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The annual Aces and Chains Finals - Oct 5th & 6th - unsanctioned invitation only tournament

Qualify by earning points at each Aces and Chains tournament. Currents points will be posted below.

Unique format: You will be matched up against one opponent each round. This is sudden death format. Win the round against your assigned opponent and advance to the next. Lose and go home. Winner of the final round gets all the cash for their division, and gets their name put on the perpetual trophy which is currently in the Joliet shop. Winner of the Advance division gets to determine which shop (Joliet, or Geneva) that the trophy will be displayed in for the next year.

Fee to play is $10. Invitations will be sent out a minimum of  two weeks prior to the tournament. (Invitations may be by phone, emailed, or posted here at the TDs discretion)

This tournament is for Advanced, Intermediate, Recreational, and Novice divisions only.

First two rounds will be played Oct 5th at Westpark. Short tees first round, and long tees for the second round.

Semi-finals and finals will be played at Highland on Oct 6th. Nov and Rec divisions will play Red tees for the semis, and White tees for the finals. Int and Adv divisions will play White tees for the semis and Blue tees for the finals.

First round at 9:30am both days.

We will try to get 16 players in each division. If we get less, then bye rounds will be awarded to the players with the highest point totals as deemed necessary by the TD.

For those of you planning to play Homie on the 6th, if you make it to the semi-finals, we can schedule your round(s) the following weekend or whenever it's convenient for both you and your opponent.

Invites are listed below for each division. Call in soon to reserve your spot at 815-207-8874.

Top 16 Advanced players:

1.) Jon Keslinke - 167
2.) Kevin Macuiba - 151
3.) Tony Panizzo - 120
4.) Anthony Rodriquez - 120
5.) Keith Kowalczyk - 110
6.) Matt Schluter - 105
7.) Tommy Arianoutsos - 83
8.) Adam Brkovic - 83
9.) Jason Riley - 78
10.) James Cordes - 77
11.) Jake Broughton - 68
12.) Jeff Wilken - 68
13.) Cory Clements -60
14.) Matthew Skrogstad - 53
15.) J.D. Boone - 30
16.) Travis Lhotak - 30


Those are your top 16 in Advanced. In order to claim this invitation, please call the shop by Wed. Sept 18th if you are going to play and we will hold your spot. After the 18th, we will open it up to the next 8 on the list, and so on. Joliet shop number is 815-207-8874.

Top 16 Intermediate players invited:

1.) Dan McMillin - 207
2.) Cody Schmook - 113
3.) Kester Jeffers - 112
4.) Erich Dobczyk - 104
5.) Larry Pennuto - 104
6.) Anthony Noe - 100
7.) Thor Batchelor - 90
8.) Blake Zakutansky - 84
9.) Nick Sustersic - 78
10.) Michael Noe - 76
11.) Todd Paraday - 72
12.) Jesse Tackett - 66
13.) Kyle Greenfield - 60
14.) Tim Guajardo - 60
15.) Randy Moore Sr. - 60
16.) Brian Cantrell - 54
16.) Kevin Yockman - 54


Those are your top 16 in Intermediate. In order to claim this invitation, please call the shop by Wed. Sept 18th if you are going to play and we will hold your spot. After the 18th, we will open it up to the next 8 on the list, and so on. Joliet shop number is 815-207-8874.

Top 16 Recreational players invited:

1.) Chris McCabe - 138
2.) Tim Scheer - 126
3.) Brad McCarthy - 114
4.) Tom Anderson - 114
5.) Blake Probert - 112
6.) Michael Dunnigan - 110
7.) Justin Taylor - 108
8.) Brennan Krenz - 104
9.) Rob Wright - 99
10.) Andrew Cervantes - 94
11.) Tyler Blaha-Gruszka - 90
12.) Ryan Walther - 90
13.) Jeremiah Bly - 90
14.) Richard Walsh - 86
15.) Kyle Koetz - 81
16.) Kyle Van Dahm - 81


Those are your top 16 in Recreational. In order to claim this invitation, please call the shop by Wed. Sept 18th if you are going to play and we will hold your spot. After the 18th, we will open it up to the next 8 on the list, and so on. Joliet shop number is 815-207-8874.

