Discin In The Dark 2013   September 19, 2013 at 9:48am

Late League News

I apologize but I finally got all caught up on my other work (after being gone for a 4 day weekend of disc golf and golf). I travelled north through Green Bay to play a couple courses I have been wanting to play for a while. There was another course in NC WI that I wanted to hit before heading through Rhinelander, Wausau, to Wautoma where my golf outing was.

In the end I was able to hit 10 courses . . . 3 in MI, 7 in WI with only 4 of those courses currently listed. I am still working on my quest to play all of the publicly available courses in WI by the end of 2013 but I seem to be adding as many courses to the list as I end up playing total. Every time I meet someone new I hear about a new unpublished course. That is not a bad thing for disc golf but it sure makes playing all the courses very difficult. Either way . . . the saying from Field Of Dreams seems to ring true . . . if you build it . . . they will come. I am always willing to play any course once because they all have redeeming values if you are willing to look beyond the current challenge it presents to you. Think about the beginners . . . think about the pros . . . think about the families who might enjoy a day of disc golf together on the course . . . once you realize almost all courses are good for the sport . . . you will appreciate the efforts and finances it takes to put each and every course in the ground.

With my philosophy of disc golf courses above out of the way . . . here is the recap on this weeks Discin In The Dark!

In Open . . . I had my best glow round ever (-11) to tie Scott Slauson for the divisional win . . . We may play off the win next week but I need to discuss it with Scott. I will do whatever he decides because I am indifferent about settling ties . . . many people want to have a clear decisive winner . . . when I say we both shot the same score . . .do we really need to play extra holes to determine who is better? TJ Webber and Joel Kamoske (-9) also tied for 3rd place with their (-9). They each will be getting a little cash back next week.

In Intermediate . . .We saw another tie between Aaron Zittnan and Greg Klein (-7) which is a really solid score for Intermediate. Greg also happened to hit an ace during his round to take home the $38 ace pool. A recent transplant from the Recreational Division . . . Mark Olver . . . shot a very solid round (-6) to take 3rd alone and Shaun Kirchner was only 1 throw off with his (-5) and his fourth place which will take the last of the funny money.

In Recreational . . . We had some disparity in scores ranging from (-3) to (+8) . . . but when I conferred with the newcomers in the division they seemed to feel like that week could have gone either way and their scores could fluctuate greatly but they were all competitive with each other. It was the first time a few of them have ever played glow disc golf . . . and I am happy to report . . . they all seemed to enjoy the league and playing in the dark and look to return next week! I am happy to see such good attitudes about the division they were placed in as well as their excitement to return. I will only ever ask someone to move up if I feel they have a clear difference of ability than the others in the division. Matt Walczak shot a (-3) to win the division this week and one of the newcomers Mike Wand was only 1 throw behind Matt with his (-2). Another newcomer Shaun Schilberg shot a (+2) to take third on the week and the last of the funny money. When I communicated with Jeff Fuchs (another newcomer) he mentioned that anyone of them could have had the best round of the night . . . which means he is a great sport and he will look to make himself the hot shooter on the night.

In the Womens Division we had 3 women this week!!!!!!! That might be a record for The Disc Golf Experince leagues. Jessica Evans (+6) and Loriena Harrington (+15) had been trying to talk up the league as women friendly . . . not sure if that is what enticed Tabatha Lewinski (+17) to show up . . . but I am happy to see 3 women attending any league . . . even if it is not mine. I hope to build on this success moving forward and I hope to see 4 or more women at Disc In The Dark next Monday at Valley View.

Thanks to all who came this week . . . and thanks to Scott Slauson for getting people checked in . . . I left Wautoma as soon as I finished my round of golf in a charity outing so that I could make it back in time . . . and I am glad to have made it in time to play.

Just an FYI . . . anyone who bought LED lights this past week . . . you were given a bonus . . . the lights are supposed to be 2 for $5 not 2 packages for $5. I will chalk it up as a mistake and you will receive the benefit of the mistake but all future purchases will be 2 lights (1 package) for $5. I will not go back and charge you the difference . . . but I also didn't want you coming to league expecting to buy more of these lights at that price. Thank you for understanding.