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Break out the Spittoons! They’re making a comeback!

WEEK 4 - April 27, 2011
First Half #4
Community Park - Channahon, Illinois
18 Holes - Short Tees - Par 54 Did not play hole #6 because the basket was surrounded by a foot of water. Put in temp hole after hole 18 called “The Monk” hole. A 150 footer by baseball field.
Conditions:  Temp: mid 50s, cloudy to start, low 50s and a little windy at the end. The course has a lot of standing water and of course a ton of mud. Another cold, wet and raw night for disc golf.

Looking on the bright side, Paco Grimes continues the course beautification transformation. There were tons of new trees planted, new benches that are completed and new benches in the works. There are way too many things going on at this course for one set of eyes to catch. I can’t wait to come back.

Thanks Riphizer for bringing their new basket for the temp hole. The basket looks and catches great.
It was nice to see Matt Ogg up on crutches and back hanging with the league.

Thanks Paco Grimes for sorting the money. Having this done before we come in is a huge relief for us.

57 Players
28 PRO/ADV   29 AM/NOV
THE FIRST MONTH IS IN THE BOOKS!

TOP THREE
PRO/ADV

Absolutely destroying the course and crushing the competition were Dave Kociuba & Ryan Hoffman. They shot an incredible round of 38 (-16) blowing out the next closes team by three strokes. They end up taking home 61 bucks each and tacking on four huge points to their totals. Shooting a very nice round of 41(-13) and taking second place alone were Mick McGowan and Mike Vargo. They end up splitting $78 and they tack on three points to their totals. We had a tie for third place. With two points on the line Dana Vicich & Brandon Rousch pull out the ctp playoff on hole #1. They end up splitting 50 bucks and receive that extra point. The teams shot rounds of 43 (-11).


TOP THREE
AM/NOV

Joe Heinen & Zack Pershau take the top honors for the week. They end up shooting a very nice round of 44 (-10). Joe and Zach take home $33 each and tack on four points to their totals to close out April. Shooting a 45 (-9) and finishing in second place alone were Todd Paraday & Tim Guajardo. They pick up three big points and split 37 bucks. Kevin Won & Randy McMurray shot a good round of 46(-8) to take the third place honors this week. They get that extra point and split 25 bucks.



CTPS

Shawn Harmon CTP Money Fund hole #1 = $45
Dave Kociuba CTP Basket Fund hole #4 = $45
Jason Riley CTP Tournament Fund hole #18 = $41

ACES

Dave Kociuba aced hole #2 = $54

A huge night for Dave Kociuba. He wins first place in the Pro/Adv division, hits the basket fund ctp and aces an extremely difficult hole. Dave ends up taking home $160 for the night. Not bad for week night of disc golf.


Next Week - HIGHLAND PARK  (JOLIET)
RED TEES- SHORT TEES FOR EVERYBODY
START TIME IS MOVED UP TO 5:30PM!


See You Later,
Jesse

http://www.pdga.com/worlds-smoking-ban

Smoking has been banned during competition at both the 2011 PDGA Professional and Amateur Disc Golf World Championships. Players will not be permitted to smoke from the start of play until the player’s scorecard has been submitted. Smoking of any kind during competition could result in immediate disqualification and further disciplinary action as stated in the PDGA Competition Manual, Section 3.3 Player Misconduct.

After many months of contemplation, In January 2011 the PDGA Board made the decision to restrict smoking during both the 2011 PDGA Pro World Championships in Santa Cruz CA and the 2011 PDGA Amateur & Junior World Championships in Rochester NY. The Board was well aware of the potential ramifications of this decision and how others have addressed this issue, and this board (as has past boards) debated this issue for some time before making this decision for 2011.The board has not made any decisions on a long term smoking policy for our major events. With the 2011 PDGA Pro Worlds in Santa Cruz requiring a smoking ban due to the drought conditions in California, the Board felt this was the opportune time to test the waters on the impact of a smoking ban at our two (2) most visible and public events – the PDGA World Championships.

We will evaluate the effects of this policy for the future at our 2011 Fall Summit, and we welcome your comments and suggestions.

ON BEHALF OF THE 2011 PDGA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dave “Nez” Nesbitt

PDGA Commissioner & Board President

 It is truly amazing to see the transformation of where this course was from the beginning to where it is now. When the ultimate goal for Trinity is completed this course is going to blow people away!

Thanks to these guys for the many long hours of  hard work they’ve been putting in at this course. Thor Batchelor, Tom Matesevac, Leo Borowski, Randy Bruemmer, Dave Kociuba and many more.
Please put up names that aren’t mentioned so they can be recognized.

Red Roc Disc Golf Club presents:
2011 Spring Opener
www.redrocdiscgolfclub.com/

PDGA C-Tier Event

Saturday, April 23rd

Lemon Lake County Park
2 Rounds of 18 Holes (Red & Silver)

$200 Added to Pro Payout – All Divisions payout to the top 40%

All Open – $40
All Advanced – $30
All Others – $25

5$ ACE & CTP
Registration Opens at 7:30am at the ski building
Players Meeting at 9am, First Tee at 9:30am (CST)

Lunch will be available for purchase onsite

J-TOWN DOUBLES WEEK 2 RESULTS 2011
WEEK 2 - April 13, 2011
First Half #2
Haines Wayside Park, New Lenox
18 Holes- Par 54
Conditions: Low 70s and sunny to start the round! Low 60s at the end of the round. Not much wind. Tee pads need work but all baskets were in. A very nice night!
Haines Wayside Park fits in perfect on the schedule for the short amount of daylight we have at the beginning of the year.
Cheer up because we probably won’t be back here again until the end of the year.

