amateur side is full!!!!!!! not sure how many pro spots remaining...

Now there's a big surprise...glad I already got my spot!

Should we expect seperate events (Am / Pro) next year?

when will the list be posted

Should we expect seperate events (Am / Pro) next year?



i hope so but i doubt it.

when will the list be posted



that would be a bryan law question.

Certainly by the end of the week. Hopefully by Wednesday. I'm not used to having to type it up all at once!

thanks Bryan!

Should we expect seperate events (Am / Pro) next year?



i hope so but i doubt it.


Ditto. Mike'll never go for it.

We can approach him from the angle that it will give him a chance to have 2 Saturday night light shows...We know how Mike loves a light show

The thing I am most bummed about is that my tennis ball golf debut is getting moved back a year.

What are the options for another big tournament in Virginia? He's weekends in May are already committed.

If it's gonna happen, now's the time to pitch smart ideas.

Just make it a 4 day tourney...AM's Fri/Sat - Pro's Sun/Mon...most people are there that long anyway

What are the options for another big tournament in Virginia? He's weekends in May are already committed.

If it's gonna happen, now's the time to pitch smart ideas.



if you want to do it a weekend can be found. (by whoever the new state coordinator is)

(by whoever the new state coordinator is)



ZING!

What are the options for another big tournament in Virginia? He's weekends in May are already committed.

If it's gonna happen, now's the time to pitch smart ideas.



if you want to do it a weekend can be found. (by whoever the new state coordinator is)



I'm gonna use your address and write you in so you'll win anyways, so just accept it and start planning for '09 now. :D

Certainly by the end of the week. Hopefully by Wednesday. I'm not used to having to type it up all at once!



According to UPS you got my letter on Friday - we all all in correct?
(I also forgot to subtract fees - we'll talk later ;) :D)

Keith

i was told that you and 3 others from ga were in- i assume that is all of you.

With the Va Open in such huge demand, Turning it into a tourney that you need to qualify for would bring more golfers out for the other tournaments prior to the Open.

since it is the Va Open, then just using Va tourneys as qualifiers would help to bring some of the big names from other regions into Virginia a couple more times if they had to qualify. (we would see Moser and Schweb in Va at least one more time during the year)

there are several large tourneys state wide in the spring prior to the open that could all be used as qualifiers for the Va open.

Just my $.02 worth

I play alot of Virginia Events, it is less than an hour for me to get to the border.

When do you expect the registered players list to be up?

It's in the process. Maybe by tomorrow AM.

Virginia Open Bring Your Own Partner Doubles

Friday, May 23, 2008

TDs - Tommy D & Robzilla

Format : Sunnyside - Holes 1 thru 9 Alternate Shot : Meaning : You cant take more than 2 drives from the same person,conseccutively.Hole 1 we take my drive.Hole 2 we take my drive.Hole 3 we have to take my partners drive.

Holes 10 thru18 Best score : Meaning you take the best score between you and your partner on each hole.

Darkside Holes 1 thru 18

Best Shot

Pros 70$
Ams 50$

Note: 5 dollars from each team will be taking out, and the proseeds will be go back into the VO

Registration begins at 8:30 am till 9:45 ish tee time 10:00 ish

Also the qualifier will be ran the same day for the 4 remaining spots 2 for open and 2 for ams.If you are not registered for the VO yet you still have a chance.{ Course to be determined }

What is the format of this years VO? 4 Rounds for AMs and PROs? Final 9? Darkside making me wonder why I ever picked up a disc?

The Darkside makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

4 rounds for everyone, no final 9.

Bump

The following information was sent to everyone who is registered to play in the Virginia Open and for whom I have an email address. I do not have everyone's email so please pass this information on to anyone and everyone you know that is playing. This info can also be found at http://www.grangediscgolf.com. We are only 10 days out from the event! If you are registered and will not be attending please contact me ASAP.

See you at the Grange!


The 2008 Virginia Open Schedule

MAY 21st - Waiting List Ends
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The waiting list for the 2008 Virginia Open will end at midnight Wednesday, May 21st. If you are not notified via email and/or a phone call by Noon on Thursday then you are not in the tournament and cannot get in from the waiting list.

