PDGA B-Tier tournament
April 19-20, 2008
TD: Craig Lewis
2 rounds at Pecan, 2 rounds at Pioneer
Standard PDGA entry fees
Doubles round friday april 18th @pecan
Contacts: (Craig is our Tournament Director) Craig Lewis @ 936.554.1273 | Ryan Middlebrook @ 936.645.5911
Grayson Middlebrook @ 936.556.3667

This event is hosted by the Nacogdoches Crushers Disc Golf Association: http://naccrushers.com/content/

** note: this post was edited after the next three posts...in case you were confused.... hahahahahahahaha

This is one of the most fun tournaments in Texas, not to mention that it's held at a time of year, when East Texas is an awesome place to be. With everyone who has run it in the past gone, will anyone pick it up and run with it?



Think Maceman might..............

Happy Birhtday Matt!

It has been a great tournamentin the past :cool:

The local club (http://naccrushers.com/content/) is going to run the event this year.

Hey there, GN Duke. You gonna be there? It's been a long time.

ooooo... I just noticed that this is the same weekend as the Third Coast Challenge in Corpus. TCC is already on the tour calender and this is not. I hope this works out for everyone. If not, there's nothing scheduled in Texas on May 3-4 except a one day C tier in Harlingen (just above Brownsville)

change the date, its going to be hard to compete against an A-tier at the beach. :cool:

Actually, TCC shows on the calender to be a "B" tier, but I know both are favorites of a lot of players. Distance wise, I think it would be a toss-up for the Austin-Round Rock bunch. The beach is great and East Texas if beautiful in the spring. Especially in these parks.

Those of us with allergies just Pine for those woods. :D

See ya'll in Corpus! :cool:

To bad they are on the same weekend :( Looks like Corpus it is :cool:I love Pecan Park.

Well I'll probably be at Pecan since I live like an hour away.

Make mine a Big Nac. I love the special toss. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

ooooo... I just noticed that this is the same weekend as the Third Coast Challenge in Corpus. TCC is already on the tour calender and this is not. I hope this works out for everyone. If not, there's nothing scheduled in Texas on May 3-4 except a one day C tier in Harlingen (just above Brownsville)



May 3-4 is Paul Gyles in Athens, The Disc Crazy Shootout in Amarillo, and Third Coast Harlingen event.

Ah.....just not on the PDGA tour schedule yet. I see.

Not even on mine yet, I've been slacking while looking for a job.

I've got one now so the calendar should be looking better soon. :)

Congrats on the new job, G. :)

Hey, Nac Crushers, since you're up there, you probably know the place... As you're headed from Pioneer to Pecan, there's a little bbq place on the left, I think, just past Brookshire Bros. A couple years ago, they were getting flooded with disc golfers and were the most courteous people. I asked them if they'd be willing to sponsor the next year and I gave their card to John "Gimp" Edwards, but he ended up not running it last year. You might want to go hit them up.

bumpity :cool:

Hi guys, My name is Grayson Middlebrook, director of finance and records for Nacogdoches Crushers, I guess I'm the only one in our club that is on the boards, I usually post at discgolfreview.com. but I'll try to keep you guys updated with how the tourney is coming along.

We are finally listed on the PDGA schedule, and pre-registration will be open soon at titledisc.com . I saw that titledisc just put the listing up, but we're not yet able to sign up. should be workin soon.

We should be doing an informal doubles round on friday before the tourney at 5pm, any suggestions for how this should go would be appriciated. then the tourney will be run by Craig Lewis, our club president. We're gathering sponsers as we speak, getting the t-shirts made (done) and trying to figure out the tourney plastic situation. We've sent out sponsor mailers this week, and knockin on doors to get additional sponsers. We will also have skins after the sunday round, with the top open finishers, as well as a raffle drawing to get a chance to play in the skins. We're open to format suggestions for the skins round.

Any other questions/suggestions/concerns you guys have, I'll try to get them answered ASAP.

Seriously considering making it back up tehre....love the courses :cool:

Hi Grayson. I want to thank you guys for picking this up. It would be a shame to let it die. This is one of my favorite tournaments because of the courses and atmosphere. I hope you'll consider putting together a Saturday night party somewhere like in the old days. In case you didn't see it, I posted above what might be a good sponsor lead.

As for advice on running things and on plastic, don't be shy about contacting some seasoned TDs. They will be happy to help you. Vinnie Miller, Gordon Maxim-Kelly & Mitch and Patty Justice (Team Justice) come to mind. As a matter of fact, one important thing you should ask about (if this is your first tournament) is how to take care of the pros. I would bet that if any of them read this, you'll be getting some ideas. :)

Thanks again,

Kent The Colonel" Bray
Houston

Let me know, Harry. Same deal. I don't know if there's a Texas Road House in Nac, though. :)

we most definatly didn't wanna see the tourney die either, when i saw there was no one running the PPO, i contacted Gary Duke for info, and he was super helpful getting us set up for sanctioning and getting our feet off the ground. That was very much appriciated! I attended the first few PPOs back when it was just the DGA cup (or that's what was on the shirts anyway). I went away for a few years, come back last year looking forward to being involved only to see that we had no TD! The club plans on running it from here on out, so hopefully the continuity will help us grow back the tourney to when we were getting 100+ players.

