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[johnrock]

Tom G. (again!!!) / Hole #9 (long)!

I've got to say, Tom is really sighted in. That's 3 aces in exactly 5 months for close to $1,400.00!!!!!!! That is one HOTTT summer! Kyle N. is lucky he got the big $750.00 ace pot before Tom got it! And, you have to give Tom big props for only hitting Aces on baskets in the long positions!

3 days using a dial-up connection was starting to wear me down, kind of like playing a super long course with only a Shark and a Stingray

[johnrock]

Our first attempt to do a handicap round with little afternoon light. We'll see how it goes. Ace Pot is getting close to $300.00.

We'll be starting no later than 4:15, so be ready or wait till next time!

[johnrock]

Not too bad. 9 players in time to play (sort of ). Would have been 10 but I had to take care of Baby Rock and his episode of strep throat. His daycare won't allow contagious kids so he got hang out with me yesterday and today

[johnrock]

Stay tuned for latest news to be released on Saturday before the handicap round............

[johnrock]

That's right. I'm disgusted with the divisional set-up! I will not be organizing any more weekly or monthly divisional events. We'll just do handicap rounds or doubles and forget about the 2 round monthly divisional event. I'm tired of trying to get people to play where they really belong, it's a huge problem in my mind. And, I don't believe it will get any better until TD's start enforcing the rules regarding divisions at biggger events, it will just keep trickling down to the local level where some of the higher skilled players want to keep BAGGING in lower divisions just to keep their ego inflated. There is very little cash to be had at most local events, so why do these same players want to keep dominating the lower levels? Because they thrive on being at the top of division, even if they have consistently beaten everyone in that division for years! Almost everyone of these BAGGERS know that there is another division that they can move up to and face some real competition, yet they want to keep beating the lesser skilled players! Truly sad .

COME ON TD'S AND LOCAL ORGANIZERS! MAKE A STAND ABOUT NO MORE BAGGERS!

[wander]

I'd suggest you might give flighted play a try at your two round monthly events.

Let first round scores set the "divisions." Decide how many you want in each division, then make the cut at that number (plus ties). Have the lower placing flights play for smaller prizes (maybe a best-on-card prize to take bagging incentives away) and have the top flights play for bigger prizes.

That's what I'd do, if I ran the zoo.

Joe

[johnrock]

Bueno!

Back to cleaning monkey poo!

[johnrock]

I had a really good rant about the monkeys in the zoo, but I'll save it for later

Handicap round from the Blue Tees today - 4:00
The Ace Pot is getting close to $300.00

[johnrock]

Who wants to play Thanksgiving morning? It might be snowy and cold, but I'll set up an object course on the North side of the park so we can play Championship style! Par 69!

Who's in? Maybe we can do it again the day after Thanksgiving when most people are out shopping for Christmas gifts. Probably do some CTPs for Ice Bowl fundraising.

[johnrock]

I had a really good rant about the monkeys in the zoo, but I'll save it for later

Something about how the medium size monkeys keep harrassing the smaller monkeys

[Jroc]

I'm in...Thanksgiving morning would be harder for me...but, Friday would give me a good excuse NOT to shop

[johnrock]

Didn't care for my monkey title? It is relevant to the situation. J/K, the Zoo Keepers do a great job of keeping the mess to a minimum

I've got a tough lay-out in mind, going around/or by all 3 lakes. We can put out some baskets, but there will probably be some trees/light poles/sign posts in play. It will be like the old days in Thompson Park before the baskets were installed, except more players. Have you ever played an object course? Same game, just different hole-out strategy on the skinny targets.

[johnrock]

Don't forget to bring your roller discs! Several Par 5's, and a couple of Par 4's that are NOT for the faint of heart!

[Jroc]

I've played safari golf and used big trees as targets.....havent used skinny objects before.

The title was fine....but if you ask me to bring my shovel Thanksgiving, we might have to have some words

[johnrock]

Ha ha ha! No shovel needed, I hope Those bad monkeys don't mix it up with the bigger monkeys.

It'll be a different story if it snows. Are ya'll still coming if the weather turns ugly? Weather Man was saying possible ugliness for that part of next week

[Jroc]

We are planning on leaving Tues evening. Unless the weather gets very bad, we're coming. Misti's grandmother is not getting any younger and any chance she get's to see her, she will take it. So, it might take us 8 hours, but we will probably be there

[johnrock]

No Aces yesterday, but several close calls! And Thursday, I hit the basket of Hole #1 from the Blue Tee (my first throw of the day and it almost made history ).

Thanksgiving morning at 9am we'll play the big layout if anyone wants to join. Meet at the big picnic shelter by Wonderland Park (the amusement park on the East side of the park). Bring a portable basket if you can. We'll do it again Friday morning - time TBA.

Thanksgiving afternoon we'll do the Blue Tees Handicap round at 4pm. Maybe I'll get that Ace this time

[Jroc]

I talked to Matt yesterday and I understood it would be Friday. Maybe thats just a fun round for us?

[johnrock]

Thursday and Friday (it's in the 2nd paragraph )

And the handicap round from the Blues Thursday afternoon @4 (it seems like we just can't get enough ).

[Jroc]

Well it sure is

Hmm..not sure which I will make...probably just one. I'm bringing my portable to put out there too.

I'm also brining some technology to help you guys. I'm going to plug this new course into the hole forcaster program I have through the Coruse Desgin group. It predicts the SSA, possible improvments, scoring variance potential, etc. It might help you guys tweak the course to be even better.

[johnrock]

Do you have a Gore-Tex cover for your laptop? Supposed to get bad Thursday & Friday.

[Jroc]

Not hauling the laptop outside...will print a page to write notes down on, then transfer the data to the program in the comfort of a nice cozzy house

[johnrock]

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[johnrock]

Are we gonna need hard numbers for distances, or will estimations work? 10,000' course will take a while to measure with a 16' tape measure

[johnrock]

Get out your good gear! It's gonna be cooooolllldddd in the morning. Plug in your vehicle if you leave it outside Then gather up some cans of food and lets play the Gold lay-out! If the middle lake freezes Hole 18 will play a LOT shorter!!!

[johnrock]

It's cold! 23 degrees right now. But, there's no wind so maybe it won't be too bad. Man, that turkey in the oven smells good!! I might just stay in where it's warm and the aromas are delicious.

Not really, I'm heading out right now.

[esalazar]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!! gobble gobble gobble

[johnrock]

The temperature isn't as cold as yesterday, but the wind is up this morning No snow yet, but the weatherman says it'll snow some today All I can say is, "GEAR UP!!!!"

[johnrock]

It's snowing now! Nothing heavy, but snow none the less. Need gloves today.

[johnrock]

Yes, the gloves were nice to have. Only 4 showed up to play in the snow, and we only got through the front Nine before deciding that was enough. Blowing snow, freezing temperature, and dripping snot made for a tough round. Brutal lay-out for bad conditions, but I'm ready to try it again! We'll try to get the numbers entered for the holes we did play, but it probably won't be a very true reflection of the real scoring values due to the extreme conditions. Over all feedback was very positive.