Hey Ladies! It is time to start saving up and planning on coming back to Peoria, IL for Women's Nationals this year. We have changed it up a bit and already to date we have almost $5000 cash sponsors! We will be splitting the fields this year due to the growth spurt we had last year, to different courses. This should help in making the rounds go a bit smoother. PLan on bringing lots of friends with you and having lots of fun cause it is going to top them all thus far! You can check out the info on www.illinoisdiscgolf.com (http://www.illinoisdiscgolf.com) for the official website and all necessary information. If you can bring sponsors with you, then that would be great as well to help out the cause. Dates this year in case you don't know are Sept. 29,30 and Oct. 1. See you all this fall!

The Waterford Junior Girls Club is planning on attending. Thank you for putting some 'gators in the B pool.

Sounds like fun :)

See you there!

Tree
PDGA#20862

There will be at least 3 of us coming up from Texas to play INT AM this year. We are already working on the plans. :eek:

You'll really enjoy the courses and the tournament. Find a hotel on the east side of the river because eternal road and bridge work has made it hard for out-of-towners to get back and forth, and Bradley is the only west side course of the four. East side towns are East Peoria, Pekin and Morton.

If you don't have time to practice all the courses, make sure you practice ICC or ICU or whatever the college course is called. It is very short in a piney woods and has lots of birdies.

I am making plans to attend and need to do it as reasonable as possible. Considering the distance I am travelling, I want to make the trip worth while so my plan is to arrive the Tues. evening before and leave the Monday after. So my question is....is there reasonable camping nearby or a small reasonably priced hotel. I am hoping to meet up with a friend from Canada who will be touring the States. If she can't make it though, I will be on my own for costs.

Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks so much!
Hope to see you all there!
Cheers
Carrie Neal

Hi Carrie! We've never met but I hosted Michelle "mouse" Wilson last year and we had a blast! If that is your friend that you are talking about then you are both more than welcome to stay with me. I f you prefer to camp, I have room for a couple tents in my back yard or Oldman always has plentiful camping ground at his place across from lower Bradley Park which is where the majority of the campers go. I live close to Mcnaughton in Pekin. Either way you will get great hospitality! If you plan on coming, just let me know so I can start making plans so I don't overbook myself. Glad to have you and bring lots of women with you!

Also, ladies just a quick survey for those of you that have been here, What would you like to see in your players packages? What kinds of lunches do you prefer? and What else could we possibly do to make this a better experience for you? Post your replies here, we already have many people hard at work getting sponsorships and coming up with ideas to keep you coming back!

Are there any Texas ladies that are planning on attending? Myself and 2 ladies from Temple are making plans to go. We are going to fly. If there are more of us that are planning on making the trip I was thinking we may be able to work with a Travel Agent and check on getting us a group rate package.

Anyone who is interested, send me a message or post here. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Hi Ladydiscer!
Just a few things, I had a blast last year (my first time at USWDGC)! The only thing I remember is that the lunches provided were awesome! The only issues was pizza on the last day, I had some major heartburn while I was playing the final-9. The player packs were Fantastic! Great coupons, cool towel, discs, minis and more! I hope this helps!
I'm bummed we won't be playing ICC this year :( That was my favorite!

Hello again! Just a small update, we are trying to raise enough money for all of the players and staff this year to have a big banquet for a night for all of us to feast on! I know that we can do it so bring some loose fitting pants for that night! :D Come on ladies, start sending in those registrations, the earlier , the better. We hope to see many familiar faces and lots of new ones.

COMING soon - ONLINE registration for the USWDGC. I wished to have it up a few days ago but I swear it will be up soon! There will even be a special prize for one randomly drawn woman that uses the online registration.

I'll post the link as soon as it's ready.

PhenixDiscSports will be sending a representative/official. I am pleased to be that person and look forward to helping all the ladies have a fantastic weekend!
See you there!

Just a hotel FYI. I went through priceline and got the Baymont Inn and Suites in Peoria for $45/night. I stayed at the hotel two years ago, and it's a good hotel for the price. It was clean and had a good continental breakfast.

So, if you're looking for a place to stay during the tourney, I'd recommend checking out priceline right now. I used the name-your-own-price feature. $45 was the cheapest I could get any hotel on there. If you don't use this feature, you can get the same hotel for $67/night on Priceline.

Also, ladies just a quick survey for those of you that have been here, What would you like to see in your players packages? What kinds of lunches do you prefer? and What else could we possibly do to make this a better experience for you? Post your replies here, we already have many people hard at work getting sponsorships and coming up with ideas to keep you coming back!



<font color="blue"> For lunch, I prefer a dairy-free option; I know I'm not alone in needing to limit dairy when I'm playing in a tournament, especially when the bathrooms/port-a-potties are few and far between. Could the menu be decided ahead of time so we all know what will be served and make other arrangements, if necessary?