There will most definatly be a saturday night players party. El Ranchero (aka Rancho Grande) is high on the list because of the free margaritas, as well as chili's, szchuan's, casa thomas, and others, that will be discussed tonight.. I also let the guys know about how popular the BBQ house was in years past, and we're hoping to get sponsorship and maybe coupons in the player packages to there. we'll see on that...
No Texas Road House here, unfortunatly...
My brother (club vice-prez) is lookin into getting a hotel deal for players, i'll have more news on that later... not much camping in the area, but if your having trouble finding lodging at a good rate, PM me and i'll see if i can help..
please do fill me in on any and all suggestions.. we are a little new to this, and we want to provide the best experience for all, about the biggest thing we've ran so far is our ice bowl,, the tyler guys (especially Mr Jerry Power) have been extremely helpful as well in giving us ideas on organization and how to run a tourney smoothly...
One thing i want to get some input on is whether people want tshirts included in the players package or not, i know the open players typically prefer to save that money for payout...

oh and by the way, contrary to the title of this board topic, it's not the 10th annual PPO, this year is the 9th.

Sounds like you guys are going in the right direction :cool:Personally I have no use for more t-shirts :DFood coupons sound like a good idea......the big question is where can y :pou get a good steak in town

'99 was the first year this tournament was held. Is it the 9th because it wasn't actually called the Pecan Park Open until the 2nd year?

Lodging (including camping):
http://www.visitnacogdoches.org/Lodging.htm#Motel

'99 was the first year this tournament was held. Is it the 9th because it wasn't actually called the Pecan Park Open until the 2nd year?



I'm guessing that's the case... I know in 99 it was called the DGI Cup (at least that's what it was called on my tshirt).

We had our players meeting tonight. We're gonna try to use Flashback for the player's party. Also, we're looking into LaQuinta as the preferred hotel for the PPO. Plastic should be ordered soon from Discraft and Innova. We're doing skins plus a raffle for others to get a chance to play in skins. Tshirts will be in the players package (gotta do this for our sponsorship appeal).

Do we need to get more certified officials? rt now we only have our TD, and we've got two parks. How do you guys work that out usually?

Yes, you need AT LEAST one official per course. Someone needs to be there who can make a ruling.

Here's what the teeshirts will look like, kinda cartoony for my taste, but that's kinda the style our local teeshirt guy draws in anyway. It's pretty similar to other logos we've had in the past.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii70/anarak82/pecan_park_open.jpg

Registered (MM1), room at La Quinta reserved.

I am glad to see somebody picked this tourney up. I have family up in Nac and we always stay at my cousins lodge in the woods, which is nicer than my house here in Houston. The private lake on his property is nice too. This means, that atleat me and 3-4 others will be there from Houston and Waco.

Registration is now up at www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com)
3 and counting!
We've also picked up a few sponsors already, and those were people we hadn't even approached. If any pros would like to chime in about what they want in their player's package, please feel free to do so here, or pm me.
Also hope to see you all in Missouri City for the Texas States.

Registration is now up at www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com)
3 and counting!
We've also picked up a few sponsors already, and those were people we hadn't even approached. If any pros would like to chime in about what they want in their player's package, please feel free to do so here, or pm me.
Also hope to see you all in Missouri City for the Texas States.




No player's packs. Put the money to the purse.

Registration is now up at www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com)
3 and counting!
We've also picked up a few sponsors already, and those were people we hadn't even approached. If any pros would like to chime in about what they want in their player's package, please feel free to do so here, or pm me.
Also hope to see you all in Missouri City for the Texas States.




No player's packs. Put the money to the purse.



Yes....what he said. :)

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Ok, from what Craig Lewis our TD and club president told me yesterday, the open players will be getting a tshirt, but at no effect to the pro's purse, The club will be taking on the expense of getting to pros shirts, and the reason behind it is to benifet our sponsers. I know that some of you would prefer us not to do that and just add that much more to the purse, and i tried to speak up for you, but that's what passed in voting. We've got some sponsers lined up, and we're sending more club members out to follow up on the mailers we sent out to potential sponsers. We're also trying to raise money via our minis since turnout has been pretty good lately.

As far as officials go, we've got two officials, one being Craig, and the other being my brother, who will also be playing Advanced. We're looking for at least one more official, particularly one that would be in the other flight, I know Craig has mentioned to me that some of the Tyler guys have their official's certification, but I think that most of those guys are advanced or advanced/pro masters. PM me if you're an official and wouldn't mind being on standby @ the PPO.

