Pine Hills Experiment #2, C-tier with carts 11/5 in Ottawa, IL

[dana]

Pine HIlls is a golf course located in Ottawa, IL
We will play 2 rounds of 18 with golf carts (unless extremely wet).  The course will be very similar to the March layout.  Par will be in the mid 60s

PDGA C-Tier- Saturday, November 5th
Field Limited to 72 players (24 pro, 24, adv, 24 int)
2 rounds of 18 w/cart
Cost $63 pro, 48 adv, 48 int.  ($15 to green fees/$3 PDGA fees included in entry.)
To register with a credit card (NO EXTRA FEE), call Pine Hills 815-434-3985
-----or send check to Pine Hills Golf Club 1665 N 2201 Rd. Ottawa, IL 61350
Registrations are accepted on 1st come, 1st serve basis.
***Course may be available for play the week prior to the tournament, please call before coming!***
Pine Hills has a full bar and is now serving food, including award winning pizza, homemade tenderloins, burgers, meatball subs....All alcohol must be purchased at bar!
During practice rounds all disc golfers must yield to the ball golfers.  Please be respectful and courteous.  
Check in 8-915, player meeting 930, tee off by 10:00
--------Call Dana with any questions- 815-575-1917--------

[dana]

you can also register online- www.iregisteredonline.com

[pdga#7648]

you can also register online- www.iregisteredonline.com

just used this site today!

can't wait to play this beautiful layout again.  Thanks for this great event Dana!

[dana]

Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far.  Starting to get lots of calls/emails, please sign up if you plan on coming!

[dana]

As some of you may know, you can not get on a golf course when there is frost on the ground.  So if we have a heavy frost, the tournament start time may be pushed back.

Thanks

[pdga#7648]

hey Dana. what if it rains hard the day before? how long does it take to walk that course? would we have enough daylight if we had to walk 2 rounds?

[dana]

takes a few (ish) hrs to walk

registrations have been rolling in, where are all the INT players?  ADV and OPEN will be full before we know it...

[jynx]

well i know a few people from sterling have to sign up yet but gabe guerrero had to wait for the ratings update so he could play intermediate he was scared to play advanced so if anyone talks to him be sure to give him crap. 

[Tom McManus]

Dana has put together a great layout at this location. The one thing that was tough for me the last time around was to warm up because of the cart. Not walking from hole to hole made it more difficult to warm up. A very fun event, and nice to have a bar on site with televisions.

[dana]

Thanks, Tom.

I've been working hard on the tweaking the design.  Trying to improve with each layout. 

I played a few rounds on Monday and wasn't happy with the layout.  Made some tweaks yesterday and think that it is playing better. 

[pdga#7648]

is the creek hole still being played? the one where we had the spotter at in March?

[pdga#7648]

I think it was hole #17

[dana]

Yep, still playing it.

1. same
2 same
3 shorty through the row of pines
4 tee at the end of the row of pines, basket is located behind the golf green (par 5). This one can be 3'd with a huge couple of shots.
5 same par 6 (I missed a putt for 4 the other day!)
6 lengthened version of march
7 (basket still on stump) close to the same, little longer than march
8 tee is straight past 7s basket, 350ish downhill tunnel shot
9 not throwing from the golf tee, but in front of it and to the left.  basket is on backside of green.

10 same
11 same
12 same
13 same (basket behind golf green, in sand trap)
14 working on this one, looking like it will be a par 4.  may scale it back to a longer par 3.
15 new par 4
16 basket same spot as before, only its a par 3 probably 320ish
17 same
18 still working on this one....

[DaBus85]

Had a great time playing this on Monday!  Always a blast to play disc golf with using a golf cart!  I lost my orange xcaliber on hole 17.  I thought it made it over the water but I'm not sure.  Looked for it for a long time.  Should be to the left of the basket from the tee.  If it is found and turned in please give it to either Scott Franke or Mike Lara.  They are participating in the even saturday.  Thanks and I hope the tourney goes great!

[dana]

I think it got turned in.

If there are still spots available on Saturday, I'll open them to 1st come 1st serve.

I'll be at Pine Hills at noon today, call in and register!
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[dana]

Thanks to everyone who came out today and a huge congrats to Brett for the win!

I played a glow round after the tourney instead of uploading scores.  I'll get 2nd round scores up sometime tomorrow.

Good times.

[CEValkyrie]

Thanks to everyone who came out today and a huge congrats to Brett for the win!

I played a glow round after the tourney instead of uploading scores.  I'll get 2nd round scores up sometime tomorrow.

Good times.

Thanks Dana! Appreciate the hard work and great event.

[dana]

PDGA payed and TD Report submitted.

Thanks again to everyone who came out.  Hope to get better and better with each event out here.  So if anyone has any ideas on a better way to run the carts out, speak up. 

Also hoping to keep improving on the layout so speak up and let me know what you liked and disliked about the layout (fav hole/worst hole).  Did you miss any holes from the March or Glow layout?

Pine Hills is happy with disc golf and allowing the course to be set up through the winter.  I might have to set up some sorta dubs tourney.

[Tom McManus]

PDGA payed and TD Report submitted.

Thanks again to everyone who came out.  Hope to get better and better with each event out here.  So if anyone has any ideas on a better way to run the carts out, speak up. 

Also hoping to keep improving on the layout so speak up and let me know what you liked and disliked about the layout (fav hole/worst hole).  Did you miss any holes from the March or Glow layout?

Pine Hills is happy with disc golf and allowing the course to be set up through the winter.  I might have to set up some sorta dubs tourney.

Does this mean carts through the winter?

[CEValkyrie]

Thanks for getting the TD report in!!!
I didnt' get a chance to play the doubles but here is my rundown.
1. I like the pin position change to the deeper position.
2. I like hole #2
I like the changes to #3/4 much better than the spring event.
3.Nice variety of lines on this hole. Tricky little hole.
4. Great par 5.  I'd need to look around a little more to influence my opinion. Would moving the pin shorter towards the green and river make the hole  use both fairways more? I know most players seemed to play the wide right fairway. I like the hole as is either way.
5. Just awesome!
6. I liked the spring hole a little better. I don't dislike this hole and would like it a little better if there was a change to #7.
7. I like the spring hole better. I threw the hyzer route both rounds this fall. Personally I'd like to see 6 in the fall layout and 7 moved shorter with the splitting fairway.
8. I liked both holes. Either floats my boat.
9. Once again I liked both. So many options on this hole. You could move the pin each time and it'd be a cool hole.
10. Good hole. Don't change.
11. Another good par 3. I'd love to see the pin right on the edge of the hill.
12. Probably my least favorite hole on the course.  Not sure what else to do there tough.
13. Sweet hole!
14. I liked this par 4. I liked the one in the spring better with that water but I saw they were working on that area.
15. Solid par 4.
16. I'd like to play this when the wind isn't blowing so hard. I like the multiple routes.
17. SICK!!!!
18. I liked the spring hole better but there is nothing wrong with this finish.