Well here I am in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sitting in a small cheap @$$ hotel with Treat (no not Michael) (no not Andrew) Matthew, Aaron Triska, and Devan 'The Dude' Owens. We are all cramming into a little room with two double beds, a 17" TV, and a little bathroom. We have roughly 150 Frisbees packed into our room along with two weeks of clothes. But we are having a freaking blast.

We played a couple rounds of golf today and Sunset Park. The course is very Mcclure-Dovillio-esque. The first 3 holes are tough. If you get a 3 on them, you've scored well. All 3 of these have multiple mandos on them. After the first 3 holes you start getting into a stretch of holes that are very 'birdieable'. These 7 holes are ones that you would like to get. That is the front 9+1. The back 8 is where the round is made. There are some very difficult holes. On none of these holes can you take a break mentally. The only semi-easy hole is an island hole reminiscent of 17 @ Winthrop Gold, but a lot easier.

Tomorrow is the start of the biggest tournament of the year so far. I get to play with Nate Doss first round and Devan is teeing with Matt Orum. Devan is feeling very confident with the way his game is flying right now.

The great thing about all of this is that we are only 2 days into a 13 vacation. Next stop after Gentlemen's Club Challenge is The Memorial. Myself, Treat and Devan have all already spent a 'cool hun' on discs that Dan Pastore of ABC Discs had at the course. If you are wanting some sweeeeet 11x rocs, let us know.

We'll try and keep everyone updated on our trip. If you have any comments let us know.

Peace.

Take time to have fun and play well...will be watching scores...

Josh, if you have time try and play a private course there. i don't remember the name but it is in a private upscale neighborhood and it is beautifull and fun. Ask one of the locals about it. It is worth the time to play.

As far asIknow Furdog and myself are the only okies to play it.

River Skyeagle just came back from playing in the Gentlemen's club Am tourney. He also played the private course. He said it was very nice.

Is this it?...

Peccole Ranch is located on the west part of the valley. This 18-hole course is part of the private residential area it is open 8:00am to dusk; rules are enforced. This is a technical course it is built into the wash so it is very narrow with wooded areas work around. Holes 15-18 are difficult to find, after hole 14 you must walk along Charleston Blvd. to continue to the next hole. Those last few were redone last year; turf was removed and replaced with desert landscaping.

dgcoursereview.com page:

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=896

Sad to hear they took out some of the turf. All of thos hole were fun. I played with locals and one of the holes they said I was one of the few birdies they had seen on it. I don't hink they had been around much.:)

That was probably the best groomed, land scaped and manicured course area i have ever played on. Super nice at about 7:30am. We played there after about a 3 day Vegas marathon of drinking, gambling and no sleep.

We played there after about a 3 day Vegas marathon of drinking, gambling and no sleep.

and you were making birdies??? maybe you should institute this policy of play for all your future rounds.

Here is the link where I found the blurb above:

http://living-las-vegas.com/2010/02/disc-golf-courses/

...only about a week old article, she lists 6 DGCs in the LV area...

I played both courses and the nice one is VERY tough to follow if you're not with a local. It winds through a nice neighborhood, crosses streets and zig zags a little.

Sunset is flat and some of the holes are long. I think Devan will do better at the Memorial. The Fountain course is great for lefties because a lot of the baskets are on peninsula's with the water on the left, as I found out a few times!!

I talked to Matt a couple of times and they are having a blast. He is going to caddy for Devan in Vegas then play the am event at the Memorial.

Good luck to everyone, big events. Tulsa representing!!

Andrew is entered into his first Bass tournament this weekend at Grand!

Whats he fishing from, an innertube?

Not this time. His partner works with him at Bass Pro and he has a really nice bass boat..

He joined a local bass club with a great name: Southside Hookers!!!

How can you beat that??

Not this time. His partner works with him at Bass Pro and he has a really nice bass boat..

He joined a local bass club with a great name: Southside Hookers!!!

How can you beat that??

The Master Baiters....thats how!!

I always feared he would end up in a life of prositution. Selling himself for a ride in the boat.

