Ask Chuck Kennedy

[topdog]

Yes
If you play the NorCal Championships you should have plenty of points. There will be a big tournout and you will get 10 points for everyone you beat.

[drmontei]

Chuck do you know if the Points Bonanza's in Charlotte NC were submitted in time for this update?

[cgkdisc]

I don't know because I haven't gotten the final batch of reports from Dave yet that were submitted by the Friday deadline. You would have to contact the TD or PDGA office to find out.

[ChrisWoj]

*crosses fingers* I've got like 5 1000 rated rounds not listed as official yet. lol. Could be the difference between a 975+ rating and still being in the 960s. :P

[JHBlader86]

Chuck, something is seriously wrong with the tournament results of the Fire Bowl II. The tournament was played July 19. You'll notice that everyone show 100+ over par. I dont know if this is the TD's fault for not putting things in properly or because the old SSA's are based off the 18 hole course and this was played on a new 26 hole course. Do you know how this could have happened?

[cgkdisc]

What you see is all from the TD. See if it looks beter now.

[JHBlader86]

Much better. Thanks!

[blazinpat]

Do you know if the ratings for the Sunrise Showdown in Wrightwood, CA will be in for the update? It was on Aug 2-3

[ninafofitre]

Hey Chuck,

Looks like our ratings from the Georgia State Championships are off.

I'm not sure if they are going in on the next ratings update but they are all off.

The Pros played long tees and the Ams played short tees.
The 1st 2 rounds were 18 holes and the last round was 24 holes.

I noticed that the Adv Masters winners last round (62) was 1002 but they played the short tees so that tipped me off that they were entered all as the same tees.

I know it's close to the next ratings so I wanted to give ya a heads up.

[cgkdisc]

Do you know if the ratings for the Sunrise Showdown in Wrightwood, CA will be in for the update? It was on Aug 2-3

Won't know until I get the file from PDGA HQ maybe Thurs. Always ask there first since they get the reports. I don't get them until several days after the deadline.

[cgkdisc]

Looks like our ratings from the Georgia State Championships are off.

That event was after the Aug 22nd deadline so it won't make this update.

See if you like what it looks like now.

[ninafofitre]

AWESOME they have been corrected...THANKS!!!

[ninafofitre]

Alright Chuck, Here is a ?

Before I went to Japan I played IDGC courses with 150 plastic....trying to get those discs to fly through some of those holes were nearly impossible....am I stuck with those two rounds or are there any stipulations about experimental rounds with the 150's.

The one 947 round misses the 60 point cut by 2 points and of course it would be cut if it wasn't for those 2 rounds with the 150's

[JohnLambert]

Another question....if the 3 tournaments I played in are still not Official at this time is it safe to say they will not be included in the update? I assume yes because they're still not official after the deadline but I'd like to hear your thoughts Chuck. Thanks.

[cgkdisc]

What would lead you to think you could get 150 practice on the wooded courses at the IDGC to prep for the Japan Open on a pretty wide open ball golf course???

Those rounds will count if the ratings aren't too low since many players including myself use 150s on those courses as their regular discs. Now if you use the new Super Class discs coming up next year, then you'll have a separate rating for rounds with those.

[cgkdisc]

Another question....if the 3 tournaments I played in are still not Official at this time is it safe to say they will not be included in the update? I assume yes because they're still not official after the deadline but I'd like to hear your thoughts Chuck. Thanks.

I won't know until Thursday or so. PDGA office knows now because they are still prepping the reports that met the deadline last Friday. The big time factor for Gentry this update is prepping all of the pool info for PAW2008 to properly get them into the ratings process.

[ninafofitre]

What would lead you to think you could get 150 practice on the wooded courses at the IDGC to prep for the Japan Open on a pretty wide open ball golf course???

Yeah it didn't work out very well at either IDGC or Japan.

If I could scrap all those 150 rounds I would be about 5 pts higher

But the experience in Japan was all worth it

[krupicka]

Now if you use the new Super Class discs coming up next year, then you'll have a separate rating for rounds with those.

What is a Super Class disc?

[cgkdisc]

Too much to go into here. A full explanation will be in issue #4 of the magazine and more complete info posted on PDGA.com following the upcoming Summit meeting. Super Class is a new sub-category of golf discs that will be available for Super Class sanctioned play in 2009 and will provide a separate Super Class rating for members.

[ninafofitre]

Come on Chuck! Spill the beans on the Super Class Discs....if we have to wait for issue #4 it may be next February.

[johnbiscoe]

no doubt!!! don't be a tease!

[johnbiscoe]

yeah! don't be a disc-teaser!!

[the_kid]

Are these discs going to be different or are they going to put current discs into the "Super class"?

[cgkdisc]

They are existing legal discs but they'll be allowed to be much heavier up to 200g than most of them have been made up to now and even new ones created for the category will be legal for regular play.

[16670]

i think disc companies have found a way to make more money and figured a way for the pdga to facilitate it

[cgkdisc]

Actually, manufacturers did not have the idea and are skeptical about it.

[ninafofitre]

They are existing legal discs but they'll be allowed to be much heavier up to 200g than most of them have been made up to now and even new ones created for the category will be legal for regular play.

Sounds confusing how there will be two classes....what are the benifits?

[johnbiscoe]

i agree- what's the point?

[16670]

im guessing that after this occurs testing disc for weight will be more of an issue than ever..
someone whipes the weight from a 200 gram excalaber then uses it in a non superclass tournie?
what would stop this?

[veganray]

Actually, manufacturers did not have the idea and are skeptical about it.

As they should be. We already have a problem with overweight discs being clandestinely used in PDGA play with no mechanism to detect them or enforce the rule. Luckily, they are typically <3g overweight. Now, there will be discs 20-25g overweight floating around, also with no mechanism for enforcement in the "non-super class". A mess it will be.