haroldoftherocs
Jun 29 2010, 02:59 PM
John Merhi here to talk about The 16th Mid-Atlantic AM Championships. Once again, the MAAC has been sanctioned by the PDGA as a B-tier event and will be held July 24 - 25, 2010 at Seneca Creek State Park DGC in beautiful Gaithersburg, MD. This is the event where the Advanced AM Player is revered and celebrated. By design, this tournament falls on the same weekend as the Pro Worlds. I am thankful that this year's AM Worlds aren't concurrent with the Pro Worlds.
The format will be the same tried-and-true format we've used every year. Two 18-hole rounds per day. Advanced and Masters will play Short Tees to A-pins, Long Tees to A-pins on Saturday. Long Tees to B-pins, Short Tees to C-pins on Sunday. Intermediate divisions play all 4 rounds from the Short Tees. There are NO 27-hole rounds. Once again, we're going to attempt to pull this off with the same entry fees we've had since the 90s. :eek: This year we'll be prayin extra hard for post-recession year sponsorship to keep the entry fees low. Advanced & Masters: $40. Intermediate and Ladies: $25. Non-PDGA (or non-current) members must add $10.
Click HERE (http://home.comcast.net/~jmerhi/2010_MAACflier-email.pdf) for the tournament flier.
Like last year, the PDGA has granted me a waiver to force Pro players who are eligible to play (<970) into a mandatory Trophy Only category. Trophy Only will be available for a nominal fee of $10 (which won't even cover your lunch + PDGA dues). IMHO, this was a HUGE success last year, especially in the Masters field. The beauty of this waiver is that it practically eliminates sandbagging. Now, the <970 Pro player who would never even consider playing this event CAN play in it guilt free. You are not impinging on the AM prizes, just their PDGA points... which few lose much sleep over. I encourage Pros <970 who love playing Seneca to COME OUT for the MAAC. It's only going to cost you $10, you get to play 4 rounds of tournament golf, your results will get turned into the PDGA, and I will feed you like a pig. If there's a downside to this deal, it's hard for me to see it.
Thanks to Rich Myers, I have been shown first hand that being a Luddite is WRONG. I now embrace on-line registration and it is up and running. Search for this tournament in the July schedule and click on the online registration link. On-line registration ROCKS, however, Flintstone-era registration will still be available as will day-of-event signups. There will NEVER be a registration late fee for this event. When you show up at 9:45 am Saturday morning, I am STILL happy to see you and won't fine you.
Sponsorship is only $25 and all proceeds will go directly toward FEEDING the field, i.e. lunch, sodas, ice, etc. The goal is to get two grills and cook out like we've done the past few years. If you could sponsor a hole, please do! Please note that running this tournament is actually EASY compared to providing lunch both days. Make no mistake, the cook out lunch is a HUGE endeavor. My extreme gratitude goes out to guys like JG, Sean Burkett, Keith Palmer, Steve Simpson, Ray Jones, and everyone else who has stood behind the grill and COOKED in the 90 degree July heat (SeanB, Dan, Tim come to mind... but I know there's more). Once again, I'm prayin' you're there for me this year too.
INNOVA pro portable basket goes to highest finishing non-Trophy-only men's Advanced player! Fat prize payout for everyone else.
Please see the tournament flier for my email and phone number. Please contact me if you want to save the $3.75 and pre-register the pre-historic way.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS EVENT!
The format will be the same tried-and-true format we've used every year. Two 18-hole rounds per day. Advanced and Masters will play Short Tees to A-pins, Long Tees to A-pins on Saturday. Long Tees to B-pins, Short Tees to C-pins on Sunday. Intermediate divisions play all 4 rounds from the Short Tees. There are NO 27-hole rounds. Once again, we're going to attempt to pull this off with the same entry fees we've had since the 90s. :eek: This year we'll be prayin extra hard for post-recession year sponsorship to keep the entry fees low. Advanced & Masters: $40. Intermediate and Ladies: $25. Non-PDGA (or non-current) members must add $10.
Click HERE (http://home.comcast.net/~jmerhi/2010_MAACflier-email.pdf) for the tournament flier.
Like last year, the PDGA has granted me a waiver to force Pro players who are eligible to play (<970) into a mandatory Trophy Only category. Trophy Only will be available for a nominal fee of $10 (which won't even cover your lunch + PDGA dues). IMHO, this was a HUGE success last year, especially in the Masters field. The beauty of this waiver is that it practically eliminates sandbagging. Now, the <970 Pro player who would never even consider playing this event CAN play in it guilt free. You are not impinging on the AM prizes, just their PDGA points... which few lose much sleep over. I encourage Pros <970 who love playing Seneca to COME OUT for the MAAC. It's only going to cost you $10, you get to play 4 rounds of tournament golf, your results will get turned into the PDGA, and I will feed you like a pig. If there's a downside to this deal, it's hard for me to see it.
Thanks to Rich Myers, I have been shown first hand that being a Luddite is WRONG. I now embrace on-line registration and it is up and running. Search for this tournament in the July schedule and click on the online registration link. On-line registration ROCKS, however, Flintstone-era registration will still be available as will day-of-event signups. There will NEVER be a registration late fee for this event. When you show up at 9:45 am Saturday morning, I am STILL happy to see you and won't fine you.
Sponsorship is only $25 and all proceeds will go directly toward FEEDING the field, i.e. lunch, sodas, ice, etc. The goal is to get two grills and cook out like we've done the past few years. If you could sponsor a hole, please do! Please note that running this tournament is actually EASY compared to providing lunch both days. Make no mistake, the cook out lunch is a HUGE endeavor. My extreme gratitude goes out to guys like JG, Sean Burkett, Keith Palmer, Steve Simpson, Ray Jones, and everyone else who has stood behind the grill and COOKED in the 90 degree July heat (SeanB, Dan, Tim come to mind... but I know there's more). Once again, I'm prayin' you're there for me this year too.
INNOVA pro portable basket goes to highest finishing non-Trophy-only men's Advanced player! Fat prize payout for everyone else.
Please see the tournament flier for my email and phone number. Please contact me if you want to save the $3.75 and pre-register the pre-historic way.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS EVENT!