2008 IOS #5 @ Rockford, IL (DISContinuum Presents The ILLINOIS OPEN)

[dana]

As expected, this was a great event.  I'm thankful that you guys devote so much time to disc golf. 

Special thanks to Brett- it had to be tough not playing!  Thanks for what you did!

[SERG]

Just posted a couple of videos from the lead Open card on my discgolfersR.us page:
Illinois Open Videos

Both are from hole #12 on the new course. Putts by Nikko and Avery. If anyone was walking with them they'll be able to tell you how far the putts were but I was near #13's basket so I'm not sure. You can almost count the steps and get an idea.

[duain]

heres a link from what i recorded on the news last night


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsyEGmjjwdY

[JCthrills]

Sweetness, I made the final cut!  Too bad that sweet jumper was only practice prior to round 4!

[duain]

its still a sweet putt jesse

[JCthrills]

Yeah & you would think with it dialed in in parctice that ONE would have dropped for me during the round instead of what like 6-8 banging off the basket/top ring lol.  Thanks for posting the link & recording the news!

[Mike Clark]

Thank you to everyone who helped and everyone who showed up to play. I had a great time playing and maybe an even better time helping out. I am so excited to have been part of such a great event. I still have a huge smile on my face. I can not wait to do it again.

[El Mexicano]

Where's the link to the 2009 Illinois Open, I'm ready to sign up! Had a blast! even the wife and kids enjoyed staying in Rockford and checking out the museums.

[Paizzon]

Mike, please send "Machete" the new BMW article.   

[Schwinn2]

Hey thanks to the Brakels and ALL the volunteers.  I had a blast at the tournament.  I was very impressed at how smoothly it all ran.

Thanks to Jon for introducing the Schwinns to the Road Ranger jingle.  Nothing like waking up at 3:00 in the morning and hearing your husband singing about the Road Ranger as he prepares for work.

[Jon Brakel]

Discontinuum Presents the Illinois Open in Rockford by the numbers:
(I'm just finishing the TD report now)

Total pro purse:$4698
Percent payout to pros (as a percentage of their entry fee): 167%
Pro event value (as a percentage of entry fee--includes trophies, CTPs and lunch): 194%
Am event value (as a percentage of entry fee--includes trophies, CTPs and lunch): 174%

Total entry fees collected from all players: $8802
Total Event Value: $15852

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. Feel free to also tell us what we could do better. Next time there will be more stuff in the schedule. Now that we've done it once I think we can lock in the the pools ahead of time. We can publish lunch times. We'll publish the staggered awards ceremonies.

The staggered start times is probably the best idea that Bruce has had since he thought to string the G.I. Joe zip line to the neighbors house across the street.

Brett's temp course was fantastic. He and I took a tour of that area back in June and he said "We can put a hole here, and here, and WAIT one here by the creek and then the next tee over here..." My best contribution to that process was after the course was designed I named it "Brettopia". 

[tacimala]

At first I didn't like the staggered starts, but it turned out to be a great thing later on. I would have liked to have known the pools before getting up at 5, getting to Rockford at 7 and then not teeing off until 11 on Saturday though!

[duain]

Yeah & you would think with it dialed in in parctice that ONE would have dropped for me during the round instead of what like 6-8 banging off the basket/top ring lol.  Thanks for posting the link & recording the news!

you and me both kept shanking the putts that round, but at least the nicest looking one was taped.



THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE INVOVED.

[Jon Brakel]

At first I didn't like the staggered starts, but it turned out to be a great thing later on. I would have liked to have known the pools before getting up at 5, getting to Rockford at 7 and then not teeing off until 11 on Saturday though!

I agree. And now that we've seen how things shook out, we can determine pools well ahead of time.

[Bruce Brakel]

We got home safely.  I drove all night except a two-hour nap at the Hillsdale Walgreens parking lot at 5 a.m.  On the way home we stopped by Hillsdale and surprised Kelsey with a care package from the Schwinns.  Closer to home we stopped by the trophy man to order the two trophies that somehow fell off the list.  I think that was one of my screw ups.

Dittos as to all the thoughtful thanking that has been going on, especially to the Rockford Park District.  They provided us with an incredible amount of support and charged less than any of the other park districts that charge a course use fee.

This was really stressful to put together.  But having done it once, we could do it again if the 100 sponsors who bought CFR discs want to do it again.  It was really the players who bought CFR who made this happen.  This is my suggestion for next year to boost CFR sales:  let's keep a list of every player who bought a CFR disc and then have a cash sidebet funded with a small portion of the CFR proceeds to be paid to the CFR purchaser who shoots the most over his rating.  I'm thinking like $100 or so. 

I need to go to bed.  See you here tomorrow. 

[Jon Brakel]

I fixed an incorrect PDGA number which always changes ratings a little bit and I added money and prizes won. The prizes won does not reflect the $1500 in CTPs or almost $4000 in player packs that were awarded/given.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7349&year=2008&includeRatings=1#Open

TD report has been submitted to the PDGA for those that care. This also means that they may pull the results down for finalizing at any time so if you want your unofficial results/ratings, you should copy and paste them some where or print them out.

[pickax]

For posterity, here is a snapshot of the results with ratings.

[stpitner]

yowzerz, that correction on the PDGA number gave me a +6 rating (or close to it) on all 4 of my rounds - thanks for finding that and making the correction!  I'm sure the person with the incorrect PDGA # appreciates it too!

[Jon Brakel]

yowzerz, that correction on the PDGA number gave me a +6 rating (or close to it) on all 4 of my rounds - thanks for finding that and making the correction!  I'm sure the person with the incorrect PDGA # appreciates it too!

That was Spencer that caught that mistake. The PDGA pretty much finds all the mistakes in PDGA numbers before the report goes official. Even after it goes official they'll still fix stuff if we find it.

[Chainmeister]

A couple of  pix from the weekend.  Jon at the helm of the buggy and Bill Byrnes playing a shot from a tough lie.