TitleDisc.com presents the Mr. Jim's Carrollton TX Open XII

[Pizza God]

Wow, the 12th Carrollton Open

Well it is getting that time so I though I would start up the buzz (not that kind of buzz) on the tournament.

As many of you know, Jimmy Porter has been pulled and will NOT be available for this years tournament.

so we will have an classic A/B course set up at Greenbelt. Yes, 36 holes all at Greenbelt, won't that be fun :D

A majority of the holes should be in the ground by tournament time, but we will be using a few temp holes. (we got permission to install the Jimmy Porter back 9 in the old Greenbelt A course location)

HQ will be at the Pavilion between the course parking lot and the School.

parking will be at the course parking lot and we should be able to park at the school (I will be checking on that, but it should not be a problem)

If you noticed, this years Carrollton Open is going to be brought to you by Titledisc.com. We are going to be co-TD's (Josh and I)

Due to things going on at my store, I may not be able to be at the course the full time, so Josh is going to be my back up. He knows how I want the tournament run so this way I can insure to keep the standard the Carrollton Open is known for.

But have no fear, I will be there to kick things off.

either way, Josh is going to be helping me drum up sponsorship for one of the BIGGEST tournaments in Texas.

check this out, we have $2500 and we have not even started contacting past sponsors.

So I will guarantee this right now

$1000+ for first place Open Pro men

$1000 Guaranteed Ace Pot (more if we get the sponsorship like last year's $1500)

The payout will be based on the PDGA numbers However, as most of you already know, sponsorships pay for your players package. On top of that, the Carrollton Open has ALWAYS payed out 100% plus to the winners. Because Josh stepped up, we will be able to do that again this year.

Also, as usual, all disc sales go back into the tournament.

Now what I want from you........................

SPONSORSHIP'S

I need over $2,000 in merchandise for the CTP round. All of you that play know I give away a CTP per card in the final round worth OVER $50. This last year we even had one that was $100 cash and 4 more that were $50 cash each. But to do this, I need your NEW unused discs. The Adv Masters division and Wichita Falls crew have AWAYS been great sponsoring these.


One last thing, The Carrollton Open has never turned anyone away. Last year we had 218 players. This year we will only be using 36 holes, so if the turnout hits that 200 player mark, we will go to 3 flights like the old Carrollton Charity Cup Classic. (now that is really old school) The CCCC use to be the biggest tournament in the country back in the day. (hey, if we get over 270 players we can go to 4 flights :D)

Well I am leaving to go see my mom in 6 hours. I will be doing some work from Tn in getting dues and getting the info to Josh so he can get us started on Titledisc.

BTW, The Carrollton Open was one of the first tournaments ever listed on Titledisc, back then we would set new entry records each year. (it was between me and HFDS)

More later from Tennessee.

[Pizza God]

oh yea, the DATES

Gary Duke set us up for
September 13-14

As usual, get your entry fees in by August 30th and you will get a FREE T-shirt.

Pro's- sign up before September 11th and get a FREE Disc. (D or DX plastic)

Everyone will get a FREE tournament Mini.

But as usual, you can trade up.

[baldguy]

bump!

as Bryan said, titleDISC is going to be heavily involved in this year's Carrollton Open! We will have sponsorship information and entry fees ready to go on titleDISC.com and carrolltonopen.com very soon. If you would like to sponsor this event, please let me know and we'll get you put down for one of the many sponsor packs available.

This is going to be a bigger event than Rockwall was, but I will do everything I can to make it just as much fun (and hopefully not as hot) :). I will also make sure that this year's Carrollton Open follows the traditions that Bryan has laid out. Even without Jimmy Porter Park, the Carrollton Open lives on!

[daltonseabolt]

I hope my sponser pays for this one too.

[gordonmk]

Waterloo Disc Golf Club is always happy to sponsor Mr. Jim's. We'll be sending $100 worth of merch up for you to use as CTPs or however else you want.

Bryan always works his butt off and throws a wonderful tournament. Thanks Josh & Titledisc.com for helping to make this event even better.

[baldguy]

I have noticed Waterloo on the sponsor list every year that I have played the Carrollton Open :). Thanks for sticking with us!

The past few years, I have handled the carrolltonopen.com website. Of course I'll be doing that again this year, and as usual all sponsors of all types will be featured on the sponsor page. That page typically sees more hits than any of the others, so you know that people are visiting and bringing traffic and business to the links provided there. Any disc golf related business, local shop or restaurant, or online retailer can benefit greatly from this type of exposure. The teesigns and t-shirt opportunities are even better. Get on board today!

[Shaine]

Bryan and Josh,

You can count the Java Classic in for a sponsorship.

[baldguy]

excellent! Shaine I still need to talk to you about your tournament... gimme a call :)

[Pizza God]

Sorry I have no posted in a while, I usually spend my short periods of free time between orders reading emails and keeping up with YouTube video's. [actually I run them while doing paperwork most of the time]

Well it is time to get this thing rolling, I have talked with Kevin ''Pinnapple'' and he is working with the city to let us install the Jimmy Porter baskets at Greenbelt. I just need to write a letter telling him about how we bring 200 people from out of town in for practice and the tournament. It looks like as long as we put the in ourselves and pull them, they will not have a problem with it. Kevin and the guys he plays with are scouting out holes using the greenbelt across Frankford.

[Pizza God]

Very cool, I just got off the phone with Steve Wind.

He said he would be happy to do our tournament logo again this year.

He lives in CO now, but is even going to be a T-shirt sponsor again this year. However it looks like he might not make it down to play this year, he might be closing on a house.

[okcacehole]

Always good new - miss playing Thursday golf with Steve.

I need to get with him also now that you reminded me

When are they going to pull the porter baskets?

[Pizza God]

we don't have a place to store them at the moment.

[gregbrowning]

You can count on the ADGA for a CTP sponsorship.

[Pizza God]

You can count on the ADGA for a CTP sponsorship.



If you can get that too me that would be great. Beggars can't be choosy and I take anything and everything I can get.

Sometimes people don't realize how much little things add up when you get a lot of them.

Just $25 bucks gets you a T-sign sponsorship. You can put what ever you want on it (It would need to be something that would not get you banned on the PDGA web site)

Rag on your friends. Tell them Good luck. Congratulate someone. I have even had memorial Tee-signs. There will be at least one of them this year.

and on that note, as I have done the past 2 years, I will be including a past sponsor of the Carrollton Open to the back of this years T-Shirt.

In Memory of Eric B. Hill.

Proof that you can become friends with a one time enemy.

[Pizza God]

Ok, just sent in the santioning agreement and PDGA fees.

I am reading the new requirements right now and will post more on changes I am being force to make later. :D

One I see right off he bat, 77 players are effected from last year, if you are NOT a current PDGA member, you wind up paying an extra 10 bucks. This is hidden as a PDGA Membership discount.

That, and is there another division :confused:

well more later after I read up on my requirements.

[the_kid]

Your the TD and you can choose to use whatever divisions you want.

[Pizza God]

I don't see any reason not to offer all divisions.

I will have some sort of trophy for all 1st place winners for divisions with a registered player by August 31st.

This goes to divisions such as
Adv Grandmaster Men
All womens divisions
Any Jr. Division

all players will be playing 72 holes.

I have a few questions I sent in to the PDGA. I will set entry fees and get it up on Titledisc as soon as possible. [along with Josh updating the web site :D]

For those that have asked. Some of the extra baskets may be going into the ground VERY soon. I will know more tomorrow.

If you shoot me an email, I will call you to show up and help out. Input will be taken for those that show up to work. [ie, digging holes for baskets] This comes from Pineapple, whom I have assigned the task to. I have no input on this, it is all his call. He will have requirements by the City on where he can and can't put holes. He has to take into consideration the homes that back up to the park, the sidewalks and the playground. I trust his judgment.

[tbender]

One I see right off he bat, 77 players are effected from last year, if you are NOT a current PDGA member, you wind up paying an extra 10 bucks.



You mean an extra $5. Last year those players paid $5.

