All the stats for the tournament have been sent to the PDGA. Because the event was a doubles tournament and the PDGA forms you upload are designed for a signals format, it will take a few days for them to get the results up online.
Players will earn points but no ratings…being that it is a doubles event. Players should earn points based on a B Tier event. We met the requirements for a B tier event.
Here’s a look at the payout for the tournament…
Pro Champion - split $740
Pro 2nd Place - split $466
Pro 3rd Place - split $350
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Advanced Champion Split $300 in merchandise certificates
Advanced 2nd place split $226 in merchandise certificates
Advanced 3rd place (tie) split $248 four ways in merchandise certificates
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Intermediate Champion split $200 in merchandise certificates
Intermediate 2nd place split $166 in merchandise certificates
Intermediate 3rd place split $136 in merchandise certificates
Intermediate 4th place split $100 in merchandise certificates
Intermediate 5th place split $66 in merchandise certificates
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There was a question about why we paid out only 5 in intermediate. While the board during the tournament showed 12 intermediate teams, there were only 11 competing. One of the intermediate teams decided to move up to Advanced and the 12th team playing in Intermediate was a spotting team being we had an odd number of teams.
When factoring in the CTP prizes for each round we ended up paying out over $4,300 in cash and merchandise for the tournament.
Here are the results for the tournament…
Pro: RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 Total
Jason Makarovich & Matt Dollar 43 47 47 39 176
Mel Shuman & Josh Childs 44 45 46 42 177
John Matlock & Brad Hammack 43 45 50 40 178
Pat Husted & Luke Reiser 43 47 49 46 185
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope 44 51 51 45 191
Zach ‘Cuban’ Rogers & Mark Muren 46 50 54 46 196
Andrew Duke & David Wheeler 48 51 58 45 202
Advanced:
Craig Dye & Steve Rose 46 49 54 49 198
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbit 49 53 57 46 205
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder 51 56 53 46 206
David Crain & Ryan Crain 48 52 60 46 206
Pop Arounleut & Charlie Wier 49 56 54 50 209
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle 47 57 59 47 210
Dave DeBois & William Duncan 49 55 59 52 215
Scott Roush & Cam Shook 51 56 60 48 215
Intermediate:
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin 48 53 57 48 206
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor 49 57 53 48 207
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans 52 52 56 55 215
Dwayne Davis & Sam Patton 55 49 60 52 216
John & Jim Cunningham 52 59 58 48 217
Nathan & Israel Flounders 52 56 59 53 220
BING & Michael Wierda 52 54 66 53 225
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley 52 53 65 56 226
Brain & Wendy Baldwin 52 58 68 50 228
Phil Harrison & Audra Martin 58 53 66 57 234
Stonie Weathers & Brain Greene 58 62 64 56 240
Mixed:
Josh & LayLa Burgess 54 54 60 49 217
As I was looking over the scores and making this post I was reminded of some stories I heard over the weekend, shots I saw made this weekend and battles waged this weekend. I hope everyone had a good time and took away fun memories.
In all the Divisions you’ll notice that going into the second round there were lots of teams within one stroke of each other and how teams separated themselves in the second and third rounds. That’s one of the reasons we decided on the particular formats. Give all teams a chance to kill it in the first and last rounds with a Best Shot format…the format that gives players/teams the best opportunity to do well. The best disc format where you play as singles taking the best possible score could produce low scores but not as low as the best shot format.
On Sunday the alternate shot round was the biggest test of the tournament. A lot a separation occurred on Sunday morning due to that format. I had considered doing a ‘worst shot’ or ‘tough shot’ format in the next year or two. With the alternate shot producing a tough as a challenge as it did, I don’t think we need to change the formats of the tournament anytime soon.
In Pro Mel Shuman and Josh Childs went into the final round with a two shot lead over Jason Makarovich and Matt Dollar. Dollar and Vich shot a course record 39 and Shuman and Childs did their best but only managed a 42 and lost by one stroke. Makes me wish I had a chance to watch that round. I bet the pressure was mounting toward the end on both teams.
The battle in Advanced was won by the team of Steve Rose & Craig Dye. They held the lead through the entire tournament.
In Intermediate produced a six team tie for third place following the first round. There was a bit of separation after the second round and even more in the third round. It ended with a battle between Alan Kane & Nathan Goowin and Team Blow Fly (Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor). They were one stroke apart going into the final round and matched each other shot for shot with Team Blow Fly coming up short.
