Saint Augustine Friday Evening- Doubles (SAFE-D)

Walt Guttinger    April 23, 2016 at 6:51am

James was less stoked than some, but just as wet.

Walt Guttinger    April 23, 2016 at 6:50am

It's just water. Over 2/3 of the earth is covered by it. Most of that seemed to fall on the fairgrounds tonight. Those fortunate enough to participate gained valuable experience for playing Florida DG tournaments.
Between a late start ("we'll just wait out the worst of it"), a sixsome card, six 10-minute monsoons, and some throwers who just do not play fast, we decided to call it after 24 holes.
TPs went to Jason (24) and Walt (20 and 21). JML & WG also won first place; everyone there was soaked and stoked head to toe.

Walt Guttinger    April 13, 2016 at 11:45pm

There is a large event at the fairgrounds this weekend (April 15-17, 2016), and campers will likely be all over both sides of the course. SAFE-D Meeting will return to it's regularly scheduled time next week.

Walt Guttinger    April 9, 2016 at 8:18pm

Almost forgot to welcome StrongArm League member #99, Andrea Mitchell. Looking forward to seeing Andrea & more ladies at the fairgrounds DG course. Thanks for your support.

Walt Guttinger    April 9, 2016 at 8:13pm

4/8/16 seemed like it would be a great date to play doubles (or visit Ireland's largest city). Well it was for DMR, who did a bunch of Dublin- he doubled his buyin with first place winnings, then doubled up on the CTP action, parking #12 and besting Luke's drive on #15 (DanBus got #18). All this despite coming in late and joining the Bryan who played odd/cali/hans the first couple holes.

Walt Guttinger    February 27, 2016 at 6:52am

Welcomed a new member tonight, ChrisP from Tennessee. It was a cool but nice, and not as windy as everyone might have expected. DanB and ChrisP were each about 6 steps away from hole 7 and hole 14 on their drives; first time at a SAFE-D Meeting that I remember the same players splitting two randomly drawn CTPs. CliffW's roller on 13 took that CTP (and yes he made the putt thru the ticket booth window). ChrisP and partner JimmieB from New Smyrna Beach earned the victory with eleven under on 21 holes. Scores under "Week 152' on the Leaderboard tab.

Walt Guttinger    February 13, 2016 at 10:21pm

The random draw CTPs went to Cliff&Luke (team payout third shot on 25), Doug (23), and Luke (15). Dougy Flesh kicked in 2 extra (Legacy & Prodiscus) disc CTPs that went to Dan (12) and Daniel (3). Thanks Doug!
Three-way full darkness playoff went two holes when NickO parked and nobody else could. Dan Bus was in the zone most of the night keeping his team alive, lots of Ss&Gs on our card. Played the rest of the front 12 glow for more Ss&Gs.

Walt Guttinger    January 23, 2016 at 7:25pm

5 players first round, 4 players for glow yesterday. Both rounds were a test of wind skills as there seemed to be a tail-cross-head wind on each hole! DanMcK-R took 2 first round CTPs, and Luke got the other. First round scores are up on the Leaderboard. Glow round winners were DMR and JasonL after a two-hole playoff.

Walt Guttinger    January 9, 2016 at 10:50pm

After the usual SAFE-D Meeting, we held extended hours for the foursome ready to throw glow. Seven showed for the first round, where EricB and DanielMcK-R ran away with it. The glow portion of the evening's festivities saw NickO and me vs DanBus and ShawnD. Total ace fund contribution was 13 (Big Thanks to Shawn Duke kicking in his change).

Walt Guttinger    December 25, 2015 at 5:34pm

Christmas SAFE-D Meeting tees at 3pm today instead of the usual 4pm at this time of the year. Hardly anyone is working, so why not try to play every hole before dark? NickO will be running it unless I get a Christmas miracle hallpass. As Santa says: Throw Throw Throw.

Walt Guttinger    November 18, 2015 at 3:44am

Luke Stamps ran the show on Nov 13, both literally and figuratively. He did the sign-up, etc plus, he and Daniel McK-R bested the other team's scores. Excellent use of his mulligan off the tee on 9 resulted in an ace and CTP for that hole; the toss worth $110 total. Luke was even cool-handed enough to donate 20 of that back into the ace fund so it does not start at zero this week. NICE! Other CTPs were 2 and 7 (both went to NickO).

Walt Guttinger    October 24, 2015 at 4:37pm

Weather yesterday was flawless and bugs were barely noticed. Randomly drawn CTPs went to DanielMR on 4, LukeS on 6, and WaltG on 12. Again this week no team scored a bogey, everyone's mulligan resulted in a saved stroke, and well-matched teams resulted in a tie at the end of regulation. The sudden death playoff went deeper than ever before at a SAFE-D Meeting, not being decided until well after dark on hole 5.

Walt Guttinger    September 19, 2015 at 5:22am

Ace Fund updated and today's scores are up under "Week 129"; Yes, the Friday Doubles scores have been posted weekly on this site for quite a while now... Only four throwers in the fairgrounds slog today. We decided to play only on the N side, making 18 holes by playing a few twice (see "layouts" under the Courses / Fairgrounds tabs on discgolfscene).
Heavy rain for weeks now has every puddle on the course at its deepest, and there was little support for the notion that ... more

Ace Fund updated and today's scores are up under "Week 129"; Yes, the Friday Doubles scores have been posted weekly on this site for quite a while now... Only four throwers in the fairgrounds slog today. We decided to play only on the N side, making 18 holes by playing a few twice (see "layouts" under the Courses / Fairgrounds tabs on discgolfscene).
Heavy rain for weeks now has every puddle on the course at its deepest, and there was little support for the notion that our usual puddles should play OB. "Play it where it lies" was the order of the day, and the 3 of us without galoshes got soaked, but it was fun in the rain. CTPs went to James on 18, Dan on 21, and Jason on 23. In the Fifty One tradition, each of these fine gentlemen paid me $1 for the drive on hole 20 that skipped in just a few inches high for an ace. Bounced off the back root of the guardian tree and hit the bottom of the band (then rolled 25' away, but the birdie putt was made). Dan split the V on 15 as cleanly as I can remember anyone doing it.