Just shameful.:D

Well those two clubs would not work well with each other.

bass tournaments on grand suck...and so do "most" of the guys that enter them! The lake is so big and by the time they get back to check their fish in most of them are dead, and they just throw them in the water. That sucks!

bass tournaments on grand suck...and so do "most" of the guys that enter them! The lake is so big and by the time they get back to check their fish in most of them are dead, and they just throw them in the water. That sucks!
I thought that was what the live well was for on the better bass boats? :confused:

Not sure if Duff has a valid point or not. I understand they have a very high percentage of live releases these days.

Is this along the lines that Disc Golf is bad for trees??

Is this along the lines that Disc Golf is bad for trees??

It is if duff is playing!!
He is probably setting up a peta rally as we speak....

Duff just hasn't figured a way to do casino bass fishing..

from what i hear, josh crowl shoots a 51 first round, Nate Doss on his card shot a 52. The best masters score posted on the pdga site is 53. So crowl should be sitting good after day 1! Ill post more if I hear more, im sure we will see all the scores online soon anyways

http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=9723&year=2009&include_ratings=1#Open

Round 1 is in the books. The weather was incredible! I don't think the wind ever reached 5mph. The temperature was mid 60s and sunny for the most part. This just so happened to set up for a couple of good rounds for the boys of OK.

I tee'd off with Nate Doss and the nerves were prevalent. I was on the box and threw my drive into the ground about 250 off the tee on a 600' hole. Then my next shot was ~300 feet and I didn't really feel the head wind. My disc flipped a little and I missed a mando making me shoot my next shot from about ~70. I then drained my first putt of the day! Gave a little fist pump and a run to the basket for celebration and took my 4 gladly. The next hole is a big 700+ ft hole the plays around 3 mando light poles that used to set around a baseball field. So I plays a huge anhyzer for a righty and a big boy hyzer for a lefty. I was still fairly nervous and threw a big drive that kissed off the first mando and went way down the fairway and set up perfect for my next shot. Triska made some comment about calming down, and that is exactly what I did. I 3'd 2 and 3 and then got 6 of the next 7 holes. I slowed down the rest of the round. I got a few good 3's and missed a few putts, but all in all finished the round strong. I ended up with a 51 that won my card and was the hot round at the moment.

From what I hear from Devan, he had a very similar round that I did. He parred hole 1 and missed a mando on hole 2 and then he smashed a 50 footer for par on hole 3. He missed a birdie hole and then went off with 6 birds in a row. He was pushing through and got a big birdie on a difficult hole that Matt Orum layed up on to take his 3. He is then 5 down going into a fairly easy island hole and missed. He got is 4 and went on to the next hole. This is a huge lefty hyzer hole were a 3 is a bird. He bombs his destroyer and it is looking really good, then boinks a tree putting him in a very difficult second shot. Then he finally gets to the basket and has a putt for 4 and chains out left. He makes up for the last two holes on 18 by throwing 'The Beast' to about 10 feet. He finished a little low, but really played well all in all.

Now we are chilling in the hotel watching the Sweden v. Canada curling gold medal game. By the looks of it Devan and I both shot a 1054 rated round and are on the Lead and 2nd card. My card tomorrow will be consisting of 1033, 1010, 1033. Looks like the weather is predicting rain for tomorrow all day, so it should be the same for everyone.

Man, I am really proud of both of you, way to go..

Those scores are solid and you beat some really good golfers.

Way to go, keep it up. Your experience with crazy Okie weather with wind and rain should help you tomorrow.

Those warm weather golfers out west may not be ready, but you are..

Didn't I tell you to play smart, have fun and beat Barry?....what happened?....I hope you got two out of the three accomplished?....good shootin....I believe Barry has won this event more than once?....

so proud of you guys. keep it up!

Way to go guys.
Have fun and play your own game.
Keep your cool.
Go get um.

Well, today was a little bit of a disappointment to say the least for myself. Not so much for �The Dude.� Putting on the first hole, I heard the crowd roar on the tee pad. So I turn around see this blue disc lying about under 100 feet away on a 600+ foot hole and then I see Devan turning around and the crowd still clapping about the bomb that was just delivered with �The Beast.� Devan continued to play fairly solid the rest of the round, only scoring bogeys, but only getting 2 birdies. He ended up shooting a solid 54, 1027 rated round.