Any spots in the Virginia Open, other than the 4 play-in spots, that become available after midnight on Wednesday, May 21st will be open only to those who participated in the play-in and will be prioritized in the order in which they placed in the play-in.
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May 23rd - Play-In Tournament
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There will be a 4 spot (2 - Pro, 2 - Am) 2008 Virginia Open Play-In, best score tournament, on Friday May 23rd beginning at 10AM and ending at 4PM. The Grange Sunnyside will be used for this event. The first round is $20. Each additional round is $10. You must play in groups of three and directly after paying. After each completed round you must turn in your score at the registration booth. Once the last group turns in their scores no other scores will be accepted. The top two pro scores and the top two am scores will be eligible to register and pay for a spot in the 2008 Virginia Open. A method for resolving ties will be posted at registration.
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May 23rd - Darkside Doubles
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Unsanctioned Doubles. Two rounds of bring your own partner doubles on the darkside. Registration opens at 8:30. Tee Time 10am. Pros-$70, Ams-$50 with $5 of entry to the Virginia Open. Track down Tommy Donelson or Robzilla for more details.
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May 23rd - Check In Begins
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Check in for the Virginia Open will begin following the Play-In tournament.
Estimated opening time for check-in is 6pm. Check in will remain open until approximately 10pm.


Saturday May 24th - Virginia Open Begins
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Check In: 8:00 AM

Players Meeting: 9:30 AM

Tee Time: 10 AM

Round 1:

Pros - Sunny Side
Ams - Darkside

Round 2:

Pros - Darkside
Ams- Sunny Side

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Sunday May 25th
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Tee Time: 9 AM

Round 3:

Pros - Darkside
Ams - Sunny Side

Round 4:

Pros - Sunny Side
Ams - Darkside

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Tiki Madness
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Entry fee $10

The registration booth for Tiki Madness will be located near tournament-central and will be open throughout the day on Saturday, closing at 7:45 pm. Tiki Madness is a randomly seeded match play tournament. The brackets will be posted and play will begin at 8:00 pm. Once play begins please do not leave the area near the Tiki courses until you have lost or finished your rounds for the evening.

Saturday Night
The first three rounds will be played on Saturday night culminating with the awarding of prizes for those that lose in the round of 32 (3rd round). Each match on Saturday will be 9 holes. You should alternate between the front-nine and the back-nine per round.

Sunday Night
On Sunday night play will begin at 8:00 pm with the Women's Championship Match played concurrently with the Women's 3rd-4th place match. A short women's award ceremony will follow.

Immediately after this we will continue with the remaining Tiki Madness Sweet-16 matches. The 2 losers from the Tiki Madness Final-Four will play each other to determine 4th and 3rd place overall prior to the final match. Awards to follow.

Cash payout will go to the Champion and Runner-Up from the Women's bracket and the Tiki Madness Final Four, with the Tiki Madness Champion receiving 50% of the pot (after admin costs).

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside

leaving for the grange wednesday morning
cant wait for some good times at the best place

Yo Robzilla, i will arrive Thursday evening!! Weather looks favorable for the weekend and I cannot fn wait. See you guys and girls then. P.S. BobbyZ, Mike, Ben, Preston, and anyone who makes the Grange golf ready for the Best tournament ever, Much love to you guys!! Peace. :D

To all of those that will be camping at the Grange during the Virginia Open; Please be aware that we have had record levels of rainfall this month. The ground is saturated and therefore very soft and will likely be this way throughout the event.

We expect well over 100 campers on-site during the weekend. To help us mitigate the effects that this combination will have on the terrain surrounding the campsites we need your help. Please come prepared for the entire weekend (extra beer and food!) so as to reduce the number of trips off-site. Ideally we would like you to stay put once you've set up camp.

If you had planned to leave your 4-wheel drive at home and cram everything into your small car on account of gas prices please re-consider. There's nothing more destructive to the property than a small vehicle that gets stuck. It's happened just in the last couple of days.