[gnduke]

That was last year

[baldguy]

yeah, bender why you gotta bring up old sh...tuff? :D

[Pizza God]

Ok, Just talked with Kevin. He said we should be given the green light on installing the baskets NEXT week. (the guy is on vacation till next Wednesday) So hopefully we will have some extra holes in the ground next weekend.

Also, Kevin told me they installed 2 bridges over at Jimmy Porter.

[okcacehole]

Yep,,,bridges just like on #3 at GB - very nice

[Pizza God]

Ok, Entry fees for the 2008 Carrollton Open

75 Pros
65 Masters
55 Grand Masters

55 all Advanced
45 Am
35 Rec
25 Novice

NON PDGA member must add $10 BUCKS.

Women divisions are $10 less.

Included in your entry fee is
$3 to the PDGA for B-Tier
$5 to the Ace Pot [everyone is in the ace pot]
$2 to charity

All players packages will be paid out of the sponsorships.

all disc sales will be put back into the tournament [left overs go to next years tournament]

I will submit this to Titledisc tonight.

[Pizza God]

Got a call from Kevin today, we have been approved to install basket across Frankford this week. Kevin wants to get those hole marked this week and try to install them this weekend.

He also said we have been approved to install hole on the other side of Josey for the tournament. But as of right now we can't put those in till closer to the tournament.

So we should have the A course consisting of holes 3 - 10 plus 10 holes across Frankford. The B course would be hole 1,2 then 11 to 18 plus A,B,C and 5 hole across Josey.

But this may change

[McDeez32332]

Can't wait for the tourney. Hope we'll have over 200 like last year.

[okcacehole]

crossing Josey could be a bad idea

[Pizza God]

The old B-course use to cross Josey for 4 holes

[okcacehole]

yes, but there isn't a bridge to get under the road...I think Duke was going to get a hold of Kevin about that

Just thinking about 200+ people crossing Josey, but I guess we have survived crossing the road at Porter so far :)

[baldguy]

Maybe we could do a full 18 across Josey and eliminate the need to do the ones across frankford? I think we could fit 40+ holes across josey if we had enough time. At least then there wouldn't be any crossing over josey during the round... up to you though. We may need to hire a crossing guard :)

registration will be up on TitleDISC tonight and I'll try to get carrolltonopen.com updated as well. I wonder how fast we can get to 100... 150... 200.... :D

[baldguy]

Registration is live at http://www.titledisc.com/eventDisplay.php?eventid=350

I will be updating carrolltonopen.com today and tomorrow.

[dryhistory]

We may need to hire a crossing guard :)




sounds like a job for the boy scouts ;)

[Pizza God]

We can talk about this forever, fact is, we are going to use what ever holes we can get in. Kevin is in charge of getting me 36 usable holes. We don't have time or the resources to do much. Anyways, this is temporary for just this year.

for at least 2 or 3 years, there were 4 holes on the other side of Josey. Back then, we would set up a Temp course for the Old Greenbelt until Tim W. redesigned the course to not cross any streets.

Besides, we are all adults, I think we can cross a busy street without the Boy Scouts help.

Mini's are ordered.

I have also sent emails to Discraft and Innova to get those orders rolling.

[Captain]

Why was Porter pulled?

[baldguy]

Creek construction. They're re-doing the whole thing like they did the part on holes 1-6, 17-18. The course will probably have to be mostly redesigned once the construction is finished.

[dryhistory]

Besides, we are all adults, I think we can cross a busy street without the Boy Scouts help.




yeah, but it would be really fun to have the boy scouts stopping traffic for us, makes a great visual :D

[demrick]

this being a B tier tourney, why isn't it listed on the PDGA event schedule?
might want to get that added when you get a chance
imo

[baldguy]

the PDGA has to receive the sanctioning form first, then they have to process it. New events usually get posted on Mondays and Tuesdays, so it may be that they just haven't had a chance to publish it yet. we're still a ways out but hopefully it will get done soon.

FWIW - it is listed on titleDISC.com and on LSDGA.com (the end-all-be-all schedule for TX disc golf tournaments).

[tbender]

Besides, we are all adults, I think we can cross a busy street without the Boy Scouts help.



These are disc golfers you are talking about...


<font size=1>I kid, I kid</font> :)

[Pizza God]

this being a B tier tourney, why isn't it listed on the PDGA event schedule?
might want to get that added when you get a chance
imo



All paperwork and fees have been paid and turned in on the 23rd of July

[Pizza God]

Ok people, it is time to start pushing the Carrollton Open at all the tournaments you go to. Most of you in Texas (and OK for that matter) have played the Carrollton Open, I have always depended on word of mouth and it has shown.

Because I am currently working 90 hours per week, I am unable to get to tournaments to spread the word.

Just remember CarrolltonOpen.com They can get any and all information from there.

[AnotherSteve]

When will CarrolltonOpen.com be updated 2008 data?

[Pizza God]

Registration is live at http://www.titledisc.com/eventDisplay.php?eventid=350

I will be updating carrolltonopen.com today and tomorrow.



Josh posted this yesterday. I bet he gets it done this weekend.

[Pizza God]

Situation:

Steve Wind, who has done the Carrollton Open Hot stamps for the last 5 years, is on Vacation. Unfortunately, when he gets home it will be late for getting the disc orders in for hot stamped discs.

So, here is what I propose, I can either update one of the old stamps (I personally like the Pizza Maze) or I can open it up to anyone who would like to see there artwork on a disc.

I need this ASAP, it takes 3 to 4 weeks to make the Die for the Hotstamp, if I wait till Steve gets back from Vacation, it may be to late to get the discs in (remember what happened 2 years ago)

Either post a pic here, or email it to me.

I have not talked to the T-shirt people yet, I will either go though the person I have for the last several years or one of my sponsors is wanting to work something out on shirts. More on that later (after I talk with her)

[baldguy]

Registration is live at http://www.titledisc.com/eventDisplay.php?eventid=350

I will be updating carrolltonopen.com today and tomorrow.



Josh posted this yesterday. I bet he gets it done this weekend.


Still working on it before I publish. this weekend was consumed by the CedarVille Open :)

I'll post here once it's done

[Pizza God]

Thank Josh

[Pizza God]

anyone interested in doing this years hot stamp????

I can just wait till Steve gets back home if I need to, I just might have to pay more freight to get the discs in.

[Big E]

Maybe start a new thread so more people know you are asking instead of having it buried in this thread! Just a thought :D

[DOC65]

anyone interested in doing this years hot stamp????

I can just wait till Steve gets back home if I need to, I just might have to pay more freight to get the discs in.



Email sent to your aol account. Let me know if you don't get it.

[Pizza God]

I talked with Dirk from Dallas Disc Golf today.

they are kicking in for a T-shirt sponsorship and some plastic for the CTP round.

Thanks DDG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pizza God]

Don has come up with a pretty good stamp for this years discs. He is tweaking it this weekend and hopefully we can get this stuff turned in on Monday. It takes 3 to 4 weeks to get the die made and the tournament is only 4 weeks away.

Myself of Doc65 will post it when it is finished. I like it. It reminds me of the stamp from the 1st Carrollton tournament I ever played back in 1988 :D

[Pizza God]

Very cool, Disc are ordered.

675 discs to be exact. (350 from Innova and 325 from Discraft)

I will have a
Chainstar basket for 1st place Advance
DISCatcher Sports for 1st place Advance Masters
Discatcher Sport for 1st place Intermediate
Traveler Target for 1st place Recreational
and maybe even a Traveler Target for Novice.

how about them Apples.

Josh sent me a message asking for the current sponsorship list. That is all he needed to update the web site.

I also talked with Kevin this weekend. He is working on getting those holes in the ground. He told me he would put steaks in the ground marking the holes. The goal is to get all the holes in the ground so we don't have to pick up temp's for the weekend.

We will somehow get a map put together by tournament time.

[Pizza God]

On that note.

Who here has played the course backwards????

