The 6th Annual LA Open will be held on December 2 and 3 in Baton Rouge Louisiana. It will be a PDGA B Tier this year, bringing back the reason this tournament was started - to get the PDGA back to the South! Will Timmons and Sky South West will be TD'ing this event, and with the help of the BRDGA members, and help from the SN Community, and BREC (the Baton Rouge Parks Department) this should be one heck of a tournament.
Being a TD for 9 other tournaments in the BR area this year, and the TD for the 2003 Pro SNDGC, I'm ready to step up and make the PDGA and the SN proud by running a finetuned, well paying tournament, with lots of extras for all of the players!

Entry Fees are as follows -
Open Pro and Pro Masters: $72
Grand Master: $62
Pro Women: $62
Pro Master Women: $62
Advanced: $42
Intermediate Master: $42
Intermediate Men: $32
Intermediate Women: $32
Novice: $20
Junior: $20
Non PDGA Members in the PRO divisions must pay an additional $5 temp member fee.
Amateur Players that are NOT PDGA members will have their PDGA fee subtracted from their entry fee.
Also From Entry Fee
$2 goes to SN
$3 goes to PDGA
Sponsor Money covers: Plaques, Players Packs, Added Money to Pro Purses, and Skins.

I'm working on a Pre Registration place, and a host hotel right now. We will have Hooters Wings for lunch on Saturday, and I'm working on Live Music and Louisiana Cooking at a Players Party on Saturday Night at one of the Parks. Putting competition and a Fly Mart will also be available at the Players Party.

For more information, and tournament details check the sndg.org website or get in touch with Will Timmons at skysouthwest@cox.net

how far from shreveport?

It's about 340 miles from Shreveport, takes about 5 1/2 hours.
I'm sure a group from the Port of Shreves will be making the trek down this way for this one.
I've e-mailed Marshall Street Disc Golf about handling the pre registration for this event for me. I'll post when we get something worked out.
I would like to thank my boy Tex for his gracious sponsorship of $250.
There will be a raffle for multiple merchandise items - some Items will be CFR Factory Seccond Rocs - a DGA Mach Lite Basket - CFR Tournament Stamped Discs - And even More Items will all be raffled off!
We will also be having a $1 a throw Basket Toss to win an Innova Sport Basket. It's $1 a throw (as many throws as you want) and the 6 closest FLAGS from Saturday, and the 6 closest FLAGS from Sunday will each get one throw at the end of the tournament to take the basket home. Closest gets it!!

More Later!

Will T

Hey Will,

What can you post about Scotlandville Parkway Park?

It is a HUGE basically empty park (bad reputation) just off of I-110 North past Airline. (3 exits before the Greenwood Exit if that helps) If you have ever gone to the BR Airport, it is the gigantic park on the right as you exit. I've been trying for over 3 years now to get BREC to install perminant baskets, so we use it with portable baskets for 2 or 3 tournaments a year to show them how much use it could get, but they won't listen.

It is not as long as Highland, but the oranges are 5501', and the golds are 7556', but there are many more trees and low shots. The thing that makes this course difficult is the amount of OB's. All of the holes but one (a 500' orange tee shot from the open into the woods) have some sort of OB.

Distances:
The Oranges - <300' - 9 holes / 300-400' - 6 holes / >400' - 3 holes
The Golds - <300' - 4 holes / 300-400' - 7 holes / >400' - 7 holes

OB�s and Hazards of Scottlandville Parkway Park

- All concrete is OB (including park benches) Most holes in or over the water is OB, and in or over the walking path is as well. The only holes that it doesn�t apply to: 6, 7, 10, & 18. They will be marked for the tournament (It is when throwing over the hazard.)

1) Creek on the left of the fairway and around the back of the basket � Mando Tree from Yellow Tee
2) In and over water on the Left, and the sidewalk and over behind the basket, and park bench concrete.
3) The creek runs around the back of the basket. In and over the water is OB.
4) In and over the water on the left, and in or over the sidewalk on the right is OB.
5) In or over the water on the left is OB. Runs along the whole side of the ditch. Sidewalk behind basket.
6) ONLY on the sidewalk is OB, and in H2O (Drainage ditch is NOT OB)
7) ISLAND HOLE must land in grass (park bench�s in Island are NOT OB) from tee, or re-tee from next tee (Y>O>B)
8) Sidewalk and over on left, and park bench �islands� are OB.
9) Fence on left, and in or over sidewalk on right is OB. Behind basket is ugly and can hold H20.
10) ONLY in water is OB, and in or over the sidewalk on the right, and the bridge is OB.
11) In or over water on the right, and in or over sidewalk on the left is OB. Water is behind basket as well.
12) In or over sidewalk on left, small �lake� in front of basket, and in or over h2o behind basket.
13) In or over sidewalk on the left, and curves around to the right, behind the basket.
14) No real OB�s just HURL that disc!
15) Over the fence on the right, and in or over the sidewalk on the left. Mando to the Left of tree. No going over fence
16) In or over the sidewalk on the right, the bridge, and under it, is OB. **Basket is far back and right this year, by path
17) In or over the water on the left and behind is OB.
18) Only in the water, in or over the road, the road and sidewalk behind the basket and bridges.
LOOK ON THE TEE SIGNS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OB�S AND NEXT TEE DIRECTIONS.