And last but not least; Obey all posted instructions and guidance provided by our parking staff.

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There has been some movement on the waiting lists. Go to http://www.grangediscgolf.com for updates.

The waiting lists are valid until Midnight Wednesday, May 21st.

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The 2008 Virginia Open Schedule Summary

Friday - May 23rd
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8:30am - Registration for Darkside Doubles
10:00am - Darkside Doubles Tee Time
10:00am - 4:00pm - Virginia Open Play-In
6:00pm - 10:00pm(approx) - Virginia Open Check-In

Saturday - May 24th
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8:00am - Virginia Open Check-In
9:30am - Players Meeting
10:00am - 1st Round Tee Time - Round 1 - Pros-Sunnyside/Ams-Darkside
After Lunch - 2nd Round - Pros-Darkside/Ams-Sunnyside
7:45pm Tiki Madness Registration Closes (open all day to this point $10 per person)
8:00pm tiki Madness Begins - 3 Rounds of 9 holes random seeded matchplay - field reduced to 16

Sunday - May 25th
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9:00am - 3rd Round Tee Time - Pros-Darkside/Ams-Sunnyside
After Lunch - 4th Round - Pros-Sunnyside/Ams-Darkside
Awards Following 4th Round
8:00pm - Tiki Madness Finals - Rounds of 18 holes
Musical Guest: The Transmitters

Monday - May 26th
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8:30am - Grange Monthly Registration
10:00am - Grange Monthly 1st Round Tee Time

Further details can be found at http://www.grangediscgolf.com

I personally will never forget the mud bog of 2003 featuring the one and only Chris Hysell.

Everyoner live it up and enjoy the weekend, weather should be nice.

I personally will never forget the mud bog of 2003 featuring the one and only Chris Hysell.



ditto.

I personally will never forget being in a head-on collision on the way to The Grange last year :eek:

Hope you folks have a great time. I'll be wherever the wind takes me........

Yeah you were hopping mad. :D

You should have heard the GD's and SOB's I was spewing at the crash site!

Yeah, you were actually hopping happy by the time you got to the Grange but I guess that place will do that to anyone. :cool:

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You are invited to play in what is consistently one of the top 50 tournaments in the world as the limited field of 72 pro and 72 am players will be treated to a disc golf vacation weekend at the 20th edition of the Scholl's Bicycle Center Pittsburgh Flying Disc Open.

The deal:

� $4000 (and rising) added to the pro payout
� Am player package worth $30
� Two World Class courses at Knob Hill and Moraine Lakeview to test your game
� PDGA A-tier and a Can-Am Series event
� Vibram Open qualifier
� First class special rate lodging 5 minutes from tournament HQ at the Comfort Inn Cranberry
� Merchandise and prizes powered by Innova, Discraft, DGA, Dick's Sporting Goods
� Cash bonuses for record setting Pro rounds
� CTPs and a Scholl's bike to be given away
� and the Dunham's Sports Players Picnic to conclude your weekend

The result: June 28-29 will be the best Pittsburgh disc golf tournament EVER.

All of the details are at www.pfds.org (http://www.pfds.org) and on the attached flyer.
You can pre-order lunch for Saturday and sign up online with Paypal or print out a registration form and snail-mail it in.

But do it now because the field WILL fill, and YOU want to be there at the end hoisting the trophy, the bike, the Fairground Market chicken dinner, watermelon or whatever you like to hoist after playing some great disc golf with the greatest players and people on the PDGA tour.

See you in Pittsburgh June 28-29th.

J. Gary Dropcho
Dave Olcott
SBCPFDS Co-directors

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Wow the nerve! :eek:
OK, I'm in. :D

title correction- shameless spammer...

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside



Both rounds? Thats gonna make it hard for anyone to practice on the Darkside.

whiner.

whiner.



Its nice to be nice.

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside



Both rounds? Thats gonna make it hard for anyone to practice on the Darkside.



He actually has a good point....

