2013 Ledgestone Insurance Open
sponsored by ABC Discs

Ledgestone Insurance and Plastic Addicts are happy to present the 2013 Ledgestone Insurance Open sponsored by ABC Discs! This will once again be a PDGA Super Tour event and this year will benefit St. Jude. Ledgestone Insurance is happy to announce that they will make a $5000 donation to St. Jude in conjunction with this tournament and will donate all of the proceeds from the raffle to St. Jude. No money from entry fees will go towards St. Jude.

When: Friday and Saturday, September 6th and 7th
Where: Peoria, Pekin, and Morton (Bradley Park, McNaughton Park and Northwoods Park, depending on your division)
Sanctioning: A PDGA SuperTour Event (You must be a PDGA member to play in this event)
Field Size: Limited to 270 players

Added Cash to Pro Divisions: $10,000+
Donated Amateur Players Pack value: $5,000+
(see the results from last year's event to get an idea of the how the payouts will look: http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/79707)

This year's event will be a 2014 Amateur Nationals qualifier!

Entry costs:
Pro Divisions: $100
All Advanced Divisions: $65
All Other Divisions: $60
Ace Fund: $5
50/50 & CTP: $5

Don't wait to get signed up - this event will fill!

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged! - http://plasticaddicts.storenvy.com/
PDGA Pre-Registration List: http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/102539

The payout will be huge, the trophies are sick, the player's pack is enormous, and more...

Amateur Player's Pack:
Towel, Water bottle, Shirt, Dinner, and four discs...

- A custom stamped Roc 3 (for the first 100 AM's that register)
- A custom stamped MF Champion Gator (all others)
- A custom stamped Crystal Buzz, Comet or Done
- A driver and a putter from ABC Discs

You must pre-register by August 30th to be guaranteed a player's pack.

In addition, Box4discs will be donating 40 deluxe boxes for a win-your-card prize during Saturday's Round 3!

Raffle:
We will be selling raffle tickets throughout the weekend and at the player’s party. The raffle will be huge! Here's a small sample of what will be in the raffle:

Baskets, Bags, Discs, Autographed materials, Gift Certificates, hotel giveaways, shirts, and more! All of the raffle proceeds will go towards St. Jude.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:

Thursday, September 5 - Check-in:
Check-in will take place on September 5th at the office of Ledgestone Insurance in Washington, IL at 1142 Peoria Street.
Check-in will start at 3PM and will go to 9PM Thursday night.
We will also have a putting competition on Thursday night at check-in, with the finals taking place Friday night at the player’s party.

Friday, September 6 - Rounds 1 & 2:
Round 1 will begin Friday at 9:30 AM for all divisions. Round 2 will start approximately 1 hour after the last card is in from the first round, with ample time provided for travel between courses.

Friday evening, September 6 - Player's Party:
Amateurs and Pros alike are invited to the Player's Party on Friday night, September 6th at EP’s in East Peoria. The Player’s Party will start at 7PM. Everyone will get an awesome free dinner!

Saturday, September 7 - Round 3 and Finals:
Round 3 will start at 9:30 AM for all divisions.
The following divisions will have a final 9 at Northwoods Park in Morton on Saturday afternoon: MPO, MA1, MPM, FPO

Course schedule:
Group 1: All Pros - McNaughton Shorts, McNaughton Longs, Morton Mixed (FPO will play McNaughton shorts both rounds)
Group 2: MAI, FW1, MM1, MG1, MA3 - Bradley, Morton Short, McNaughton (MA1 will play McNaughton from the Longs - all other divisions in this group will play the shorts)
Group 3: MA2, FW2, FW3, MA4, MS1 - Morton Short, Bradley, Bradley

Sponsors:
Ledgestone Insurance, Plastic Addicts, ABC Discs, Erie Insurance, PACVB, Peoria Frisbee Club, Village of Morton, Pekin Visitor's Bureau, Paragon, McDonald's, EP’s, Morton Community Bank, Concorde Inn & Suites, All Things Disc Golf, Smoke N More, Lindy's Grocery Store, Joan's Trophy, Don Heinold CPA, Just Kidz Dentistry, Bloomington Normal Disc Golf Club, Box4disc, Midstate College, Mangold Ford, Savvy Graphics, Innova, Discraft, Gracies, huk lab, Soul Flight, Advanced Energy Diagnostics, DGNomad.com

Host hotel:
Concorde Inn & Suites in Pekin, Illinois http://www.concordeinn.net or call 309-347-5533.
Mention the disc golf tournament and you can get a $50 per night rate for a single or $58 for a double.

Please check back regularly as this thread will be updated frequently with the latest tournament news!

Quick updates on the tournament:

-Registrations continue to come in. We have updated the PDGA list as well.
-Catrina Allen and Cameron Colglazier will be playing in our event so we are excited about having an awesome field.
-We are happy to announce that DGNomad.com and Advanced Energy Diagnostics/Seth Friedrich have come on board as a sponsor. We definitely have to thank all of our sponsors!
-We want to remind everyone that this event is an AM Nats qualifier.
-Some people have been asking about the Doubles Tournament: that will take place from Noon to 6PM on Thursday and you can check in at my office, where the tournament check in is located. The cost will be $20 per player and will be best shot doubles. You will get to bring your own partner and you will just need to play with someone else. Payout will be in plastic addict bucks.
-For a quick update on the FPO added cash: As of this point in time we will be adding $750 to the FPO purse. If we get at least 6 players we will push that to $1000. At this point in time we would payout 4 players in FPO if only 5 sign up. If 6 sign up we would still only pay out 4 players. If it moves to 7 players we would pay out five. The payout would look flat at the bottom with more of the money at the top spots.

Get signed up!

Where will the doubles be played?

I want to personally thank the sponsors for their generous donations. How awesome would it be to land SIGNIFICANT sponsorships from corporate giants such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Gator Aide, to make the Pro purses more representative of this great sport. $5000 is a nice prize...but is it adequate for winning a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ?

How do we attract a large donation from corporate giants?

Television exposure is so important....BSN coverage is step in TERRIFIC direction.
How many more athletes would play disc golf, or STICK with it longer if the money was representative to the ability and effort that we all know it takes to compee, and WIN at the highest level of the sport we all love.