J-Town Forum

C-tier tournament.

I'm very happy to annouce that there's a tournament in Mokena this year! This will be the first PDGA sanctioned tournament at Mokena since Illinois State in 2007. My thanks to Bruce for getting his foot in the door, and to Mary Beth @ Mokena for being a class act.

The Oaks is a fabulous course, with mature oak trees, and grass fairways. Three tight technical holes thru the woods add a little variety. With a total of 27 holes in all, it provides both challenge, and beauty. This course was featured in Flying Disc Magazine.

There is a $2 per person course fee for this tournament that goes directly to the Mokena Park District. It is already added in to the tournament fee.

Pre-registration is highly encouraged. By pre-registering, you help us run a smoother tournament. Pre-register at: http://www.acesandchains.com/node/793

Day of Registration (if spots are available) and Check-In will be between 8am-9am both days. Please check in when you get there.

Players meeting will be held at 9:15am. Tee off at approx. 9:40am. Tournament headquarters will be at the pavilion by the baseball fields. Instead of going in the main park entrance, use Mokena St. and proceed to the parking lot at the end.

Tentative division schedule:

Saturday:

Recreational
Novice
All Am Masters divisions
All Women's divisions
All Jr.s

Sunday:

Pro Open
All Open Masters
Advanced
Intermediate

Tournament fee is $32 for AMs, $52 for Pros. $10 more if you are not a current PDGA member.

I have decided on the players pack for First Flight:

Pre-register ($25 total value):

T-shirt
Poster
Birdie Bag
Microfiber Towel
*Stickers (if I can get them done in time.)


Walk-ups ($15 value):

Poster
Birdie Bag
2 Microfiber Towels
$5 Aces and Chains Card
*Stickers (if I can get them done in time.)


If you pre-register by March 7th, you can reserve your shirt size. Pre-registrants after March 7th will not be guaranteed to get the correct shirt size (though I will try my best to accomodate everyone.)

B-Tier tournament.

Two 18+ hole rounds at Highland Park, in Joliet, IL.

Pre-registration is highly encouraged. This tournament sold out last year by Thursday, two days prior to the tournament. Plus, by pre-registering, you help us run a smoother tournament.

Pre-register at:  http://www.acesandchains.com/node/790
Day of Registration (if spots are available) and Check-In will be between 8am-9am both days. Please check in when you get there.

Players meeting will be held at 9:15am. Tee off at approx. 9:30am. Players will meet by the parking lot at tournament headquarters.

After party/award ceremony to be held at Barcode 52 (across the street from the Aces and Chains shop) both days.

Tentative division schedule:

Saturday:

Advanced
Recreational
All Am Masters divisions
All Women's divisions
All Jr.s

Sunday:

Pro Open
All Open Masters
Intermediate
Novice

Cost is $35 for Ams, $55 for Pros....$10 more if you are not a current PDGA member.

Unless something changes, the tournament will be held at Channahon.

Frank,

Went out to play Channy a couple of times in the last week. It was great to get out again.

Got to see the Dawn Redwood on hole 15. That one is going to be special to me for a while. I've always thought that it's an amazing tree. I hope it gets to it's full height....it will be magnificent! Also saw the Birch tree you planted a few steps down the fairway from it.

The grass on 11's soon to be new pin placement is looking great too. Can't wait for the new pin to go in.

I wanted to say all of this to you when I saw you, but your group was in a hurry to stay ahead of the group behind you. It was great to see you out playing and having fun! Keep up the great work on Channy.....

That's awesome Frank! Dawn Redwoods get really big pretty fast don't they? Can't wait to see it.

Preliminary round (Westpark):

Kevin Macuiba - 69
John Boyd - 64

Bryan Sullivan - 67
D.J. Eskra - 71


First round (Westpark):

Randy Moore Sr. - 64
John Boyd - 63 (after playing out the tie breaker)

John Marren - 68
Cory Clements - 62

Jesse Tackett - 63
Mike Thompson - 68

Kester Jeffers -
Bryan Sullivan - forfeit (Bryan was pretty sick and decided to forfeit.)


Semi-finals (Mokena):

John Boyd - 79
Cory Clements - 73

Jesse Tackett - 92
Kester Jeffers - 93


Finals (Highland):

Cory Clements - 61 thru 21
Jesse Tackett - 59 thru 21


Jesse wins $100 and his name will be the first one under Intermediate on the AC Finals Cup trophy. Congrats Jesse!