Probably a little bit of info over kill - but ask and you shall receive!
Good to hear from you Andi - Hope to see you here in December!

Oh Yea - Pre Registration WILL be set up through MSDG!
Thanks to Steven and all the folks at Marshall Street for their help. There is no fee for pre-registering through them so let me know if you will be here!
Players Packs for the first 100 Signed Up!

Later,

Will T

What's up WBT. Glad to see it's sanctioned again. Unfotunately, I probably won't make it. I may be able to donate something for u though.

Andi--Scotlandville course is very nice. I wish they could make it perm. Not too long, but u must hit fairways and be accurate.

will, u have pm

It is a HUGE basically empty park (bad reputation)



Maybe be a huge empty park but still a fun one to play. All 3 of these courses are sweet.

Tournament Stamped Discs are in! LA State Seal Redone.
CFR Sponsor Discs - Glo Chmp Orcs, Glo Chmp T-Birds (not tl's), Star Rhynos, and Star Skeeters. (Fly really nice!)
Champ Discs - Beasts, Valkyries, Dyed Sidewinder
Pro Discs - Wraith
Star Discs - Tee-Bird, Wraith
DX Aviar, Roc, and Wraith are for the players packs.

We are still looking for a hotel that is as close to $50/night as possible.
We have the Baton Rouge Area Sports Foundation working on this, and I'll hear back from the BRASF about this early next week. Lookiing at a Days Inn that is kinda between the courses

I do need to ask for people to bring as many TOP BASKETS for Scottlandville and the extra 9 at Highland as possible. need 18 total. Being a PDGA B Tier Tournament, I want to make sure we have as many really good uniform baskets set up as possible. Let me know if you have one you can bring, and what type it is.

I expect to hear back from BREC about the players party. Looks like the music I wanted to ask to play won't be available, but I do plan on getting people to cook, having a big TV there for the SEC Chmp Game, maybe a DJ spinning music, maybe a mini golf course set up on the inside 7 at Greenwood? Glo Mini Golf? Poker Tournament? Putting and Driving Compitition, Fly Mart - What Else!?!?

More Later,

Will T

It is a HUGE basically empty park (bad reputation)



Maybe be a huge empty park but still a fun one to play. All 3 of these courses are sweet.



Justin - Bring some Wizards wit ya o tah.. Thanks...

I will have everything also for this tournament I'm getting some Infernos and Blurrs anything else needed just tell me I will order.

Update -
Pre-registration on www.msdgc.com (http://www.msdgc.com)
Players Packs for first 100 Signed Up - Includes: Tournament Stamped Innova DX Disc, Tournament Stamped Lil' Flyer Mini, Tournament T-Shirt, Deck of Cards from Casino Rouge Casino, Hooters Coupon, Beads, Tobasco Hot Sauce, and even more!
Tournament Hotel is being worked on - trying to get something under $55, but hotels in BR are still expensive! Will have one in ink by Monday. Prob a Days Inn on Airline (closer to the course we play on Sunday since we tee off at 9AM the second day)
$500 added to pro purse with a month to go - still expecting more!
Tournament Stamped CFR Discs available (Glo Orc and Tee-Bird, - Star Skeeter and Rhyno) as well as Star Stamped Wraiths and Tee-Rexs, Pro wraiths, and Champion Stamped Beasts, Valkyres, and Dyed Sidewinder Discs.

Raffle $1/ticket - for all these prizes (drawn one at a time)
DGA Mach Lite Basket - Factory Second Star 180g Roc(s) - '07 CFR Champion Wraith - Tournament Stamped CFR Discs - Dyed Shirt and Towel from SueMac #19471 from Houston, TX - and even MORE!

There will be so much going on for everyone.
There is the BR Zoo that backs into the Course that we will be using as Tournament Central Saturday (and the Players Party Saturday Night) Hooters Wings (1000 of them - thanks Chris Lackett!) for lunch on Saturday as well.

