garydropcho
Apr 03 2007, 09:56 PM
Thanks to the unprecedented support of Pennsylvania disc golf clubs, the 2007 State Disc Golf Championships to be held May 4-5 at the IUP College Lodge course in Indiana, PA, will pay the entry fee to the 2007 Women's National Championships for the highest finishing female Pennsylvania player .

The announcement by the host club for the PA States, Indiana Disc Links Association, completes a trifecta of state reps that will win a paid entry into their respective national championships. The top finishing Pennsylvania pro male at the May 4-5 State Championship will earn a paid entry to the United States Disc Golf Championship in Rock Hill SC in October. The top PA Advanced male finisher at the IUP College course will win a paid entry to the United States Amateur Disc Golf Championship to be held at the Toboggan Course in Kensington, MI in June. Finally, the best finish by a Pennsylvania female will win her a paid entry into the United States Women's Disc Golf Championship in Peoria, IL on September 28-30.

The field for the PA State Championships is limited to 90 players and as of April 3, only 22 spots remain to be filled. Any PDGA player can compete at the event with over $500 to be added to the pro purse and handsome player packages to all the ams. IDLA is hoping for a field of at least 10 women players and is discounting entry fees for women to encourage them to come and play! All the details, including on-line registration via Paypal, can be found at www.PFDS.org. (http://www.PFDS.org.)

Big Thanks go to the PA clubs that stepped up to sponsor their club players and enable the tournament to send state reps to the National championships: Boulder Woods Country Club, Bucks County Disc Alliance, Creekside Crawdads, Friends of Sedgely Woods, Indiana Disc Links Association, Kennett Square Discs, and Pittsburgh Flying Disc Society.

Finally, the baskets have been put back in the ground after the winter sledding season at the College Lodge course, and the new B pin layout has been revealed. The state championship will play rounds from the Blue and White tees to the B pins the first day, and to the A pins on Sunday May 5. If you've been itching for a road trip, plot your course to Indiana, PA to get in some practice. But if you aren't registered yet, you better send in your money before you head out the door or you might not get to play!

Jeff_LaG
May 07 2007, 11:41 AM
Congrats to Alanna Houck #30819 of Indiana, PA, for winning paid entry fee to the 2007 United States Women's Disc Golf Championship in Peoria, IL on September 28-30!!! :cool:

Congrats to the Indiana Disc Links Association for running an awesome event!

garydropcho
May 07 2007, 10:17 PM
Disc golf clubs from across the state sent their best players to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) College Lodge course in Indiana, PA on May 5-6 to compete to be the Pennsylvania representative to the United States Disc Golf Championships, the US Am Nationals, and the US Womens National Championships.

Nick Schneider, sponsored by the Friends of Sedgley Woods, won the Open Division purse of $450 as well as the paid spot ($230) in the USDGC field by shooting a -19 under par over four rounds played on a newly christened set of B pins at The Lodge.

John Genter of Kennett Square Discs Golf Club shot a -10 par 49 in the final round to come from 6 back and win the Advanced Men's trophy, a Ching Skill Shot basket and a paid spot in the US Amateur Disc Golf Championship in June.

Alanna Houck, playing for the host club Indiana Disc Links Association, shot two final rounds of 68 to answer the challenge of the course and best the field of 6 amateur women to earn a paid spot in the US Women's National Championship in September.

Major props for the participating PA clubs who contributed a total of $525 to pay the entry fees to the three national championships as well as special edition PA State Disc Golf Championship FLX Buzz discs for all the club-sponsored players.

Participating clubs: Boulder Woods Disc Golf Country Club, Bucks County Disc Golf Alliance, Creekside Disc Golf Club, Kennett Square Disc Golf Club, Indiana Disc Links Association, Pittsburgh Flying Disc Society, and Friends of Sedgley Woods.

Title Sponsor Indiana Cycle and Fitness donated the Skill shot, discs for the am player packs and a bike (won by 13-year old Chris Hoeg in a throw off). Major sponsor IUP Student Co-0perative Association welcomed the tournament to their pristine gem of a course and hosted the weekend of festivities in the Ski Hut overlooking #18 green. Big Mojo Tattoo donated fine tournament tee shirts to all am players, Discraft provided trophy discs and CTP prizes, and Grip It and Rip It provided merchandise for the event. Thanks to Tournament Director Michael Dropcho, IDLA members Kurt Poole, Bryan Schlemmer, Keith Hernandez, Alanna Houck, Christine Arroyo, Tim Kunkle and J. Gary Dropcho for putting on the best PA State Disc Golf Championship ever!

The event was a PDGA-sanctioned B-tier and MADC B-Series event and had a pro purse of $2,075 (132% of net entry fees) and an amateur event value of $3,610 (157% of net entry fees).

Complete tournament results here: http://www.pdga.com/schedule/event.php?TournID=6393