I on the other hand, had a horrid start and then played semi solid after the first 3 holes. As Wilkes put it, I played my first 3 holes about 850, and the rest of the round about 1030. For some reason it took me 10 holes to get my round really going. I finally was able to throw my buzzzes and got a couple of birdies back to back. I shot 6 over on the first 3 holes and then finished the last 15 holes at 1 over. I only had 2 birdies the entire round and couldn�t get anything really going. But I will say that I felt that the practice that I have been putting in has really come through. I have really been working with just pushing through the bad round and not letting myself give up and fight as much as I can.

The round today is over, and we have 1 more round tomorrow to see where everyone finishes. I am hoping to really play well again. Devan is really hoping for another steady consistent round. We really appreciate the words that everyone has sent us, and we hope and strive to make everyone proud and to represent OK in a good manner.

Hang in there and just play your game guys! travel safe...

way to go on the tie for 2nd way to rep. t-town dude you the man

Hell Yeah!! Very Nice playing Crowler, that's a nice field to finish where you did.

The Dude --> Tonight --> Vegas --> $800 --> Here's the plan!!! You know I'm psychic, I know things, here is how you party like a rock star tonight.

Go throw a C-note on the blackjack table and let all of it roll 2 times, (2 HANDS ONLY!!!Just because you hit BlackJack on your second hand doesn't mean you should ply on.) =$500 off to the roulette table, put half on each bottom 1/3 and middle 1/3 after it hits in the upper 1/3 threes times in a row, be patient, it will turn into $1000. Walk over and let it roll on the Craps table on the pass line 3 consecutive first rolls from a new roller.
$3000 TRUST ME!!!! Then off to club and find some west coast hussie and buy her drinks with $100 bills every time ohhhh the days.

:)

That was just your warning shot for next week @ the Memorial. Can't wait to watch next week on Discplanet.

Great plan Kevin, too bad he's not 21 yet!!

Way to go Devan and Josh. Really solid play this weekend. Man, one stroke from beating Barry. Tied the USDGC champ. Hot round for today.

Crowl beat Ulibarri and Bratten, two young road warriors.

Just a great perfromance from both of them..

Keep it going next week, NT baby!!

Devan Congrats on a great tourney.
Especially on a Fantastic Last round.
Patience Pays big dividends :)
Josh good finish as well.
Keep the Momentum and
Good luck to both of you next week.

Way to be boys! T-town is proud. Keep the party goin!:)

two out of three ain't bad....I'm sure they had fun...looks like they played well....all they had to do is beat barry!....one stroke!!!!....great match devan, play well next week....all you have to do next week is beat niko....

Great results Devan and Josh! I'm looking forward to seeing you guys in action this week in Scottsdale. I'm available to caddy on day one - just give me a call.

There you go....can't beat that....free caddy and good company!...Jim you will love the course...I was in Phoenix last may and played at memorial park for three days....great course and from what I was told by the locals they can really streach the course out for this tourney...and it should be really good weather for the event...

I practiced both courses today. Everyone I played with was losing discs in the lakes right and left, but I was mostly managing the courses well. I do like these courses. Both courses play right next to water on about half to 1/3 of the holes. All my practice at Hunter helped me a lot today to keep most of my equipment dry. My only mistake was an upshot at Fountain Hills on touranment hole #8. I could see the top of the basket, the lake was to my left, so I took my trusty 11x firebird and thew a little 150' 2-finger upshot that looked like it almost hit the basket post. When I walked over the rise, to my dismay, the ground sloped downward away from the basket at about a 30 degree angle with water directly behind it due to a little cove jutting out from the main body of the lake, and my beloved 11x was nowhere to be seen in the murkey water. Blind casts with my Skinn-saver were fruitless. After the round, I came back for a little swimmin' but to no avail. . . . maybe I should have walked that course first . . . oh well, live and learn!

I'm in the market for a good-condition champion 11x flat-top firebird now.

I haven't seen The Dude and Josh yet, but I spotted Eric McCabe and Feldberg practicing with their respective honeys. I'm sure all the pros will be out tomorrow.