Some amazing shots were made over the weekend. On Saturday Nathan Flounders had the only Ace of the tournament with a nice shot over the marsh on hole #12 in Easley. Nathan was playing in the group behind my group so I got to hear the chains and was able to look back and see the shot had stuck. Nathan won $90 with the Ace.
Audra Martin from North Carolina took a three on the 800′+ #10 at Easley on Saturday. She told me she had the ‘drive of her life’ and then a nice second shot landing near the manhole. She said she was attempting to get it close for a putt and it just so happened to go into the basket for a three from 200 feet away.
Aaron Evans drove # 7 in Easley in the second round to within 35′ of the basket…his shot managed to navigate several trees on its way down the fairway. With all the calm in the world Aaron nailed his putt for a two on one of the hardest holes in Easley.
In the Pro Division, Matt Dollar nearly holed out for a two on the 555′ #3 hole in Seneca on Sunday afternoon. To the best of my knowledge no one has hit the deuce on that hole yet. But the CTP on the second shot was his and it was only 5′ from the basket. That’s a lot trees to either go around or go over to get to that point.
I’m sure there are a lot of other great shots that happened over the weekend. I just wanted to share a few that I enjoyed either seeing or hearing about.
One last plug for our sponsors…
WSNW Radio
Seneca Light & Water
Easley Combined Utilities
Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative
PartyWright.com
DietTestimonials.com
English Homes
Corner Technologies in Walhalla
The Upstate Disc Golf Club
Greater Oconee Disc Golf
The Foothills Disc Golf Club
Seneca Recreation Center
With this being the first tournament in more than 15 years I hosted, I’m hoping to get some feedback from the players. I’d like to do this tournament again next year and make it better.
Please let me know what your thoughts of the formats, the payout, the courses and other aspects of the tournament. What could have we done better? Anything we should add? Do Differently?
You can post here if you don’t mind others knowing what you think or email me. The tournament’s email is info@scdoubles.com and my personal tournament email is on the registration form that can be found in the right hand column on this site.
I will have a complete post later today with a run down of round by round scoring and that will include the payout for each team.
Pro: Jason Makarovich & Matt Dollar
Advanced: Craig Dye & Steve Rose
Intermediate: Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin
Mixed: Josh Burgess & LayLa Burgess
Sunday’s morning round of alternate shot could have been compared to ‘moving day’ at a major golf event. Several teams were able to play under the added pressure while others struggled a bit. The winning Pro Team ended the day with a doubles course record of 39 at the Seneca course. We had one hole in one. Intermediate Player Nathan Flounders aced #12 at Easely Saturday. Nathan won a $90 ace pool. The ace pool couldn’t have gone to a nicer guy.
While I know I need to post the complete listings of how all the teams finished, I will do that sometime on Monday. Right now I want thank the volunteers that helped make the tournament a success.
Bryan Board- Bryan called me on Thursday asking if there was anything he could do to help. I mentioned I was going to be in Easley on Friday night cleaning up the course. He came out and helped weed eat along the stairs for hole 6 and around the basket for hole 6. He then came Saturday helped load and unload discs and equipment, posted the sponsor signs. When we ended up with an odd number of teams he played all four rounds as a ’spotter’ to keep teams honest. He gave his entire weekend to help out the tournament. Thank you Bryan. You were a tremendous help.
Zach ‘CUBAN’ Rogers, Sam Patton & the rest of the Upstate Club- Zack and Sam helped with the water on both days and helped by marking the hornets nests on the course so players didn’t find themselves in a difficult situation. Zack also help with some decision making and promoting the event. Thanks Zach and Sam.
Sarah Stanhope & Aaron Cunningham- Sarah and Aaron helped total score cards and keep things flowing following the end of round two, three and four. They helped me determine the stock discs to carry for the Fly Mart and were a world of help with answering my questions. They also donated several prizes for the CTPs. Thanks!
Josh Burgess & LayLa Burgess- Josh and LayLa are kind of the heart and soul of Greater Oconee Disc Golf. They help guide me as I planned this event and helped out with getting all the CTP signs and helping organize things on Sunday.
Mike Weirda- Mike’s the President of Greater Oconee Disc Golf and without the club’s support, this event would have been more difficult to pull off.
Jim Cunningham - Jim spent a lot of time and energy cleaning up the Seneca Course. He cleared a lot of under brush on several holes and has always taken an active interest in keeping the course looking good.
Aaron Evans - Aaron had the task of playing with me and having to deal with the distractions that come with his partner being an event TD. Aaron also helped with keeping me focused on the round and not worrying about everything else while on the course.