For Player's packs, I don't have any suggestions....I love the paper and writing utensils-helps to take note of new DG friends' e-mail addresses, etc.</font>

I agree w/ Tree. I have issues w/ the digestion of dairy and high fat foods during physical activity. Subs/sandwiches are great as long as they aren't filled with a lot of mayonnaise. I think it's really cool, however, that lunch is provided. So whatever the food, I won't complain.

The player's packs are awesome!! I wouldn't change a thing.

You'll really enjoy the courses and the tournament. Find a hotel on the east side of the river because eternal road and bridge work has made it hard for out-of-towners to get back and forth, and Bradley is the only west side course of the four. East side towns are East Peoria, Pekin and Morton.

If you don't have time to practice all the courses, make sure you practice ICC or ICU or whatever the college course is called. It is very short in a piney woods and has lots of birdies.

I posted that before I viewed the new 2-pool schedule. ICC [or ICU] is out of the mix. The schedule is Bradley X 2 - Northwoods X 2 - McNaughton, or Northwoods X 2 - Bradley X 2 - McNaughton, depending on your pool. They are setting up a temp course at McNaughton so it can accomodate everyone on the last day.

alright ladies, only 2 months to go until nationals! We do have online registration this year so that should help out in getting you entries here, there IS a deadline for registration so please don't hesitate on getting them here or pay online. You must have it in by Sept. 22nd. I hope that with expanding it into 2 pools that we get an astronomical amount of players this year.

Come on out and have some fun!! There is nothing like Women's Disc Golf!! The more the merrier :)

Come on out and have some fun!! There is nothing like Women's Disc Golf!! The more the merrier :)

The Waterford Junior Girls have finally figured out who is on the bus and who is off the bus, so they'll probably get their check in soon. We have two girls, Kiralyn and Emily, who will need to ride with you, Becky.

The Waterford Junior Girls have finally figured out who is on the bus and who is off the bus, so they'll probably get their check in soon. We have two girls, Kiralyn and Emily, who will need to ride with you, Becky.



Ok, Bruce. Have you heard from Rodieks? Will Kella need a ride, too?

The Waterford Junior Girls have finally figured out who is on the bus and who is off the bus, so they'll probably get their check in soon. We have two girls, Kiralyn and Emily, who will need to ride with you, Becky.



Ok, Bruce. Have you heard from Rodieks? Will Kella need a ride, too?



Not sure how we'll do that if we're all riding in one van with all of our stuff...which is what we told Diana at Rockford when she was asking about it.

We are going to have to rent a car while we are down there, if we go. If Becky wants to ride with us, we'll have plenty of room for Becky, our juniors, Kella and all their gear in the big van, and Diana and Kelsey will get around in the rental.

Diana is leery of having to find her way around on her own, but the schedule looks simple enough that I can probably talk her into it.

We are going to have to rent a car while we are down there, if we go. If Becky wants to ride with us, we'll have plenty of room for Becky, our juniors, Kella and all their gear in the big van, and Diana and Kelsey will get around in the rental.

Diana is leery of having to find her way around on her own, but the schedule looks simple enough that I can probably talk her into it.



We can talk more about it this weekend but Becky thinks that we can take two kids with us every day except for Sunday when we'll have all our stuff with us after check out.

Maybe we could make two runs to the course on Sunday. I don't know, I haven't looked at the schedule.

We are going to have to rent a car while we are down there, if we go. If Becky wants to ride with us, we'll have plenty of room for Becky, our juniors, Kella and all their gear in the big van, and Diana and Kelsey will get around in the rental.

Diana is leery of having to find her way around on her own, but the schedule looks simple enough that I can probably talk her into it.



What hotel are you guys staying at? If it's close enough to ours, we could pick up Diana and Kelsey. With the exception of getting pulled over for going through a yellow light, both Ben and I have perfect driving records. We have room for three extras in our car, so this offer goes out to anyone who is playing on the same courses as the advanced women.

We are going to have to rent a car while we are down there, if we go. If Becky wants to ride with us, we'll have plenty of room for Becky, our juniors, Kella and all their gear in the big van, and Diana and Kelsey will get around in the rental.

Diana is leery of having to find her way around on her own, but the schedule looks simple enough that I can probably talk her into it.



What hotel are you guys staying at? If it's close enough to ours, we could pick Diana and Kelsey up. With the exception of being pulled over for going through a yellow light, both Ben and I have perfect driving records. We will have room in the car for three, so this offer goes out to anyone who will be playing at the same courses as adv women.

Let's talk at Streamwood. I'm off to play league with the Club.

