Alaska PDGA Winter Series #17

Joe Caissie   January 25, 2023 at 6:21pm

More Admin Stuff

Hi, folks - again, no week 10 of league! Next league will be starting February 4.

Another note - if you haven't renewed your ADGA membership, the January grace period is ending - check to see if you're on the list here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2023_Alaska_Disc_Golf_Association_Dues. If you're not, it's going to be $11 per round. You can send me $30 (if you're renewing) or $40 if you're a new member.

Joe Caissie   January 23, 2023 at 10:42pm

Reminder/Admin stuff

Just to remind everyone, the week 10 of the league (aka next Saturday) is CANCELLED. February 4 will be Week 1 of the new league.

Related: I've had a lot of people contact me in the last few weeks of league telling me they can't make the round. First - thank you for letting me know, so we don't have to do last-minute card rearrangements.

Second, I don't normally do "credits" the way that, say, summer dubs does, but as long as you contact me before the round s ... more

Just to remind everyone, the week 10 of the league (aka next Saturday) is CANCELLED. February 4 will be Week 1 of the new league.

Related: I've had a lot of people contact me in the last few weeks of league telling me they can't make the round. First - thank you for letting me know, so we don't have to do last-minute card rearrangements.

Second, I don't normally do "credits" the way that, say, summer dubs does, but as long as you contact me before the round starts I'll definitely just have the money pay for a future round or refund you. If you paid but had to duck out, just remind me next time you want to sign up for a round. I'm not trying to make a practice of it but this league has been pretty chaotic in terms of the weather and other stuff.

Joe Caissie   January 19, 2023 at 9:11pm

Week 9 - Davis Park

As promised, Reds and Blues this week, finally! I will not be there, so get your money in early if you can. If you paid me last week and didn't show up, remind me so you can use that money for this week.

Joe Caissie   January 17, 2023 at 9:15pm

Teepad status update - Davis

I'm going to let Boyd or anyone else who has done some work comment below for even further updates, but at Davis Park as of yesterday, Blue tees 1-4 are pretty much good to go (1 and 4 might need a little remaining ice removed).

If you're thinking of helping to clear the remaining ones, yesterday I found an ice pick, a broom, and a shovel all useful: there was about 1-2 inches of snow, with some ice underneath, that had to be removed from the pads, and some of the surrounding pa ... more

I'm going to let Boyd or anyone else who has done some work comment below for even further updates, but at Davis Park as of yesterday, Blue tees 1-4 are pretty much good to go (1 and 4 might need a little remaining ice removed).

If you're thinking of helping to clear the remaining ones, yesterday I found an ice pick, a broom, and a shovel all useful: there was about 1-2 inches of snow, with some ice underneath, that had to be removed from the pads, and some of the surrounding paths had had snow blown into them. They'll probably need salt to get some of the ice loose, but don't use it if you don't have to, and return in a couple of hours to get the melted water off the pad. If you want to do some bonus work after the pads are all done, you could also work on expanding the areas behind the teepad for people to stand - I know I was a little lazy about making those for at least 7 and 8.

Assuming nothing horrible happens, we're playing Reds and Blues this week! It'll be the last week of the league, since week 10 is canceled for the doubles at Westchester. We will be back up with a fresh league starting February 4, though!

Joe Caissie   January 13, 2023 at 11:27pm

Week 8 - Westchester Lagoon

Let's get signed up, folks! Remember to let me know if you'd like to play with someone (or NOT play with someone; I won't tell, I promise).

Other news: a non-disc golfer friend of mine found an Innova Adventure backpack on a bike trail last fall, full of discs with absolutely no markings or name on them. If you know someone who lost their bag or had it stolen, and for some reason doesn't mark their discs, have them get in touch with me and tell me a few of the stranger discs in the bag.

Joe Caissie   January 12, 2023 at 7:08pm

Week 8 - Westchester Lagoon

Time to get signed up! Hit that ace pot for a nice c-note!

BTW, DiscGolfScene and PDGA were talking to each other in ways that I didn't like, so I had to de-link this page from the PDGA page. This doesn't change anything, but I think some link went away, so if you were using this page to get to the PDGA page, here it is, and I'll post it in the header of the league. https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/64665

Joe Caissie   January 10, 2023 at 11:45pm

Week 7 Recap

17 people came out for week 7, and of course it was zero degrees at gametime. The downed tree on 9 caused at least one lost disc that I know of, but we battled, and the Red teepads were in great shape. Excited for week 9, when the Blues should be ready!