Skins will be monster 9s at Pioneer Park (where tourney headquarters will be). 4 top scores, but 4 raffle winners will take part. We're trying to decide whether this should be alternate shot doubles or best shot doubles. Any thoughts on this?
Also, we've got some professional cameramen to film the skins match, and maybe some of the final round on sunday. So if you plan on qualifying for skins/winning the raffle to play in skins, just know that your disc chunkin' skills will be on display on the internet.

Alternating shot sounds fair. Looks like I might be at PPO. :)

I'm in :D

Now where are the rest of the really old guys :cool:

Just wanted to let you guys know that we got a message board up and running at our website, so you can discuss the PPO, view info about the tourney and our club, and whatever else you feel like posting. It's at www.naccrushers.com/forum (http://www.naccrushers.com/forum)

As for friday doubles, it will basically be run like our mini, $5 signup, 4-6 pm flex start, and you can go ahead and register there if you haven't already by then at www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com)

Craig put me in charge of lunch for the PPO, and since I suck at grilling, we'll probably get Pizza Hut to set up a booth out there, unless I can find someone in Nac that wants to grill hamburgers for us.

We're getting close to $1000 in sponsership right now, and we'll be making a big sponser push here in the next 2 weeks to hopefully get at least double that. We're also looking into ways to raise money through our minis.

On a nice side note, the city has given us permission to use land by Lake Nacogdoches to build more courses. There should be plenty of land to build 2 courses there, so we're all pretty stoked about that. So maybe at the 10th Annual Pecan Park Open we'll be playing 4 rounds, 4 courses!

Hmm...I thought, with only two weeks to go, there would be more chatter. :confused:

Upon the advice of old and trusted friend (Colonel) I'm going to seek some special parole to try and get up there to play in this one. Seems like every year something always gets in the way but I'm feeling a lot less pressured for time since I'm not staffing for States. :O

Hope to find out soon.

I would agree he is almost old....but trusted :D2 weeks and counting :cool:

I took a little motorcycle ride to get the lay of the land for day one of the MS150....and they say the second day is the hard day. Sheeesh! If I survive the weekend, will I even be able to throw a disc the following weekend? I don't know...I don't care... I'm still looking forward to PPO.

Ching, still thinking about it? Harry, I'm ready, dawg. :) Speaking of dawg, Charlie's ready for a road trip. It's been a while. Oh yeah...I asked Roger if he has going this year. He said he'd love too, but gas is too high. We need a van. :D

Any chance the date on this is going to change?

Probably not with it being less than two weeks away.

You'll be able to handle Kent! What's 150 miles on a bicycle :eek: Just think about a Saturday night steak :D

mmmm....steeaaak... :D

matthew: no chance on a date change, we are set to go on April 19-20.

We're getting the courses cleaned up and ready to go, hoping to get some cirlces drawn for the putting greens. We've been doing a lot of work on the teeboxes and drainage systems for the parks, so if it turn out to be a wet weekend, the impact won't be as severe as years past. The drainage system at Pioneer is night and day compared to what it used to be.

One thing I need to mention is a pin location change on Hole #6 at Pioneer Park. It was the 180ft shot with the creek behind it. We had to move it across the creek because of a bridge that was built RIGHT NEXT TO THE BASKET, basically making it unplayable and a little easier since there was a backstop created by the bridge. The basket has been moved to just across the creek, making it about a 220ft shot now. I will try to post pictures ASAP so you can get a feel of what the shot looks like now.

Craig Lewis, our TD and club president has been working his tail off to make these courses in as perfect shape as possible, all while organizing the tourney and getting everything prepared to run his first B-Tier. We all appriciate his hard work, and I know you will too. I know he'll do a great job on the tourney, since he's no n00b to running events: he's ran out minis for several years as well as our first Ice Bowl this year.

Please remember you can pre-register @ www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com) and if you have any questions, don't hesistate to PM me or post them here.

Kudos!!

Great to hear of all the work that has gone into getting the parks in shape and the news of the possibility of new courses by the lake. The club must be getting noticed for some of the good things that disc golf can bring to a parks system.

Kudos on what has been done so far. Looks like everything is coming together for a tournament to remember.

Way to go Nac! I know it's a great feeling to see your hard work pay off..... :cool:

Any Masters age Pros planning on attending? I'm thinking about making the drive. Seems I have a check for $130 in my pocket and I don't know where to spend it...