Would it be a good course for Doubles???

or would there just be too many people out there practicing the courses.

What do you local guys think that play that course???

Just an idea off the top of my head.

[okcacehole]

backwards doubles could be bad with casuals out there going the correct direction, unless we "closed" the park and made it known backwards was it

[baldguy]

I think we can do that for dubs. it's only for a few hours on Friday afternoon. I can make up some signs letting people know that Friday afternoon is backwards only if we decide to go that route

www.carrolltonopen.com (http://www.carrolltonopen.com) is updated with most of this year's info. I'm adding more sponsors to the list today, so stay tuned :)

[dryhistory]

Discatcher Sport for 1st place Intermediate


how about them Apples.




sweet!!! see you guys in ma2, yaya!

[bigbadude]

I'm sign up :cool:

[bigbadude]

I'm sign up :cool:


I got the disc for signing up early again :cool:

[Pizza God]

6

not very many yet :p

Don't forget, get signed up this month for EXTRA FREE STUFF.

[Pizza God]

bump

just 1 more week to enter for extra free stuff

[Mighty_Matt]

Hey there Disc peoples, have a question. does anyone know Levi Lowry #26331. I found hid PDGA mini last Sat. aft the Woodway Challenge when we went to play Cam. West. I would love to be able to get it returned to him. I will be at Mr. Jims if he is gonna play.

[baldguy]

I dunno if Levi will be able to play but you can leave it with me @ the MJCO. I'll make sure he gets it back.

[Mighty_Matt]

thats cool Josh

[raybrandon]

Not me big Dave i will be getting my blank kicked in MM1

[dryhistory]

Not me big Dave i will be getting my blank kicked in MM1



what, you're only like 28 :Di predict an upset ;)

[Pizza God]

ALERT:

Pineapple and Chops are out installing the 18 baskets as we speak.

THEY NEED SOME HELP.

They are digging up the other baskets at Jimmy Porter as I type this and digging holes over at Greenbelt.

Get out there ASAP if you want to help.

Kevin said he was suppose to have 14 people, of which 5 have shown up so far.

They already have a few of the holes done and will finish up today.

Give them a hand today and thank them if you see them later.

[Pizza God]

Sorry I didn't get around to posting this before now, busy day. (this is a good thing)

All the baskets have been moved over according to Kevin.

A HUGE THANKS to all the guys who helped out.

Kevin said the tee's are marked with paint right now, but he want to mark it with steaks this week.

I have not seen the new holes yet. I may have to get up early one day this week and play some of them. (yea, that is just what I want to do working 15hr shifts every day)

[dryhistory]

Sorry I didn't get around to posting this before now, busy day. (this is a good thing)

All the baskets have been moved over according to Kevin.

A HUGE THANKS to all the guys who helped out.

Kevin said the tee's are marked with paint right now, but he want to mark it with steaks this week.

I have not seen the new holes yet. I may have to get up early one day this week and play some of them. (yea, that is just what I want to do working 15hr shifts every day)




where bouts are these new holes? :cool:

[bruce_brakel]

Kevin said the tee's are marked with paint right now, but he want to mark it with steaks this week.

Any cut of beef will do. You could save a little and just mark them with burgers. :D

[Pizza God]

sorry, spell check does not catch correctly spelled wrong words. As in stake and steak

[Pizza God]

Just got a call from Kevin, he is meeting with the Bob Brady from the City of Carrollton, seems that people have been Drinking and cussing over on the holes across Josey, they want the baskets pulled NOW.

City Counsel is already involved.

Time to make some phone calls.

[Pizza God]

Well, we lost 7 holes on the other side of Josey. There were 2 people who really objected to the beer drinking and cussing that goes on with a few disc golfers.

Kevin will be marking new holes and the city is going to dig the holes this time.

We will have baskets in the A,B,C holes plus 2 hole similar to some of the old holes between current holes 5 and 6 and 2 more holes on the other side of Frankford.

We will have two 18 hole courses, just not exactly what we really wanted.

Too bad the action of a few effect the many.

T-shirts are being worked on right now. The design is done, we are just working on the sponsors.

If you want to be included on the back of the t-shirt, call me now 214-674-9516.........

I am still always looking for t-sign sponsors. Just $25 bucks get you a t-sign for the tournament.

[Mighty_Matt]

Wow that sure sucks, especially that 2 peoples complaints could cause this to happen.

Anyway, is anyone else having problems with titledisc? It wont let me add anything to the cart. Not a computer prob. Same on 2 diff. computers and 2 diff browsers.

[Mighty_Matt]

Got it done, looks like my fault after all

[Pizza God]

Kevin just called me and said all the holes have been moved.

He is going to come by and we are going to work out the hole flow.

_________________________________________________


According to Kevin, the 2 people that created a big stink may have been on the park board. At any rate, they were two people who have some pull with the City Council.

Either way, we have 36 holes at Greenbelt for this years tournament. (next year we will be back to 2 courses, Jimmy Porter and Greenbelt)

[Pizza God]

27 :D (that I know of right now)

Get your registration in before Midnight Sunday to get the extra players package. (who wants the free T-shirt)

I have 25 via Paypal and 2 via mail so far.

I have to order T-shirts this weekend to get them on time. If you register this weeked, I will have your size. I will be ordering a few extra T-shirts, but those will be 1st come first serve.

[Pizza God]

2 more (from Houston) via snail mail.

29 :D

Register before Sunday guys
Titledisc.com (http://titledisc.com/eventDisplay.php?eventid=350)

Or swing by the store and pay in person. Any more by mail have to be postmarked by 8/31/08 and that is a Sunday.

[Pizza God]

34 :Dand some more coming into the store tomorrow that I know of including a new sponsor I contacted today.

PIAS Carrollton gave me there sponsorship today. Anyone need discs, they are the best place to go in the North Texas area for discs. They have a wall full of discs including the newest types. They know and appreciate the Disc Golf community.

[Pizza God]

36 :D

[Pizza God]

38, we now have an Advance Grand Masters division with a couple of local old time local disc golfers playing.

Mike Rutherford has also kicked in for a T-shirt Sponsorship and will be sending me his logo tonight.

[Pizza God]

40 and another T-Shirt Sponsor

The Law Office of Dianna L. Reid

[Pizza God]

Make that 42, I just checked Titledisc and 2 more had signed up.

[Pizza God]

46 now and running out of time.

If you really want to get in and don't want to use Titledisc, you can call me up until Midnight and pay via Credit card over the phone.

I will still be up here till then. 214-674-9516

[Alacrity]

I will be there and it looks like Kyle is coming down from Oklahoma as well.

[Pizza God]

Tell Kyle to bring more Okie's, they always seem to do good here.

[Pizza God]

50 :D

I had 2 new sponsors kick in this weekend

the Law Offices of Dianna Reed

UDGP.com

[Pizza God]

53 and growing.

T-shirts are being printed

Trophies are ordered

restrooms are ordered

Discraft discs are in hand

Innova discs are ordered

Little Flyer mini's are being shipped as we speek

all 36 holes for this years tournament are in place.

It is just a little more work getting the T-signs for the courses made up.

Anyone want to be a T-sign sponsor?????? Just $25 and the sign is yours. just shoot me a message or email and I will get it taken care of and you can even pay me at the tournament.

Donate $50 buck worth of merch to the CTP round and I will give you a T-sign also.

Speaking of which, I just got Waterloo's package of loot :D

thanks guys.

I really need someone to draw up course maps for each course. I would like to get these printed before the tournament for all the out of town players. I really think it would help but don't have the time to draw them myself.

[Pizza God]

Ok, I am going to make this in a poll format, I want some input on this to see if we can work this out.

Which course would you rather play for Doubles on Friday,

A) the 18 hole backwards course
B) the regular 21 holes we always play.

A pluses
New course that adds some good doubles holes
A) Negitives
Will be playing backwards with casual players playing forwards.
Most players will not know the layout
Will have to mark the holes.

B) don't have to make up new scorecards
Most players know the layout
Negitives
Same old same old.

