I thought we needed a thread to trade stories over the next week or so.

We are headed to Rock Hill tomorrow morning with Johnny T. Qualifying is Saturday this year so not much practice time.

I am really looking forward to this trip as it is always a blast..

Everyone travel safe and we will see you there...

... how many Okies there to represent ? ... 12 or 15 ? ... good luck to all ...

Moose rule!!!!

Josh, Paul, Coda, Adam, Devan, Joe

Friends from surrounding areas to watch...

arkies: Keldog, Chris Eads, Tony Blanchard
old okies: K-Mac
kansas: lots of guys.... rusco, babbit, emac

Treat , you responded to the membership discussion, how about some updates from Rock Hill?

Did any of our boys qualify Saturday? If not how close did they come or what did they shoot? Did the new OB rule have a huge effect?

It appears the new rule has made the course even tougher. I predicted a 68 par would get you in but was suprised to see a 4 over did the job.


Matt Peckham - 67
Justin Moore - 70
Hunter Todd - 71
Dutch Napier - 72
Glenn Patterson - 72

Alrighty now, here is your update sports fans..

Everything is going great. Drew didn't qualify and the new OB rules is tough!!

He started great 3 down after 5. He took a 9 on hole 12, the one before 888, and that pretty much did it.

Dave is right the scores are going to be higher and the rounds longer.

Anyway, we played Reedy Creek and Hornets Nest today. Both great examples of North Carolina disc golf.

And, the big story from today, Drew aced hole #6 at Hornets Nest. He threw a beat in destroyer 397 feet and just pured it in on the right side. One of those no doubt aces.

As soon as he threw it I said that is a perfect shot, and it was!!

Devan finished up doubles today, no cash. Tomorrow is practice day and we plan on playing the new Stan McDaniels course..

The weather is very nice, pretty much the same as Tulsa..

So we are having a great time, more updates to come..

Monday update. We started the day going to the Innova east coast factory. That is always a gas to see so many disc in one place!. We saw McCoy which was cool.

After that we went to play Stan McDaniels new course Eastway Park. It is brand new, like frames still around the tee pads. This is another great course with both woods and open shots with great basket placement.

Devin and Matt went to Winthrop for practice. Joe Ro and Keldog are hear cooking up guess what, thats righ tacos!!

The weather is great and I am looking forward to the tournament..

It appears the new rule has made the course even tougher. I predicted a 68 par would get you in but was suprised to see a 4 over did the job.


Matt Peckham - 67
Justin Moore - 70
Hunter Todd - 71
Dutch Napier - 72
Glenn Patterson - 72

FYI - Billy Crump is saying in his USDGC interview that the qualifiers were:
Matt Peckham - 67
Isach Chainy - 69
Peter Wingart - 69
Justin Moore - 70
Dennis Young - 70
Justin Atwater Taylor - 70
Eric Roadhouse lost in a playoff for the last spot and there was an extra spot because of Dynamic Disc sponsor dropping out.

Good luck to all the Okies! We will be watching from T-Town!

We had another fun day yesterday. We woke and and made a raid on the USDGC pro shop. Bought a few clothing items and of course a little plastic.

Then we drove back to Charlotte and played another Stan McDaniels course Nevin Park. This course is full of beautiful 600 foot holes through trees, with great fairways.

Most of the holes I had to throw twice to see the basket. It may sound tough, and it was, but it was also very playable. You don't have to be Climo to make it through and par is doable if you stay in the fairway. Lots of fun and another great example of NC disc golf.

Matt is caddying for Devin who is already on the course. Drew and I are headed to the course in a bit to watch Barry and then Climo.

The weather is still perfect, chilly in the am at 40 degrees then warming up to mid 70's in the afternoon.

I think the Okie players are going to represent very well. Devan and Dorries are playing very well. I haven't seen Crowl or Coda play but you know they will be in the hunt. Looking forward to seeing first round scores with the new OB rule!

More updates to come..

What is this rumour I'm hearing about Opie getting drunk and getting beat up by some stripper???:)

Tee times were delayed 30 minutes this morning.

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Devan shot a good even par but Adam Hunt is killing it, -5 after 12 holes.

Adam is the only score so far that is bogey free.

I saw one poor soul that carded two 14s. Ouch!

Yeah I saw Adam was off to a good start :D
I know he likes that course.

speaking of mistakes and good players ...
John E McCray is 2 over par total...
but took an 7 over par 11 on the par 4 10th. OUCH :P

Devan in with a 68, started with 4 over thru 3 holes, tough start.
Finished well though. :)

Hunt in the club house leading at -4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

josh on the lead card 2 strokes back, adam 3 strokes, paul and devan not far behind. way to go guys:cool:

Grandma's boy Josh is on fire! and Adam laid down a crazy good round one stroke behind him and then right behind them is Paul followed by the Dude. All at the top of what looks like one of the craziest USDGCs ever with the stroke and distance rule.
Rotan and Keldog shot some decent rounds also.
Boy Wonder Coda will need to put his cape on (as he has done in years past) and turn on his A game and get back in the mix. This is the kind of USDGC course and he is the type of player that can do just that!