You can send it to me, I can find a way to spend it :D

ok, so we're now safely over out $2000.00 sponsorship goal that we set for ourselves plus another $200.00 in disc golf merchandise from local vendors. With more people expressing intrest in sponsoring still, we're very stoked about being finacially secure to provide everyone the best Pecan Park Open possible.
We pretty much "rescued" this tourney three months ago when I found out that no one was running it, and all our affairs are getting in order, the club is getting really excited now that the tourney is just over a week away.
If anyone lives close to Nac and wants to help us prep the parks even more, we're having a work day this Saturday before the mini, and we'll be working pretty much everyday next week painting putting circles, working on teeboxes, picking up trash etc. So if you wanna help out, there's plenty to do and it would be greatly appriciated.

is there a host hotel for this event?

huh you would not be playing nac over corpus are you??

maybe... 2000 Vs. 600, Nice courses, kinda tempting!

as far as a host hotel goes, La Quinta on South Street just outside the loop said they would give us rooms for up to 4 people @ 55.00 a night. Not a huge break, but that's where we're sending people. Plus La Quinta is about a quarter mile from Pioneer Park, where tourney headquarters will be.

I'm in :D

Now where are the rest of the really old guys :cool:



Three from Shreveport....one Adv GM, one Pro Sr GM and one Pro Legend.

just signed up myself and Jimmy in Open--any of the rest of u open players out there

just signed up myself and Jimmy in Open--any of the rest of u open players out there



I'll be there and probably Bratten.

just signed up myself and Jimmy in Open--any of the rest of u open players out there



Will the "3-Time Champ" be their ???? Oh yea he will be their :cool:

just signed up myself and Jimmy in Open--any of the rest of u open players out there



Will the "3-Time Champ" be their ???? Oh yea he will be their :cool:




C'mon JD I haven't won there three times yet.

;)

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kinda countin them chickens :eek: :p

as far as a host hotel goes, La Quinta on South Street just outside the loop said they would give us rooms for up to 4 people @ 55.00 a night. Not a huge break, but that's where we're sending people. Plus La Quinta is about a quarter mile from Pioneer Park, where tourney headquarters will be.



Just got off the phone with Angela (Manager) at the La Quinta....she says that she doesn't know anything about this rate. Can you check back with her? That's about $20 less than the normal rate for two.

The online rates with the PDGA discount (15%) are around $75 for 2, so $55 for 4 is a pretty good rate.

I will check into it today, I spoke with Craig our TD yesterday just to verify that this was the case. He also told me if anyone had a problem with the getting the rate at the hotel to give him a call. His number (936)554-1273
But let me speak with Craig first about it and I'll post back later tonight.
There are other hotels right there by La Quinta as well for anyone intrested. There's a brand new Comfort Suites, Hotel Nacogdoches is not bad, Holiday Inn Express is a little nicer than any of the others in the area but it'll run you around $100.00 a night. In town there there is a Days Inn on north street that is not too far from Pecan Park and is in a good central location for Nac, The Fredonia Hotel has some nice rooms as well as long as you stay in the main part of the hotel.
I will get back to you on La Quinta ASAP.

Is there a players list yet???

I got a pretty good deal ($54) at Hotel Nacogdoches.

Current registration list:

Titledisc (http://titledisc.com/prereg.php?eventid=324)

Looking forward to my first PDGA tourney as a member.

Craig said he'd get back to me tommorow about La Quinta. A current registration list is at titledisc.com, but typically there are way more people that sign up at the park than pre-registering online. We'd prefer that people go ahead and sign up with titledisc.com so we can get a feel for how many players will be showing up.

Other Pecan Park news, my brother Ryan Middlebrook, aced hole #2 at pecan in our mini today, taking in a cool $500 cash, which he promply gave right back to the PPO! (he was planning on donating $500 anyway, just worked out kinda nice hitting an ace the week before the tourney!)

Friday doubles @ Pecan Park April 18th
Entry Fee: $10 per team
Divisons: Open and Amateur (maybe AM1 and AM2, depending on turnout)
Time: Flex start 2:30-5:00pm

You can register for the PPO at this event.

Totally cool! Look forward to seeing y'all :cool:

Totally cool! Look forward to seeing y'all :cool:



Look forward to feeling cool weather while we're there:
Thursday, Apr 17 Breezy with clouds and sun Low: 59 �F High: 77 �F

Friday, Apr 18 Some sun, a t-storm possible Low: 52 �F High: 74 �F

Saturday, Apr 19 Mostly sunny Low: 61 �F High: 83 �F

Sunday, Apr 20 Partly sunny and warm Low: 64 �FHigh: 86 �F

Sounds like good golf weather to me :D

Ok, on the hotel situation, please go to Hotel Nacogdoches, it's where you can get the $54 deal. It used to be a Holiday Inn, so it's pretty decent. Plus it's right by Pioneer Park.

As far as a player's list goes, we are working to get it up ASAP. For the time being you can see a list at www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com), but it does not reflect all those who have signed up with us in person. You can pre-register at titledisc until the day of the event.

