Hi there everyone. I am the TD in questions and would be glad to address all the feedback.
First off I am sorry your experience wasn't as good as you expected. I hope that you will come back and give it another try. The circumstances for this event were a little unusual for one of my events due to the timing of things, but I did do my best to accommodate everyone.
For entry fees and player pack concerns.
http://www.pdga.com/files/2014 PDGA Tour Standards.pdf Page 5 of this link will give you the suggested entry fees for event at he PDGA. You said costs were $35 for most division. Simply not true. Entry fee for Adv was $35, Int/Rec $30 and Nov/Jr/Women $25, Open $45. Suggested fees are Open $50, Adv, $30, other Divisions $20. Reason mine were slightly higher was to cover the costs of the player's pack, which is not required to have by the way. Here is exactly what was posted on every advertisement for the event:
April 5th 2 rounds of 18 at Northwoods in Morton
Check in 7:30-830
Player meeting at 9
Tee off at 930
Open $45
Adv$35 Int/rec 30
Jr/novice, am women 25
Non-PDGA members pay $10 fee
5 for ace/ctp
Register at
www.plasticaddicts.storenvy.com or by PayPal (family and friends option) to
[email protected]
First.
50 registered ams get Plastic Addicts beanie for players pack!
After the event everyone is invited to come to the Grand Opening of Plastic Addicts Pro Shop located at the Steam Punk Smoke N More shop at 403 Radio City Drive, North Pekin, IL
Free hot dogs, chips , water
Door prizes, etc.
Here is a link as well.
https://www.facebook.com/events/237202609799968/
A couple of weeks into this I realized that having my Grand Opening and payouts somewhere else would be a difficult thing so I did post this a week before the event as well:
"There will be a small amount of discs available for purchase on site at the tournament. The payout will be done at the new Plastic Addicts Pro shop located at 403 Radio City Drive in North Pekin (about a 10 minute drive from the course. If anyone can not come to the shop, I will accommodate them with a direct payout at the course but the selection of discs will be very limited due to the grand opening of the shop. I will also be glad to ship your prizes to you if you dont find something you like the day of the event, or you can hold onto you Plastic Addicts fun bucks till the next tournament you come to. If your looking for certain discs specifically, post here and I will try to bring them to Northwoods. Questions feel free to ask."
As far as those who did not get a players pack I did state that first 50 would get one. The beanies were late in arriving which made things confusing. I did offer $10 vouchers for those who did not get a players back. If you didn't get one please let me know and I would be glad to get you one. Most Td's by the way will up charge you to the full MSRP for your items. I do not. I only upcharge them a couple of dollars so that you can still have a good payout.
On the OB issue. I clearly defined it in the players meeting that if the disc was "completely surrounded by water" that it was OB. We had a significant amount of rain the night before so I thought it might come into play.
http://www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/804-the-throw/80404-out-of-bounds Here is the rule from the PDGA.
As far as the drive to the shop here are some MapQuest directions to the Walmart
http://www.mapquest.com/#f75aa887b0d8a1b51547e8bc which is about 2 miles away from the course. (For some reason the park isnt coming up in the maquest search). It say 10.92 miles and about 13 minutes travel time. Add 2 for the difference and your looking at a 15 minute drive. Is that so unreasonable?
Were things perfect? probably not. Could I have done things differently? Probably
I appreciate your critique and will try to do better next time.
I would have addressed this sooner but I was in Bowling Green all week.