I am not sure if a thread has been started yet on this event, but can anyone give some details about this? Fees, schedule each day, etc. I have heard it's only one division, but does anyone have anything else they could share. It's getting close and if we only play one round a day, there is plenty to keep you busy in Toronto! Can't wait....

I am not sure if a thread has been started yet on this event, but can anyone give some details about this? Fees, schedule each day, etc. I have heard it's only one division, but does anyone have anything else they could share. It's getting close and if we only play one round a day, there is plenty to keep you busy in Toronto! Can't wait....



Do you need a passport if you are just crossing each day? Better yet do we need one if we drive across for the weekend.

web page (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html)

Seems like for now only if you fly.

I am not sure if a thread has been started yet on this event, but can anyone give some details about this? Fees, schedule each day, etc. I have heard it's only one division, but does anyone have anything else they could share. It's getting close and if we only play one round a day, there is plenty to keep you busy in Toronto! Can't wait....



Do you need a passport if you are just crossing each day? Better yet do we need one if we drive across for the weekend.



I'm pretty sure (I checked into this for worlds) that if you are just driving across, you just need a drivers license AND a copy of your birth certificate.

and when I say copy, I mean a real notorized one.

are you thinking of going to this tournament MTL???

I'm pretty sure (I checked into this for worlds) that if you are just driving across, you just need a drivers license AND a copy of your birth certificate.

and when I say copy, I mean a real notorized one.



MTL, are you talking about driving to Canada before or after Pro Worlds 2007 this summer in Highbridge, WI? If so, do you know how far it is to either Sault St. Marie or Thunder Bay?

before

they said that starting in 08, passports will be required for any reason to cross the border

I am not sure if a thread has been started yet on this event, but can anyone give some details about this? Fees, schedule each day, etc. I have heard it's only one division, but does anyone have anything else they could share. It's getting close and if we only play one round a day, there is plenty to keep you busy in Toronto! Can't wait....



bump

Anyone with tourney details...

http://www.discgolfontario.com/forum/

Check here...

$150 entry fee is what I heard

Looked through the thread on the ontario board, and there is still little info showing. How bout it guys - a month to go before an NT and no flyer? Help travelers travel - and post the whole skinny! :)

Got an email saying website should be up by tomorrow

I am not sure if a thread has been started yet on this event, but can anyone give some details about this? Fees, schedule each day, etc. I have heard it's only one division, but does anyone have anything else they could share. It's getting close and if we only play one round a day, there is plenty to keep you busy in Toronto! Can't wait....



bump

Anyone with tourney details...



Ahhh, come-on.... :D

:D

A word to the wise... if you're flying and haven't gotten your passport yet you'll want to expedite the process or go directly to a city where you can get one made in a day. 11 1/2 weeks and my girlfriend still does not have hers yet. Supposed to go to Toronto this weekend. Sit and wait time.

A little info on the event. It will be a round a day for 3 days on a modified Island course with a pro par over 60. All tees are asphalt. The tournament is an NT event. There will be a players package, party and food at the event. The event is also a USDGC qualifier. It is rumoured that Avery Jenkins is prepared to pay the entry fees or everybody and anybody that beats him. ;)
Canadian Open Information (http://www.discanada.org/ontariodiscgolf/2007canadianopen.html)

Thanks Sulli...I thought Kim was gonna take it home? :cool:

This was just posted on one of the Canadian Boards and on the website mentioned above, by one of the TD's of the Canadian Open, Jarret.


Canadian Open

GUARANTEED FIRST PLACE - MPO $3000.00 CND ($2,829.12 USD)

GUARANTEED FIRST PLACE - FPO $1000.00 CND ($943.040 USD)





Hope this will entice a few more people up to play the Island.

before



MTL: again, if you are talking about driving to Canada before Pro Worlds 2007 this summer in Highbridge, WI, you should probably look at a map and see how far is from there to either Sault St. Marie or Thunder Bay.

Anyone know how much a Train ticket from the Detroit area to Toronto would be??? If I come out for this thats most likely the way I will go!!! I hate driving and gas would probly be more than a ticket anyway!!!

try the internet, i hear it has all types of useful information

Anyone know how much a Train ticket from the Detroit area to Toronto would be??? If I come out for this thats most likely the way I will go!!! I hate driving and gas would probly be more than a ticket anyway!!!



Here's what the Via Rail Canada site has to say:


Schedules, fares and reservations

Convenient and comfortable, the train is also economical. Your round-trip Comfort class ticket between Toronto and Windsor will cost you no more than $114 (Comfort Supersaver fare purchase five days in advance, taxes extra.)

You have the choice of several departures per day in either direction.

Note that the although the train does not cross the US border at Detroit, you can easily do so from Windsor.

Here's the website if you want to investigate more ...
VIA Rail Canada (http://www.viarail.ca/trains/en_trai_onta_towi.html)

Looks like passports may not be needed when flying to Canada for this summer:

WASHINGTON (June 8) - The Bush administration plans to suspend some of its new, post-Sept. 11 requirements for traveling abroad, hoping to placate Congress and irate summer travelers who've had their vacations thwarted by delays in processing their passports.

