The 2008 Green Mountain Open PDGA A-Tier (Pros) and B-Tier (Ams) will take place August 1 thru 3 in beautiful central Vermont.

Players Packs with Dri-Fit shirts (including Women's sizes and styles); gourmet lunch at the private North Calais course deep in the Vermont woods; a free Players Party Sat nite with Magic Hat brew and food; and cash from sponsors of close to $15,000 promise to make this one of the best overall experiences you'll ever have. Swimming holes galore and spectacular scenery, especially from the peak chairlift, makes this an awesome event.

We expect to pay a pro purse for women equal to about 400% of gross entry fees, and Am women will on average be paid out with perks and prizes of a value that far exceeds gross entry fees.

Camping at North Calais is available. Play also takes place at the Sugarbush Resort, where two spectacular courses will be used for this event.

The combination of scenery, unique courses, hospitality, perks, and payouts promises to make this an event you'll remember and come back for forever. Sugarbush is approx 45 minutes from the Burlington, VT airport and i'm sure we can find some locals willing to chauffeur you to and from the airport.

See the thread in the Tournaments section of this website for further info.

Dan Doyle
PDGA #310
Assistant TD

Nice Double D, Hopefully I can pull the trigger and attend. Sounds like an event for the ages...

ps. has anyone told you that your new hole at Warwick was aced before the concrete fully cured? :)

CE Leopard, baby

Greetings Female golfers..........

Please check out the payouts for the FPO division at the 2008 Green Mountain Open held this past weekend.

Although we only had 3 women play Open (Des Reading, Lesli Brinster, Sarah Moss), we paid out $1260 to FPO. Given that the entry fee was $65 and every entrant in the tourney received a long-sleeved dri-fit shirt; a custom-stamped Champion Monarch; gourmet lunch one day; Players Party with band and free dinner one nite; and CTP prizes and an ace fund worth almost $500, some basic arithmetic will lead you to conclude that there are some events that do whatever they can to make sure we make the event as awesome as possible for our Women.

I have been questioned as to why the FPO division paid out $1260 in prize money when the gross entry fees were only $195 and the expenses for that division amounted to approx $360. That means we actually added approx $1425 to the 3-person Women's division.

I think TD Chris Mayone and I did that because we believe it is vital for the long-term success of the sport to treat the Women extra wonderfully. Well, we happen to like Women too. That helps. But I also hate to see the top touring women "penalized" from a payout standpoint because of low female attendance at events. Keeping the Burlogars and Jenkins and Readings and Tschiggfrie's and the other top Women players happy and able to afford to tour helps not only them, but ALL players in general (male and female) and the professional arm of the sport as well.

i guess i see treating the women well as a super smart investment in the future of our sport.

dan doyle
warwick, NY
assistant TD, 2008 Green Mountain Open