Sara Beth Wright - My wife. She put up with me traveling to several leagues a week for several weeks as I promoted the event. She listened to me talk on and on about this event. She volunteered Friday and Saturday with registrations and player sign in. She took care of making sure money was in order and keeping the money details straight.
If there was anyone I missed with the volunteers, I’m sorry I over looked you this weekend and during this post. Please know that you support and hard work is much appreciated.
Tournaments are a lot more work than I realized and without the support and hard work of a lot of other people, things wouldn’t have gone as smoothly. My hats off to those that run events and spend time promoting the sport of disc golf.
We ended up having 27 teams/54 players for the First Ever South Carolina Disc Golf Doubles State Championship. We had only two day of registrations. There was a team or two that came in the parking lot about 20 minutes after we had begun the first round. I just hope that wasn’t a team that had traveled a long way for the tournament.
The morning round produced several low scores with it being a captains choice type format. The afternoon round tested teams in a bit of a different manner as teams played singles while taking the best score of the two players for their teams.
Here’s how the standing sit at the end of day one…
PRO: RD1 RD2 TOTAL
John Matlock & Brad Hammack 43 45 88
Mel Shuman & Josh Childs 44 45 89
Jason Makarovich & Matt Dolllar 43 47 90
Pat Husted & Luke Reiser 43 47 90
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope 44 51 95
Zach ‘Cuban’ Rogers & Mark Muran 46 50 96
Andrew Duke & David Wheeler 48 51 99
Advanced
Craig Dye & Steve Rose 46 49 95
David Crain & Ryan Crain 48 52 100
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbitt 49 53 102
Dave DeBois & William Duncan 49 55 104
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle 47 57 104
Pop Arounleut & Charlie Wier 49 56 105
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder 51 56 107
Scott Roush & Cam Shook 51 56 107
Intermediate
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin 48 53 101
Dwayne Davis & Sam Patton 55 49 104
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans 52 52 104
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley 52 53 105
BING & Mike Wierda 52 54 106
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor 49 57 106
Nathan & Israel Flounders 52 56 108
Brain Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin 52 58 110
John & Jim Cunningham 52 59 111
Phil Harrison & Audra Martin 58 53 111
Stonie Weathers & Brain Greene 58 62 120
Bryan & Chris 55 60 115 (Not an Official Team)*
MIXED
Josh Burgess & LayLa Burgess 54 54 108
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You can see the teams spread out a bit more following the afternoon round. In Pro Division there were five teams within one stroke of each other following the morning round. The second round scores separated the teams a decent amount. In the Advance Division all teams were with five from top to bottom…following the afternoon round there were eight strokes between the top and bottom of the advanced. In Intermediate, there was a six way tie for third place following the morning round. The afternoon round proved to be a bit more challenging.
There was one ace in the morning. I think $90 was in the Ace Pool. We will have the option of another Ace Pool for Sunday for those that are interested.
Two hole-in-ones in the morning round. One of the Flounder Brothers aced number 12 (I was putting on 13 when the disc hit the chains) and another by one of the players playing along side to help keep play moving. We had an odd number of teams and we had to have a ’spotter’ team. Chris “TEAM Over The Top” Aced number 16 with a finger flick.
Even with the separation, I expect everyone is still in the tournament with a chance to cash if not win their division. The morning round in Seneca is Alternate Shot. Only one player from each teams makes a shot. If you tee off, your partner plays the next shot. So if you sink the putt, your partner is teeing off on the next hole. With the trouble the Seneca has if you don’t stay on the fairway, I think the pressure can get thick with not wanting to put your partner in the deep woods off of the tee…specially on holes 3-7. If a team can keep it on the fairway and hit their putts, they should be in good position going into the final round.
Here’s a quick run down of our sponsors…
WSNW Radio
Seneca Light & Water
Easley Combined Utilities
Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Blue Ridge Electric Coop
English Homes
PartyWright.com
DietTestimonials.com
TEAM Over The Top
Corner Technologies
Here’s the teams that are registered so far. We will be taking registration Friday afternoon/evening in Easley and Saturday morning.
