2011 OZARK MOUNTAIN OPEN
March 19th & 20th IN VICHY, MISSOURI

This is a NON PDGA EVENT AND ANYONE CAN PLAY

All players will receive a custom stamped disc, shirt, mini and sticker
Includes camping & 54 HOLES OF DISC GOLF FOR ALL PLAYERS

2 COURSES -- OZARK MOUNTAIN PAR 72 -- AKITA’S RUN PAR 54
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PLAY AND THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PRIMITIVE CAMPING. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW MOTELS WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE COURSES.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
COST 1st RD SAT. 2nd RD SUN. 3rd RD SUN.
Open Men = $40 OZARKS 12:00 OZARKS 9:00 AKITAS 2:00
Adv Men = $30 OZARKS 12:00 OZARKS 9:00 AKITAS 2:00
Adv Master = $30 AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 10:00 OZARKS 1:00
All other div = $30 AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 10:00 OZARKS 1:00

This is a Southern National Qualifying event all participants will be eligible to play in the SN championships Huntsville Alabama September 3rd & 4th.

TO PRE REGISTER
PLEASE CALL (314)-487-5204 OR (314)-303-1488 OR EMAIL david@gdstour.com or office@gdstour.com

DIRECTIONS:
TAKE HWY 44 SOUTH FROM ST LOUIS TO HWY 68 (ST. JAMES) GO RIGHT 13 MI. TO HWY 63 (VICHY AIRPORT) STAY RIGHT ON HWY 63 FOR 6 MI. TO JUNCTION A TURN LEFT AND GO 3 MI TO MARIES COUNTY RD. 517 TURN RIGHT FOR ½ MI AND MAKE A LEFT AT 3 MAIL BOXES. STAY LEFT AT ALL 3 VEERS AND YOU WILL RUN INTO THE COURSES.

DRIVE VERY SLOW ONCE YOU’RE ON THE GRAVEL ROADS
This is private property and a private course (NO DOGS PLEASE)

Anyone going to go play? I am thinking about it but I am not going to camp out.

These don't get very much play from the locals yet. GDS hasn't asked the Aces to be involved and we haven't really pushed to be involved. Maybe that will change down the road. I think Andy played the Fall Harvest, but I don't remember any other locals in the results.

I never end up going to these. I work on Saturdays, so I'd need to take vacation to play. The info always comes out one or two weeks before the event, and by then it's too late to get vacation approved.

You don't really get the full "Ozark Mountain Experience" unless you camp, though.

If the "Ozark Mountian Experience" is getting stoned out of your gourd, I don't think I can make it. Other than that, I really want to go...bot gonna happen though...

YA I don't plan on getting stoned or drinking crazy till the wee mornings. I just want to play a sweet course.

Nah, it's the camaraderie, the hanging out with golfers from The LOU and KC and Iowa and all the places they come from. Sit around the fire, tell lies about how awesome you were playing until you "tweaked your knee" or "hurt your shoulder" last week and that's why you just shot a 90... Looking at all the plastic people bring to sell, hear about events in other places you might want to go to, stuff like that. Not everybody is going to be stoned out of their gourd; it's not like they drug test you to make sure you are hopped up before you can play.

You do have to put the blinders on if that sort of stuff bothers you, though.

Actually, Dave is very interested in local interest..I just dropped the ball in communicating that. Scott---you NEED to play in this, the courses will blow your mind. If my wife hadn't just delivered our child I would be going. The camping pribably isn't for you...but the golf will rock your world.

Congrats on the daughter. Welcome to the club; in 15 years you get to consider every boy in town not related to you as "the enemy."

When I started playing up 'til I was 35-ish, really hard courses interested me. Now that I'm 45-ish, really hard courses are really hard courses. If I'm going to do something that will make my back and knees ache for a week I'll paint the living room; that way my wife will at least be happy with me.

Having said that, the courses are not keeping me away from these events. I'd play except that 10 days notice is not enough time for somebody like me to get their ducks in a row. I have to take time off from work, I have to make sure I don't have other commitments with my family, yada, yada, yada. I would have needed the tournament info more like 6-8 weeks ago. If we would have had the info 6 weeks ago, we could have passed it out at our Ice Bowl and helped Dave promote the event. I'm not mad or anything, which sometimes isn't very apparent in these posts. It is what it is. I just can't swing stuff with late notice.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to play but I'm going to wait until later in the week to get a better weather forecast. I may play Adv Men just to play Ozark twice instead of Akita twice even though I will get crushed. The courses are difficult, played them once about a year ago right after I started playing disc golf, be interesting to see how it goes after a year of experience; will try to keep it under +45 for the tournament but that may be too optimistic. Hope to see Rolla represent.

I think I may be heading out there on Wed to help Dave out and so I can get my entry fee paid for.