[Pizza God]

BTW, if we pick the backwards layout, not only do I need someone to draw a map for me to copy, but I will need someone to mark the holes for the players. I can print up T-signs just for Doubles if needed.

[baldguy]

I can do the map, and I know that he backwards holes are marked with concrete markers in the ground. I also think that we can make sure that casual play is suspended from 3:00pm till dark on Friday so that there isn't a conflict on those 18 holes. Oh, and the backwards course could make good use of the C hole pin, if it was installed... so it could be 20 holes :).

I think the cons would be that people sometimes use doubles as a chance to warm up for the tournament and they'd be playing a different format. At least the holes across Frankford would be available for warmup play though so maybe this isn't as big of a deal.

My vote is for backwards - I think people should see the awesome course that is hiding right there in plain sight. It's no longer just a RHBH hyzer birdie course. There are a few good par 4 holes and one par 5 from the longs, and the shorts make you play well for 2s.

i'll also go out on a limb and say that there are people willing to help make the backwards layout work for doubles. I'll be out of town until doubles starts, but I know of some dedicated folks who play Carrollton 100 times per year or so. I can make some calls and I bet we get plenty of help marking the course. In fact, these people have probably already read this message :)

[Pizza God]

60 players signed up now.

come on, get those votes in.

[Thor]

I agree with Gosh Darn, I am one of the folks he speaks of I imagine. There is a cool course waiting to be DISCovered.

I helped create the darn backwards course so I am willing to help him/yall whoever put in the tee signs and whatever else.

Im cool for which ever way we play just saying let me know if I can help with anything BELTBUSTER-ish.

[YoDesigner]

I voted backwards, even though I have never played the course backwards....... I have probably played Greenbelt at least 30 times this year and played in the Ace Race. I have been wanting to tag along with some of you guys and play the backwards course anyways.... this will be the perfect opportunity.

[Mighty_Matt]

Anyone want to be a T-sign sponsor?????? Just $25 and the sign is yours. just shoot me a message or email and I will get it taken care of and you can even pay me at the tournament.




Put me and my boss down for a hole sponsorship and we will pay you on Sat. morn. "Mighty" Matt Weinberg &amp; "Sir Dirty" Dusty Kinson

[Pizza God]

bucky, what time are you free on Friday. As of right now the vote total is 2 to 1 in favor of the BeltBuster course. I would like to use it for the fun of it this year. Next year we may use Jimmy Porter for Doubles because it will be the new course.

[Pizza God]

66 :D

Very cool, Keith Machen just stopped by to register and donated (as he does nearly every year) a box of discs. I am talking about 18 discs. That is HUGE, much appreciated donating to the tournament.

[Pizza God]

Did I mention that Houston Flying Disc Society is a T-shirt sponsor AGAIN this year. Those guys in Houston are GREAT.

[Thor]

I sent you an Email Pizza with my number, gimmie a shout this week and let me know what needs to be done. Steve parker and I went out this morning and scouted out the holes, and will do a little clearing work this week. Someone is working on a map I do believe. If they have the baskets I can fill in tee pad locations. Possibly distances too, maybe.

[BrandonYoung]

and will do a little clearing work this week.

Clearing at Greenbelt, I don't really understand this. Why do you you need to clear a reasonably open course? :confused:

[Thor]

Well, Im gonna go ahead and say this even tho Im not sure it really needs to be said, just incase the imagination is that limited. :) Playing it backwards is different than forwards and there are a few limbs etc. that need to be cleared and trimed.

[Pizza God]

Just wanted to give a few updates.

All the discs are in

The Innova discs arrived this morning. If anyone would like to buy some to help support the tournament, swing by the store this week (before Friday) and they are all here.

Lloyd Sitkoff - TriTone Records got me his T-shirt sponsorship. This makes 11 years in a row from Lloyd. Thanks a million.

Also, I got a package in the mail from Waterloo Disc Golf club for the CTP round. I have a nice box full of stuff now.

In that box is some discs donated by Randy Greywolf that were formally owned by Eric B. Hill

[Pizza God]

74 :D

[cgkdisc]

Playing it backwards is different than forwards and there are a few limbs etc. that need to be cleared and trimmed.


Must be those limbs that affect the lefties playing forward that will mess with the righties playing backward... ;)

[Pizza God]

75 :D

Susan from Houston just told me the package is in the mail :D

Cory Flippin stopped by to sign up and is going to get the tee's marked with stakes and if he can get them from Kevin, distances. They are also going to mark the Mandatory holes with a PVC pipe painted orange.

Things are really rolling and going great.

[YoDesigner]

swing by the store this week (before Friday) and they are all here.




This is a little n00bish, but what store do you keep refering to?

[DOC65]

swing by the store this week (before Friday) and they are all here.




This is a little n00bish, but what store do you keep refering to?



Mr. Jims Pizza
2150 N. Josey Lane #238
Carrollton, TX 75006
972-446-9926

[BrandonYoung]

just incase the imagination is that limited.


I imagine that it will only make it easier. :D

[my_hero]

What's Ike going to do?

http://images.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/CustomGraphic/HurTrack1.gif

[AByrd]

What's Ike going to do?

Looks like Houston, San Antonio and Austin may be in the path. DFW could get some wind....and rain. I'll be there anyway. The only problem I see besides 50mph winds and torrential rain would be the muddy teepads.

But...you never know....Gustav wimped out on us in Shreveport. Ike could do the same this weekend.

[Pizza God]

Forecast for DFW from Weather.com

Fri Sep 12 Partly Cloudy 92°/73° 20%
Sat Sep 13 Isolated T-Storms 88°/69° 30%
Sun Sep 14 Scattered T-Storms 87°/68° 30%

So far, only a 30% chance of rain. The ground is SO dry right now, even the little rain we just got will not make a difference.

But then what is the Carrollton Open without a little rain.

[Pizza God]

78 :D

Not bad for pre registration.

help a TD out, pre register by either coming by my store at the address mentioned above.

Register as www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com)

or just call me and give me your credit card info over the phone. (214) 674-9516



PRO'S, to get a players package, you need to register BY Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AByrd]

Looks like we are going to dodge this one now.

Question: In the past, what time was everything over on Sunday? Gotta drive home and go to work Monday morning.

[bigbadude]

a LITTLE rain would be nice. :cool:

[Pizza God]

the goal is to finish up by 6pm, however we have run later before.

We are always done before dark though.

This year we are only playing 18 hole courses. I expect the rounds to go a little faster.

_________________________________________________


Ok, I walked all the new holes today.

After playing Greenbelt #2 go towards the apartments, it is not marked today, but there is a bear spot where the tee is for the added hole. there is a mando to keep you from throwing into the pavillion where we will hopefully be set up on Saturday and Sunday.

After hole 5, walk towards 6 basket and there are flags for this hole. The backet is towards the walking path.

Then go to 6's tee box area to throw up to the side of the hill towards Frankford.

6's tee box will play from the sidewalk on Frankford.

After playing 6, you will cross over/under Frankford for the 12 added holes.

The first hole #6 tee's off after the bridge between the fence and the creek, it throws over the creek towards the playground.

#7 is back across the creek by the fence for a shorter hole on the same side of the creek. there is a small mando on this hole to keep you from throwing into the back yards.

#8 after playing 7, walk up the creek to a sewage manhole cover. This tees off across the walkway to a set of Willow Trees. (for those that remember the old Greenbelt, this is where #2's backet use to be.

#9 tees off up by the ally on top of the hill to the creek. It is a long wide open downhill shot with the creek behind the basket.

#10 tees off near the basketball court back towards the alley area. This is just a longer old hole #1.

#11, walk down the side walk around to the right. It tees off from the sidewalk towards the creek and a large tree. This is marked on the sidewalk.

#12 to the right of #11 towards the railroad tracks. it is marked with flags. you tee of crossing the creek towards the railroad bridge.

#13 great place to take a break, tee off near the picnic table (marked with flags) down the edge of the creek. You can't see the basket because of the high weeds of the creek.