I will be driving the junior bus for any juniors whose moms are in the Pro/Adv pool. Juniors who want to ride the junior bus should contact me and make reservations in one of the Morton hotels. Currently Kira, Emily and Kella are on the bus and we have room for four more.

Any junior who would like to play this tournament and can get out of school for it, but cannot quite afford it, should have her parents contact Diana or me. We could afford to feed, house and transport one or two more girls. Even if you are not as good as the other girls, it is still a lot of fun.

Calling all Texans! I looked at the registration list and only see two Lone Star Ladies on the list. Ana &amp; Emily. What's up with that?

I may have an opportunity to head up that way and wondered who else might be planning on attending. Temple girls??? Ms. Kosina??? Dallas Dames? Anyone out there?

Keeping fingers and toes crossed! If anyone is planning to go, please PM me.

Susan

I will be driving the junior bus for any juniors whose moms are in the Pro/Adv pool. Juniors who want to ride the junior bus should contact me and make reservations in one of the Morton hotels. Currently Kira, Emily and Kella are on the bus and we have room for four more.



What have you figured out for Diana and Kelsey?

They are riding with Carol.

They are riding with Carol.



It's good to have friends coming, isn't it?

COME ON LADIES! ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT TO GET IN YOUR ENTRY! YOU HAVE TO GET IT IN BY SEPT 22 or have it postmarked by then if you are sending it by mail. There will be no show up and sign up this year, we were hoping that splitting it into two pools would get us some more entrants this year but so far I would say that if we don't get more entrants that we may have to put it back to one pool! We have continually grown each year that we have had this event and we were definitly looking forward to beating last years numbers. I look forward to seeing some old faces and always glad to meet new ones, please get your entries in asap and see ya'll in a few weeks!!!!

I am getting very excited about coming to Peoria! Inge and I have our plane tickets bought and we are registered. Hoping to have a few more women from Canada join us!

See ya there!
Cheers
Carrie

OK LADIES! There are only a few more weeks to get your entries in for one of the greatest tournaments you will play this year. So far we only have 31 entries :confused: what's up with that? We should at least get the same as last year or this will be the first year that we have not grown which would be sad. I hope that you all can make it here, this will be the best year yet!

Well, Looks like I'm finally gonna make it back this year:) So far, me and my friend Heather are coming. I'm trying to recruit more of the girls from our Women's League to come but so far just the 2 of us. I will mail in my entry fee next week. Can't wait for the fun to begin!

Hello everyone,

Marshal Terry Miller is checking in! I'm really looking forward to coming back again this year to be a part of the USWDGC experience. So many women all having a such a good time over a 3 or 4 day span. It is truly something special that all women should be a part of if given the chance.

Marshaling that event last year really opened my eyes to the passion and conviction that so many women play with. It also encouraged me to stock lighter discs and be more aware of women's needs in the game of disc golf.

If you'd like to check out the write up I did from last year it's posted (http://www.pdgatour.com/2005/news/articles/a-018.php) here for all of you to review.

I am also helping out the event this year by offering ONLINE REGISTRATION (http://www.takeflighttoday.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&amp;products_id=106) so that you may get it done quickly and easily.

If you have any other questions feel free to check out the Official USWDGC website (http://www.illinoisdiscgolf.com/womenschampionship/index.html) here.

Looking forward to exceeding the 76 competitors we had last year!

Just out of curiosity, I was looking at the ratings chart and it says 800+ women must play advanced and there are a couple intermediates pre-reg'd for this with above 800 ratings and was wondering if they changed the chart or ratings or something?? Anyone know? My friend Heather is coming to USWDGC with me and she won't have a rating until the next updates come out. What happens if she registers as an Intermediate and then her rating is above 800? Not sure that it will be, but just wondering.

Intermediate women must have a rating less than 800. Any players pre-registered right now that are over the rating limit will have to play up. Simply notify Old Man so he can make the changes.



Your friend should register Intermediate. Since USWDGC is less than two weeks AFTER the ratings update, any player that pre-registers and is division eligible PRIOR to the ratings update may play in the division they pre-registered even if their new rating moves them up a division.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. As the Marshal, I've contacted the staff to let them know about this situation.

It is a goofy time of year with the ratings coming out in just a few weeks. Remember - it is also possible to get the ratings barrier lifted with special permission by the PDGA competition director (just so you know).

Tell your friends to PRE-REGISTER ONLINE (http://www.takeflighttoday.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&amp;products_id=106) to secure their spots!

Thanks for all the info! I will have Heather register as Intermediate, I'm pretty sure that is where her rating will fall anyway, but I wanted to make sure :) We will probably register online sometime this week! I can't wait to be in Peoria again!!!!

I mailed in entry fees today for me, Heather and Karolyn!!!! Can't wait to get there!

I mailed in entry fees yesterday for Diana, Kelsey and Emily.

