First off I am really bothered that I could not find any info on the site to help people who are thinking of TD'ing or TD'ing for the first time. Also there is no easy step write up or information that is readily available. I would urge whoever is in charge of getting good solid information on the website to start looking into this.

Further more I do have a few questions:

Are TD's allowed to play in there own event?

What does it take to run a good first event?

What type of options does a TD have when deciding about an event: (adding more temp holes, limiting divisions\, etc)

Is there a step by step dummies guide to eing a TD for the first time?

This link is right on the front page. Here's everything an experienced or new TD will need:

www.pdga.com/documents/td/2008tourinfo.php (http://www.pdga.com/documents/td/2008tourinfo.php)

And the How to Run and How to Plan docs have been available for years on the Club Affiliate page:

www.pdga.com/club_affiliate/club_affiliate.php (http://www.pdga.com/club_affiliate/club_affiliate.php)

TDs are allowed to, and frequently do, play in their own tournament.

However, as a TD, life's a lot easier if you can resist the temptation.

How it affects the other players depends on large part on the number and quality of the TD's assistants.

By the way, even though I'd assisted tournaments for years, those documents on the PDGA site were of great help to me in moving up to TD.

This link is right on the front page. Here's everything an experienced or new TD will need:

www.pdga.com/documents/td/2008tourinfo.php (http://www.pdga.com/documents/td/2008tourinfo.php)

And the How to Run and How to Plan docs have been available for years on the Club Affiliate page:

www.pdga.com/club_affiliate/club_affiliate.php (http://www.pdga.com/club_affiliate/club_affiliate.php)



Chuck you always say this, but maybe half of us are blind. I don't and can't see where you are geting this link from on the front page, or on the information page (which is where information should be).

I think a few people know where half the information is hidden and the rest are normal and can't easily find it. Maybe this is a PDGA problem...

Right hand side, very bottom link entitled:

2008 PDGA TD/Tour Information
(Updated 3/17/08)

Not THAT hard to find... :o

I think a few people know where half the information is hidden and the rest are normal and can't easily find it. Maybe this is a PDGA problem...



I don't really see this as a PDGA problem. When a website contains a massive amount of information in many different categories, it is not always intuitive for the average user to know how to find it. However, most users DO know how to use the "contact" link to ask questions. The phone number for the PDGA is also on the top of every page. A quick phone call could have produced an immediate answer.

isn't the point of having a website with information available to the users so that we dont have to call and talk to someone. so they can be more productive with stuff like corporate sponsorship and member benefits?

: ) :

The new upcoming website should hopefully make this a moot issue. :cool:

Does anyone know how do you upload a Doubles format for the PDGA registration and results online reporting? I didn't see any info about that in the .pdf manual.

Answered on the Ask Chuck thread

I think a few people know where half the information is hidden and the rest are normal and can't easily find it. Maybe this is a PDGA problem...



I don't really see this as a PDGA problem. When a website contains a massive amount of information in many different categories, it is not always intuitive for the average user to know how to find it. However, most users DO know how to use the "contact" link to ask questions. The phone number for the PDGA is also on the top of every page. A quick phone call could have produced an immediate answer.



All good websites are intuitive.