A $2 Raffle for being able to partner with one of the top 4 pros!
The top 4 pros will draw 1 raffle ticket from the hat, and that person gets to play in the final 6 hole skins match with that pro! All the money raised goes to the skins that they are playing for! Lots of fun for ALL!

My fingers hurt from typing - but even more to come so sign up NOW!

Peace,

Will T #10542
LA State Coordinator

Entries received on line as of Saturday Night
Joe Hague Open Pro - Susan Macaluso Adv Women - Justin Main Advanced - Barrett Broussard Int. Men
By mail: Neal Dambra Grand Masters - Jenn Beazley Adv Women
Local: Will Timmons Open Pro - Jose Ossa Open Pro - John Fowler Open Pro - Brad Wells ?

Soon Real Soon!

Will T

Alright!

Host Hotel Information!!
Thanks to the Ramada Inn on Airline and I-12 in Baton Rouge for Taking on the Host Hotel Duties for the 2006 LA Open! Phone: 225-706-5500

This is an absolute gem of a hotel - and lots of extras as included in the room fee. Fee Breakfast (not just juice either! - Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, the works!!) free highspeed internet, swimming pool, and is located right off the interstate, between the courses.

The rate is $68 / night flat rate for up to 4 people, $5 per extra person added if more than 4 in a room.

IMPORTANT - THIS RATE IS ONLY GOOD UNTIL NOVEMBER 24TH!! ONE MUST RESERVE THEIR ROOM BEFORE THIS DATE TO GET THIS RATE!! (normal weekend rates are >$90)
The rate is good Friday - Saturday - and Sunday Nights

Code Word - Disc Golf Tournament

I have 20 rooms blocked off - and being so close to tournament time - they are letting us reserve rooms up till a week before the tournament.

It is on Gwenadale, which is the service road off of Airline Hwy right off Interstate 12. Food, shops, bowling, and more all close by. Take advantage of this Great Place - and Come Get Some!

There is also a Microtel Inn and Suites down the road away, and I know that the PDGA has a special rate set up through them. But their Host Hotel rates were basically the same as the Ramada (with less to offer) so...

Schedule of events -
Friday - Sign up and Bring your partner doubles at Greenwood Park Last card out at 4-ish.
Saturday - 7:30 - 9:00 am - Late sign up and registration. (NO SIGN UPS AFTER 9:00AM!)
9:15 - Players Meeting at Greenwood / 9:30 Pro Divisions and Advanced Men Tee Off at Greenwood / All Amateur Divisions Caravan to Scottlandville - tee off at 9:50
Lunch Provided by Hooters at Greenwood between rounds At least 1 hour for lunch for all
2nd Round - All Pro Divisions and Advanced Men go to Scottlandville, and all Amateur Divisions play Greenwood.
Players Party at Greenwood Afterwards!

The Best Jambalaya in Louisiana will be served at the players party (this man won the Best Jambalaya contest in LA!), basket toss, mini golf, fly mart, SEC Championship game, Poker Tournament, and More at Players Party!!!

Sunday All Divisions play Highland Park - To accomodate the pools being combined - Highland will have a 27 hole layout. Novice and Juniors only play on Saturday!!
The Final 6 holes for skins will not carry over the scores - but we will have a raffle to see who gets to partner with the top 4 Open Pro Scores! Raffle Tickets are $2/ea or 3 for $5, and each top pro will draw one ticket from the hat, and that person gets to play in the finals with the pro as their partner. All the money raised from the raffle goes to the Skins Purse!

Also remember - www.msdgc.com (http://www.msdgc.com) only does pre-registration until one week prior to the tournament, then they close their site down to be able to send the money before the tournament starts. So Sign Up Now!!

Soon - Real Soon!

Will T
10542

REMINDER - There is only one week left to pre-register with MSDGC. They cut registration one week before the tournament so they can get the money to me.

I am going to up-grade the players packs of all players that pre-register through MSDGC. They will get a Star or CFR disc instead of a DX one in their players pack!

Also - the same goes with the Host Hotel. The LAST DAY TO REGISTER AT TOURNAMENT RATE is the 24TH of NOVEMBER!!!

Use the Code : Disc Golf Tournament

$68 for a Double (normal weekend rates - $98) - THEY WILL NOT HONOR OUR PRICE AFTER THE 24TH!

Players party is set at Greenwood Park. Glo Mini Golf - Award Winning Jambalaya - Poker Tournament - Putting - and More!

Come on down and Come Get Some!!

Will Timmons
19542

This tournament is going to be freaking awesome. Three different courses; one that rewards brains and balls, one that rewards finesse, and one that rewards the accurate long drives.
This tournament is going to draw tremendous competition from all over the south east.

