DG around the 'Burgh

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It's a ski resort for goodness sake!

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Knob Hill Monthly

Saturday ~ November 7
10:00 am

This is a *mixer* format. Players will be randomly mixed so pros & ams have a chance to play on the same card. Due to the mixer format all divisions will play from the white tees.

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Moraine Monthly

Saturday, November 14
10:00 am

Come out and play the newly installed Fly Pads!
Eagle pot is currently at $31.00

Pin placements for this weekend:
1c 2b 3b 4a 5c 6c 7a 8a 9c 10c 11b 12a 13a 14b 15a 16b 17a 18b

[sandalbagger]

I moved the pins at Knob Hill to C-pin today, only to find KB moving the pins to other pins lol

So it looks like this for now

1 C
2 C
3 B
4 A
5 A
6 B
7 C
8 C
9 C
10 C
11 C
12 C
13 C
14 C
15 b
16 C
17 C
18 C

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[SCOTT]

Anybody interested in playing around tomorrow? Either at Moraine or Knob? Semd me a text. Hopefully we can get something together.

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The following disclosure is from Allegheny Park's web site regarding Saturday's Turkey Shoot at Deer Lakes:

Fee: $10/members, $11/nonmembers
All skill divisions offered. 18-holes and a bonus 9-hole final. Divsions will be randomly mixed so players of various skill levels will have the chance to play together. All divisions play white tees during Mixer events at Deer Lakes Park.



So....there you go.
Have fun with that bonus 9-hole final, everyone!

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Knob Hill Monthly

Saturday, December 5
$10 Entry fee ($11 for non-PFDS members)
Pro & Advanced divisions play blue tees; all other divisions play white tees.
Tee off: 10:00 am

[mprestop]

Who won the Turkey Shoot?

[garydropcho]

Jason Gibson and J. Gary Dropcho tied for Open win with 58. Scholastic Series alum Ben
Smith won Advanced with a 59! Not sure who won Intermediate. All played from White Tees. Gibby and Alanna won the 9-hole doubles match afterward and a cool t-shirt each!

[kUrTp]

To add to that...Gibby had TWO eagles during his -8 round. I think holes 9 and 14.

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Moraine Monthly

Saturday, December 12 (Hanukkah & last day of deer season)
10:00 am start

Dress warm! (....and don't wear your deer antler cap)

PFDS members are invited to join us for lunch following the round at cabin #10.
Soup and chili will be provided. Members interested in attending the club luncheon are requested to bring a side dish or desert for the group.

[Jeff_LaG]

Do they allow deer hunting within Moraine State Park?!?

[sandalbagger]

Yes they do Jeff, but not in the area where the course is.

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Deer Lakes Monthly

Saturday, December 19
$10 Entry fee ($11 for non-PFDS members)
Pro & Advanced divisions play blue tees; all other divisions play white tees.
Tee off: 10:00 am

[sandalbagger]

Warning......front 9 of Deer Lakes is incredibly muddy. Maybe even mores than Knob Hill has ever been! Played yesterday and it was almost unplayable. Someone raked the leaves on the front 9 of the course and lets just say that that was not the best idea.

[ezwind]

Are we going to be having any Sunday monthlies coming up? I'm having a hard time getting out on Saturdays because of overtime at work and my boy's ice hockey schedule.

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Originally Posted by ezwind

Are we going to be having any Sunday monthlies coming up? I'm having a hard time getting out on Saturdays because of overtime at work and my boy's ice hockey schedule.

We tend to avoid Sunday monthlies during football season.

[mprestop]

Due to tree removal in Schenley Park beginning on Thursday Dec 16, holes #10 and #12 will be temporarily pulled this evening to ensure the safety of our Discatchers. The baskets will be replaced after the Landscaping company has completed their work.

-mark

[ezwind]

I thought football season ended when we lost to Cleveland. It is now Penguin season.

[Jeff_LaG]

Originally Posted by sandalbagger

Warning......front 9 of Deer Lakes is incredibly muddy. Maybe even mores than Knob Hill has ever been! Played yesterday and it was almost unplayable. Someone raked the leaves on the front 9 of the course and lets just say that that was not the best idea.

Wow, I find that hard to believe. The ground is frozen solid out here and on your side of the state it's usually a lot colder. Hole#3 is usually the only muddy hole on the front nine. And nothing could ever be muddier than Knob Hill, which is practically always a slopfest, even in the midst of the worst drought in the middle of summer.