I mailed in entry fees yesterday for Diana, Kelsey and Emily.



Emily Dickensen?

Sacrenty. But I did pay entry fees for you and me so that we can get the lunches and the player's packs. I told Old Man that he could disqualify us for not being women, and we'd go take pictures

Sacrenty. But I did pay entry fees for you and me so that we can get the lunches and the player's packs. I told Old Man that he could disqualify us for not being women, and we'd go take pictures



Ha! I bought a new camera for this year's event. It is supposed to be delivered today. Maddisen is going to be taking video with our new video camera and I'm going to have another helper this year also. My friend Mike is coming down to hang out, see the disc golf action and help out. He is going to help me with the production of a DVD this year and he wanted to see the event also. He'll probably try to document names and try to keep up with that end. I might also have him try to do a few interviews as well.

The two pool plan is going regardless of the number of players so I thought maybe I could get some stills from the lower pool, if you could use those.

I'm hoping to be able to get out of work to attend with Carla. I'll have a video and digital camera as well. My work gets busy around here at this time of the year. I was lucky to have gotten off for AmNationals.

I would be interested in buying a copy of the DVD, if it's a reasonable price! :)

Last year it was $10, I think, and for that you got basically a photo album slide show on DVD with background music and some short videos. Jon used the profits from last year's production to buy better equipment. He also has recruited some experienced volunteer help for this year. He's hoping this year's production is better.

Last year I took sign-ups and cash at the tournament from people who were interested. We'll probably do it like that again.

Heck yeah! Catch up with me and Peoria and I'll pre-buy one!

This year I'd like to just take contact info and I'll contact you when it is done. I'll have it available to purchase online. One of the major online disc golf retailers was interested in selling it and we have our club store that we could sell it from. I'd also take mailed checks for those that don't want to purchase online. I don't want to take pre-payment because I won't know the price until I work things on with the online merchant.

Please give your contact info to Bruce or me at Peoria.

Hmm...

Hotel or camp? That appears to be this marshal's biggest question right now. I have the luxury of knowing that I don't have to be finely tuned in order to play but midwestern weather knows no bounds. It might be 85 during the day and 70 at night or it could be 54 during the day and 42 at night.

What are the majority of other people doing? Was the Wallace campground pretty full or was it mild and low key? I won't say which I prefer but I'm open for ideas and suggestions at this point.

Ter

Hey Terry! Don't know the camping situation at Oldman's house as of yet, I do know that quite a few of the regulars always stay there. But you are right about the weather, it has been very unpredictable as of late. Hotels can be very expensive and camping can be uncomfortable. I would be honored to host the marshall at my house this year if that is an option you want to consider, just bring an air matress! Let me know.

Terry just so you know, the Holiday Inn Express in East Peoria is where my crew booked a room. It's $89 a night there. Just to give you an idea of cost for rooms. It's a really nice hotel, we stayed there a couple years ago. Not too bad of a price if you get some roomies to split it with. I'll be bringing my poker table top and chips for some poker if anyone is up to some poker games! :)

Hi, Jon.

Let me know if you'd like to share some of material via DGL.

I've already had Bruce's kid on the show, so let me know about this baby once you get it cranked out.

I'd thought about going down myself, but the USDGC got the nod instead.

Joe

With tonight's online updates it looks like we have as many OPEN participants as last year. As of right now we have 23 signed up in Open.

Last year they set a new overall record with 76 competitors. Currently we have 67 registered. Deadlines for registration are quickly approaching so get your stuff either sent into Old Man and Mom or get registered ONLINE (http://www.takeflighttoday.com/product_info.php?cPath=24&amp;products_id=106) right away. The event is now less than 2 weeks away!

Do you think the decision not to offer rated rounds for the Intermediates and Juniors has had an impact on attendance in those divisions? :(

Honestly ...

I doubt too many women would have ever thought of it until you just brought it up. I know everyone is different but when I go to play in any type of event I don't do it for the ratings. I do it to see how I stack up against my competition THAT given weekend. I win and lose against players that are rated both better or worse than me all the time.

If people are that concerned about ratings I think they need to find something else to focus on. It is a very cool component to everyone's PDGA membership but if it STOPS you from competing then I think you are going about it the wrong way. Show up to a tournament and shoot your heart out. Showing up for anything less than that seems wrong.

I just got one more reg- we are up to 68!

Ter

I'm talking to Chuck to see if the PDGA can find a way to give ratings to the lower pool. It seems like they could based on the SSAs generated by those courses in 2002-2004. Sometimes something like this is mathematically possible but not practical.

I've been trying to come up with a way for a group of propogators could forfeit their chance to win within their own division and play the same layout as the divisions that usually have trouble getting ratings.

