spinachd
Eagle Member
Token is a whole different story if the tall grass is OB.
The decision for using the shorter layout at Bird's Ruins was a combination of the host team wanting everyone to play all five courses and the PDGA course assessors (Shawn and me) feeling there were way too many blind holes from the longs that would require guaranteed spotters, many Worlds players don't or can't take the time to even walk nor practice the courses in advance which would lead to excessively long 27-hole rounds with clueless players wandering down fairways to figure out where to aim their throws having not practiced their range. As it was, some groups still took almost 6 hours to play the shorter layout. I think we might have been persuaded to do more or all of the longs for some divisions at Bird's Ruins if everyone just played an 18-hole layout.
I think the host team walked a nice line with their choices for the final layout used, being reasonably challenging and playable for the wide range of ages and skills at an Am Worlds.
Hey folks, doing a little research, anyone able to answer these questions...
How many minutes did it take for MM1 to fill? I was first on the wait list/#73 by 12:06am, guessing it took under 5 minutes.
Was it the fastest division to fill?
How long was the MM1 wait list? How many made it off the wait list?
Thanks!
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I really like the Madison courses, but I've played much better courses and even only a couple of hours away (uhh....Rollin Ridge, anyone?).
I think Elver is the best of the bunch, but I get the smack down put on me when I say it aloud because Hiestand is king of the hill in Madison.
Jerry, regardless of the non-pdga member loop hole, the guy took cash at pdga events for 8 years, even won the German Open and got 2nd in the European Masters, both Pro Master PDGA events. How is that fair? We can take this conversation to pm, don't want to get this thread locked. I'll let everyone know what how the PDGA is going to handle this.
do we know if he accepted cash?... if he won and turned down the cash, he is still eligible.
Just as a curiosity, what motivates someone like this to do what MK did? Clearly, he almost got away with it, but you have to know that in a small community like this one, getting caught makes you a pariah. What's the value anyway? Did this guy need accolades to badly he's willing to hose another player? Bad juju man.
Interesting point. I've seen pros turndown cash to maintain am status.
The private course the ditch was the best of the bunch that I played while I was up there