Jarod came in and squeaked out a one-stroke victory over Scott Groves in A pool. He was the only player to card just one bogey for the round, pairing it with 7 birdies for a 48. Frank Costales overcame a 5 on hole 9 (maybe he lost a disc ... more

17 people came out for week 7, and of course it was zero degrees at gametime. The downed tree on 9 caused at least one lost disc that I know of, but we battled, and the Red teepads were in great shape. Excited for week 9, when the Blues should be ready!

Jarod came in and squeaked out a one-stroke victory over Scott Groves in A pool. He was the only player to card just one bogey for the round, pairing it with 7 birdies for a 48. Frank Costales overcame a 5 on hole 9 (maybe he lost a disc too?) to shoot a blazing-hot 50 and take down B pool. Jeremy Lukas took down C pool.

No aces yet again - pot is up to $186! I know Killian came really close, hitting the band on 6 this week. Remember we're only paying out half at once, but that means that next week at Westchester an ace will probably be worth $100 or so!

Joe Caissie   January 6, 2023 at 11:14pm

Week 7 - Davis: Reds only!

All of the Blue pads are shoveled off now, but they're at the very least kind of encrusted with ice, and I didn't have the willpower to do one more lap with tons of salt. Plus, getting to the pads is going to be a SLOG. So - Reds twice it is!

Joe Caissie   January 6, 2023 at 7:02am

Week 7 - Davis, and Week 10 announcement

Everyone get your money in for Week 7! Also, Week 10 is cancelled so we can do the alternate-shot doubles tournament at Westchester Lagoon. Sign up for that! Should be a great time! But also, don't worry - we have a whole new league starting up in Feburary!

Joe Caissie   January 4, 2023 at 1:37am

Week 7 Davis Park

First, Week 6 scores and payouts are being delayed by some technical snafu, probably related to the fact that we didn't have a week 4. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon, but I'll get payouts out in the next couple of days regardless.

Week 7 is going to be at Davis Park, and I'm *hoping* we can play both Reds and Blues, but it might be a game-time decision.

As a reminder, if you're a 2022 ADGA member, entry fee is still $8 rather than $11 through Januar ... more

First, Week 6 scores and payouts are being delayed by some technical snafu, probably related to the fact that we didn't have a week 4. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon, but I'll get payouts out in the next couple of days regardless.

Week 7 is going to be at Davis Park, and I'm *hoping* we can play both Reds and Blues, but it might be a game-time decision.

As a reminder, if you're a 2022 ADGA member, entry fee is still $8 rather than $11 through January, which is a grace period. But renew now! You can go to the tournament-style page that's set up and sign up there (use the discount code for the $30 renewal rate rather than $40), OR you can send me your renewal fee and I'll pass it along to ADGA.

If you're NOT a 2022 ADGA member, you should sign up for 2023! It's $40, and like above you can do it through the tournament page, OR by sending me the money with your weekly entry fee. We run roughly 40 weeks of singles leagues each year, and probably more than 40 weeks of doubles leagues. If you play in all ~85, you can save over $200 by joining! How can you afford NOT to?

Joe Caissie   December 29, 2022 at 11:49pm

Week 6 - Westchester Lagoon

Based on what I've heard from the doubles crew, we're on for Westchester. Thanks to Robinson and Mary and anyone else for the work on the pads! Spotters will be key; we don't want any lost discs!

Joe Caissie   December 28, 2022 at 5:31pm

Week 5 Recap

Five brave souls came out to play the Reds at Davis twice this past week! It was 3 degrees, but the 3 feet of snow you plunged into when you went off the trails insulated your feet pretty well. JK, no it didn't.

Beckner grabbed the only pool with more than one competitor, with a 51, grabbing the same number of birdies as Boyd and I, but only taking two bogies. Speaking of Boyd, he birdied 3 both times, one on an obstructed 80-foot toss-in, leaning out from a newly downed tree. Hole 9 ... more

Five brave souls came out to play the Reds at Davis twice this past week! It was 3 degrees, but the 3 feet of snow you plunged into when you went off the trails insulated your feet pretty well. JK, no it didn't.

Beckner grabbed the only pool with more than one competitor, with a 51, grabbing the same number of birdies as Boyd and I, but only taking two bogies. Speaking of Boyd, he birdied 3 both times, one on an obstructed 80-foot toss-in, leaning out from a newly downed tree. Hole 9 Red is playing as a par-4 basically, because of the downed tree in the fairway.

Depending on reports from the doubles crew tonight, we'll probably hold Week 6 at Westchester, so that we have a chance to dig out and de-ice the Davis pads for week 7. Slow progress is being made in terms of trampling down the fairways!

Joe Caissie   December 26, 2022 at 8:43pm

Davis Park Update

In case anyone is planning on doing some work out there, as of yesterday only 7 and 8 Blue hadn't been dug out. A few of the Blues could probably also do with some extra space around the teepads, and then the area around some of the Reds could be cleaned up from all the blown snow last week.

