Comments on: Tournament Update

By: admin

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:16:03 +0000

Danny - yes, there will be a one-day C-tier in Walhalla. While Chattooga Belle Farm is a long course, placement will still play a role as most basket positions have apple trees near by or a row of apple trees. Elevation is also an obstacle.

I look forward to seeing you in August.

By: Danny M

Danny M — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:54:34 +0000

Actually I enjoy Seneca as much as Walhalla. I thought that the combo of Seneca/Walhalla was almost a perfect compliment to one another. You had Walhalla, a shorter technical course with a few open holes, and then Seneca, a longer but still technical course. Most every shot last year needed to be how accurate you were, not how far can you throw. To score well, you had to be precise. I’ve not played the farm course yet, but will try to get up there and practice at least once before doubles. But from the pictures, it looked as though it was a bit more open, which will depend more on how your distance is. If the farm course is open, then you will have an open course, and a technical course, which should be a good combo.
Sadly, one of my favorite places to play is Walhalla, so I’m just sad to not be playing it, but there will be the Sept 18th tourney this year, so I’ll just have to wait until then.
Thanks again for everything Adam….you really do a fantastic job!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:11:45 +0000

Danny - Chattooga Belle Farm will be ready to play. They’ve been mowing this week and will keep the course mowed regularly. I think once you get a chance to see and play this course, you’ll feel we made the right decision on playing day one at Chattooga Belle.

On the thoughts of Walhalla versus Seneca…I understand the feelings of Seneca and Walhalla. The Walhalla Park and Recreation do a fantastic job keeping the course in shape while GODG does a majority of the course work in Seneca. Seneca has given us close to $4,000 through tourism grants and sponsorship over the past three years. If we want to exclude playing in Seneca we will also will be doing much smaller players pack and funding of the tournament.

Thanks for your thoughts.

By: Danny M

Danny M — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:19:17 +0000

I’m also pretty disappointed that we will not be using Walhalla this year. I’m like Dave in the above post that I am excited about having a new course in the Upstate to go to, and I’m envious that there are so many now for the upstate club, but trying to get a brand new course ready in time for the doubles almost seems to not make sense. I know that we are still a month away, which does give plenty of time, but I guess that if the course does not get fully completed, we do have Walhalla to fall back on.
Thanks for all your hard work Adam, and no matter what I’ll be playing!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:18:44 +0000

Thanks Dave for your thoughts on the tournament. A lot of thought and consideration has gone into the decision. Living in Walhalla and Sertoma Field being the course that I play most often, I too, will miss having Sertoma be part of the tournament.

Shaver Recreation Center will always be included with the tournament as long as the City of Seneca continues to support the event. Over the past three years the City of Seneca through their tourism grant program and their advertising budget have supported us with close to four-thousand dollars in sponsorship.

Chattooga Belle Farm will be fully groomed and ready by the end of the month. The consideration of a redesign is based on how the course will flow and the planned addition of up to four more hole around the U-pick orchard.

As we move forward the idea of utilizing Sertoma Field, Chattooga Belle Farm and Shaver is something that will be considered for next year.

Thanks for your comments and I hope you play in this year’s tournament.

By: Discgolf Dave

Discgolf Dave — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:51:44 +0000

I am glad we have a new course in the area to play. However, I am extremely disappointed that you have chosen to exclude Sertoma from the doubles tournament. I know that you want to showcase this new course, but from your post above it sounds like the course is not ready. If you are still talking about moving tees and pins after the tournament then why play there. If you must play there why not split day 2 between sertoma and shaver. Sertoma may not be as long as shaver, but I feel it offers a better variety of shots and holes than shaver. Also, sertoma is a much better maintained course than shaver with less debris and downed trees everywhere. There are also less bugs. The US Doubles tournament in charlotte uses multiple courses on the same day. It would be a shame to exclude such a nice course as sertoma.