They would be listed in the proper division, but in a different pool in the online scoring, the only problem is that the online reporting would put them back into the proper division when it calculated places.

The obvious way to accomplish that at women-only tournament would be to offer a men's amateur division with a limited number of spots open to propagators only.

At USWDGC the Int/Jr pool is going to consist of 12 to 20 players. There would be plenty of room on the course for a couple of foursomes of propagators. I could probably round them up.

The obvious way to accomplish that at women-only tournament would be to offer a men's amateur division with a limited number of spots open to propagators only.

At USWDGC the Int/Jr pool is going to consist of 12 to 20 players. There would be plenty of room on the course for a couple of foursomes of propagators. I could probably round them up.



Now your thinking....a side event with propagators playing the same course at the same time...just start them on opposite 9's so they dont interfere with you juniors, etc.. :) I dont see where that would be a problem..

I'd sign up Ben!

Looking forward to this year's USWDGC. This is my favorite tournament ever! Old Man and his crew do a great job. I'm bringing down a few club discs for CTPs or whatever.

If you allow men to play, it will be more difficult to find all those volunteers, scorekeepers, etc.

This isn't men to play, so much as propogators to provide ratings for your smaller divisions. They will really be volunteers playing just to provide a score, and just enough to meet the program requirements.

If you do this, you need to stress the importance of playing as if every stroke matters, because it does for the ratings that are going to be based on their play.

If you allow men to play, it will be more difficult to find all those volunteers, scorekeepers, etc.



That's true...not to mention it might take away from the unique atmosphere. My husband really does like keeping score for the women, but he'd play, if needed. I think you'd want to be really careful that the gators who would play are not jerky guys. They would need to be really, REALLY respectful of the women and play with the understanding that they are playing to be gators for the women. Plus, I'd think you would only want 5 men playing, more than that would be distracting from the whole women's championship concept.

It is the 16 to 20 women in the lower pool who aren't going to get ratings. If a couple of foursomes of men started a hole ahead of them, they'd finish and be done without the women ever being aware that they were on the course. They would be in a different city from Discette so she'd never know they were there, either.

But it is not anyone's plan to do this. The plan is for these women not to get ratings.

The solution that might actually work would be to rate them off the known SSAs for the courses they play. Those courses have not been redesigned and have not changed much at all over the past five years. They could be rated off SSAs from 2002-2004.

When the tournament is over, I'll send Chuck a chart giving him the tournament rounds from past tournaments that correspond to the courses the lower women actually played. If the PDGA does anything with the information, it will be a refreshing change from how they've dealt with this issue in the past. :cool:

Just out of curiousity, why must a gator have a rating of at least 800? Is that because players with a rating above that are thought to be more consistant? I'd hope that's not the case, because my rating is above 800, and I am one of the most inconsistant golfers out there! Kira and Becky have many, many rated rounds. I guess I don't see why they can be gators.

Players below 800 MAY be OK as gators but haven't been tested for reliability and potential adjustment factors. Even those under 900 are less reliable and originally were not going to be used as gators. The math is not linear and isn't simply just a mathematical extension of the current formulas to use those under 800 as gators.

OK LADIES!!!! Only 3 days left to get your entries in, lets beat last years numbers! Hopefully the weather will cooperate with us this year, it has been kinda weird this week. Hey Terry, did you ever figure out your plans for here? My fiancee and I live in Pekin just minutes from Mcnaughton and only a few miles off of 474 which leads to the other courses within 15-20 mins. have floor space and won't charge you anything. Let me know.

Just out of curiousity, why must a gator have a rating of at least 800? Is that because players with a rating above that are thought to be more consistant? I'd hope that's not the case, because my rating is above 800, and I am one of the most inconsistant golfers out there! Kira and Becky have many, many rated rounds. I guess I don't see why they can be gators.



Kira and I as gators!! LOL

I just noticed that the Advanced Women have been moved to the B-Pool. Now both pools have sufficient gators. The Waterford juniors give heartfelt thanks to the Advanced Women for their Gatoraid! :D

If any advanced women just lost their ride by this pool change, we are staying at the hotels in Morton and have vehicle room for two more riders in our big van.

If any pro women are staying in Morton and have space, Diana is looking for a ride. She was going to rent a car for herself and Kelsey, but now that it is just her in the A-pool she's looking to ride with someone. She'll contribute towards gas generously.

That's cool that the advanced women can be gators, but HUGE BUMMER that the adv women won't play McNaughton!!! Do you think it's possible to have everyone play McNaughton on Sunday? That's probably one of the best courses in the US!!!

That's cool that the advanced women can be gators, but HUGE BUMMER that the adv women won't play McNaughton!!! Do you think it's possible to have everyone play McNaughton on Sunday? That's probably one of the best courses in the US!!!



