I played two rounds on the new course on Saturday. It's the best course I've played in the Washington DC metro area. Very tight wooded holes, the open ones are surrounded by disc eating trees and the elevation goes up and down and up and down on almost every hole.

It's the most physically and mentally challenging courses I've ever played and I'm looking forward to seeing all the top golfers hit it.

Will the 2-meter rule be in effect?

not that i know, but i would bet yes.

The good folks at Seneca are myopic, the 2 meter rule will be in effect at Seneca bet the farm on that they know of no other way.

Sharky, whining again :( Get over it already :mad:

2meter rule will be myopically applied, special course rule for Sharky - 1meter will do nicely. It's not our fault others feel bad shots should be rewarded, we do not.
But as most of you fans know already - I'm not a nice man :) And it's one of my greatest joys in life to make each of you suffer terribly when out playing golf (rumor has it DG'ers all like it that way anyway). So in addition to the 2m rule being 4ever in effect at Seneca, when we get around to adding all the long tees and pins - count on some of the most grueling golf of your life :)

That's what I like to hear.

So in addition to the 2m rule being 4ever in effect at Seneca, when we get around to adding all the long tees and pins - count on some of the most grueling golf of your life :)



All I gotta say to that is BRING IT!! I love golf that's both physically and mentally challenging. Really seperates the men from the boys ;)

And they WILL be seperated this weekend. /msgboard/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

Definately looking forward to it :)

Definately looking forward to it :)

I aint skeered of da 2M rule. I will throw over the top no matter what....and ju know dis son.

Throw rollers and you almost always don't need to worry about the 2m rule. :D

or you just avoid the trees with air shots and you don't have anything to worry about ;)

Throw rollers and you almost always don't need to worry about the 2m rule. :D



I threw a roller at Tinicum hole #15 a few years ago, rolled right up the side of the tree and came to rest on a branch about 12' high!

That's why I said almost always, R-man. :D

Definately looking forward to it :)

I aint skeered of da 2M rule. I will throw over the top no matter what....and ju know dis son.


Not much over the top opportunity there schweb, but you are certainly welcome to try :)

OK, I must admit that most/all here favor the double penalty for throwing in a cedar, if one got relief then it wood be a fair call.

2 meter rule is what makes Seneca...Seneca...I can't believe all the hard work that has gone into the new course...I have been blown away.....if you see volunteers this weekend which I am sure you will...SAY THANK YOU...and then say it AGAIN.....W O W....I too can't wait to see how the top pros fair on this new design should be mighty interesting (hee hee, snicker, snicker.....) :D:p ;) ;)

When I played there one afternoon a couple years ago, I thought it was the most beautiful course I've seen. While I won't be playing, I look forward to at least seeing the course again. The pictures are awesome. My husband is definitely looking forward to playing the course and this event.

Looks like we will be renting a car and looking for a place to park it in DC since we are forced to stay at the Hyatt Capitol Hill through Sat afternoon, wish us luck . . . (not to mention the luck Don's going to need with all those trees . . . the beauty comes with a cost -- high scores )

Is there any chance someone could let me know the exact layout/format the Open players will be playing for their 3 rounds?

I'll be practicing the course on Thursday and Friday and would like to be able to practice the precise layout of the course.

From the weather professionals at Weather Forecast Office - Sterling, VA:

Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 69.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

The weather, and the weekend, are going to be great. For a course that's only 2 weeks old, it's in great shape. There has been lots of briar removal. People are working on it every day in anticipation of this weekend.

If we rescinded the 2-meter rule, people would no longer be scared of throwing into the cedars. Any cedar near a basket would become a target to aim at. There would be more discs going into cedars and more disc retrieval actions. Disc retrieval is what damages the cedars. People will climb 20 feet up a cedar to retrieve a 10-year old DX Roc that has a street value of $2.

I think Craig and JG did a great job with the design and the Cedar Farm volunteers came out in droves to help. I am so in love with my new home course. I hope you like it as much as we do!

What time does the Park open on Saturday?

What time does the Park open on Saturday?



Plenty early enough for ju! :D

Park opens at 8 oclock. Check-in by 9:15 or your spot will go to whoever is present on the waiting list.
The current wait list is
Mark Boyce MPM
Ian Liddell MPO

Lunch orders can be made for both days. Sandwiches from "Pelican Pete's" will be featured for a modest cost. ($6 or 7 bucks)

Park opens at 8 oclock. Check-in by 9:15 or your spot will go to whoever is present on the waiting list.
The current wait list is
Mark Boyce MPM
Ian Liddell MPO

Lunch orders can be made for both days. Sandwiches from "Pelican Pete's" will be featured for a modest cost. ($6 or 7 bucks)

Thanks Craigger, I will see yall Friday night between 9 and 10 If things work out properly.