Has the Sunny Side changed any since last years VO? I really hope we get to play the straaight tee on hole 16 this year - that longer tee was just a very boring hole.

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside



Both rounds? Thats gonna make it hard for anyone to practice on the Darkside.



He actually has a good point....



Doubles should be done around 3. It gets Dark about 8:30.

Course is currently open for practice.

Mike's decision on hole 16 and I haven't been informed. If I had to guess I would say it plays like last year.

boo on 16 around the corner- used to be a great hole before the trees got too tall and grown in for there to be any reward for going over the top- now it's a boring 3 with a contrived pin position.

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside



Both rounds? Thats gonna make it hard for anyone to practice on the Darkside.



Practice??? I don't understand...what's that?

doubles will be best shot for both rounds on the darkside



Both rounds? Thats gonna make it hard for anyone to practice on the Darkside.



Practice??? I don't understand...what's that?



In this instance, its when you get to the tournament a day early and throw multiple shots on every hole to see what disc you want to use during the tournament round. :D

throw shots?? man you take this stuff seriously!! i've played 2 rounds since the vti.

throw shots?? man you take this stuff seriously!! i've played 2 rounds since the vti.


Whiners usually do.

Maybe I'll get back to the east and play all these great tournaments again...some day.

Maybe I'll get back to the east and play all these great tournaments again...some day.

Your DG life is over young man :D

pat- throw the straight roc over and over and over on the darkside, there- now you don't need to practice.

Don't let PP fool you into thinking he's serious. Maybe if he wasn't baggin in MPM....................

T-minus however long it takes to duck out of work today. Can't wait, see y'all soon!

be roolin to TThe Grange after I get out of werk at 9 tonite....should be there right b4 midnite.

Can a Grange-missin' brotha get an update? I think by looking at the new list Bradway and Jernigan played their way in, but not sure. Man I wish I was up there right now.

Go Adam Vandershizzle! and the rest of you guys too.

Wish I was there.

Bob

Krahn held off both Skinner and Mose to take the title...Vanderslice finished strong along with Mike Hofman all in top 5.

JG won masters, Weidle won FPO, Rob Callender won Adv.

1 Krahn
2 Moser
T3 Skinner
T3 Hofmann
T5 Jeb Bryant
T5 Ian Liddell

Great weekend w/ good weather and always great times! Who took down Tiki?

Great times at the Grange, perfect weather, courses, people it was nice! (Well I finished 1 place and 1 stroke out of cash and a trophy :mad:no matter what why does it always come down to one stroke? ) Still it's the Grange you have to be happy. :) Anyway pics I have pics Slide show! (http://www.sharkysshots.com/displayimage.php?album=125&amp;pid=6294&amp;slideshow=5000 )

Devon Frederick beat Ricky Snapp in the finals to take the Tiki.

What happened to Schweb

He was throwing left handed

cefire... nice Sunday rounds!

Thanks lefty, finally figured out that the putter is supposed to go in the basket - even when I'm outside of 15ft!!!

Thanks lefty, finally figured out that the putter is supposed to go in the basket - even when I'm outside of 15ft!!!



Put with the yellow thing not the the birdie!!!

Big ups to Mike Jenny and all the Trepasso family for letting us come to thier home and enjoy ourselves.

Thanks to Bryan and Ted and everyone who helped with this tournament. It is one of those tournaments that I don't miss! I will always be at the VO!

And another thanks to Hysel for putting us up Friday night.

Air Bear for PDGA volunteer of the year!!!!!! He's got my vote.

And another thanks to Hysel for putting us up Friday night.



that's right folks... MTL and Hysell's domes both under the same roof!!!!... and you thought it was physically imposssible... :eek: :D

Air Bear for PDGA volunteer of the year!!!!!! He's got my vote.



Final Tally - 87 Discs

Approximate Average Price per Disc - 12.50

$1087.50 in recovered plastic!

Bear is probably still asleep- man he was gassed.