Oh, and we just had a baby ice storm so ALL of the pads will probably need to be scraped or salted. Besides that, though, everything is perfect! Not sure how Westchester is doing but assuming it's not dug out yet, Davis (Reds and Blues) is the most likely place for week 6.

Joe Caissie   December 23, 2022 at 8:18pm

Week 5 - sign up! And request

Hi, folks - it's one thing after another. A ton of snow is blowing around, so I'm going to save my shoveling effort for tomorrow morning, freshening up the Red tees. It'd be great if people could show up a little early to the course tomorrow morning and help me out.

Once the wind stops, I'm hoping to finish off the Blues so we have a full 18 to play for Week 6 (I have no idea how the Goon is right now). But tomorrow is going to be just the Reds, twice. Get your money in!

Joe Caissie   December 22, 2022 at 10:05pm

Week 5 update - Davis Reds! (20% chance of Blues)

Hi, folks, apparently we have all the Reds cleared at Davis, and all but 5-8 of the Blues. So we're definitely on, and I have tomorrow off, so I'll be able to get at least a couple of the Blues cleared...but I don't know if I have four in me. So plan on Davis Reds (twice), and I'll let you all know by tomorrow night if we were able to get all the Blues done. See you out there Saturday either way!

Joe Caissie   December 19, 2022 at 10:30pm

Week 5 - Davis Reds! (maybe blues too!)

I just flew back into the state last night, and boy are my arms tired (on account of shoveling my driveway at 3am so I could get my car in).

Speaking of shoveling, I see we have all the Davis Reds cleared! Thanks to Boyd, and Dan Allen, and Jeremy Lukas and two other people who AREN'T EVEN LEAGUE MEMBERS. Hope you guys charged them $3 extra for the privilege.

So this means disc golf is ON for Saturday! We also have 1, 2, and 4 from the Blues done, and I think I'll have t ... more

I just flew back into the state last night, and boy are my arms tired (on account of shoveling my driveway at 3am so I could get my car in).

Speaking of shoveling, I see we have all the Davis Reds cleared! Thanks to Boyd, and Dan Allen, and Jeremy Lukas and two other people who AREN'T EVEN LEAGUE MEMBERS. Hope you guys charged them $3 extra for the privilege.

So this means disc golf is ON for Saturday! We also have 1, 2, and 4 from the Blues done, and I think I'll have the chance to knock a few more out this week. I'll even leave 3 and 9, the closest two, until the end, so folks can pick those off.

Joe Caissie   December 14, 2022 at 1:07am

Week 4 - Davis Reds?

Hi folks - official schedule has us at Davis for this week currently, but keep your eyes here for what's ultimately going to happen. I've heard that glow dubs are happening at Davis this week, so that might help clear at least the Reds. Thus, as of now, the plan is to do a special Reds 2X layout for this week. But things may change!

Joe Caissie   December 8, 2022 at 10:57pm

Week 3 final decision - Westchester Lagoon

Some heroes managed to get the pads cleared off in time for glow dubs last night at Westchester, so we're going to take advantage of that and do a second straight week of Goon.

I'm sure the pads could use a good sweep if you're feeling sprightly between now and then, and we're going to be making slow progress on the Davis pads, too, so hopefully they'll be ready in time for Week 4. Anything helps!

Joe Caissie   December 8, 2022 at 5:20pm

Week 3 - Davis? Goon?

Hi, folks, payouts from last week will go out today.

I did four of the pads at Davis yesterday (they'll have to be swept off again but the bulk of the snow is gone), and I'm tapped out after also having to shovel my Subie out of the snow 4X on the way back home yesterday. I'll be monitoring how much the other volunteers are able to get done today and tomorrow, but depending on that, we might be at Westchester Lagoon on Saturday. Keep watching this space for updates! Also volunteer to shovel a pad out! The feeling of satisfaction is immense!

Joe Caissie   December 6, 2022 at 5:28pm

Week 2 Recap

Beautiful day out at Westchester; 25 folks came out to play! Teepads were B-; if I could reiterate how much it makes me cringe when people walk across them when they're not throwing - please limit the snow that gets tracked onto them to the bare minimum necessary to take your turn!

Robinson Culver absolutely crushed it, with a 2 on every hole at least once, and got 1, 6, and 7 both times for a 42, "only" 1007-rated - I predict that will increase over the course of the league. ... more

Beautiful day out at Westchester; 25 folks came out to play! Teepads were B-; if I could reiterate how much it makes me cringe when people walk across them when they're not throwing - please limit the snow that gets tracked onto them to the bare minimum necessary to take your turn!