The weather is looking to be pretty nice this year. Little rain on thursday and friday, but sunny and cool for saturday and sunday. Pecan Park is especially beautiful this time of year now that everything has just bloomed, though I was enjoying the wide open spaces provided by fallen leaves : P I'm just thankful that I know I'll finish this tourney with most of my plastic in my bag and hopefully won't be shooting in the 60s as I did @ States (awesome event though, just want that ugly first round at King Quail back).

How many Adv GM's do you expect? Is Lyndon Lightfoot playing this one?

Alan: Lynn is gonna be there! He was all smiles when I told you him that you had signed up. I think he told me that a few more grandmasters would be coming, but I can't say for sure how many. I also know the Dewayne (aka john sullivan i think) will be playing as well as mr. hemmeline. I don't know if we'll have enough to make pro gm's, so we'll have to see on saturday.

is this the one? hotel nacadoghes (http://www.hotelnacogdoches.com)

if so the website lists a single king or 2 duoubles as $49 per night ($98 for 2)

do we need to give a code for a discount?

Joe Torres look at hotel Naccdoghes it's a good rate :cool:

I heard that Neal Dambra is headed that way, too.

I heard that Neal Dambra is headed that way, too.



Yeah Neal is heading up with Rob.

Can't wait to make the annual trek to Sack o' Roaches.

I can vouch for that hotel, I worked there for a year while in college,hopefully they reopened the bar that was attached.

I can vouch for that hotel, I worked there for a year while in college,hopefully they reopened the bar that was attached.




You going to be there Joe? Or will you be in Corpus?

dont know yet, my girlfriend just told me that she has 2 standby tickets with Southwest Airlines that have to be used by next week anywhere that Southwest flies!! So I dont know- maybe Corpus,maybe Nac-o-nowhere,or Bluegrass Open in KY.

Fly to San Jose and play at Santa Cruz (De La Vega) in May. :cool:That's your BEST BET.

Fly to San Jose and play at Santa Cruz (De La Vega) in May. :cool:That's your BEST BET.




Or play The AM weekend which happens to be this weekend.

its full, it would suck to fly up there just to be on the wait list.

quick question to any who knows, can an amateur accept cash in a skins rounds without losing their amateur status?

quick question to any who knows, can an amateur accept cash in a skins rounds without losing their amateur status?



I don't think they can and in the past the AMs won that Value in plastic.

oh ok, makes sense to me. I know I posted it before, but for those who didn't go back and read the earlier threads here's the specs on the skins round:
Format: Alternate shot doubles, monster 9s (should be challenging @ Pioneer, got some killer holes planned)
When: after round four
Where: Pioneer Park
Who gets to play: Top four scores overall automatically qualify, four spots to be raffled and paired with those who already qualified, $1(maybe $2 to up the purse) per raffle ticket, 100% payout from raffle money

our camera man had to cancel for work related reasons, so it won't be filmed as previously mentioned, unless someone has video skills and is willing to do so (pm me if interested, we did have money set aside in our budget for this).

open to comments or suggestions on the skins round.

So is all the skins cash coming from the skins or is there a certain amount already set aside?

rt now i don't think there is any money set aside, but if we don't have success selling the raffle tickets i'm sure it'll be sweetened. hopefully ppl will be willing to buy the raffle tickets, should be nice for the pros since they can claim the cash instead of merch. buy several, win at least one hole and you're banking. i know i'm gonna buy several so my awesomely awful skills can be on full display.

rt now i don't think there is any money set aside, but if we don't have success selling the raffle tickets i'm sure it'll be sweetened. hopefully ppl will be willing to buy the raffle tickets, should be nice for the pros since they can claim the cash instead of merch. buy several, win at least one hole and you're banking. i know i'm gonna buy several so my awesomely awful skills can be on full display.





My only fear is that initially the raffle tickets will sell slow because the lack of cash but then again a lot of guys just want to play in front of a gallery. :D

wow, for once I will have to agree with Matt. I would suggest there be some set aside for the skins to begin with, then add the raffle money as extra. just a suggestion (still dont believe I'm agreeing with the youngster :eek:)

Not that I would ever see a part of it....unless one of raffle tickets I will buy wins........set aside as much as you can plus the raffle :D

wow, for once I will have to agree with Matt. I would suggest there be some set aside for the skins to begin with, then add the raffle money as extra. just a suggestion (still dont believe I'm agreeing with the youngster :eek:)




There's a first time for everything Jamie. :D

well matt, since you've taken such an interest in this, we've decided that we'll take all of your winnings and add that to the raffle money, and that might make a decent pot ;) i just don't know how happy ppl will be since adding last cash from MPO really won't bring the totals up so much. :P

no, we have a goal of $50 per skin, so $450, and you guys are right, it'd probably be difficult to sell that many raffle tickets. I'll bring it up at the meeting tommorow and see what the guys say. But I assure you that the skins rounds will have a respectable pot,

Will the nacrushers be selling any star plastic at the course Friday? For some reason, I seem to be missing a few discs.

yes, we should have some plastic out there on friday, and if not there are some local vendors (Party N' Things and a local online vendor) who have sponsored the tourney and would be glad to point you in their direction.