He pulled my favorite driver out of the water. The ONLY reason I tried to make it over was because BEAR was There!!!!
Bryan you went above and beyond and your kindness and generosity does not go unnoticed. Mike and Jenny are some of the finest people I have had the pleasure of meeting :D If I had the time I might sleep for days...but oh well no such luck. Could we have even asked for nicer weather...WOW......that image of MTL and Highschool under the same roof is S C A R Y!!!!!! :p

And another thanks to Hysel for putting us up Friday night.



that's right folks... MTL and Hysell's domes both under the same roof!!!!... and you thought it was physically imposssible... :eek: :D



he has tall ceilings and he slept upstairs on the left part of the house and i slept downstairs on the right part of the house to keep things safe and balanced.

I would like to thank everyone for one of the most memorable weekends of my life! Not only was the weather perfect, but the hospitality coupled with endless amenities was beyond compare!

I will tell everyone I know in Texas that Virginia has one of the best tournaments I've ever attended.

I wish I could list the names of those I met who struck me personally, but that list is too long! It was a blast!

Mike...Thank you for being yourself and thank your wife and kids for loving you! You have created a virtual paradise for many, and I see why they love it the way you do!

I will never for get this weekend or any of you I played with, and if any of you need a place to stay while you're in Austin Texas just PM me through PDGA and I will help you.

Micah Moon Winters---NO CASH!!!

thx Bryan, Ben, Naved, Schweb, Skinny, Craig, Snap, Nick, Myers, Louis, and Kevin(DGM) for making me feel at home!

Nate Krahn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nate Krahn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



An unofficial quick tally I believe puts Nate as the one to beat for the Spotsy Slam title.

First � Thank you Mike, Jenny, Leo &amp; Samantha, your hospitality is endless (and legendary!) I look forward to my visits to the Grange when I can make it! Best place in the world.

Second � Thank you Bryan! It was a pleasure helping out this year�glad I could let you get that round in Friday with no worries that things were taken care of at Tourney Central. It was good fun in the Check In booth with you and Chris, although I don�t want to stuff another bag in the near future. You do an awesome thing out there for us!

Third � thanks to all the people I played with this year (essentially the same guys for all my rounds) Good times, lots of laughs (sorry I made you spit Gatorade through your nose Randy) and fun golf.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who had a hand helping out at this VA Open - it couldn't be done without you.

I hope I never miss a VA Open, because it�s absolutely the best! Kudos!

Silly

ps, read the next post - I agree whole heartedly!

We thanked a lot of people and I'm sure we missed a lot. But there's one person I know we missed and he'd be the first to say "No thanks necessary"; John Biscoe.

John provided, as he and Deane have for many years, the beautiful trophies that the winners will proudly display.

On behalf of myself, Mike and everyone that is The Grange,

Thank You.

And thanks for taking the lead for two more years in Virginia. You have lots of support. Please call on it whenever you need it.

Bryan

You have lots of support. Please call on it whenever you need it.



Absolutely.

Nate Krahn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Genghis Krahn!

Way to go, Nate!! 4 out of 6 first place finishes this year. Beat Brinster. Beat Moser twice in two weeks. Pretty impressive.

Nate's won Lums, Philly Open, Patapsco Punisher, PA open and VA Open this year . . .5 tournies. Right?

He's on fire!!!!! He will have a great year, I called it months ago. Does he get the old Walter Haney, Mike Randolph title- Best discgolfer not on tour.

he didn't win loriella- that was schweb. he did kick some arse at the vti though. i think he's won something else too- moser told me the v.o. was nate's fifth of the year.

He was down 2 w/ four to go at the VTi and beat me. Same happened to Bard and NICK. bast ards

Loriella . . .?? Who said that?? Just kidding -- edited above, shoulda said Lums not Loriella -- oops.

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He's on fire!!!!! He will have a great year, I called it months ago. Does he get the old Walter Haney, Mike Randolph title- Best discgolfer not on tour.



nate's been the man lately but i'll take moser on that one.

What was up with those qualifying spots for the Vibram Open?
How many and do they trickle down?

3, don't think they trickle down but bryan or dodge would know better. i believe you also had to "opt in" beforehand to have a shot at a spot.