73Players
34 PRO/ADV   39 AM/NOV

Thanks to Brian Cummings and Red Roc Disc Golf Club for  donating a Homie Roc as a ctp.
www.redrocdiscgolfclub.com

Thanks to Whirld Sports and Dana Vicich for donating a t-shirt for a ctp.
www.whirldsports.com

Thanks to Brew & Grow Bolingbrook & Jake Riley for donating a t-shirt for a ctp.
www.altgarden.com

Don’t forget Handicap Singles League starts next Tuesday at Trinity at 5:15 pm.

PRO/ADV
We had a four-way tie for first with the teams shooting great rounds of 38 (-16). Steve Forneris & Randy Bruemmer win the playoff and take home $64.50 each. Steve Slater & Matt Travis take the second spot and split 85 bucks. Pauly Pazanin & Aaron Alinowski take the third spot and collect $58.

AM/NOV
Whipping the field by two strokes with a fantastic round of 40 (-14) were Tom Rafac & Brandon McCure. They take home $34.50 each. Shooting an extremely nice round of 42 (-12) and taking second place were Cory Clements and Ryan Walther. They end up splitting 41 bucks.  Six teams tied for third with  Joe Heinen & Zach Pershau winning ctp playoff. They end up splitting $31. The six teams shot 44s (-10).                           

CTPS
Jake Broughton CTP Money Fund hole #1 = $55
Eric Neumann CTP Basket Fund hole #4 = $55
Zach Pershau CTP Tournament Fund hole #18 = $52
Rudy Spiller CTP Homie Roc hole #17
Pauly Pazanin CTP Whirld Sport t-shirt hole #2
Jason Riley CTP Brew & Grow t-shirt hole #16

ACES
Jake Broughton Hole #1 = $72
Fabian Gonzalez Hole #12 = $72

Jake Broughton is the first player this year to hit an ace on a ctp hole. He went home with over $120. Not bad for a doubles night.


Next Week - TRINITY LINKS  (LOCKPORT)
SHORT TEES
5:15 START!!
 


See You Later,
Jesse

J-TOWN DOUBLES WEEK 1 RESULTS 2011

WEEK 1 - April 6, 2011
First Half #1
Shorewood Park-Shorewood
20 Holes - Short Tees - Par 60- added two short holes under 200 feet.
Conditions: MID 60s to start the round- HIGH 40s at the end of the round. Winds picked up throughout the night and temps dropped quickly. A cool ending to the night. The course is in great shape with the ground almost completely dry. Overall a great night for disc golf.

Hole #10 is in. It looks like they took out the practice basket to replace the hole.
 
Thanks to Larry Pennuto & Jesse Saenz for bringing their baskets. Please start bringing your baskets to league so we can quickly add a couple of holes if we need to.

A HUGE FIRST DAY DRAW!! PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST
82 Players
39 PRO/ADV   43 AM/NOV
AT LEAST 15 NEW PLAYERS!
Sorry to the players we had to turn away. We start registration at 4:15 during the month of April. So to guarantee a spot make sure you are at the course and ready to register at that time.

TOP THREE
PRO/ADV
To start the year out right we had a tie for first place. The teams shot incredible rounds of 41 (-19). Chris Hutter & Tom Matesevac pull out the playoff win to take the top honors. They end up splitting 130 bucks and grabbing a big 4 point advantage. Old Man Johnson & Al Hermosillo end up in the second spot splitting  88 dollars. Nice shooting to both teams. We also had a tie for third place with the teams shooting great rounds of 43 (-17). Shawn Harmon and Kevin Hoffman win the ctp playoff and collect $30 each.

TOP THREE
AM/NOV
Shooting a great round of 46 (-14) and taking the top honors alone were Fabian Gutierrez and Tyler Seddon. They end up splitting $70 and grab that all important 4 points to start the year. Right behind them shooting a 47 (-13) were Nick Orlando & Randy McMurray. They end up taking home 22 bucks each and  tack on 3-points to their early point totals. Tying and winning the ctp playoff for third place were Zack Martinez & James Gosnell. They end up splitting 28 bucks. They shot a pretty good round of 48 (-12).
It looks like this years Am/Nov field is one of the leagues strongest ever. It’s going to be a battle all year!

 
Leo Borowski - CTP Party Fund hole #1 = $64
Cory Clements - CTP Basket Fund hole #3 = $64
Tyler Seddon - CTP Tournament Fund hole #11 = $63
Dana Vicich - CTP T-Shirt courtesy of  Whirld Sports hole #20
First timer James Gosnell aced hole 15 but didn’t get in the ace pool. He said he would never make that mistake again! Nice ace and nice third place finish.
Ace is at $74 to start next week.

Next Week - HAINES WAYSIDE PARK  (NEW LENOX)
DON’T FORGET 4:15 REGISTRATION AND 5:15 START!!


See You Later,
Jesse