I am having no luck finding info on this event.
It's supposed to be in Feb and I might be there on business and would hate to miss it.
Can anybody help me?
Sam Ferrans? Dana Lawton? Manabu Kajiyama? Kuan Chen is the Taiwan pdga contact,
but I have no way of reaching him either. I have read of at least 5 disc golf courses in Taipai, but none are listed on this site.
Thanks and happy holidays friends.
Brock
thaidri (at) gmail.com

I will inquire further as well. I will be in Taiwan on business in Feb/Mar as well!

Chris Finn from Perth forwarded this to me:

I would like to welcome you to Taipei, Taiwan and thank you for planning to addend the Asia Open. This is the first time for the Asia Open. It is our honor to have the title and host this Disc Golf tournament in Taiwan. Thank you for supporting the Asia Open.The following is the tournament information.

Please contact with me to confirm your travel plans. You should fly into Chiang Kai-Shek international airport in Taipei, Taiwan.
Tournament: Asia Open
Date: Feb. 7-8, 2009
Place and course : Hwa Chung Bridge Sports Park
http://www.e-kin.com.tw/cc/loca/c/c07a1b.htm
Divisions: Men Open, Women Open, Men Grand Master (50+)
Prize Money: Men Open only, US$500, 300, 200, 100

My offer of support to you is as follows and is only available to the first 20 international players to confirm their travel plans with me so please let me know your travel plans as soon as possible 4 days and three nights
Free airport pick up (Feb. 06?)and delivery (Feb. 09), and group traffic in Taipei area
Free hotel: two bed room http://breezy.network.com.tw/
Free food with the exception of the dinner on Feb 08 which I will ask you to cover your dinner costs
Event entry fee is US$100 payable in cash at the event

Schedule:
Feb. 06
13:00 - 16:30: Practice Round
18:30 - 22:00: Dinner and Taipei 101 area tour

Feb. 07
08:00 -09:00: Register and opening ceremony
09:00 -12:00: First round (18 holes)
12:00 -13:15: Lunch break
13:15 - 16:30: Second Round (18 holes)
18:30 - 22:00: Dinner and river sightseeing

Feb.08
08:30 - 11:30: Third round (18 holes)
11:30 -12:45: Lunch Break
12:45 -14:15: Semi final (9 holes, cut to half)
14:30 - 16:00: Final (9 holes, final 4 players)
16:00 - 16:30: closing ceremony
18:30 - 22:00: Taipei International Lantern Festival

If you would like to arrive early or stay longer please let me know and I can arrange your accommodations (at your expense) for you.

sweet dave, this should be a blast. I will be flying into bangers on the 3rd, then a quick flight to Taipai on thursday to get used to my 150 plastic. XD, star sidewinder, champ valk for now. should get a destroyer i guess.

is this a pdga event?
edit to say this is a B TIER event !!

stoked

Hi Brock did you happen to find any course information.
I was told that we would be getting some more info closer to the date?

Chris Finn
Perth

I fly in thursday afternoon and am staying for a week. that hotel looks SWEET, plus all the sightseeing should be a blast!
somehow i have tweaked this into a "chivalrous" birthday trip for my gf :cool:

this was emailed to me yesterday from TD Kuan.

Dear Asia Open International Competitors,

Thanks again for your coming. It is less than two weeks to meet you. Here is some information for you.

Weather: Please visit our Central Weather Bureau web http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm . The temperature is between 15-20 (F) and 40%-60% to rain.

City tour:
Feb. 7 evening: from 17:30 - 22:00
Restaurant : 一鍋 Shabu Shabu (Hot Pot foods), The owner is our mini sponsor and he is the player.
Area: 101 Building, where is the famous place in Taipei and the world. You can enjoy 2 hours around the area. (I think this is currently the tallest building in the world)

Feb. 8 Evening: from 18:00 - 22:00
Restaurant: Taiwan Style Sea food
Area: Tam Shui town and River.

Feb. 9 evening: from 18:00 - ???
Area: Taipei Lantern Festival
Restaurant: Shi Lin Night Market (lots of Taiwan foods you can try)

Very important : Please provide me your travel plan.
Flight schedule : arrival and departure time and date
Name, Passport #, and Birthday for insurance.

Course information : Please see the attached files. I just finished it today.
#1:180m, #2: 95m, #3: 85m, #4: 89m, #5: 150m, #6:93m, #7: 180m, #8: 82m, #9 160m
#10: 140m, #11: 83m, #12: 150m, #13: 101m, #14: 125m, #15: 85m, #16: 92m, #17: 70m, #18:110m

Hope you have a nice trip to Taiwan. Any questions please let me know.

Please visit my very simple web http://www.ezflyingdiscs.com.tw/ I try to put English in it and make it better. I am not good on computer.

Thanks,

I hope your Girldfriend wont be to bored!!!
Hopefully she can throw a disc and get involved!!
Will be seeing you there cant wait for the tournament only 10 days to go!!

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Nei Ho friends! reporting from Taipei, first day is in the books and we had 2 rounds of 18 holes with a temporary course set up in a beautiful park with 360 views. Flat course with trees and lots of OB sidewalk. started off the day with some rain, then some wind (throwing 150 class), then finally some sunshine!
Great hospitality, comped rooms in an amazing hotel ($150 per night), comped dinners and touring, pickup from airport, taxis comped wherever we go, simply a phenomenal experience.
players package with nice dri fit shirt and an asian open embroidered disc golf bag, all the food/drinks for free all weekend. tours of the city, etc.

Borg was interviewed by the Taipei Times and is expecting to have a full page, front page article in the sports section on sunday morning to entice locals to show up and support the event. The asia open is scheduled to appear every odd year (opposite of japan open) and Korea has stepped up to host in 2011, with thailand a possibility for 2013.

the scoreboard is in Chinese except for foreign golfers. Until I get a translation, this is the best i can do, no disrespect meant for Asian golfers, as they are very kind, professional & have tons of talent.

open (51 players) 2 rounds complete, 1 more sunday morning, then top 24 play a 4th round.

1. dave feldberg (oregon) 103
2. local taiwan player 111
3. Manabu Kajiyama (japan) 113
4. 117
5T. 120
5T. 120
7. 121
8. 123
9.jeff kennedy (las vegas) 123
10T. 124
10T. 124
10T. 125
13.erich altoray (sweden) 125
14T. brock pitzer (thailand) 126
14T. 126
14T. 126
14T. david brandy (australia) 126
18. 127
19T. 128
19T. 128
21T. 129
21T. paul arden (australia) 129
21T. 129
24. 130
25. chris finn (australia) 131
26-51 don't want to type anymore

grandmasters (18 players)
all chinese and korean players, leader at 122

open women: (5 players)
1. mayu nonaka 132
2. 133
3. 150
4. 155
5. 194

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great weekend! sunday had perfect conditions and dave shot a blistering 45 on a par 58 layout.... absolutely smoking, he was 2 shots from a perfect round with manabu finishing second out of 51 open players.

from japan, kawasaki won grandmasters division and mayu won women's open. Congratulations Taiwan champions!!

jeff kennedy played consistent golf and ended up in a tie for 6th after the final 9. All of the western golfers made the finals.

Wow, Asia Open sounds like a good idea for the sport.
Thanks for posting the event info and updates Brock.
Looking forward to Thailand in 2013. Can i stay at your house?
Peace, Floyd