#14 After 13, walk to the other side of the tennis courts by the parking lot. This hole crosses the creek like 4 times.

#15 Teeing off fromt he side walk (if I remember correctly) across the creek 2 times to the basket.

#16 From 15, walk down the street past the water fountain. The tee is from the sidewalk (marked) with a Mandatory to keep you from trowing over the street.

#17 Tees off down the hill towards the creek down though the mesquite trees.

Cross back under Frankford to

#18 is the Longer version of Greenbelt #7 we play every year.

That is the North Course. Much better than I expected. I actually like the fact that the creek is very overgrown.

The City was out today mowing in the rain. They actually got all the fairways done and did what they could as close to the creek. Just don't land near the creek and you will do just fine. Land near the creek and the lost disc rule will come into play.

[Pizza God]

Fri Sep 12 Partly Cloudy 92°/75° 20%
Sat Sep 13 Isolated T-Storms 86°/72° 30%
Sun Sep 14 T-Showers 81°/61° 60%

Well still not that bad, a chance of rain on Saturday, but a better chance of rain on Sunday.

I may get a little muddy, but then what is the Carrollton Open without a little rain :D

If it rains and I feel it will get too muddy to drive to the pavilion, I will use the Parking lot for Greenbelt as the HQ (where I usually set up the HQ)
_________________________________________________

On Friday, I will be set up at the parking lot for Greenbelt for BeltBusters Doubles and Carrollton Open registration.

On Saturday, I will set up at the pavilion between holes 2 and 3 on Greenbelt.

parking can be done at the parking lot off Josey (don't park in the GRASS) or over at the school off Scott Mill.

what ever you do, do not park in the grass in the park. You will get a ticket.

there is also parking at the school off Frankford and by the tennis courts on the North Course. (the old Greenbelt parking lot)

Do not park in the grass along the alley's. You may get a ticket from the Carrollton Police. (I warned you)

[Pizza God]

Beltbuster Doubles on Friday September 12th.

Flex tee times starting around 3pm till dark.

Yes, you can play two round if you want. In past years, I have had groups start at 3pm, then play another round trading partners. Even had people play different divisions.

BTW, I will be set up by 3pm, I might be ready before then if you are out there and have at least 2 teams ready to go.

I will post more info on Doubles later this week.

[jeterdawg]

Pizza,

What's the format of the courses' holes to be used this weekend? In other words, what holes will be used with each round/course? Since the temp holes are in 5 different spots (1 hole between 2&amp;3, 2 holes between 5&amp;6, 12 holes between 6&amp;7, 1 hole between 12&amp;13, and 2 holes after 18). I'm trying to figure out how all that is going to be split up into two courses. I would having 5&amp;6, the two between them, hole 7, and one other hole (either 4 or 8) all be the "temp" course. Is that what you had in mind? Are all the holes going to have a label (i.e. GB #1, GB #2, TEMP #1, TEMP #2) or something like that? We kept score for skins purposes when practicing and I got off a hole at some point.

Thx,
DH

[Pizza God]

I am working on T-signs for the tournament.

I believe Steve Parker is making up maps??? At least for the Beltbuster Doubles course.

For the tournament, here are the layouts.

West course

#1 - GB hole 3
#2 - GB hole 8
#3 - GB hole 9
#4 - #10
#5 - #11
#6 - #12
#7 - A hole usually for the 21 hole layout
#8 - #13
#9 - #14
#10 - #15
#11 - #16
#12 - #17
#13 - #18
#14 - B hole
#15 - C hole
#16 - #1
#17 - #2
#18 - new hole from open field up to the basket near sidewalk/Alley

North Course

#1 - GB hole 4
#2 - GB hole 5
#3 - New hole described in earlier post
#4 - New Hole described in earlier post
#5 - #6 basket but teed off from sidewalk on Frankford
#6 - New hole on other side of Frankford by fence
#7 - For these holes, see earlier post
#8 - "
#9 - "
#10 - "
#11 - "
#12 - "
#13 - "
#14 - "
#15 - "
#16 - "
#17 - "
#18 - Long hole #7 as normally played during CO

[okcacehole]

Will GB 4 be from the concrete or the dirt pad?

also GB 9 from further back or from the sign?

[MVP]

Better check the revised hurricane forecast as of Tues afternoon late. Ike goes just east of San Antonio then a straight shot up past Austin and keeps going north!

[Liz_Lopez]

Any open ladies making this one? The university here in Corpus might evacuate us if Ike is headed our way. I would like to come play this one again.

[Pizza God]

no open ladies yet, But I guarantee you will cash. I always pay the women 100%.


Greenbelt holes #7 and #9 will be played from the traditional tee boxes.

so yes, #9 (now hole 3 West for the tournament) will be played from up by the Alley.

[Pizza God]

A the ever changing weather forecast.

Fri Sep 12 Partly Cloudy 92°/75° 20%
Sat Sep 13 T-Showers / Wind 86°/72° 60%
Sun Sep 14 T-Showers 81°/61° 60%

It just tells you they have no idea what it is going to do.

[Pizza God]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

[okcacehole]

#4?

[Pizza God]

#4?



we usually tee off from the walking path. It use to be marked. I will make sure it is marked by tournament time.

[Mighty_Matt]

Looking alot like Dri-Ducks (Frogg Toggs) and sealskins are going to be the preferred attire for the weekend.

[Pizza God]

That is too cool, the pic updates itself.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

[Pizza God]

Weather.com keeps changing the forcast

Fri Sep 12 Partly Cloudy 91°/75° 20%
Sat Sep 13 T-Showers / Wind 86°/71° 60%
Sun Sep 14 Heavy Rain / Wind 82°/61° 60%

I would bring all your rain gear.

[oceanjones]

Nature abhors a vacuum? NO NO NO...I have been playing the Carrollton Open now for 4 years...NATURE ABHORS THE CARROLLTON OPEN and seeks to punish it every year.

[Pogis]

Hopefully it stays to the south long enough on saturday to get a few rounds in. But occording to the forecast we will be on the east side of the storm once it gets here.

[Pizza God]

They have changed it again

Fri Sep 12 Partly Cloudy 91°/75° 20%
Sat Sep 13 T-Showers 82°/72° 60%
Sun Sep 14 T-Showers 80°/64° 50%

Down to 50% chance on Sunday.

[YoDesigner]

I have managed to play most of the tournament holes in the past week or so. So I am pretty comfortable with the layout of both west and north courses. But I want to know more about the doubles play on Friday. I also got some more ?'s since I never played in a tournament anyways......

Scorecards, do we need to bring/find some. Or is that provided?

2008 Ace Race discs, are these allowed in tournament play? Not sure if this is a pdga approved disc yet.... I believe I noticed my Buzzzz disc also does not say pdga approved on it... I may have to use my old Stingrays....

On doubles, do both players tee off and then both play from the best landed disc?

Doubles layout, are we playing the 'normal backwards' 18 layout that was voted on? Are these tee areas marked yet (besides the rebar pucks in the ground, cant find all the tee's myself without a guide)?

If we are playing the 18 backwards for doubles, is anyone going to be playing at the course today around 530 (weather pending)? My doubles partner and I are planning on going to the course today. We sure would like to have a guide on the backwards 18 before Friday.


THX!

[Pogis]

I dont think the 2008 acerace disc is approved yet, but I am not sure because I havent heard much about it.

Your Buzzz is DEFINATLY approved. If it wasnt I would be in trouble! :D

Scorecards will be provided, just bring your self and you bag of discs.

And keep askign questions! Its the best way to learn!

[24460]

The Glass Trophies have now been etched and are ready to go back to Addison Glass for final glass attachments.
Thanks to Pizza for giving me the opportunity to do the glass awards for the second year in a row.

[Pizza God]

Thank you to both Etch It and Addison Glass and Mirror, especially Scott at Addison Glass. He got this done for me. I did not have the time to run to Crowley this year and he said he would get it worked out.