Robinson Culver absolutely crushed it, with a 2 on every hole at least once, and got 1, 6, and 7 both times for a 42, "only" 1007-rated - I predict that will increase over the course of the league. Clint came in a distant second with a 45.

Frank Costales took down B Pool with a bogey-free 47, snagging 1, 2, and 7 both times through. David Sramek came up one shot short for second, also keeping his card bogey-free.

Jeremy Lukas got revenge on Tyler for the C-pool crown this week.

I'm going to be out for the next two weekends, but I'll still be able to run the leagues - I'll try to get out after work on Wednesday to do some shoveling, and in the meantime, PLEASE don't play on the pads at Davis (or Westchester for that matter) unless they've been shoveled off.

Joe Caissie   December 2, 2022 at 11:55pm

Week 2 - Westchester Lagoon

Time to get your money in if you haven't already!

If we have more than about 20 people and you're coming in much past 10:30, remember that there's a parking lot on 19th Ave.

Joe Caissie   November 29, 2022 at 6:24pm

Week 2 - Westchester Lagoon

I haven't seen the tees at Westchester in about 7 months, so I have no idea how they are, but I'm hoping they can be in good shape for Saturday. Looks like not too much snow is coming, and it's going to be cold, so if folks can get out there and do one or two pads each, that would be great.

Remember, the goal is to keep them nice and dry so if there's ice glued onto them, salt is ok, but if they're already clean, don't put any unnecessary salt down.

Joe Caissie   November 29, 2022 at 6:20pm

Week 1 Recap

Great turnout for week 1, and of course it was about 10 degrees to start the round (better than -10 I guess?).

Murphy Dykstra took down A Pool with a 49, edging out Morgan Leeds by one stroke. He and Morgan were the only two to pick up the birdie on Blue 5, well done!

Alex Strawn picked up B Pool with a 54, getting Mike Chung by one.

Tyler Pohler picked up the two-person C Pool with a 64.

Interesting stats from round 1 at Davis - even though our two par-4s are kind of "soft& ... more

Great turnout for week 1, and of course it was about 10 degrees to start the round (better than -10 I guess?).

Murphy Dykstra took down A Pool with a 49, edging out Morgan Leeds by one stroke. He and Morgan were the only two to pick up the birdie on Blue 5, well done!

Alex Strawn picked up B Pool with a 54, getting Mike Chung by one.

Tyler Pohler picked up the two-person C Pool with a 64.

Interesting stats from round 1 at Davis - even though our two par-4s are kind of "soft", they averaged almost exactly 4. Turns out hole 7 Blue is just about as tough as 5 and 6 Blue, too!

We had a good enough turnout that now aces will be paying out more than $50 - half of the ace pot! Next week is Westchester, so maybe we'll pay one out!

Joe Caissie   November 26, 2022 at 1:21am

Teepad update

Just put salt on 8 of the blue tees; I'll put some on 9 blue tomorrow morning. The reds are pretty dry! Let's try not to walk on them (and knock our boots off) unless we're throwing.

Get your money in tonight if you can! If you're paying me tomorrow morning, make sure to text me to let me know. Hole assignments won't be finalized until maybe 30-45 minutes before start (11am).

Joe Caissie   November 24, 2022 at 9:43pm

ADGA Membership

Hi, folks - obviously if you're a 2022 ADGA member, you'll get the reduced $8 entry fee for this league, and we usually do a grace period into January for 2022 members. But if you're NOT a member, and you join now, you can get the reduced fee for this league, and all of the 2023 benefits. This includes probably about 40 weeks of singles leagues that I run, plus a whole winter of glow dubs and a whole summer of doubles at Kincaid Park. It's $40 the first year, then $30 to rene ... more

Hi, folks - obviously if you're a 2022 ADGA member, you'll get the reduced $8 entry fee for this league, and we usually do a grace period into January for 2022 members. But if you're NOT a member, and you join now, you can get the reduced fee for this league, and all of the 2023 benefits. This includes probably about 40 weeks of singles leagues that I run, plus a whole winter of glow dubs and a whole summer of doubles at Kincaid Park. It's $40 the first year, then $30 to renew in future years.

If you want to join ADGA, or if you want to renew, you can always send me your renewal fee the same way you pay for leagues, Venmo or Paypal. We have a fake "tournament" on here that shows the list of members (I think you can also sign up directly there).

Joe Caissie   November 23, 2022 at 5:34am

Week 1 - Davis Park

Hope we get a good crowd out for the first week - $80 is in the ace pot already! Check above for the deets on how to pay - Paypal is being wonky about not doing "friends and family" so I prefer Venmo, but either should be ok. Shoot me an email if you have any questions. Most weeks you can let me know if you want to play with someone or other - we're not drawing cards in the cold!