Walt Guttinger    September 12, 2015 at 6:13pm

We played a shortened course last night due to the sixsome and earlier darkness. CTPs last night were randomly drawn, and oddly enough they corresponded to the date- 9 , 11, and 15. I put my drive on hole 9 within 3ft of the pin for that CTP, while Jason bagged the other two CTPs even though he was 50' or further away on each. There was a tie for first at the end of regulation, and we decided to have the playoff on the back part of the course because there were fewer bugs and more light. L ... more

We played a shortened course last night due to the sixsome and earlier darkness. CTPs last night were randomly drawn, and oddly enough they corresponded to the date- 9 , 11, and 15. I put my drive on hole 9 within 3ft of the pin for that CTP, while Jason bagged the other two CTPs even though he was 50' or further away on each. There was a tie for first at the end of regulation, and we decided to have the playoff on the back part of the course because there were fewer bugs and more light. Luke & Jason had a chance to end it on hole 13, but each missed a 30' putt. Second hole of the playoff was from the parking pad (between 13 & 14) to the 26 pin; Ben & I parked our second shot, while Luke & Jason were sitting about 40' out after their second throw. Luke canned the pucker-putt with total disregard for that OB fence just inches behind the pin. By this point it was plenty dark and we all had other places to be, so we agreed to split the winnings.

Walt Guttinger    August 29, 2015 at 4:24pm

The yellow jackets in the palmettos off hole 12 took out one of our throwers last night; CliffW had to leave & I learned later that he counted 16 stings. Luckily he is not allergic, and none were above the shoulders. I also found a nest (off hole 6, deep over the fence) but only got a few stings on my left leg. I eventually found the disc I went in after, not sure if Cliff retrieved his or not but we wish he could have stuck around for doubles... Just a tiny bit of rain right before dark, b ... more

The yellow jackets in the palmettos off hole 12 took out one of our throwers last night; CliffW had to leave & I learned later that he counted 16 stings. Luckily he is not allergic, and none were above the shoulders. I also found a nest (off hole 6, deep over the fence) but only got a few stings on my left leg. I eventually found the disc I went in after, not sure if Cliff retrieved his or not but we wish he could have stuck around for doubles... Just a tiny bit of rain right before dark, but the ground was plenty soft from all the precip this week. CTPs were randomly drawn as has become the custom: ctp3 went to NoelS, ctp6 to LukeS (welcome back!), and ctp7 to my partner JasonL. JamesW will be your host for the SAFE-D Meeting next week.

Walt Guttinger    August 22, 2015 at 5:04pm

North side of the course was freshly mowed, but south side is getting shaggy enough now to grab and stop discs when they get low. The bugs were not as bad last night as they have been most of this summer. While it was still hot, the temps have dropped a little. Playing 26 holes with a sixsome this time of year we need to start no later than 5:30 to finish by darkness at 8pm. CTP on hole 6 went to DanBus, and I got the CTPs on holes 11 and 23.

Walt Guttinger    July 4, 2015 at 9:58pm

Since Mason cleaned out the Ace Fund, we've missed a couple weeks and had low turnouts on the others, so the FAF is looking kinda sad with it's single digit. It isn't a big mystery why the turnout has been low- the temperature & humidity has been oppressive, and the DPGs are as bad as I can remember them ever being. You have to really love the game to play in these conditions.
With the ace fund so low, I'm going to try get more participants by providing an incentive (w ... more

Since Mason cleaned out the Ace Fund, we've missed a couple weeks and had low turnouts on the others, so the FAF is looking kinda sad with it's single digit. It isn't a big mystery why the turnout has been low- the temperature & humidity has been oppressive, and the DPGs are as bad as I can remember them ever being. You have to really love the game to play in these conditions.
With the ace fund so low, I'm going to try get more participants by providing an incentive (while clearing out some tournament leftovers and new League goodies yet to be disclosed): Look for added prizes coming soon to a SAFE-D Meeting near you.

Walt Guttinger    June 6, 2015 at 7:05am

Pretty sweet hucking by MasonF; he split first place, bagged a CTP, and cleaned out the ace fund with a skip-shot left of the tree on 14. I followed with a skipper on the right side of that tree which hit basket but didn't stick. My other two "double dots" tonight each yielded a CTP at least! Shannon got the evening's "tournament roll" bragging rights with a hammer throw on 20 that hit the base of the nearest tree to the pin, and finally came to rest over behind the tree on 15's fairway. "Lucky" is a sweetheart of a good dog who we all hope to see again soon.

Walt Guttinger    May 23, 2015 at 5:48pm

Great bunch of throwers at the SAFE-D Meeting! Very nice conditions yesterday- windy at first, then it laid down about a half hour before dark. CTPs went to EricB (8), NickO (13), and LeoA (21). Next week is the pre-tournament version of our Friday random draw doubles and we will tee at 3:30. Camping is available at the fairgrounds; roll out of your tent or RV and be on the course already!

Walt Guttinger    May 19, 2015 at 12:31am

The CTPs at the latest SAFE-D Meeting went to BenJ #7, JamieMc #14, PhilR #21. Nice weather, wish I could have played.