Top 16 Novice invites:

1.) Kevin Schramm - 102
2.) Robert Gibson - 83
3.) Shawn McCarthy - 81
4.) Steve Rachan - 78
5.) Brian Lain - 72
6.) Joe Duncan - 69
7.) Alessio Jones - 60
8.) Billy McGeorge - 60
9.) Kyle Chavez - 54
10.) Jonathan Snyder - 51
11.) Garry Murphy - 48
12.) Dan Czempinski - 45
13.) Tim Murry - 45
14.) Sam Visser - 45
15.) Michael Flynn - 42
16.) Sy Spencer - 42
16.) Rudy Villarreal - 42

Those are your top 16 in Novice. In order to claim this invitation, please call the shop by Wed. Sept 18th if you are going to play and we will hold your spot. After the 18th, we will open it up to the next 8 on the list, and so on. Joliet shop number is 815-207-8874.

Pre-registration is now available online at: http://www.acesandchains.com/node/989

Or you can simply call the shop at 815-207-8874 to reserve your spot.

Less than one week for the initial invitees to reserve their spot.

Remember, you don't have to pay to reserve your spot. Just call us and tell us you plan to be there.

On Sept. 18th, I will open up 8 more spots in each division.

The following players are now invited to participate in the AC Finals. We still have spots available in each division, but once we reach 16, that division will be closed and set. If you are on the original list of 16, you can still reserve your spot as long as there are spots available.

You can simply call the Joliet shop at 815-207-8874 to reserve your spot, or pre-register thru the website www.acesandchains.com.


Adv:

Jenkins, Bryan
Marren, John
Bieberitz, Ronald
Hanna, Brock
Harvey, Jerome
Tackett, Jesse
Jackson, Case
Trejo, Luois
Yohnka, Eric


Int:

Bilow, Dan
Reardon, Jeff
Winterstein, Nate
Nilsen, Andrew
Van Dahm, Kyle
Rocks, Jason
Buzea, Jackson
Stilson, Ryan


Rec:

Anderson, Kyle
Steward, Tim
Callahan, Sean
McCabe, Chris
Bly, Jeremiah
Guzman, Mario
Levin, Zane
Studer, Aaron


Nov:

Aquino, Ryan
Oktayaren, Ender
Phelps, Eric
Story, Shawn
Lidoux, Archie
Morgan, Tanner
Schenk, Tom
Tackett, Stacy


So there you have it. Get your spots reserved before they're gone!

Still some spaces left in each division. I'm officially opening it up to anyone that wants to play. First come first served. If you want to reserve a spot, call the shop at 815-207-8874 and let us know.

Walk ups will be welcome on the day of, as long as we have spaces left. There are 16 spaces available in each division. So far, the division with the most pre-reg players has 7 in it. So there is likely to be spaces left for day of registration. Come on out and have some fun playing a different format. It's only $10.

ill reserve my spot for INT. But one thing, if I make it past west park, Im need to reschedule sunday cuz of the homie tournament.

We got ya Mike. Your reserved.

Anyone who makes it thru the first two rounds can reschedule rounds 3 and 4 if they are playing Homie. We'll work around it.

OK thanks. If I make it through west park. west park isnt the greatest course for me. lol but highland on the other hand. i will destroy highland lol

I'll be set up in the pavillion by hole 8 tomorrow morning. Please meet there before the first round and I'll get the matchups set. I'd like to get everyone registered before 9am and get it rolling by 9:15-9:30 or so.

Again, just a reminder, I will take walk ups tomorrow between 8-9am until each division is full. We have 16 slots in each division to fill.

The winners are in! The following players will get their names added to the perpetual trophy that is at the shop:

Adv: Keith Kowalczyk
Int: Luigi Noe
Rec: Steve Rachan
Nov: Brian Lain