Don't Be Fooled 2 - Sat, 4/26/08 - Highland Park, IL - C-Tier

[Dan Michler]

I have no idea why they would ever change round ratings based on any weather condition.  The ratings are based off of the rated player's scores for that round, not the course.  The fact that it was windy doesn't change the fact that Jack shot good relative to Peter and Bill.

[pickax]

There are no adjustments needed in the calcs for wind. If it's windy, the gators will be affected and the ratings will thus be adjusted that way. If there was a significant wind difference between rounds where you played the same layout, then that should be noted. If the wind was constant, then the ratings can be more accurate as you have twice as many data points if you use two rounds to determine the ratings.

[pickax]

Did you intentionally not have an intermediate division, or did all the intermediates just decide to play up?

[stpitner]

I had 2 intermediates, and I asked each one if they would be willing to move up since there were only 2.  Both agreed.

I only mention the wind because on the TD report it asks this: "Describe any extraordinary weather or other unusual conditions that may have affected scoring, and indicate which rounds were affected."  So I will tell them that there were gusts of upwards to 35-40mph, which isn't always a typical day.  Since it affects all 3 rounds I doubt that they will do anything about it, but it will at least be reported as such.

[Chainmeister]

That seems to have played out.  Even par is almost 1000..  You had 12 holes right?  That's a pretty easy 9 hole course no matter what you did with the 3 temps.  In normal conditions I would think 1000 would be 4 to 5 under. 

So, I have not heard from any of the players.  How wacky was the wind?  Was it Widdershins windy? I blogged about the wind at http://discgolfer.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1809917%3ABlogPost%3A229913
I was wondering how the plastic flew on Saturday.

[stpitner]

it was 14 hole rounds.  LOTS of discs went into water.  I don't have the cards with me, but I don't think there were many cards that were turned in that didn't have someone going OB at least once or twice.

By comparison, on a non-windy night, at best shot doubles Chado and I combined for 15-down on 20 holes (14-down if you could only the woodchips).  We had putts for the 4 that we did not birdie as well.  Translate that into a singles round on just the standard 9-holes and I would think that 1000 rated would be almost 7 down.

Hole 5B was only about 230', but you had the pond on your left, creek on the right, very narrow fairway, and a nasty headwind to almost crosswind from left to right.  I saw a couple discs get immediately picked up and tossed into the creek on the right side.  it was CRAZY.

[Bruce Brakel]

All of the Intermediates played Advanced, with the result being that all the Advanced players cashed.  That was very considerate of them!