OK, we had a cancellation, so Mark Boyce, and Ian Liddell are both IN!!
The following players are shown as not PDGA current at this time. These players need to show up w/proof of membership, or will have to pay their membership fees day of.

Ryan Lugo
Mark Boyce
Tom Edwards
Wesley Smith
Sam Valasquez

If you know any of these players and see them before Saturday, please remind them!!

Not sure why,
but my pre-registration update is not showing up on the tour page correctly.
I currently have no paid players on the waiting list.

An update from our friends at the National Weather Service Sterling VA office:

Saturday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 66. West wind between 6 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West wind between 3 and 8 mph.

Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 72. Light wind becoming west between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

It's a crappy, rainy day today, pretty much ensuring great weekend weather. Great weather for a great weekend coming up! Craig cut the grass the other day and 4 benches were moved and re-installed this week.

Today's wet weather could make for some muddy tee pads on Saturday morning. You should still bring your cleats/spikes.

Rollin ouTTa here in 1 hour, might be able to get in a few holes this evening, if not will be hiTTing the local watering hole right down the street from the course....Dogfish Alehouse baby.

http://www.sharkysshots.com/albums/userpics/10002/IMG_1196-2~0.JPG

well.... they're all out drinking dogfish.

Round 1 Erik Smith shot a HOT 44 with an ace!!! others on the lead card for the second round were trailing with a 47 brian S. and Nick Schneider, with joey Mela, and Ron Turner in the fivesome too ... I don't know how the second round went for the lead card.
In the 11 man GM division Ray Rogers is tearing it up 53 , 79!!! Jay G is in second, and a dogfight for the rest of us.
Not sure about Masters and Am. It was a long and fun day of good golf. Here is what the Open players are playing for:

http://www.sharkysshots.com/albums/userpics/10002/IMG_1198-1.JPG

The women are having a fine battle as well.

not sure of the exact scores, because i left right after my round...

but 10 under is in the lead, joe mela.

brinster at 8 under...

moser, schebby, nick s. all 7 under....

me and erik smith are 6 under...

that's about all i know..very tight in open..i think the first at least 8 places are all within 4 strokes.

very fun day, great weather.

sweet!!! big props to erik-also today i found his favorite tl that he lost at hawk hollow like a year ago in the swamp on hole 3, his karma must be in alignment.

hopefully he and ronnie kept up the hot shooting. love schwebby, nick, and joey too but gotta go home town. speaking of home town- go weidle!

schebby actually shot 1 under that round, so he's at -8 too...

i think someone else might've shot well from behind too so there is probably another name or two in that mix.

i know lesli demark was leading the women after round 1.

on a side note, my browns had a great day 1 of the draft. starting left tackle for 15 years and a franchise QB in round 1. yep.

and a franchise QB in round 1. yep.



famous last words. cheers, though. may he be the next rick mirer for your skid marks. :p

I did the update, and it said it was successful, but the PDGA tour page is still showing a pre-reg list from over a week ago.

update looks fine to me, craig. thanks!

thanks biscoe! the replacement tl still isnt where that tl you have is..... but it happens to be the one i aced with today. what a coincidence

hopefully it's not some weird thing that happens when you play a 27 hole round, but i have to assume that the ratings for the 2nd round are off right?

brinster shot 75, 6 under, which was hot and was only 1009. everyone else in the whole open field was below 1000.

Good luck to Ronnie, Venkman, Spangler, Tony, Stephen and all of the other VA folks!

Scroll down to the advanced round ratings -- I don't know Bobby Noble, but I'm guessing that a 1094 round would be a little above his average . . . my guess is that'll change slightly before it's official!!

A new record! EVERY advanced player shot a 1000+ rated round!

That or PDGA didn't account for two different amount of holes being played. But hot shootin advanced guys! ;)

schweb wins by 2 over mose

congrats schwebby!

Thanks Vincenzo

Hey Craiger, was this weekend an Am Nationals qualifier? I thought I read that, but then didn't hear anything about it at the tourney.

just an FYI craig - you need to change the number of holes played in the ratings tab on the upload site - the ratings are incorrect.