[Pizza God]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

getting interesting. I am still praying it peters out or heads more south or slows down. What do I need to sacrifice :D

I am not that worried about Saturday, We should have no problem getting in both rounds. We may have issues on Sunday and only play one round if it rains hard. The West course should not be a problem. It is the North course that will be unplayable in a flood.

[Pizza God]

The ever changing weather

Fri Sep 12 Isolated T-Storms 92°/75°30%
Sat Sep 13 T-Showers / Wind 83°/72° 60%
Sun Sep 14 T-Showers 82°/64° 50%

[okcacehole]

This years event might make 2yrs back look calm

Krell has some full 36 hole course maps made out if Parker and/or Bucky only covered the Beltbuster

How are players going from #3 to #8? back across the bridge or further up and hop the creek?

[baldguy]

Tell krell to send them to me. I'm having outbound email issues from work so I haven't been able to respond to his last mail

[bcoxxx]

pete delkus just said 60+mph winds and 6-8" of rain locally for dallas on saturday, with possible tornadoes.

[baldguy]

yes but we all know delkus is full of.... well, delkus.

[qdbailey2]

Might not be much creek hopping this weekend, unless you want to be that sacrifice Pizza was talking about earlier.

[baldguy]

2 years ago, at Porter, we walked from hole 5's teepad *all the way around* to the bridge on hole 2 then along the high ground to 5's basket. 15+ minutes between throws... on the same hole. good times :)

[Pizza God]

The creek is normally crossable between #8 and #4 tee pads.

If the creek floods, we will cut all the holes that flood and play around them.

something like play 3 then go over and play a version of the added hole, then 6 (if playable) same with 7,8,9. 10 and the rest are playable.

So maybe a longer course with no creek crossings. (except at the bridges)

I have not watched the forcast from tonight, but it is not suppose to rain till late Saturday afternoon.

That would mean I will try to start the first round at 9:30 if possible. (registration ends at 9am)

Then a 1 hour lunch and get that second round in.

If on Saturday afternoon, it is looking bad for Sunday, we will call the tournament after 2 rounds.

If I do that, I will probably just make it pick your own plastic for Am's (and pro's if they want:D)

[Pizza God]

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 98. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Friday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 76. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 86. Windy, with a east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to between 25 and 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a low around 76. Windy, with a north northwest wind between 20 and 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 85. North northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
__________________________________________

That does not look so bad

[Pizza God]

Weather.com has downgraded a little too

Fri Sep 12 Isolated T-Storms 92°/76° 30%
Sat Sep 13 T-Showers 82°/74° 60%
Sun Sep 14 T-Showers80°/65° 50%

[Pizza God]

Fox 4
* High: 92
* Low: 78
* FRIDAY
* Partly Cloudy
* Hot &amp; humid.



*
* High: 86
* Low: 75
* SATURDAY
* Thunderstorms
* IKE may bring heavy rain, wind PM.



*
* High: 84
* Low: 68
* SUNDAY
* Partly Cloudy / Thunderstorms
* AM rain, then windy.

[Pizza God]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

wow, this is actually a good thing for us. The west side of the storm will be less rain and wind.

Keep those prayers and donations to the disc gods going. :D

[Pizza God]

BTW 91 players signed up right now.

Thursday is the last day for a pro to get a players package.

[dryhistory]

Any open ladies making this one? The university here in Corpus might evacuate us if Ike is headed our way. I would like to come play this one again.



you can just come out and play ma1 Liz :D

[seewhere]

If on Saturday afternoon, it is looking bad for Sunday, we will call the tournament after 2 rounds.

that would sux. good luck

[dryhistory]

If on Saturday afternoon, it is looking bad for Sunday, we will call the tournament after 2 rounds.

that would sux. good luck



yes...it would

[Lyle O Ross]

Skip the tournament, hold a distance competition.

[Pizza God]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

well, now we may get rain sooner on Saturday, but it may clear off quicker on sunday.

I really like how they keep pushing it off to the east every update. This is actually very good for us. The West side is the good side to be on.

[jefferson]

dont push it on us... we get plenty already


hope everyone makes it thru unscathed

[Pizza God]

CBS 11
Saturday - Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms possible in the morning...but more likely in the afternoon. Very windy. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 40 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Saturday Night - Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Sunday - Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.

NBC 5

Sat

Wind and Rain by evening

Sun
Heavy rain and windy

ABC 8

Just says T-Storms for both Sat and sun

Fox 4

# SATURDAY
# Thunderstorms
# Very windy, heavy rain by evening

# SUNDAY
# Partly Cloudy / Thunderstorms
# Stormy early...improving late.

[Pizza God]

Windy, but pushed off to the east even more.

the T-shirts showed up when I just went to the bank.

so I have all the discs, mini's and T-shirts in stock right now.

[bigbadude]

[QUOTE]
Skip the tournament, hold a distance competition. [/quote

Drive for show BUT putt for $$$$ how about a putting competition ;) /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif :cool:

[Pizza God]

I do have that $1000 ace pot to give away this weekend :D

It could be fun throwing off for that in the rain.

however, from what I have seen, the heavy part of the rain should hit us in the PM on Saturday.

I will start us as soon as possible on Saturday morning, and try to get two quick rounds in before the worst hits.

then Sunday morning, I may push off the first round later than usual because by noon, most everything is suppose to be moved out of the North Texas area.

Basicly, I feel much better about this weekend than I did for the last few days. maybe I will actually be able to sleep.

Of course it is going to be very windy Saturday Afternoon and Sunday Morning.

In all, we have a back up plan if the creek floods.

Mostly it depends on how many players show up.

[my_hero]

Pizza,

Bitter Sweetness. My plans on playing just got squashed. I now have an emergency training course scheduled for this weekend. Ike is expected to generate a lot of insurance claims and i have been deployed south. :cool:

http://images.intellicast.com/WeatherImg/SatelliteLoop/hifloat2_None_anim.gif

[Pogis]

LOL! The one guy I know who is terrified of playing in the rain is now going south! :D

[my_hero]

LOL. Right!....but i'll be helping a lot of people, and my efforts will be compensated nicely.

[Pizza God]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5+gif/092237W_sm.gif

oh, now a hurricane all the way into southern Texas????

2nd round on Saturday could be very fun.

At least Sunday's weather will be a lot better now.

[okcacehole]

that right turn definately helped..might just be some windy Okie Golfing :)

will you still be there tomorrow at 3pm Pizza..If not I offered Josh the backup until he gets to the park..just let me know

[Pizza God]

wow, it could be very fun Saturday

[Pizza God]

To everyone who is going to come out and have some fun this weekend, PLEASE register Friday or VERY early on Saturday morning.

I really want to start the 1st round on Saturday ASAP to try to get both rounds in before the weather gets bad.

If we can have the players meeting at 9am and start the first round before it gets windy.

The afternoon round may be VERY windy. Like 50MPH gusts. (or regular Oklahoma wind)

BUT by the evening, the wind will die down.

Then we only have to deal with rain. Even then, they are only predicting 2 to 3 inches for the North Dallas area. (as of tonight)


Well it's late and I think I am going to try to get a little sleep.

I will be set up by 3pm for doubles. It is suppose to be a nice hot day tomorrow with very little wind.

come out and play BeltBuster doubles

[YoDesigner]

See you later today. I am bringing a rain poncho for Saturday's game.

[smokingun1]

Come on 1500. :cool:

[Yeti]

Texas Longhorns postpone their game
SMU and N Texas are on the road
TCU is still playing, but earlier on Saturday

I wish you all luck, I played in hurricane remnants in Delaware one year, whoooooooweeeeee!

From the minute we walked out of the players meeting pavilion and saw three umbrellas just completely fold up and another get blown out of a hand and just take off down the hill we all knew we were in for fun. Never have I dumped at least a cup of water out of each of my gore-tex socks. They are as good for not letting water out as they are from letting water in.

Everyone should experience this at least once in their lives, don't be skeered.

[Pizza God]

Saturday
A few showers in the morning then thundershowers developing in the afternoon. Windy. High near 80F. NNE winds at 15 to 25 mph, increasing to 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall possibly over one inch. Higher wind gusts possible.