Actual scores:
Josh -5, Adam -4, Paul -1, the Dude even, Coda +7, Rotan and Kelly (adopted Okie) +15.

Good job to the guys up front.
Keep it rolling.

To guys further down...
You go out earlier, conditions are easier !!!
Its moving day. You have the skills :D
Good Luck to All of you.
D.P. :)

Great that Crowel gets to be a DOT today.

Great that Crowel gets to be a DOT today.

Cool :D

I think he may be the first Okie EVER to get to DOT level.

I just saw paul throw his putter about 15 feet from hole one for a birdie !! He had a big smile on his face walking to hole two :) The live stream is pretty shoty today for some reason. it keeps freezing up

I think he may be the first Okie EVER to get to DOT level.

I know Kevin McCoy finished 3rd one year while he was living in Tulsa, but that could have been the pre-dot era:)

Yes that was pre-dot technology. Josh is our first.

Talked to Rotan and just to show you how quick it can happen -1 and three holes later +11.

Another great day. We followed Devan today and he shot pretty good. The weather has been perfect, literally no clouds at all.

So far we have played 6 courses. Matt and Andrew have both hit aces.

We will see what Saturday holds. I have been predicting a Nikko repeat and I am sticking to it.

We are heading home after the festivities tomorrow which should put us back in Tulsa by mid afternoon Sunday.

All of the Okies have played great. It is amazing to see actually. The course is in impeccable shape.

This is a great event and everyone that can make it someday should..

The event as you know it is over Mike. None next year, then its off to............but not in Rock Hill. You got to experience the last of a long run. Even if it goes back, will it really be the same?

Great golf by the Tulsa guys, especially our boys that have grown up so fast Adam, Josh, and Paul and Devan too. Nice come back on Coda's part to hang in there and keep fighting. We have some impressive players here in T-town, way to represent!

thanks for all the support you were giving us via texts, facebook, and the forums... it all plays a part it keeping a level head out there. speaking for the tulsa crew, we are very happy to represent the city and state with some good scores.

4 Tulsa guys finish in the top 25 of the biggest tournament of the year!

I had fun caddying for the dude and thank you Dude, Paul, Adam, and Josh for doing the things you are right now in this sport and giving me even more desire to be better...

I am so proud/excited to be apart of Tulsa disc golf!!!

The ten players who qualified for the 2011 USDGC at Piney Woods were:

Charles Chung, 390 points
Doug Garner, 384 points
Jeremy Bird Grange, 380 points
Rusty Glazner, 371 points
Jeremy Lockwood, 368 points
Christopher Farnham, 356 points
Timmy Dorsey, 349 points
Chrystom Stout, 348 points
John Hatcher, 348 points
Andrew Machinski, 342 points

Congrats Charlie!! :)

Tournament Directors will be exempt as usual.

The top 20 from 2010 are exempt for both 2011 and 2012.

Also, the top 10 from 2011 will be exempt for 2012.

Congrats Adam!! ;)

When is the next chance to qualify?

No qualification required for Caddies.

Ouch...

Hey I compete more than I caddy for one....

And when I qualify for U.S.D.G.C. this year and you don't you can caddy for me....OUCH!

With the names I see on that qualifying list, not sure it will be a USDGC. Yes, it is at Rock Hill and yes it is suuposed to be the same layout. But it doesn't appear the we will have the big names of 2010.

When a player can finish 15th in advance and qualify, it makes you wonder.

I totally agree Dave, this handicap system is dumb

They should have made qualifying the same as previous years except just for the Advanced divisions...

The upside is that a whole slew of players that may never had a chance to see or even play the course, will have their day.

Does anyone know how long the quailifiers have to pay?

I wonder if a bunch of those people will actually make the trek..

it appears to be a genius idea, they made it a purely AM event without actually coming out and calling it that. If I lived closer, I think it would be fun to play just to see how the ranking system would work, but to make a long trip for a handicapped event is where you will lose a lot of pro interest. But I don't think they are going for pro interest in this one. it is a good idea for them, and a great way for other people to experience winthrop, I just wish they didn't have to get rid of the year's best tournament just to have it.

What will they pay out structure look like? I have heard cash. I have heard plastic only. I have heard trophy only? If cash will all prize finishers then have to move up to pro for accepting cash? That would be a great system f thats the case. :)

In case you haven't read it, check out the PDGA home page article about USDGC qualifiers.

Our own Charlie Chung is noted and quoted several times..

Way to go Charlie!!

way to go charlie chung, rusty glazner, john hatcher, and andrew machinski

represent OK big at the 2011 US!