I'm in the market for a good-condition champion 11x flat-top firebird now.


i can accomodate that request. you might be able to get one off one of those touring pros. but just gimme a call and ill hook you up

yes everything at fountain hills slopes to the lake, I have had discs catch a edge and roll 100 into it before. Stay wide and stay dry! Best of luck to the guys!!

I am under the belief that Devan ‘The Dude’ Owens took a huge step in his disc golf career. He had a lot of confidence the entire day we practiced, the night before the tourney, the day of the 1st round, the 1st round, the 2nd round, and obviously the 3rd round. Devan put it to 3 of the top pros in the world, playing with Feldberg (58), Avery (52), and Anthon (54). That ladies and gentlemen is a tail whippin’! But aside from that, Devan had an incredible tournament. There were times where he had a lot of confidence, maybe too much, but other times where he seemed very humble about his game. And it spoke for itself. Devan spoke of a few times where it seemed that those guys were maybe a little rattled due to the high wind that was coming in from the Vegas desert. In the words of Devan, “I just played well. I executed all of my shots.”

If it hadn’t been for the park job of a roller that Barry threw on 18, there would have been a 3 man playoff, with Nikko and Devan. But, all in all, Devan played very well.

I am happy with the way the tournament ended up overall. If you would have told me beforehand that I would have won $203 and beat a couple of 1000 rated players, then I would have said, “Yes please.” On the other hand, I am a little upset with the way the whole tourney panned out. I was very confident with my game in our warm-up day, and it carried over to the first round. For some reason, I was unable to carry the confidence over to the next two rounds. I was really having some mental issues and a few mechanical issues that affected my score. But as I was talking with Triska about, I have realized that everything is a learning experience. All of the practice, minis, tournaments, putting sessions have all been a learning experience. Let’s see if I can actually take all that I’ve learned and use it for this weekend.

We are finally in Scottsdale, and were able to play a few holes at Vista this evening. Again, I find my self very nervous going into our practice day before the tourney. My desires for this tourney are to stick to the game plan, keep an even keel, and make some putts. Devan is very confident coming back here after busting out last year, getting 9th at the first NT of the year. In just the few holes we played this evening, it seemed that Vista sets up very well for a powerful lefty, such as The Dude.

This week the T-Town crew will be joined up with the likes of Matthew Treat, Jim Guerin, and Adam Hunt. Matt has been lugging around Devan’s bag all week long and finally is getting the chance to unleash on the course. On our first hole in Scottsdale, he threw a very nice looking shot on a 280ish hole, but his Eagle straightened out a little too much and there just happened to be a storm drain behind the hole, and … bloop! Down goes the 11x Eagle. But we are excited to have everyone here and hope that everyone plays well.

Here’s to a good day of practice learning the courses,

Cheers.

Ps – Dr. Jim, I would love to have you come and caddy for me if you weren’t going to be doing anything that day. I will be playing with Jeff Layland and John Childs, so it should be a pretty good card.

Great job fellas!

Keep bringin it D!!

Great Job Guys!!! KEEP IT UP DEVAN!!!

Josh, I'll be honored to carry your bag tomorrow. I promise to be a supportive and calming influence.

nice update! its very cool to read about the happenings on the road trip. bring the heat, show em what dem okies have been up to.

Sucks being an accountant this time of year doesn't it?

haha, im dealing with it. many disc purchases to appease my craving to play. haha.

it does suck, not gonna lie, but I just gotta learn to deal with it, its gonna be this 4 life so...

honestly, im just looking forward to that magical april 15th, when its over and im on my way to kansas for the Glass Blown.

You still have June 15th, Sept 15, Oct 15 and Dec 31st.:D

Great job guys...

You still have June 15th, Sept 15, Oct 15 and Dec 31st.:D

yeah true, nothing like feb march and april though

Good luck to all the Okies this week at the Memorial! That was a great tourney and a great finishing round by the Dude and nice first round from Josh (maybe next time when you come out with a hot round like that you will have known what it's like and follow it up with some more 1,000 plus rounds, then watch out). Have fun and play well!