But check this out, they have the rain ending by 8am on Sunday.

So like I said, lets try to play 2 fast round on Saturday, then we can enjoy the nice weather on Sunday. (as compared to Saturday)

[johnbiscoe]

good luck ya'll - be safe. we played in post hurricane conditions at paw paw one year with similar results to those jay cited.

[okcacehole]

Charles...Todd and I will meet you and Troy out there..I should be there by 3:45 or close to that..Todd a little after that...time to enjoy some CFO's :)

[my_hero]

Adam, No CFO's for C23 please.

[okcacehole]

What's the fun in that? :)

Have fun dealing with Ike - hopefully it doesn't get as bad as they think..our Houston offices closed a few days ago to let them head North

[my_hero]

I'm sure C23 will tell you why.

[dryhistory]

whats a CFO?

[daltonseabolt]

I just dont get it.Why would people want to come were it is still going to rain "hard".Why wont they just go east or west it would be better for them.

[my_hero]

they want to laugh at Teague for not know what a CFO is.

[Mighty_Matt]

600 miles across and taking up the entire northern Gulf of Mexico.
Should make for some interesting scores for sure.
CFO-Creek Flowing Over!! LOL (definition for this weekend at least)

[dryhistory]

they want to laugh at Teague for not know what a CFO is.



what's a CFO?

[Pizza God]

BeltBuster Doubles results (http://hometown.aol.com/BJames1033/2008doubles.htm)

[baldguy]

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=8237

pre-registration posted. There will still be time to sign up in the morning, but get it done *before* 8:30.... 8:15 would be even better. Thanks a bunch to those who took the time to get their registration in early. I can make cards for 95 people tonight. The rest of you are going to force me to make your cards in the morning (this means you, Britt :D) and try to find a place for you that fits smootly. Pre-registration is 100 times better than day-of. Thanks again to those who used it :)

[okcacehole]

I would like to hear what eveyone thinks about GB backwards..good and bad

Congrats BUCKLES/JONES

[Pizza God]

Ok, the quicker we start, the better chance we have of getting todays rounds in before the rain hits.

I just watched the computer models of the rain, they don't have it raining till after 3pm and hard rain till after 7pm.

They don't even have us in the Tropical winds models.


Looks like we will only get sideswiped.

[okcacehole]

Looks like tomorrow will be nice also - just have to get through todays rounds

[my_hero]

Yes Sunday's rounds look okay but today's 2nd could be nasty. I'm off to an emergency software class. Good luck all. Be safe!

[seewhere]

they want to laugh at Teague for not know what a CFO is.



what's a CFO?





Cold frosty one

[Pizza God]

113 player just started there second round.

So far, very little rain and it is just now starting to get windy.

[Smitty2004]

Don't know what would be worse.

Playing in Hurricane Ike?

Or

Playing in a Hurricane with Ike?

Would be very interesting to see if he takes all 30+ seconds to address his lie and make a shot?

[geoloseth]

My thoughts on the doubles course - it was interesting with some good mixes of lefty and righty holes. Some of the holes were different than the normal layout and proved a little tricky since half of our round was played in the dark. Some footage markings on the tee markings would have proved beneficial. I think alot of the holes could have been made a little harder. And the land could have been used a little more. All in all though it was a good course.

[MVP]

Looks like Ike came a little closer to Dallas than expected!

[okcacehole]

It hasn't been too bad in Carrollton today

mostly just sprinkles all day long and wind didn't reach their predictions

tomorrow still looking very good

[Pizza God]

it only sprinkled today. Carrollton did not get any real rain and very little wind (well 30mpg gusts)

In all, we didn't even closes the HQ except to put away the discs in case it got worse. (It never did)

Josh should get scores posted soon.

I will try to get payouts posted tonight.


HQ will be set up tomorrow at the pavilion with the score cards for round 3.

Tee off is at 10 am. (4th round will be at 2pm) We should have everyone on there way home by 6pm.

[baldguy]

I think alot of the holes could have been made a little harder. And the land could have been used a little more. All in all though it was a good course.


There is more than one layout for that course, including long and short tees. It's also getting tweaked. Maybe next year, if Porter is back in, we can have a backwards day and a forwards day. 4 courses in 2 parks in 2 days! That would be fun... maybe I'll get to play :)

[perezjr]

Score? :)

[AnotherSteve]

I made my Best Putts when I Tossed my Coins at the Toll Booths, made all three of them.

[seewhere]

Score? :)

what he said ..please thanks :D

[seewhere]

also tell donald elsworth ,pepper and nolan that we need their outlaws entry before friday night and if possible send it back with Perez...thanks

[Pizza God]

Scores :D

[okcacehole]

ACES?

[daltonseabolt]

Is there 2 or 1 round tommorow.

[24460]

scores???????????????

[Pizza God]

unless they were quiet about it, there are no aces yet.

$1000 on the line tomorrow.

If no one hits it, we will have a throw off before the awards.

EVERY player will get one shot with the top 3 winning $$$$$

[AnotherSteve]

Is there 2 or 1 round tommorow.



2

[Smitty2004]

E-Mac by 1 over JD and 6 ahead of Miles.

[baldguy]

yes, 2 rounds tomorrow. scores are coming as soon as I can figure out what's wrong with the silly PDGA upload page.

[Pizza God]

3rd round tee's off at 10am

4th round will tee off at 2pm*


(subject to change, but doubt it will)


The 2nd round today only took 2.5 hours. Even with the rain and wind.

[okcacehole]

there we go

[baldguy]

scores with good estimated ratings are posted

[okcacehole]

which courses did each group play 1st and 2nd?

[BrandonYoung]

Did the Pro and Advanced play the same courses each round?

[lazlong]

MA1 &amp; MA3= north course in the morning
Everyone else= west course in the morning

Kinda hard to drive off the hill this afternoon with 35 mph headwind and driving rain. lol

[lazlong]

PS- I'm comin for ya Teague!

[baldguy]

actually, it was all advanced (including MA1, MM1, MG1), rec (MA3 and FW3), and juniors on the north course in the morning, everyone else on the west course. Still working on hole assignments, but they'll be done soon and posted all over the webernets

[baldguy]

http://www.titledisc.com/files/MJCO-Holes.pdf

Hole assignments!

Be sure to double-check the tournament board in the morning before you go to your hole, just in case something has changed... but these should be pretty rock-solid.

[BrandonYoung]

Looks like Derek Henry might win his card tomorrow.

[baldguy]

That remains to be seen... liz has some game :)

[BrandonYoung]

Notice I said "might." Did the wagon get stuck in the mud? :D

[baldguy]

I think that the swirling hurricane winds might have confused him. He *is* an Aggie, ya know :D:cool:

[arlskipshot1]

I think that the swirling hurricane winds might have confused him. He *is* an Aggie, ya know :D:cool:



Allright Josh, that does it. You and me....high noon.
signed, A&amp;M alumni


P.S.
Did you hear about the Aggie that locked his keys in the car?......took him an hour and a half to get his wife and kids out.


Keep up the good (hard) work guys.

[Pizza God]

It is a BEAUTIFUL day to play disc golf.

[okcacehole]

Eric pulls it off again unless he shot 10+ on the last hole :)

2nd was becoming a battle with JD, Donald and Miles

No metal that we saw...might be a $1000 shoot-out

[Pogis]

With a few bad holes JD held on for second. Emac won and had only 1 boggey the entire weekend And thats why he wins! It was a great tourney!!! Brian, Josh, and all those who helped out did a great job handling everything! My First MJCO will not be my last!

[Pizza God]

Mitch Mac wins Masters again

Glen Hale wins Grand Masters again

Troy Soules hits hole #15 on the North course for the $1000 ace pot (in all $1's of course)

[Pizza God]

Josh will post the scores and payouts when he gets home.


it was a tad windy today, however the weather was GREAT. The course was pretty much dried out by the time we started (except a few holes)

Because of the weak turnout (thanks goes out to the 113 brave souls who played) I rewarded them by letting them pick there own plastic. This is not something I will make a habit though.