Ratings will get squared away when the course information is properly entered in the tournament admin section. I'm having some difficulty in getting the report to take the info the right way. But I'll get it figured out. The am vs pro ratins are a factor of an 18 vs 27 hole round played Sat afternoon.
Congrats to Scwebby, Leslie, Mark Boyce, Ray Rogers, and Robert Callender for their fine play.
I didn't even play -and I'm worn out!

Thanks Craig, great tournament! I missed cash by one stroke arrrrggggghhhhh What a challenging journey, included in my last round of 27 a 54 foot jump putt to save a 5 on 14 and an 8 foot miss on another hole. I got a few memorable 3's on tough holes too, + 1 cedar entrapment
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, thanks again.
Slide show. (http://www.sharkysshots.com/displayimage.php?album=84&pid=4839&slideshow=5000)

congraTTs to TThe Pro

Thanks Juffrey, and Thanks Sharky for the memories

congrats to schwebby, lesli, ray, rob, and especially mark boyce!!!

Thanks to Craig and all of the Cedar Farm crew that helped make this year�s Soiree a whooping good time. Congratulations to all the victors. Schwebby deserves to have his name on that cup with all those other great golfers. I want to thank all those players that I was grouped with for wonderful camaraderie and great sportsmanship. Way to go Mark! From what I heard, the flawless performance we witnessed in the final nine was just an encore of the main event earlier in the day.

Great Sharky shots......Congrats to all the winners...especially nice to have both the ladies Open and Men's open staying at our house this weekend. LESLI you shot so well...was a pleasure to watch the pro ladies play...Schweby...what more can I say. You so deserve that win....and your name on that cool trophy. Looks like you made good time on the way home, go Ashley :D
And Boyceamatic....wow!!!!! Great fun......great time...great golf...and GREAT PEOPLE!!!!!! Thanks to all!!!!

looks like tone tone and markus were tied with pitts for the last spot in the finals- how did they decide who played? hotter last round would've been pat so that could be it.

They had a sudden death playoff or is that a playin to determine who would be the 8th person in the final 9. I did not watch it but it probably went a few holes anyway I am standing in the parking lot and hear a huge ching then a roar as PP put in a 105 foot upshot for the deuce on 9 (old 7) for the entrance to the final 9. PP got one of the Marshall Street spot s too! :cool:

Play-off - Kallstrom, Naved, Tony, and Pat. Not sure how many holes it was, but Markus got knocked out early and then PP won it with a 100-120' deuce putt.

Is it me or do the ratings seem off? 1011 for a SUPER-hot 81? And the two women who are rated low 700's shot 934 rated rounds for their 135's? Hmmmm...

Is it me or do the ratings seem off? 1011 for a SUPER-hot 81? And the two women who are rated low 700's shot 934 rated rounds for their 135's? Hmmmm...



It's b/c the system thinks its 18 holes rather than 27. You have to change the layout on the admin part of the TD page anytime you have par over 54 or more than 18 holes.

where can I see these ratings?

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournamen...eRatings=1#Open (http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6438&year=2007&incl udeRatings=1#Open)

Look any better now?

Look any better now?



Yes, Chuck. Thanks.

Except that the "To Par" numbers seem to be wrong

congraTTs to TThe Pro



wordZZ

Play-off - Kallstrom, Naved, Tony, and Pat. Not sure how many holes it was, but Markus got knocked out early and then PP won it with a 100-120' deuce putt.



They all pushed on the first hole - 2nd hole all but Markus par'd - 3rd hole PP hit that huge deuce putt and that was that!

Great event, thanks for letting us AMs in, I had a blast despite my less than great play!

Congrats to Lesli and TThe Pro!

Although slightly dated, (it was shot and edited saturday) Here is footage from the Soiree after the 2nd round on Saturday.

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Two disc golf monthly programs will come out of this tournament. For the 2nd consecutive year Disc Golf Monthly has extended it's coverage to the Women's Open Division, and for the 1st year coverage was extended to the Men's Open Division with coverage from the final 9 round.

Which one will air 1st is undecided as of right now, but it may be the Men's due to the fact that there was a tie for 1st after 6 holes. For more clips from past and current shows visit www.discgolfmonthly.com (http://www.discgolfmonthly.com)

Nice -- where are the online photos of the new course?

And where is my hole sponsor disc? :o

Thanks Vincenzo



nice win mr.schweberger!!!!

i'll congratulate you in person at the virginia open

keith

Thanks Vincenzo



nice win mr.schweberger!!!!

i'll congratulate you in person at the virginia open

keith

Thanks Keith, but I wont be there... :(

CongraTTs to TThe Pro! Good shootin kid.
Good to see muTTons (Fats) make it on Disc Golf Monthly with a quick interview, long putt, and nice looking sidearm there at the end of the video.