Any course maps available online or via email? How about pictures? Scorecards with yardage?

If email:

[email protected]

no course maps online that I know of,,, I just know the total distances are posted on pdga course directory...

We're getting gps distances as we speak for holes that no longer have signs, and they will be listed on the scorecards that I'm making up tommorow night. I'll try to post those tommorow.

hey guys, can anyone with expierence uploading a player's list to pdga.com please call me asap.
i've got the tourney login, and a current player's list, just trying to figure out how to get it up. it would be greatly appriciated. or i'll just call pdga tommorow morning. but i'll be up pretty late tonight and was hoping to get this up quickly for you guys.

thanks!
grayson middlebrook

edit: situation resolved. much thanks to chuck kennedy!
Players list is on the way guys!!!!

Ok so is the skins for Open only or can a Master make it in if they shoot well? I say play up if you want a chance. :D

hey guys, can anyone with expierence uploading a player's list to pdga.com please call me asap. my number is 936-556-3667.


Taken care of.

hey guys, can anyone with expierence uploading a player's list to pdga.com please call me asap. my number is 936-556-3667.


Taken care of.




Thanks Chuck

hey guys, can anyone with expierence uploading a player's list to pdga.com please call me asap. my number is 936-556-3667.


Taken care of.




Thanks Chuck




Hey you yankin our chain?

I talked with Grayson on how to do the registration upload. He's working on getting it done right now.

Got the player's list up,

I've got a list of players that have paid us locally that I'll be working on, I just got to check up on their divisions and pdga status.
will continue to update as they come in on www.titledisc.com (http://www.titledisc.com) and locally.

Ok so is the skins for Open only or can a Master make it in if they shoot well? I say play up if you want a chance. :D



masters can make it in, hell, if rec player shoots one of the top 4 scores overall, by all means they qualify. So top 4 scores overall, plus 4 raffle winners.

Update on the purse for skins: The purse will be $450.00 minimum, no matter how many raffle tickets we sell. The club will make up the difference if $450 worth of raffles are not sold. If more than $450 is sold with the raffle then the purse will go even higher. So basically there is $50 riding on each hole, $25 per player.

Good job Grayson! Looking forward to a great weekend :cool:

Ok, got some pictures of pecan park up, they're basically our tee signs. I don't know if I can get the pics of Pioneer in enough time. Here's the link to Pecan Park Pics, sorry they aren't in order, don't have time to learn photobucket well rt now:

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii70/anarak82/Pecan%20Park%20Open/Pecan%20Park/?albumview=grid

btw the trees turned out a little blue somewhere in the process, so don't worry, that's not water there, just giant pecan trees.

and here's a link to a video that a local student did for a film class that shows pecan park so you can get a little idea of what it looks like on the ground if you've never been there. the video is kinda weird and funny, and he plugged our tourney without us even knowing it (there really aren't many club members in the video, just random casual players)

link to vid:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7760284425065081530&pr=goog-sl

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5AM

I'll post the full schedule tonight after our club meeting. if there's anything else you're wondering about or want brought up at our last official meeting before the tourney, please ask between now and 6pm

no course maps online that I know of,,, I just know the total distances are posted on pdga course directory...

We're getting gps distances as we speak for holes that no longer have signs, and they will be listed on the scorecards that I'm making up tommorow night. I'll try to post those tommorow.



GPS distances can have errors....sometimes up to 10 meters (33 feet) for each point marked. That could mean errors up to 60 feet per hole counting tee and pin locations. This is more common if you are around trees...such as there are on disc golf courses. Better yet would be a laser rangefinder.

I will be there around mid afternoon....probably around 3pm....I can bring my rangefinder if you want to use it to get accurate measurements. I could help out....and get a guided tour and even get tips from the guide in return... hint hint .

Tip 1: Don't throw discs into trees :D

Hmmmm.....an old fart with a sense of humor.....this one is gonna be fun.

Can't wait to see everyone at Nac., I've got a feeling this tourney will be as good or better than Victoria, which was a really great weekend for us. Any chance there's a Java/GIS developer out there that could cover for me at work tomorrow?

tear it up Matt!, I'll be playing the Morley Field mini and may go check out Emerald Isle.

AByrd.....If I didn't have a sense of humor, I wouldn't have any sense :DLooking forward to a good time :cool:

just signed up! three hrs left on title disc :D
cant get there before dark, so will just hope for good distances on the scorecards :D
cyall bright and squirrelly

just signed up! three hrs left on title disc :D
cant get there before dark, so will just hope for good distances on the scorecards :D
cyall bright and squirrelly



Be sure to bring some mud boots , this course is notorious
for being sloppy.... Like yo mamma!