"Schedule is subject to change" is on the website.....I don't think we'll know the schedule until we pick up our player's packs and schedules....one more working day until I'm off from work for USWDGC :)

Tree

One more day of work, and I'm done with this job once and for all! Then I'm off to Peoria for some disc golfin' fun. What hotel is everyone staying at? I'm at the Baymont Inn in Peoria.

We are staying at the Holiday Inn Express in East Peoria. I think that's where most of us Michigan girls are staying. I think it's the host hotel. Not sure who else is staying there.

The Brakel clan is at the Comfort Inn in Morton. It is closer to most of the courses and they have a waffle maker for their little breakfast thing.

Would anyone be interested in some $5 hi-lo best shot doubles at Northwoods, Thursday at 2:00 p.m., to be hosted by the Waterford Junior Girls Club? 110% cash payout. If I have 16 players interested, I'll make trophy discs too.

It would work like this, the highest rated player would be paired with the lowest rated player, next highest with next lowest, etc. Men who are traveling with players would be welcome. We'll play the tournament tees.

Karolyn, Heather and I may be interested. Depends on what time we get in to Peoria. We're planning on leaving super early maybe around 5am Thursday morning. I'll ask them and let you know.

That would make for eight. Schwinns? Becky?

There is no late registration right, like at the event? And when is the last day for online registration? Cuz I believe the mail must be postmarked today right?

I think that there might be a couple of days maybe through the weekend left on on-line registration. You can always contact oldman an find out for sure. 309-676-8561

Thanks. I am already registered but I was just wondering cuz there were a couple girls I had talked to a while back who said they were going and I don't see them on the list yet. I'll try to call them and see what's up.

That would make for eight. Schwinns? Becky?



I'd like to, but Ben has class until 5...assuming he doesn't skip out. BTW, our hotel has a waffle maker too.

FOUR DAYS UNTIL WE LEAVE! Yeah!!!! I am stoked about this event. This will be my first time playing the USWDGC. I am hoping the turn out will grow from last year's. I would be happy to donate some cool T-shirts for CTP's, who should I see, and will Friday morning at check-in be too late?(would anyone happen to know?)

I just updated the pre-registration list and we are at the EXACT number we had last year. I don't exactly what Old Man's plan is for taking more registrations right now. I am just about to shut down the online registration.

I'm not exactly sure why he wants it shut down now because I technically could keep it open until I leave for Peoria bright and early on Thursday morning. I guess we'll see.

Bruce - I have never played that course, would I be welcome for doubles or is it a girly thing? :)

- Marshal Miller

two cents worth about the reg. I think it would be cool to leave online reg open until Thursday morning. I think last year's will be exceeded. My teammate sent hers in via snail mail. :) So there will be 77 at least. Heehee.

I just got off the phone with Old Man and we had a few more updates. Unfortunately a couple of people have had to back out but we've also added some new faces.

The list (http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5524) is officially 1 more than last now at the moment. I also confirmed with Old Man that online registration had to be taken down. If anyone has registration questions they can be directed to him.

Make sure you check out all of the event's details on the official USWDGC (http://www.illinoisdiscgolf.com/womenschampionship/index.html) website. Note that there have been changes made in the last week or so!

-Ter

That's a pretty sweet list, 27 Open women is pretty impressive. I wish I could make it this year, hopefully next year. Good luck Jen!!!!

Thanks Ashley! It would have been cool to play with you again! :( bummer you can't make it. We'll just have to shoot together in WI for 2007 Worlds! :) !! I hope you're having a lovely autumn so far! :D Take care!

Bruce, Ben might skip class on Thursday so we can play doubles!

I'm sooo excited for the tourney this year! So far I'm healthy!!

You would be welcome. It is high-low pairing by rating so some junior girl or intermediate woman will be thrilled to have you for a partner!

Anybody else, we are trying to get a round of $5 doubles going at Northwoods, Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Hi-lo pairing. All are welcome. Miniscule amounts of added cash. :D

I would like to give a shout out to our most-spectacular
sponsors!
Tilley's Disc Golf/Party Store in Traverse City, Michigan
All-Star Moving - Lake Ann, Michigan
Flyin' Brian - Ohio and Traverse City, Michigan
These guys really came together and are sponsoring a team of
four fabulous women! :)
Big hugs to our most excellent sponsors!

That would make for eight. Schwinns? Becky?



I was going to head over to Bradley for check in but I'll play doubles first :)

Actually.....can we do doubles at 2:30? We planned on checking in at the hotel at 2p.....let me check the schedule with Jon.

If this is going to be one round of 18 holes of doubles, I think I want to play. Can you subtract 10 points off my rating for every herniated disc that I have? :D

We could always check in after. I'm thinking I might skip class on Thursday so I won't need to be at the hotel at any particular time.