I did add $1500 to the Open Pro Division (that is OVER $100 per player)

I added $20 per player to both the Masters and Grandmasters divisions also.

I also paid all the Amateur divisions at 120% as I normally do, except I let them pick there payout this year.

I need to thank both Titledisc and Jerry Power for offering to buy some of the left over plastic so I did not loose money this weekend. (I purchased $5000 in merchandise)

We nearly had a $1000 throw off till Troy hits #15 (after splashing out on a hole on Saturday)

In all things went pretty well. We really tried to get the 2nd round in as quick as possible on Sunday and did start the 2nd round 1 hour and 10 min after the last card came in.

Today the first round started on time, but we had some computer issues and stared the 4th round 10 min late.

We were still done with awards by 6pm.

[okcacehole]

and they are up - thanks Josh

[BrandonYoung]

What's up with the ratings? A 47 for a pro in round 3 is rated at 1007 and a 47 in advanced in round 4 is only a 999. Didnt advanced play the same course in round 4 as the pros did in round 3? :confused:

[baldguy]

thunder stealer ;) :p

Another great Carrollton Open. What can I say... Bryan James is *bar none* the most generous TD in the sport. E-Mac said it at the awards ceremony and if my voice wasn't so jacked up from being sick I would have echoed his sentiments. $1500 added to the open pot is normal for a massive NT. For a B-tier in which only 13 Open players made it out (weather-related of course), this is HUGE. *Every* division got money added to it. I know because I filled out the payout sheet and was continually amazed at how much more each player got over and above the PDGA recommended payout. All of that plus the players packs, t-shirts, etc... wow. Someone needs to place a big pizza order with the South Carrollton Mr. Jims very soon :)

Two things I want to put out there before I hit the sack and try to get over this cold:

First: pre-registration is key. If you played on a 5-man card for round 1 or if you noticed the somewhat lopsided pools all weekend, this is because 20 or so people waited until the last possible time to sign up. Even if you don't want to use titledisc, please send in a check or show up for doubles the day before and take care of it then. The more work the TDs can get done before the morning of the event, the smoother everything can go.

Second: Thank your sponsors. This was a massive event, especially for 113 players. The biggest reason it could be so big is that Bryan goes out and finds sponsors to donate money. If we patronize those businesses and show them support, they see a return on their sponsoring (advertising) dollar and they will want to keep sponsoring events. This is how we grow the sport's influence.

Thanks again to everyone who came out! These tournaments thrive because of the things already mentioned but they would be completely impossible without players to play in them :). I heard a ton of positive talk around tournament HQ and out on the course. People came up and thanked me and the rest of the staff. This means more than I can explain. All the hours of work that we all put into making the event happen gets paid back tenfold when we know that everyone had a good time. We're privileged to have you guys as a player base and I hope to see each and every one of you at lots more events in the future.

[baldguy]

What's up with the ratings? A 47 for a pro in round 3 is rated at 1007 and a 47 in advanced in round 4 is only a 999. Didnt advanced play the same course in round 4 as the pros did in round 3? :confused:


advanced and pro were on separate courses the whole weekend. an 8-point difference isn't unheard of from one round to the next. wind conditions, dew on the ground, muddy teepads, etc. can all affect the difficulty of the course. Also, our ratings system is about as accurate as one can be, but it's not perfect. a 0.8% delta is pretty tolerable :)

[manderson]

Thumbs up from me to everyone who played MJCO this year, glad you braved the weather.
Hope you liked the Beltbuster on Friday, some of us would like to see that become the permanent configuration of the greenbelt course. Let Bryan know if you would like to play that layout in future MJCO's

[Pizza God]

It should be noted that Mr. Anderson was going to play and withdrew, not because of the weather, but because he freaking broke his hand/wrist right before the tournament.

________________________________________________


Josh is right, it seemed like all 113 players thanked us this weekend. It really does mean something to the TD when you do that. Always thank your TD.


__________________________________________


I want to say something about what Josh said. The Carrollton Open is like a Club event. A club raises money all year to hold there big tournament and give away all they can.

A TD who runs multiple events can not give away the store. That is a BIG difference. A professional TD gives you a chance to play courses that don't have local clubs who are willing to run events. Just because I give away everything I can, does not mean that Professional TD's should.

You should support your pro TD's if they run there tournament right. Chris Himing did this with the Texas 10's. He did everything he could to get players to his tournaments and it was successful. He raised a lot of money for Lance Armstrong to top it off.

_________________________________________________


BTW, I already have several sponsors already saying they will sponsor again next year. It is pretty nice when you already have $500 pledged for the 13th annual Mr. Jim's Carrollton Open.

[baldguy]

Bryan's right it's a different ballgame when the TD is a pro... but then again, Bryan doesn't have to give like he does and I want to be sure that people recognize it. It still takes a lot of effort and time to put on a club-type event. Whether he wants it or not, Bryan deserves the praise and appreciation for giving so much back to the Disc Golf community :).

In my mind, the fun and friendship is more important than the money. The MJCO is always a great time even though it is rarely perfect weather :). Just as important as the huge payouts is the huge fun. Bryan also made that happen for us this year!

Three cheers - for lots of reasons :D

[okcacehole]

Manderson said thumbs up :)

Congrats to the winners and thank Josh/Bryan and staff

[andyn]

It was a crazy week for me with too much travel, a lot of work, sick kiddos and a bad weather forecast and a million reasons to not get up at 5 a.m. Saturday to go play disc golf.

But once I got there, I knew why. Bryan puts on a great show. It's a fun tournament with a lot of good guys (and gals).
Everything runs on time. We got started early Saturday and while the second round wasn't great conditions, we missed the really bad stuff.

And if I ever have a chance to run an event, I'm going to steal the card CTP idea. i love that no matter what card you end up you're going to have a chance to walk away with some goodies in round 4. At my first PDGA event, I was on the BOB advanced card at Mr. Jim's and it was the only thing I had a shot to win.

It was great playing with .. Tony, Justin, Brownlow, Kenny and everyone....

And thanks again mostly to Bryan James for his dedication to the event. It shows year after year. Thanks to all who pitched in, too.
Also, congats to E-Mac, J.D. and Miles who seperated themselves from the pack with consistent play.

[dryhistory]

PS- I'm comin for ya Teague!



well where ya at punk! :eek: :D

[okcacehole]

Any chance of keeping hole "B" in the ground? It plays perfect for the Beltbuster course and surely doesn't need to go back to Porter anytime soon

[Pizza God]

I don't think we are going to pull the baskets till we have to.

[okcacehole]

good news - the other side of the course included?

[jeterdawg]

I think that the swirling hurricane winds might have confused him. He *is* an Aggie, ya know :D:cool:



I can't believe there weren't more Aggie jokes posted...

That was the first time that I haven't finished an event that I've played in. After such an awful showing on Saturday (putting just did not work in the AM, and I couldn't grip a disc to save my life in the PM), I figured I'd cut my losses and spend time with the family on Sunday. Mother nature responded by providing the best weather in months on Sunday...go figure. But I figured I'd re-figure out how to putt in the meantime and maybe get to play in the DD Lewisville Open since I took Sunday off.

It sure is tough to get things done with a kiddo when you're playing golf all weekend. I miss the Himing days when you could play in a 100+ player 1-day event...

Not knocking the MJCO; this was well run as always and I'm sorry I missed Sunday. Thanks Bryan, Josh, and everyone else!

[baldguy]

hey now, there are still 100+ player 1-day events going on... see: the rockwall event I ran in June, the Mesquite event I'm running next month, and the McKinney event I'm running 2 weeks later. Rockwall filled 2 weeks early at 100 players and I expect each of these next two to fill... maybe even earlier.

100+ players in a 1-day? It still does happen :)

[BrandonYoung]

Must be an aggie assumption. :p

[baldguy]

I must ignore that comment in fear of the wrath of Skip Maxwell :D