HEY TEXAS . . . Come get some!!! Try something new for a change. Challenge yourself against the best players in the Southern Nationals series.

This tournament was a blast. I think a lot of people got scared away thinking that it would be cold but it was actually a nice weekend. Who knew how much fun you could have throwing a premi wizard and a Condor towards 12 baskets at 1 time.

The skins were the bomb those 6 holes were amazing to bad no one got any pictures.

Thanks BT for everything you did to get this tournament going.

scores?

Here is the cut and pasted results from the TD report.
Doesn't have the payout, but that will all be up soon.
I would like to thank those that showed up, and Happy Hollidays.

Later,
Willy BT

DivCode T.O. Place First Name Last Name PDGA Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total
MPO 1 John Fowler 6520 48 50 78 176
MPO 2 Bernie Sawyer 16634 55 57 78 190
MPO 3 Stephen Heaps 19898 56 55 82 193
MPO 4 Chris LaSonde 11585 57 59 80 196
MPO 5 Will Timmons 10542 54 55 88 197
MPO 6 Dwight LeGrand 27102 58 60 85 203
MPO 7 Phillip Hall na 56 57 92 205
MPO 7 Jeff Orum 4840 59 63 83 205
MPO 9 Jose Ossa 28268 60 60 87 207
MPO 10 Brad Wells 16463 62 60 89 211
MPO 11 Ian Aymami 29826 63 72 91 226
MPO 12 Casey Cox 29737 61 71 95 227
MPM 1 Glen Finley na 57 55 86 198
MPM 2 Ronnie Adams na 57 64 89 210
MPM 3 Jim Turner na 57 64 101 222
MPG 1 Neil Dambra 200 58 64 82 204
MPG 2 David Vance 25707 58 65 85 208
MPG 3 Dex Braud na 70 80 102 252
FPM 1 De'Atra Hunter 18666 59 63 94 216
FPM 2 Robin Adams na 57 65 96 218
FPM 3 Andi Lehmann 2094 60 61 99 220
MM1 1 Brooks Newell na 62 54 86 202
MM1 2 Steven LeBlanc na 57 58 88 203
MM1 3 Russell Bourg 26070 60 55 88 203
MM1 4 Stephen Harrison 31437 61 56 88 205
MM1 5 Mike Dupuy na 58 59 97 214
MM1 6 Brent Guidry na 59 61 101 221
MA1 1 Scott Garner na 54 58 87 199
MA1 2 Blake Orum 18333 58 58 87 203
MA1 3 Justin Main 27446 56 63 84 203
MA1 4 Craig Dye na 56 62 88 206
MA1 5 Joel Greer 23663 56 64 87 207
MA1 6 John Decouet 29818 61 63 86 210
MA1 6 Chuck Smith na 59 64 87 210
MA1 8 Chad Rousse na 56 63 96 215
MA1 9 Doug Marinovich 29536 57 69 90 216
MA1 10 Matt Hebert na 62 67 89 218
MA1 11 Ben Fox na 62 66 92 220
MA1 12 Tyler Sonnier na 70 88 109 267
MA1 13 Tim Orr na 64 62 999 DNF
MA2 1 Don Young 25749 56 51 85 192
MA2 2 Jamie Massengale na 63 52 83 198
MA2 3 Michael Maher na 64 56 82 202
MA2 4 David Buckley 30698 58 53 91 202
MA2 5 Brian Faul na 56 57 94 207
MA2 6 Paul Kainer na 62 58 89 209
MA2 6 Eric Nicholson na 58 54 97 209
MA2 8 Jeff Martin na 64 56 91 211
MA2 9 Dallas Garner na 60 59 94 213
MA2 10 Barrett Broussard 28654 62 61 91 214
MA2 10 Jason Cummings na 62 60 92 214
MA2 12 Don Tomasko 16679 64 56 96 216
MA2 13 JT Givens na 62 62 93 217
MA2 14 Delray Livramento na 67 62 93 222
MA2 14 Drew Wallace na 64 64 94 222
MA2 16 Darrin Brown 31223 69 59 99 227
MA2 17 Jason Powell 18574 71 63 94 228
MA2 18 Wade Smith na 66 64 99 229
MA2 19 James Bernard na 67 69 102 238
MA2 20 Jeff Martin Jr na 69 73 97 239
MA2 21 Kevin Richard na 74 68 106 248
FW1 1 Jennifer Beazley 26117 71 62 100 233
FW1 2 Deborah Brouilette na 72 62 101 235
FW1 3 Susan Macaluso 19471 84 71 108 263
MJ1 1 Josh Boudreaux na 84 75 159