An announcement could come as early as Friday, according to officials and lawmakers briefed on the matter. The proposal would temporarily lift a requirement that U.S. passports be used for air travel to and from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda, several lawmakers said Thursday.

The suspension would allow the State Department to catch up with a massive surge in applications that has overwhelmed passport processing centers since the rule took effect this year. The resulting backlog has caused up to three-month delays for passports and ruined or delayed the travel plans of thousands of Americans.

Under the proposal, travelers would have to present a State Department receipt, showing they had applied for a passport, and government-issued identification, such as a driver's license.

Those without passports would receive additional security scrutiny, which could include extra questioning or bag checks, according to one official familiar with the discussions. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., said the suspension would last until the end of September.

It's now official:

"Responding to protests, the State Department and the Homeland Security Department said they would temporarily relax a rule requiring passports for air travel to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean.

From now until the end of September, they said, travelers would be allowed to fly to those destinations if they present government-issued identification, such as a driver's license, and a receipt from a State Department Web site showing they had applied for a passport.

The reprieve applies only to those with applications pending, not those who apply in coming days for travel later this summer. Travelers with receipts but not passports should expect extra scrutiny."

Too late to apply for passport now since the waiver only covers those who had already applied and not yet gotten it. You can still drive there though and get in and out.

Here's the Canadian Open website:

http://www.ondisc.org/ontariodiscgolf/2007canadianopen.html

And here's who's coming so far...

https://www.logiforms.com/published/14793_2969060/pages/455/index.lf?pageid=833

Schedule of events:

Friday June 29/07 - 8pm to 8:45 Players Meeting.
8:45 to 10PM Players Party

Location: Possibly at the Holiday Inn on King (But stay tuned for updates)
Click here (http://www.ondisc.org/openholiday.html) to learn about the host hotel accommodations and pricing.
WE HAVE RESERVED A ROOM BLOCK for booking up to 06/21/2007
Use (Group code ODSA7) for bookings

Saturday June 30/07 - <font color="red">Round One </font> (Tee times start @ 9 AM)
Sunday July 1/07 - <font color="red">Round Two</font> (Tee times start @ 9 AM)
Monday July 2/07 - <font color="red">Final Round </font> (Tee times start @ 9 AM)

Any chance of seeing a pre-registered player list on the PDGA Tour page for this NT event? :confused:

There is one attached to the tourny on the Tournament page...
http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6272

Is that what you're looking for?

There is one attached to the tourny on the Tournament page...
http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6272

Is that what you're looking for?



I had already discovered the registered player list on Canadian Open web site, however, my inquiry was regarding the player list on PDGA Tour page. I see that the registered player list was added today. Thank you and good luck with your event.

So are there going to be a lot of late registrations coming this week or will this just be a really low turnout? :confused:

Hey Shick, I wont be there due to other intersts. Good shooting this weekend.

A lot of late registrations.

Are there any USDGC spot for this tournament??? If so I may have to play even though my skills are lacking right now if the field isnt going to be that large and most of the Open players have already qualified.

Man now the key would be finding a free place to stay cuz I cant afford the entry fee the train ticket and a hotel just to try and get a USDGC spot

In order to attract more players, the event is being reduced from a 3 day Saturday-Monday event (that would have ended on the Canada Day holiday) to a Saturday-Sunday 2 day event. 3 rounds of 18 holes will be played on the new 8234� par 63 long tees layout, followed by a Final 9 for the top 4 Open division players on Sunday afternoon. This revised format will enable regional players to be home on Sunday evening and at their jobs on Monday.






A little late for that now isn't it....five days before the event? :confused:

At least they are trying, One of these years I will make up there.

Hey Shick, Get that usdgc spot while you are up there!

Hey Bakley...learn to spell my name! Geesh,it's right above you punk! :p I hope to get a spot for sure!

And you better beat biggie Brad!! Let him know why you win all the little "b" and "c" tiers :D

And you better beat biggie Brad!! Let him know why you win all the little "b" and "c" tiers :D



I have to admit that's funny... :D

[QUOTE]

In order to attract more players, the event is being reduced from a 3 day Saturday-Monday event (that would have ended on the Canada Day holiday) to a Saturday-Sunday 2 day event. 3 rounds of 18 holes will be played on the new 8234� par 63 long tees layout, followed by a Final 9 for the top 4 Open division players on Sunday afternoon. This revised format will enable regional players to be home on Sunday evening and at their jobs on Monday.






This event might have attracted more players if they weren't welching on the origional advertised payout of over $30,000

I'm calling BS on that ...How about an explanation!!!

well, so are they starting on the morrow? or what.

I'll be there!

It looks like some "promises" were not cast in stone...the added money was not available. The mistake was promoting it before the cash was in hand. Get over it.

If added money is the main draw to tournament decisions perhaps YOU should add the money!