Live feed getting ready to start. Logged on and waiting.

I paid for the broadcast a long time ago but the ever present Verizon firewall won't let me view it.

Oh well, maybe I can catch some at home tonight.

Let us know if anything exciting happens..

yeah ive been watching the whole coverage. this is killing me lol. it looks SO beautiful there. the wind is buzzin and the sun is shining. all the players are in shorts and tees.

big DEVAN posted a 45 for the first round... the same score posted by mcbeth. looks like that will be about the highest for the day, unless someone is just playing out of their mind. those are really good scores. It looks like only a couple in the "lead group" are on pace for that score.

i saw adam hunt birdie hole 1. there wasnt any footage of josh yet.

this is fun to watch, but killing my productivity and my will to work! not to mention its sunny and 60 here in town! ugh

Josh 54, Adam looks to be finishing around 53.

Judging by the "super group" they are showing, devans 45 might be best, if not certainly lead card material.

So for Devan's last four sanctioned rounds, he is averaging 1059 rated.

That'll boost the ole rating up there.

Great Job Devan, Crowl & Adam!!!

Here is a little tip that has led to good success for me over the years at the Memorial ....keeping your discs dry and out of the water takes you a LOOOOONG ways there. Both years that I took 3rd & 6th I only had 1 OB each. It may not be the sexy way to attack the holes to take the long way around the water instead of the risky way over the water, but a par never hurts, but a double circle can ruin your weekend....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS!!!!

I love it when Kevin hands out a few pearls of wisdom!!!

Great job guys, solid performances one and all.

The Dude, way to show up...

with all of these guys starting to make a little noise on the tour and guys like seth cook, gary harrison, travis koehring, and geiger our future looks bright here in tulsa !

:D my buddy ed dopplemayr is right behind you on the standings josh, you two might be together tomorrow. untill he broke his hand last year he was highest rated player in washington, u will have alot of fun with him, hes a hyzerbomb god :P ive never seen anyone better lol 1100 rated driver, 850 rated putter, its great watching someone park 600 ft holes just to miss the 18 footer :) he insist he got a little better at putting after i moved, but i dont believe it! he 4 putted his last hole today! ha

Devan making a cirlce 3 on hole 18 yesterday was HUGE!

live scoring has The Dude one shot off the card lead. keeping up with mcbeth and beating nikko.

apparently barry shultz broke his hand, rumor is he slammed a mini on the ground and broke it, he withdrew from this round before even finishing the first hole.

if you arent checking out live scoring its one pdga at

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/live.php?TournID=9642&Div=MPO

Matt just called and he survived the Fountain course with a 62. He took a 7 on hole 2 but pulled out of it after that.

Hot round for Advanced at that time was 52.

He said the wind was like Pawhuska crazy when he started. Of course it settled down by the end of his round.

He said he was way nervous at first, 4 cameras, a big gallery.

I told him good job and to keep everyone's spirits up...

nice. 62 aint that bad, especially with that 7 on hole 2.

i saw him play hole 16 about 40 min ago on the live feed! that was cool.

Man, this Verizon firewall is killing me..

It does look like Barry is out.. Control that temper man...

Does the live scoring refresh automatically? I have it working at least..

Man, this Verizon firewall is killing me..

It does look like Barry is out.. Control that temper man...

Does the live scoring refresh automatically? I have it working at least..

It should refresh automatically

live scoring has The Dude one shot off the card lead. keeping up with mcbeth and beating nikko.

apparently barry shultz broke his hand, rumor is he slammed a mini on the ground and broke it, he withdrew from this round before even finishing the first hole.

if you arent checking out live scoring its one pdga at

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/live.php?TournID=9642&Div=MPO

Seems out of character but it seems even the best have their moments.
I am sure he is really disappointed in himself.
I wonder if he can play lefthanded?

They keep giving him 7;s and 8's depending on the hole.

Let me see, he won $1,400.00 last weekend. I bet the emergency room visit today is close to that amount..

Devans playing well! tied up...
Good job matt.. Stay with it.

Wow, poor Dude..

Late round issues...

Come on Devan hang in there. Still some golf left..