One round. Best shot. 18 holes. Tournament tees. $5. Hi-Lo pairing. 110% cash payout. Northwoods. 2:00 p.m. Thursday. You have to have a rating and know what it is to play. :D

There is no California in this game. If we have an odd number, I'll stand down.

If Maddison wants in she's a PDGA member so we'll give her a rating that approximates her skill level. 475? I have not seen her play in a long time. Maybe we just found Terry's partner! :D

Okay, Ben and I will definately be there for doubles. 2 or 2:30? Ben's hoping to match up with Kira!

2:00 Thursday at Northwoods. Straight hi-lo pairing. $5 entry. 110% cash payout. We should be done in time to scoot over to Bradley and check in, but you can also check in Friday morning.

The nice thing about the hi-lo game is that if Terry, Ben and I should happen to be the three highest rated players there, the three lowest rated players are assured of getting a good partner, and there are no super teams.

There's random draw doubles at Bradley at 6:00 by the way. In the past that has always finished in darkness and has kept us out later than we want to be the night before a tournament. Also, random draw is really not a fair game for most of the amateur women there. I think this year they are only playing 14 holes or something to try to get done before dark.

I'd love to 'get my disc on' at both of the doubles events. I guess we'll see.

My car will be getting worked on in Lombard for the weekend so you better watch out when T-Dogg comes rolling into town with Grandma's ride. I certainly hope it will go over 55 when I'm on the freeway!

I'll see all of you on Thursday at some point in time!

If this is going to be one round of 18 holes of doubles, I think I want to play. Can you subtract 10 points off my rating for every herniated disc that I have? :D

We could always check in after. I'm thinking I might skip class on Thursday so I won't need to be at the hotel at any particular time.



Maddisen and I are in :)

Man this day is dragging on by!!!!!!!!!! We leave bright and early, well not so bright at 5am, but early tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to get there!

If this is going to be one round of 18 holes of doubles, I think I want to play. Can you subtract 10 points off my rating for every herniated disc that I have? :D





My herniated disc (L4-L5) last year cost me about 40 ratings points...I think you should hold out for more. :)

Chap

My herniated disc cost me four months of verticality, but I'm back and better than ever. Once you hit 40, staying in the game becomes a full time preoccupation.

Man this day is dragging on by!!!!!!!!!! We leave bright and early, well not so bright at 5am, but early tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to get there!

What are you driving? If we see you on the highway, we'll honk and wave.

We're hitting the road within the hour :)

Peoria, here we come!!!

:cool::) :D;) :cool:

Good luck to the players and the T.D./staff.
We got some Texas ladies headed up there......So take care of them...they know how a Ladies only event is ran and have high expectation of USWDGC

Ana, Mel and Little E! Good Luck Girls!

I sent a package of Texas goodies with Mel! Sure wish I was making the trip, maybe next year.

We had 14 players for hi-lo doubles. Kelsey and Cathy tied Terry and Maddisen for third at three down. Jon and Tracey won second at four down. Bruce and Becky won first with a five down.

The USWDGC course record is four down, so nice shooting everyone!

Best of Luck to the Ladies of Wisconsin!
Bring home the Cheese!

<font color="red"> </font> Just wanted to give a big HELL YEAH!!! to all my Canadian Chickas...Mel, Carrie, Inga...

You're all doing us proud....Have fun ladies... and have a safe trip home... ;) <font color="red"> </font>

Burl throws down an unofficial 1003-rated round to jump into second, one behind Angela.

Marshal Miller checking in.

The 4th rounds got done just a little while ago. So far everything should be updated and current. We adjusted the scores and the pools to correctly reflect where everyone played. Huge thanks to Jon Brakel for helping me record and report the scores just seconds after they get off the course.

For those of you following along at home the layouts were as follows:

A Pool: Open, Pro Masters, Adv Masters played 2 rounds of Bradley yesterday then 2 rounds of Northwood today.

B Pool: Advanced, Intermediate, and Juniors all played 2 rounds of Northwood yesterday with 2 rounds of Bradley today. So in theory you could compare everyone's scores equally because they played the same layouts on the 2 courses.

Tomorrow the B Pool heads to Washington and the A Pool heads to McNaughton.

Tight battles and lots of fun here in Peoria. The women are really enjoying everything. Now off to more of the weekend's festivities. Tomorrow's updating will be a little tougher but we'll do our best to get everything reported ASAP.

Wish them luck!

Terry "Marshal" Miller

Angela dramatically pulls away from the field with a 1013-rated round as she heads into the Final 9 with an 11-shot lead.

Looks like Des isn't getting a perfect 700 points in the NT points race. Great shooting Angela! Wow.

