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[johnrock]

Lunch between rounds will be covered by Chick-Fil-A, and Saturday evening, we'll have burgers and hot dogs with sodas and BEER (for the adults). Lots of fun planned for after the second round Sat. Mini golf (with the Ninth hole being a swinging basket!), CTP contests, DisCrazy raffle, and more!!

[johnrock]

Oh, yeah! Swinging basket on the Mini Golf course! Wow, what will these guys in the Panhandle think of next? Where does that inspiration come from?

Any comments on how high to swing it? Our tree here on the course has a branch that's sort of high up there Maybe this next spring we can talk the city into planting another tree here in the park.

[dre]

i am worried that you are the only person from your area with access to the internet, or you are the ony person playing dg in your area... it looks like that only due to this thread that mostly has your posts.

no offense...
how has been the turn out for you tourney coming up????
just wondering if it worth it to haul the funkyones up there to Amarillo.

later

[johnrock]

You're worried? About my area of Disc Golf? Lack of participants? Quality of the event? Skill level of players?

Well dig a little deeper into this thread or others from the Top of Texas area. You'll see that there are plenty of players in this area, and we have had several events with pretty large turnouts. Check out the last DisCrazy Shootout results (and you can also see the previous Top of Texas Open results) from the PDGA tour page if you want to see what kind of competition you'll face if you decide to attend our events. Just because a huge number of players don't want to waste their time on this forum doesn't mean we are lacking in participation on the course. I sacrifice my time to post on here about what is going on in my part of our state, so at least you will know there is an opportunity available for you to experience our events on a fabulous course here.

Show up and see for yourself. We've had several players from your area attend, and to my knowledge, none have left dissatisfied. As a matter of fact, we have some from your area that get excited to participate whenever they hear about one of our events coming up.

No offense....

[MattSmart]

Hey drunkdre,
There have been alot of players from your area come to the tournaments here. Really good people! I hope more of you can make it to this area to play a great course and participate in some of the best disc golf events in Texas! (my opinion) I can tell you i had to turn away 36 players for the Discrazy Shootout! I only had room for 105 players. We had 40 total pros! Hopefully i can play with you soon!
Matt Smart W/ Discrazy

[Jroc]

I'll add some more pro-west texas talk.....

Its true that a lot of peeps out here are still on the access road to the information super highway...but, you will not find a finer group of folks anywhere. I would put the love, dedication, and hard work that west texas disc golfers put into the sport up against any other area anywhere. Thats no exaggeration......I mean ANYWHERE! There are some quality players from New Mexico and Colorado that frequent Amarillo events...and, with good reason. Personally, Amarillo disc golf impressed upon me what disc golf is all about...they are a big part of why I love it and am heavily involed in disc golf. Its worth the trip...this course is a hidden gem that many more should know about.

I promise it will wet your appetite for DisCrazy Shootout....an event that is already one of the bigger events in Texas and one day (soon) could be bigger and better than ALL of them (Texas States, Z-boaz, LOSO included...)

Its a long drive in the middle of norwhere....I know....but funkytowners will NOT leave unhappy. I hope to see you guys there!!!

[TexBook]

Thanks for the PM Rock. Looks like 8-10 Lubbock Windriders will be there. Rob

[johnrock]

Fabulous! Do you need a space to park the camper? We've got a full house this weekend but we have 2 acres+ where you can park & camp if you want. And it's only about a mile and a half to the course!

[johnrock]

Looks like good weather for the weekend. It's been very windy the last few days, so maybe it will blow itself out and be calm for the TOTO.

Lots of calls coming in from people wanting to play. Colorado is represented, as well as New Mexico, and Oklahoma will be represented by last year's Champion, Jose Mendoza!

[johnrock]

No luck today on being calm Seems like when I need to paint lines at the course, it always gets really windy.

Lots of good stuff lined up for this weekend.
GREAT GOLF!
FREE FOOD!!!!
FREE BEER!!!!!!!!

"OK, that's all we need! Let's play!!" says the masses.

[MattSmart]

Im really getting stoked for this weekend!!
Its going to be a great time as usual!
I found out today that Monster Energy Drinks will be signing on for the Discrazy Shootout!!!!!!!