Boom!!!
Pioneer is the one you need water socks for.

Just a little heads up. Pioneer can be a swamp, however, it is about the driest it has ever been. This is from seeing it weeks back. They are expecting some rain before lunch today, but it is supposed to be sunny all weekend. When I played the course it was in great shape and talking to the TD a couple of days ago, he told me that he had driven his truck into parts of it that years back you would have been lucky to get a buldozer through. So it is solid ground. There are places that are muddy, but overall it should be great.

No rain, plenty of sunshine and a little mud. Are you mice or men/women?!

Thanks Grayson for keeping us posted. Nice you & the club have taken this tourney on - sounds like ya'll have done tons & raised loads of $$ for the players.
Hope to make it...don't know if I can come yet. (won't know until late tonight)
If I zip up in the morning I'll attempt an 8:35 arrival. Is this enough time for y'all to register, which course do I go to & would it help if I phone ahead while enroute?
(by the way...the website is down, perhaps your updating it but if not - another thing to do today!)

Registration is from 7:30-9AM on saturday, you can also register @ the double round and for a few more hours on titledisc.com.
If you need to call ahead if you think you'll be cutting it close, please call me @ 936-556-3667, you may do so tonight as late as you want as well, if i don't answer just leave a message. Player's meeting is at 9:30 and tee of is @ 10AM (probably a few minutes later for pecan since they'll have to drive there from pioneer)
that goes for anyone else. don't hesitate to call me if you have questions/concerns/anything i can help you with, or just post here or pm me.

i'll post more later today, in a rush to get to work

Boom!!!
Pioneer is the one you need water socks for.



Actually, Pecan has it's swamp, too. 13's fairway has been nasty every time I've played it, and 12, if you're to far left (which is 13's fairway :D). Maybe a little soggy around 15's basket and pretty nasty between 18s basket and the woods behind it when there's been some rain. I don't recall any other wet spots. On Pioneer, it's 12, 13 & 15 that are usually in the muck. It's nice to hear that it's fairly dry over there right now. It's usually like quick sand.

15 minutes and I'm out the door :D

15 minutes and I'm out the door :D



An hour and I'll be gone but I'm only a little over an hour away. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Just wanted to let everyone know again that player's meeting will be at PIONEER PARK. I heard several people on the course today thinking that it was at pecan. Please come to Pioneer park between 7:30 and 9am for registration/check-in. Player's meeting will be at 9:30. Teeoff as close to 10am as possible.

thats going to cause a problem because it has been at Pecan Park for the last 10 yrs

He has a point.

At least make sure the meeting location is posted at Pecan Park and maybe even have someone at the parking lot the morning of.

I know, but there's a march for dimes gathering at pecan park till 9am, so we had to go to pioneer, we will have someone posted at pecan park to let people know.

scores please :D

will get them up, just waiting on them from craig.
I know that JD Ramirez shot -10 @ pioneer round 1, with Chris Farnham @ -8 and Matt Hall @ -7. All those guys tied in round two with a -8 or 9.
I know that Vinnie Miller and Neal Dambra were leading the pro masters, don't know there scores quite yet, but i'll hopefully have them posted tonight, and the final results in the early evening tommorow night.

You can see results for the first two rounds up now.

FYI- Brian Sudderth hit an ace on 15 @ pecan park in round one, the only ace so far.

Might as well spoil this one too... Rumor has it that Matt Hall edges JD in a playoff. If true, both Texas B-tiers this weekend fall to Discraft playas... Nice...

yeah, matt took it in a playoff over JD.
Vinnie took pro masters.

edit: scores are now up!

Grayson- you da man!
(posted info...donated $500 cash to payout)
Y'all did a great job running a tourney for the players and prepping the courses. Thanks.

I need to get hold of Michael Ynfante. If anyone knows him please PM me. Thanks.

Kudos to the Crushers! You guys did a bang-up job for your 1st tournament. You kept your cool, as did the players, through the glitch on Saturday and made it happen. The weather could not have been better, though my game could have been better :mad::D
Pencil me in on the players list for next year :)
Job well done!

I need to get hold of Michael Ynfante. If anyone knows him please PM me. Thanks.



Phone number coming your way... Sorry we didn't stick around long enough to realized he cashed.

Great job on executing the tournament Crushers... See you next year!

