Mark Stephens  › 2011 Michigan State Championship   September 7, 2011 at 4:55pm

The vast majority of the people that read this will never truely understand but I am sure that 99% of the tournament directors out there at times really question themselves why they put themselves through all the hassles and stresses of running events be them large or small. Being a TD eats a chunk out of your personal life with the planning, preparation, & execution of tournaments, events, leagues. This is of course on top of a severe reduction in your playing time that comes along with it. You make these sacrifices for the game of disc golf and to allow other people to enjoy it.

When your MANY, MANY hours of efforts are betrayed in a manner like this, I know that I personally would really be questioning why I put myself through running a mini-Worlds every year...

Jeff I appreciate all of your efforts to further disc golf in the state of Michigan. I have never been able to play in the Finals but thank you none the less. I always come to help to be humbled at the scale of what is going on and how well it is done. Players will never understand fully what you do for them and what your efforts are providing for them on a local & statewide level.