[Jroc]

Just got into town...looking forward to getting back on my favorite course :-)

Man, that lightning show north of here has been pretty impressive!! Hope folks up that way are OK.

[jose]

Another great weekend in Amarillo. The crowd was very friendly and all of the organizers deserve a huge pat on the back for taking such good care of the players.

Being fed both lunch and dinner on Saturday for 100% free is awesome. Mini golf was a blast - I think I played three times and kept shooting worse each time but I kept having more fun each time.

I said it yesterday so it is worth saying again I will come back because of the people. I really really want to make it to the shootout in May.

[Jroc]

Division	Place	First Name	Last Name	PDGA	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Total	Payout
Open
	1	Jose	Mendoza	15074	50	56	58	164	$310.00
	T2	Nick	Rowton		51	64	57	172	$185.00
	T2	Glenn Bo	Neill	23717	53	56	63	172	$185.00
	4	Jeremy	Brumley		56	57	60	173	$125.00
	5	Cris	Hicks	15483	51	64	62	177	$100.00
	T6	Jessie	Mendez	21956	53	67	60	180	$70.00
	T6	Kyle	Norrid	14876	59	60	61	180	$70.00
	8	Santos	Montoya	24148	58	62	61	181	$55.00
	9	John Rock	Stewart	4693	58	61	63	182
	10	Matt	Ryan	7950	59	61	63	183
	11	Armando Gordo	Garcia III	21889	56	62	67	185
	12	Manuel	Rodriguez Jr	19657	54	64	68	186
	T13	Matt	Smart	28727	58	63	67	188
	T13	Tom	Greensberg		58	62	68	188
	15	Chris J.	Lee	28650	62	62	67	191
	T16	Kenneth	Reagan		59	70	64	193
	T16	Jerry	Kingston	23837	62	64	67	193
	18	Javier	Toucet IV	30079	64	63	75	202
Open Women
	1	Kathy	Hardyman	19150	58	66	68	192	$175.00
	2	Regina	Estrada	20247	65	88	81	234	$105.00
	3	DeLynn	Stewart	25205	79	85	93	257
	4	Misti	Kingston	26713	80	999	999	DNF
Adv. Men
	1	Thomas	Brown	31560	60	57	53	170	$105.00
	2	Chris	Brooks	13978	61	57	53	171	$78.00
	3	Adrian	Zapata	33464	57	67	57	181	$54.00
	4	Jonathan	Lee	23472	56	61	66	183
	5	Jon	Kaylor	31780	66	62	56	184
	6	Zack	McMurry		69	70	69	208
Int. Men
	1	Jason	Tarpley		60	65	66	191	$107.00
	2	Brandon	Gwyn		65	69	63	197	$79.00
	3	Colby	Gillmore		66	76	70	212	$55.00
	4	Jacob	Bivens		72	75	75	222	$33.00
	5	Kyle	Feland		71	76	77	224
	6	John	Standish		71	77	77	225
	7	Art	Elliott	33187	82	93	81	256
Adv. Master
	1	Greg	Brooks	5877	62	54	59	175	$120.00
	2	Carl	Wamsley	6964	60	62	58	180	$100.00
	3	Fabian	Hyman	29741	59	56	66	181	$80.00
	4	Rob C.	Lee	13218	57	63	64	184	$60.00
	5	Tracie	Smart	15133	57	60	69	186	$40.00
	6	Vicente	Trujillo	13248	60	63	64	187
	7	Steve	Fox	29224	62	66	61	189
	8	Dane	Nail		61	67	67	195
	9	Frank	White	32891	60	64	999	DNF
Juniors
	1	Dillon	Vallance		65	71	67	203	$46.00
	2	Ben	Standish		72	72	69	213	$34.00
	3	Sterling	Smart		66	75	78	219	$24.00
	4	Tom	Greensberg Jr.		78	74	76	228	$14.00
	5	Jared	Kingston		98	111	104	313	$32.00
	6	Zackery	Logan	24141	72	69	999	DNF

[Jroc]

Congrats to Jose for another great performance!! (wish I could say the same ). I didnt think I was going to play mini golf, but it turned out to be WAY more fun than I imagined. Thanks to Rock and the whole Amarillo crew....another job well done. The turnout suffered a little this year, but the quality of the event did not.