I'm kinda surprised that Pecan Park was rated a more difficult course to play on day one. That usually is not the case. Pioneer is usually rated a full stroke tougher than Pecan. My -2 @ pecan in round 1 was rated at 965, whereas a -2 @ pioneer would have been 951

I'm kinda surprised that Pecan Park was rated a more difficult course to play on day one. That usually is not the case. Pioneer is usually rated a full stroke tougher than Pecan. My -2 @ pecan in round 1 was rated at 965, whereas a -2 @ pioneer would have been 951




Pioneer normally plays about 3 tougher but not this year. I figured the morning round Sunday at Pecan played tougher than on Saturday but I guess nobody minded a little extra wind.

nice win there matt.

you were right about Emerald Isle, Matt. I just couldnt stay off the greens and my score reflected it,never got the chance to Morley Field or the course in Matieo.I posted this on the 3rd Coast site but congrats on the win in Nac!

you were right about Emerald Isle, Matt. I just couldnt stay off the greens and my score reflected it,never got the chance to Morley Field or the course in Matieo.I posted this on the 3rd Coast site but congrats on the win in Nac!





Thanks! Oh and they still haven't put me on the site but at least they said I won the "C-tier" in Nac. :D

hey, i wasn't around to watch the skins and my brain was fried by sunday evening, could someone give me a rundown of the skins? I saw matt park the first hole with a huge turnover, but didn't get to see any more than that.

hey, i wasn't around to watch the skins and my brain was fried by sunday evening, could someone give me a rundown of the skins? I saw matt park the first hole with a huge turnover, but didn't get to see any more than that.



My partner and I were the only three on the 2nd hole from 5's tee to hole 6. The next two holes pushed with pretty much everyone being there for a 3. The 5th hole went to Chris and Sudderth after I missed a 40-45ft downhill putt. The last hole going way down the hill to hole 9 was pretty was exciting. I threw a 300ft upshot down the hill about 20ft away and JD stepped up and skipped off the basket from 250ft. Vinnie tossed it up to about 10ft. Jd's partner hit low on a 35fter as did my partner and Neal tapped in for the skin.

How about that tin cup roller up the street.If playground safe,that hole would of pushed. The last skin would of been worth a lot more

How about that tin cup roller up the street.If playground safe,that hole would of pushed. The last skin would of been worth a lot more




Yeah and I would have put my BuzzZ under the pin instead of 20ft away if it was worth 4 skins so we could take em all.

How about that tin cup roller up the street.If playground safe,that hole would of pushed. The last skin would of been worth a lot more




Yeah and I would have put my BuzzZ under the pin instead of 20ft away if it was worth 4 skins so we could take em all.



20ft should have been fine Matt, i just cant putt, couldnt all weekend, we would have pushed all of the last 4 skins if i didnt suck so bad, but it was fun, and only slightly embarrassing for myself :DMatt made one perfect shot after another, it was awesome to watch


also Vinnie's tin cup roller was about the coolest thing ive ever seen, dodging a head on collision with an oncoming car then chasing another truck, turning right just as it was about to smash into the back of the slowing truck, just to get hoppy into the last edge of the ob playground. wow

How about that tin cup roller up the street.If playground safe,that hole would of pushed. The last skin would of been worth a lot more




Yeah and I would have put my BuzzZ under the pin instead of 20ft away if it was worth 4 skins so we could take em all.



20ft should have been fine Matt, i just cant putt, couldnt all weekend, we would have pushed all of the last 4 skins if i didnt suck so bad, but it was fun, and only slightly embarrassing for myself :DMatt made one perfect shot after another, it was awesome to watch


also Vinnie's tin cup roller was about the coolest thing ive ever seen, dodging a head on collision with an oncoming car then chasing another truck, turning right just as it was about to smash into the back of the slowing truck, just to get hoppy into the last edge of the ob playground. wow




You need to try something other than pancakes to get you moving. Bio-diesel maybe?

How about that tin cup roller up the street.If playground safe,that hole would of pushed. The last skin would of been worth a lot more




Oh and I liked my drive on hole one better anyway. :o

I heard you guys all crushed it to the basket on the second skins hole after the ams threw pretty short drives, my bro was telling me that you pinned your second shot by the basket from almost 400ft out. he might have been exagerating though, he told me that JD hit the band on the last hole from 350ft, you said it was more like 200-250.

anyway matt, congrats on the win, i bet it was cool to come from behind and then beat the three time champ in a playoff. glad those magnets worked for you as well, i used them for five years before switching to wizards.

maybe i'll see some of you guys at world's biggest next weekend in houston

Your brother was pretty close on the Distance on hole two. All the groups were about 400 out with Farnham being like 450.

Guess it finally clicked for me why Pecan Park was rated a tougher course than years past: The OBs we set up this year, especially holes 7 (past concrete bridge the creek and beyond was OB) and 14 (the whole "sewer ditch" OB, making it a nice risk reward). We will be playing the course like this from now on, as well as discussing moving hole 18 to lower the risk of an errant disc hitting a kid on the playground.

anyone know the story of the golfer @ pecan that was given a ticket before the start of the 4th round?

ps. great tourney.

anyone know the story of the golfer @ pecan that was given a ticket before the start of the 4th round?

ps. great tourney.



oh yeah i heard something, do tell