[SCOTT]

Penguin Season? Awesome! I cannot wait to bag my first penguin! I just wonder the best way to cook them. I don't think you can go wrong with deep frying and dipping in cheese sauce with anything though.

When Chris wrote that post it was still pretty decent out. Everything is definitely frozen now. There is actually quite a bit of mud out at Deer Lakes. Holes 1, 3, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 can all get pretty sloppy. In my opinion it is still one of the best courses ever though. I play Knob Hill a few times a week and rarely have any issues with the mud. It helps to know what trails to take after it rains. I guess it is all a matter of opinion though. Just like having two PDGA events in the same weekend is a bad idea and would only detract from both events. When in reality both events filled up very nicely despite the bad weather.

[kUrTp]

Originally Posted by gotcha

Deer Lakes Monthly

Saturday, December 19
$10 Entry fee ($11 for non-PFDS members)
Pro & Advanced divisions play blue tees; all other divisions play white tees.
Tee off: 10:00 am

To play tomorrow or not to play...That is the question!!!

[Jeff_LaG]

Originally Posted by SCOTT

I guess it is all a matter of opinion though. Just like having two PDGA events in the same weekend is a bad idea and would only detract from both events. When in reality both events filled up very nicely despite the bad weather.

Scott,

I don't think I know you. Have we ever met? But from the tone of this part of your message I am guessing that this is some sort of dig against me because when I was PA State Coordinator I presented some dissension against the idea of having two one-day PDGA events in the same weekend?

All I can tell you is that when I was PA State Coordinator, I did the scheduling for all the tournaments in the state and got A LOT of feedback from both tournament director and players. And maybe it's different in your side of the state where there is less competition, but over here we have tons of tournaments going on, not only in the state of PA but within New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland which are very close. In fact, if you live in the Philadelphia region you could play a PDGA-sanctioned event within 2 hours of your house in one of those 4 different states practically every weekend from April through October.

The feedback from TDs was almost ALWAYS that they would prefer not to schedule their event on the weekend where another local PDGA-sanctioned tournament was going on because it would possibly detract from the attendance and quality of their event. Many TDs didn't want to be stuck with a low turnout and saddled with extra tournament merchandise and/or a low payout. And with more and more people these days having family, work, and other things going in their lives that would prevent them from attending both events, it's something I would still recommend against if at all possible. But with so many clubs, courses, and events sometimes that just isn't even feasible.

On the plus side, I was very pleased to see that those two PDGA events in Pittsburgh were such a success.

[sandalbagger]

If you think Knob Hill has been muddy, Deer Lakes toppedit 10x's the other day. It is probably better now that it has gotten colder. But you should have seen it!!!! Think of Knob 14 in the spring, but the entire front 9 of Deer Lakes looking like that.

And as for Knob, it is in very nice condition now, but when Spring hits, it will be muddy until late May.

Unless that park does something about the drainage which I believe will happen soon.

But as of right now the best conditions can be found at Moraine, Economy, 2 Mile, Knob and then Deer Lakes.

[sandalbagger]

After 3000+ rounds at Knob, I would have to say that Knob has never been anywhere even close to being as muddy as Deer Lakes was on Monday.

KB will vouch for that. It was so bad you almost couldn't walk. But the back 9 was fine since no raking was done on the back 9.

Lesson learned....don't rake leaves off of wooded dirt holes, only grassy open holes!!!!

[sandalbagger]

Pittsburgh + Disc Golf = success.

[garydropcho]

Just got a call from Scott McIntyre ... today's monthly at Deer Lakes has been cancelled.

[mprestop]

Hey everyone...not sure if there are plans to play a new years day round, but, if Schenley is being considered for play, be advised that holes 10 and 12 are not in their usual pin placements. Several large trees were cut down last week, so I had to move the baskets. I was up there today and the trees have been cut down and most of them removed. However, everything is completely frozen, so I wasn't able to put the baskets back. Hopefully the weather over the next couple of days will thaw things out, but, I just wanted to make sure everyone knew about that before any plans were made. Some of us played today and we played safari holes for 10 and 12 so it was fun anyway.

-mark

[mprestop]

11 Players participated in Today's Schenley New Years get together!