Also thanks to Jon Lee. He donated his 4th place advanced winnings to the Juniors division. The top 4 got paid, so we split the rest among the remaining juniors (which turned out to only be 1). Thanks Jon.....that exemplifies the true spirit of the game!!

Everyone put the first weekend in May next year on your calanders.....the DisCrazy Shootout is going to be off the hook!!!!

[johnrock]

Thanks to everyone who participated and to those that helped by volunteering. Another fabulous weekend of Texas Panhandle Disc Golf!

Way to go Jose! Keeping the tradition of honorable champions intact!

[johnrock]

No, not yet. But there's a chance tonight. Handicap from the Blue Tees at 6:00pm. I think that Ace Pot is at or just over $200.00.

[johnrock]

There sure have been a lot of Aces recently. Tracie Smart hit one on Short #15 a couple of weeks ago to clear out the weekend Ace Pot ($272.00). A bunch of others have hit Aces during fun rounds. Is it the new disc technology? Maybe, maybe not?

[johnrock]

Blue Tee Handicap round this evening. Ace Pot is over $200.00!

[johnrock]

Well, still no aces from the Blue Tees. There have been a couple of close calls, but no chains or even metal. Could it be the Blues are just too tough? I hope so! But in reality, there are several tee shots that are Aceable, you just have to execute!

We are running out of daylight this time of year so we will need to push up the start time to 5:50pm. In the next few weeks we will adjust the start time accordingly to try to allow everyone to finish before dark, so be prepared to start earlier each week now.

Some want to keep this Thursday round going on through the winter, which means we will need to start around 4:30 after the time change. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[johnrock]

Ace Pot from the Blue Tees is well over $200. This month the baskets will be all in the long positions.

[johnrock]

Thursday round will be starting at or before 5:45pm so be ready early if you want to play. That Ace Pot is getting fatt!

[johnrock]

I just got the word that we will have to do some redesign work on the course. Some of our holes share the area by the fence with the Equestrian Bridal Trail, and the Parks Dept. wants to remove that potential liability issue. We will need to move pin locations on Holes 1 & 2, the tee pads on Hole 3, and the entire Hole 18 will be relocated .

[johnrock]

Does anybody have any good stories to share about Hole 18?

[johnrock]

I went out to do some measuring earlier, and it looks like Hole 1 may be OK. WHEW! We will have to move the LONG position on Hole 2, but I think there is a good spot to put it so it won't be much shorter. Both Tee pads for Hole 3 will have to move to make that hole a little shorter. Hole 18 will have to be a new paragraph

Even though we will lose a favorite Disc Golf hole of many West Texas and New Mexico players, the new Hole 18 has potential to be just as dramatic as the old one. The creek will be in play, so an errant kick off of one of the many mature trees in that area will cause distress. The Parks Dept. indicated that they will work with us on relocating picnic tables in that area so we should be able to utilize much of the previously unused area. And, moving those picnic tables and grills up closer to the parking lot will only help us with the smaller events we do at the course.

Big thanks to the Amarillo Parks & Rec. Dept. for taking the time to work with us on course improvements!!

[Jroc]

NOOO!!! I am very sad to see this one go....and also elated at the same time..hehe Very tough hole...its about the most open hole I know where every bad shot will still get punished. However, the new 18 will be fine. It will be a lot prettier, bad shots will still get punished, and it should be a legit PAR 4...pushing the course Par to 58. I'm just glad there is a worthy replacement.

[westxchef]

OOOH! 18 was nasty especially with the very typical 30 mph. crossing wind.

[johnrock]

Nope!

Still no aces from the Blue Tees. We had 10 play yesterday evening and nothing even close!

Next week we'll be starting even earlier, like about 5:30pm - SHARP! I know some won't be able to make it - I wish everyone could schedule their life around Disc Golf - but for those of you that can make it, get there early and be ready to tackle the Blues!

[johnrock]

Should be a nice day to play the BLUES! Little wind and lots of sunshine! The creek is still up and flowing muddy so stay away from the edges of the fairways, or you'll be fishing!

Maybe we will play from the new proposed tee on Hole #3 today?

[johnrock]

Sorry for the delay, computer problems at the "Rock Yard"

Another Ace from the White tees last Saturday!

Any guesses who or what hole?