Too many whiners, weak players rewarded, poor shots go unpunished with rules changes, discs stolen...this used to be a great game...

tell em how you really feel!!!

This is cool....

Toronto's CN Tower gets lit up with LEDs

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/06/cn-tower-440.jpg

Canadians may have been shut out of today's iPhone madness (some may say mercifully) but they now at least have some blinkin' lights to distract them, as Toronto's CN Tower has been bathed in LEDs just in time for Canada Day. Whipped up by Boston's Color Kinetics (to the tune of $2.4 million), the system consists of 1,300 shoe-box sized light fixtures that can be used to create a range of different effects. According to Reuters, the tower will be red and white by default, with special color effects at the top of each hour, and additional light shows planned for holidays and special events. While the LEDs help to make the system more energy efficient, they obviously won't last forever, with a ginormous lightbulb-changing job in store ten years from now.

I'll be there!

It looks like some "promises" were not cast in stone...the added money was not available. The mistake was promoting it before the cash was in hand. Get over it.

If added money is the main draw to tournament decisions perhaps YOU should add the money!

Too many whiners, weak players rewarded, poor shots go unpunished with rules changes, discs stolen...this used to be a great game...



Your joking about the promises and added cash right??? Cuz ill tell you what if I drove all the way to Toronto for a NT that promised 3000 for 1st place and I got there and all the sudden its wasnt that much for 1st I would be extremely upset and might ask for a refund on my entry fee!!!

Why do you think people advertise huge amounts of added cash??? Its not to look cool. Its to attract all the top players in the country to the event!!!

Well I hope this is not true but if it is that is really unfortunate and I hope all the players still have a great weekend none the less.

In business this is called breach of contract, or bait and switch.Both are ilegal even in canada.Nice one brian why dont you come out of pocket with the extra cash or mabe the pdga for letting it happen.This is more than an oversite it was a lie. :oAnd we wonder, why we are, where we are.:It must be the argile socks. :eek:

results?

Des has a chance at a USDGC golden ticket!

In business this is called breach of contract, or bait and switch.Both are ilegal even in canada.Nice one brian why dont you come out of pocket with the extra cash or mabe the pdga for letting it happen.This is more than an oversite it was a lie. :oAnd we wonder, why we are, where we are.:It must be the argile socks. :eek:



:confused: Reese.......
Have you thrown an event yet with even a $10,000 purse :confused:

I keep hearing TALK but have seen NO ACTION.........

How many years does it take to be a "False Advertising" as you say?? /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
:p

Lay Off "Mr B" ......

PS - I STILL have not heard anything about OUR FLY 18 course..???? :mad:

Whats up??

Des has a chance at a USDGC golden ticket!



Isnt she already in since she is a former World Champ???

Dave Feldberg obviously won a playoff with Kyle to get into the finals then takes a 6 on the first hole.... doh! OB?

Wow that is a good pay out, bet Coda wishes he went to Canda A!

thanks Brian!!

yeah, them canucks pay great! They have always treated this okie well. By the way its Aye, cuuuummOnnnnnn

dman Im jealous, wish I was there.....gotta love the island


HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Brad- have you EVER shot bad at the Island?

Brian,

Could you tell me how much Brad Hammock won in the Masters side bet?

Thanks..

- doot

Also, was the Masters sidebet part of the entry fee, or was it done on its own terms?

WOW! Paying out 70% of the women's field - WOW. I'm very happy for my girl, Liz, to get her money back, but 70%???

Is there a list of tourneys that pay deep vs. shallow? How does a girl know when a tourney is going to pay out just Des, Val and Burl when there are only 7 girls vs. paying out the other girls who decide to come and pad the field?

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournamen...eRatings=1#Open (http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=6272&amp;year=2007&amp;incl udeRatings=1#Open)
Nate should read as -34 for the event including a final 9 of -8 on a par 34 layout.

BDH over and out



It's fixed now.

Chap

Brian we all wish we had more, than we do.But printed material 5 days before the event led players on thier way without knowing the real payout .These are friends of yours, and mine.When you get your paycheck on friday do you expect half of to be missing?I am sure the monies came from the pdga and not out of Brians pocket....We are, where we play, most sponsers get nothing in a park with a banner.Not to take anything ,from the ever so smooth, Paulie B you always hold an awsome event....

CuuuuuummmmmONnnnnnnnnnn Reeese,

I would think that the parties who won the cash were very pleased with the amount....... $3K colored money to the winner still equates to a very good weekend anywhere else on the planet. No matter what, Very nice Islanders

HAPPY DAY AFTER CANADA DAY!!!!!!! ;)

I tried something a little different this time with the Canadian Open...I've included the story with a flash slideshow and post event interview with Nate. I have one with Des I'm going to produce too, but just got home after the nine hour drive from Toronto to Philly.

Go to PDGA Tour (http://www.pdgatour.com) to check it out.

Nice show up north. The course was definitely a challenge, but the food, the love, and the atmosphere was oh so kind!

JOhn D.