Thanks Craig for putting on a great tourney. Course looked wonderful. Big thanks to all the locals that put the time into making the new course shine. Congrads on a good win schwebby!

...Good to see muTTons (Fats) make it on Disc Golf Monthly with a quick interview, long putt, and nice looking sidearm there at the end of the video.



That flick looks much better than mine into the same cedar tree that Moser hit. I rolled that hole both the next times.

Look any better now?



Well *my* rating went down, so I wouldn't use the word 'better' per se. :D

And thanks MiTTenZZ - for two straight weeks, my best shots came when Kevin threw his camera on me. I'm thinking of paying him to follow me around for a whole tournament.

Hey Craiger, was this weekend an Am Nationals qualifier? I thought I read that, but then didn't hear anything about it at the tourney.

also, wasn't a USDGC spot up for graps too? Just curious who got it.

Will, a USDGC spot was not up for grabs. It was not a USDGC qualifier don't ask me why they denied that and the Maryland spot for the USDGC was not up for grabs either.

Hi all
Uncle Bob here. We still need over $4,000.00 to help our Hall of Famer Darrell Lynn who is paralyzed from the neck down due to advanced Multiple Sclerosis. Darrell doesn't have cable and just lays in bed with nothing to occupy his time. This fund raiser is to buy him a special needs computer to add quality to a good man and PDGA. Darrell devoted many years as Administrator and would be proud of where the PDGA is going today.
Please send disc to be auctioned on ebay or check to
Darrell Lynn Fundraiser Auction
105 Brown Ln.
Trumann, Ar. 72472 my cell is 870-650-1332
God bless you all for your help so far and yet we need more
Uncle Bob #3230 ACTIVE

Be careful with this guy:

Does anyone know who discmanbob51 is on ebay? Seems like he bids up his own auctions so other people have to bid higher.

If you look at his bidder on this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&amp;rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ih=002&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AME BI%3AIT&amp;viewitem=&amp;item=120084600218&amp;rd=1&amp;rd=1)
It shows that bidder's only feedback is discmanbob. My friend bid on that bag, and that kirby person keeps bidding it up. Now the seller, "unlce bob", emailed my friend who bid on it and said they couldn't afford the auction........The note he emailed to my friend was this: i see we are bidding on the same golf bag. I have had a little set back and i usually don't do this but my bid of 46 is as high as i can go
good luck
Uncle Bob

Well Uncle Bob is the seller! Now my friend emailed him back and he claims the bidder is his cousin and his cousin can't afford it now. Sounds like a big scammer!


Read the whole thread here (http://www.pdga.com/msgboard/showflat.php?Board=Equipment&amp;Number=653883&amp;Searchp age=0&amp;Main=520540&amp;Search=true&amp;#Post653883)

And thanks MiTTenZZ - for two straight weeks, my best shots came when Kevin threw his camera on me. I'm thinking of paying him to follow me around for a whole tournament.



Please make me an offer that I cannot refuse :D

Thanks to all for the congrats.

congrats you mullet! schwebby hittn' some big ole putts in that final nine. way to go innova boysza!

Couldn't have asked for better conditions this past weekend. positive disc golf vibrations all around yeahh, amazing weather, well-run-thanks Craiger and Beth for everything- you both rock!, dogfish brewery-yummy aprihop, and takin home the CUP! This tournament is super special!

Thanks Vincenzo



nice win mr.schweberger!!!!

i'll congratulate you in person at the virginia open

keith

Thanks Keith, but I wont be there... :(





as quoted from south park...

WHAAAA,WHAAAA,WHAAAA,WHAAATTTTT!!!!!

how are you gonna miss friday dubs at biscoe's ???

will you be at any event outside the 'lina's before usdgc?

enquiring fans need to know!!!

keith

you can go to www.zonedriven.com (http://www.zonedriven.com) to check out my schedule and ongoing blogs

no friday dubs at HH that i know of... maybe monday singles.

Hey Craig, I just copied the highlights of my photos onto a disc. Will be in the mail to you shortly.

Ray, can you put any of those pics up for us?

Hey Craig, I just copied the highlights of my photos onto a disc.



Don't you mean 'disk'? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Sorry, 1 track mind.

I'd put pics up if I could figure out how!