The Wheeling Brakels have made it home, safe and sound :)

My hat's off to the PFC and the Wallis Clan....Thanks for a lovely weekend :)

See you next year!!! Come on girls....let's break 100 players!!

Atta girl Chicky-fry!

The best women golfers are from Iowa. Coincidence?, I think NOT!

The Waterford Brakels were very happy that EVERYONE in the car, including the furry-faced chauffeur, played well, had fun and won a trophy.

Diana, Kelsey and Kira all played well over their rating most of the time and made me very proud to be vicariously associated with their accomplishments.

Becky and I were the USWDGC Hi-Lo Doubles champs. We had seven teams for that, added cash and two little trophies. Jon and Tracey Thorpe took second. There was a tie for third that included Terry Miller with Maddisen Brakel and Kelsey with her partner, but I'm not sure who her partner was now.

I had the chance to play with Angela @ the Mad City Open this year, and I will say this. After playing the round with her I suddenly realized this girl seriously had the potential to be the worlds best women's disc golfer. Judging by her performance this past weekend, that is becoming a reality. In the face of one of the strongest Women's fields ever, she not only won, but completely lapped the field with an 11 throw win!!!! Congrats Angela. I hope you continue to elevate your game like I know you can. Cheers.

Well, for a year anyway, she is the nation's best women's disc golfer! :D I think she will do well at USDGC. The kind of accuracy and control that it takes to shoot par at McNaughton will be well rewarded between the yellow ropes.

Indeed.

First timers at USDGC usually need a year to get used to the demands of the course and event to really shoot their best. But she's shown she can handle the pressure at the top women's level. So it will be great to see how three top women shoot there.

I had a blast at the USWDGC! Oldman, Mom, PFC, and all the volunteers did an excellent job. Bradley Park proved once again to be my achilles heel. :p Hats off to all the WI women who represented the state!! Way to go Cheyenne for taking home the gold!! I'd also like to commend Des for playing through all the pain. Her playing this weekend was a clear example of her passion and dedication to the sport and to women in the sport. You rock, Des!

Does anyone have a list of how far the women threw during the distance competition? I know Liz threw an exceptional 342, but what about the others? I'm curious if the average distance for women disc golfers is increasing relative to previous years.

I put a few pictures in the gallery at discontinuum. I'll add more when I have time. http://discontinuum.org/gallery/album24

For Distance-
I choked out a 318ft drive, and Courtney won it with a 321ft turnover.. killer head wind

Marshal Miller checking in.

lots of fun here in Peoria. The women are really enjoying everything.





Yeah, yeah, yeah...rub it in why don't ya. ;)

i heard lisa warner puked on a kitten

VAL! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Val also had an awesome long jump putt that I have on video to take 2nd place on the last hole! WAY TO GO VAL!!!!!!!!!!

Local checking in here, Thank you to Val and Momma Sharon for letting me caddy during the finals, that was an awesome experience! Also thanks to all of the women who made it here this year! It was great to see so many old faces and get to meet so many new ones. It's hard to say goodbye after a short few days when you only see other women once a year! I hope that you all had a blast, I know I did, and please come back next year with a friend or two so we can hit our goal of 100! Congrats to all of our ladies for some awesome play this weekend! :D

An article about the event will likely be posted to the front page of the PDGA website tomorrow. I submitted a story along with a handful of photos.

I need to thank Cory for offering to put me up for the weekend even though it didn't work out that way. She graciously set up an air mattress but because of my late nights it didn't work out that I got over to her place. Thanks again though for the offer.

The USWDGC is certainly something very special and I really enjoy being a part of it. As someone that promotes golf where ever I can, it's very encouraging to see so many passionate women all show up for such a special event. This event is really made possible because of the women. The Peoria Frisbee Club is group of great people and without their great hospitality this event wouldn't run the way it does.

Looking forward to helping out in whatever necessary compacity next year!

Marshal Miller

Thanks again, Terry for being there and being a great Marshall! This was one of the most amazing tournaments I've been to. Wonderful comaradarie, outstanding people, great courses, the list goes on. :) :cool:
Luv to all!

We pulled out a tape measure at the end of the contest and it was Coourtney at 328' 9" and Valerie at 326' 7.75". Very stiff head wind. A better judge of distance was the drives on the last hole of the final 9. It's a 420ft. hole and Valarie hit about a 45' foot putt (approx. 375' drive). I should also mention that Angela was right there with her on that hole.

Congrats to all the winners! I hope you enjoyed our courses, especially McNaughty ( it's my course :D)
I'll try to make sure nobody pukes on any kittens next year.

Had a great time at USWDGC, thanks for the mention Terry!

Thank you to ALL the hard-playing ladies out there, you amazed and thrilled and humbled me :cool:
<font color="red">Hope to see you up in C-eh-N-eh-D-eh sometime! </font>
Go Team Michigan!