Pro
Zack Rogers & Mark Muren
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope
Andrew Duke & David Wheeler
Jason Makarovich & Matt Dollar
Advanced
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle
David Crain & Ryan Crain
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbit
Dave DeBois & William Duncan
Craig Dye & Steve Rose
Pop Aronleut & Charlie Weir
Intermediate
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor (Team BloFly)
Jon Cunningham & Jim Cunningham
Brain “Cheebo” Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin
Nathan Flounders & Israel Flounders
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin
Mike Wierda & Mike ‘BING’ Beaupre
Dewayne Davis & Sam Patton
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley
Phil Harrison & Audra Martin
Randall Semmons & Cam Shook
Stonie Weathers & Brian Greene
Mixed Doubles
Josh Burgess & LayLa Burgess
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We have 24 teams registered and room for 12 more. If voice messages and email commitments we’re as good as paid registrations, we would be close to full right now so please arrive early on Saturday if you plan to register in the morning.
I’ve received some phone calls and emails about folks looking for partners for the tournament. Nobody has wanted me to list their name and contact information. I do have one player that is going to be at Easley and is in need of a partner. He plays advanced but also would play pro.
If you’re looking for a partner, I suggest you come out Friday night when some players will be out practicing and on Saturday morning. There is a chance that someone’s partner may not show and a chance there will be other players looking.
While we’re not holding places for anyone I have heard from three teams that have not registered that say they are a lock for Saturday registration and two teams that told me they will be registering on Friday afternoon/evening when I’m at the course in Easley. If they all show up, which I truly hope they do, that would bring registered teams to 27, leaving space for only nine more teams.
Let me take time to thank our sponsors…
WSNW Radio (Friday morning from 8:35 - 9:00 I will be a guest on their talk show promoting the event)
Seneca Light & Water
Easley Combined Utilities
Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Blue Ridge Electric Coopertive
English Homes
DietTestimonials.com
Corner Technologies
The Upstate Disc Golf Club
Greater Oconee Disc Golf Club
The Foothills Disc Golf Club
These sponsors have made it possible to have 100% payback in all division (minus PDGA fees) and for the added money to the pro purse. We’re hoping that they’ll be on board for future disc golf events including doing this tournament next year.
No more registrations in the mail or online today. We have 22 teams registered. I’ve received calls from several players yesterday and today. I expect to have another three pro teams to go along with the four that are registered. I also expect to have another intermediate team or two registered along with a couple of mixed double teams and some advanced teams.
We only have 14 spaces left so if you’re not registered, you might want to show up early on Saturday morning. I will be in Easley at the course Friday afternoon/evening doing some last minute preparations for the tournament. My wife will be at the picnic shelter watching our kids on the playground Friday from 6pm - 7pm. She will be taking registrations at that time.
Thanks to the Greater Oconee Dic Golf Club, The Foothills Disc Golf Club and The Upstate Disc Golf Club there will be a CTP per division in the 1st, 2nd and 4th rounds of the tournament. We will also have a couple of CTP’s for the entire field through out the tournament.
Innova has given a CTP per card during round one.
On Sunday during lunch, a couple from Seneca who have disc dog will be doing some tricks at the ball field adjacent to the course. Please take a moment during lunch and enjoy the show.
We’ve added Corner Technologies, an Alltel dealer in Walhalla, as a sponsor.
We have $500+ added to the pro purse. We have a couple of more CFR Champion Glo TeeBirds available. Those are $25 each and all the money made from those discs will go toward the pro purse.
I look forward to seeing everyone Saturday.
We now have 22 teams registered for the Championship. Our fourth Pro team came late Wednesday through the online registration. I have two other pro teams that have called and a couple of advanced teams have also indicated they will be playing this weekend.
Here’s a quick run down of our sponsors…
WSNW Radio
Seneca Light & Water
Easley Combined Utilities
Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Blue Ridge Electric Coop
English Homes
PartyWright.com
DietTestimonials.com
TEAM Over The Top
Here’s the teams that are registered so far. We will be taking registration Friday afternoon/evening in Easley and Saturday morning.
Pro
Zack Rogers & Mark Muren
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope
Andrew Duke & David Wheeler
Jason Makarovich & Matt Dollar
Advanced
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle
David Crain & Ryan Crain
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbit
Dave DeBois & William Duncan
Craig Dye & Steve Rose
Intermediate
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor (Team BloFly)
Jon Cunningham & Jim Cunningham
Brain “Cheebo” Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin
Nathan Flounders & Israel Flounders
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin
Mike Wierda & Mike ‘BING’ Beaupre
Dewayne Davis & Sam Patton
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley
Phil Harrison & Audra Martin
Randall Semmons & Cam Shook
Stonie Weathers & Brian Greene
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Please keep in mind that the above sponsors are what made 100% payback minus PDGA fees possible in all divisions. It is also allowing for $500 being added to the pro purse. If we sell some more of the CFR Glow Champion TeeBirds even more money will be added to the pro purse.
