lots of long holes.  It was raining pretty good for the start of the round and continued to rain heavily for most of the round.  I was on the lead card with Justin Atwater-Taylor who absolutely tore it up shooting a 56, that is amazing considering that he took a triple circle 9 on hole 13 which has ob flags going down the left and right side of the fairway which make you have to place your shots perfect.  I gained 6 strokes on him that hole and I only shot a 59.  Wiggins shot the hot round which was a 53.

Wednesday morning I was on the second card at Prairie Center with Blaine Kinkel.  After shooting a round with him I know why this guy wins tournaments.  He shot awesome parking many of the holes to shoot a 47 which was the hot round.  This round was probably one of the most fun rounds of golf I played all year.  Everybody on my card was very complementary of each other.  There were lots of high fives and cheering going on.  I was happy to shoot a 50 thinking to myself that there is no way I could keep up with Blaine the way he was shooting.

Round four was at Shawnee Mission park which I personally thought was the easiest of the courses that we played.  I was on the second card and I played this round with Beckett Carduff who was on fire and shot the hot round which was a smoking hot 46.  He birdied 7 of the front nine holes.  This was by far my worst round of the tournament.  I took a 5 spot on hole 16 cause I hit a tree and kicked into the woods.  The rest of my card birdied the hole.  I shot a boring 54 that round.  Diabetic Dave killed it that round shooting a 48 and Dan shot a 49.

Round five was a Blue Valley.  Going into this round my goal was to just hold my place which was 21st after the shuffle.  Taylor and I went to the course together I had a 1pm tee time and he had a 1:10 tee time.  I shot this round with Ben Askren who brought along his beautiful girlfriend to distract me for the five hour long round.  Ben shot lights out with back to back birdies on holes 5 and 6 he shot a 62 which was the hot round.  Birdies at blue valley do not come easy, I had only one on hole 15.  I was happy to see Dan and Dave on hole 16 when they came to caddy and give me some mental support to finish out my round.  I was happy to make a big putt in the wind to take a 4 on hole18 which is 856 feet.  I shot a 67 that round which was respectable.

Round 6 on Friday was back at Shawnee park, this was my chance to redeem myself from that 54 that I shot last time.  I was on the 6th card.  I shot a 51 which was better but I was not happy with it as I missed quite a few putts inside the circle.  I did manage to redeem myself with a bird on hole 16 which I took a 5 on the time before.  I felt really bad after this round because I missed a 15 foot putt on the easiest hole of worlds #5 which is only 200 feet dead straight.  Dave shot a 49 which was a good round.

Round 7 was the semi finals back at Prairie Center.  Going into this round I was in 23rd place, my goal was to hold my spot or maybe make it into the top 20 if things went right.  Prairie center has OB on practically every hole.  I started my round on hole 6.  I made a 40 foot putt to start the round and things just felt good.  At eight holes in to the round I found myself sitting 5 down.  At this point I realized I need to play safe and away from the OB.  My drives just kept landing inside the circle leaving me with a 15 to 20 foot putts on many of the holes.  I did not miss any putts in the circle that round and ended the round with a huge birdie to shoot a 44!  That was the round of my life, everything went perfect, and I scooped 14 people to make it to the top ten.

Overall this was by far my best Worlds/Disc golf experience.  I was lucky to get to play with great players from all over the country including a player from Switzerland.  Every body that I played with was extremely nice and happy to be there playing disc golf in Kansas City on those awesome courses.