Michael Krueger › The 37th Annual Kansas City Wide Open Presented by Discraft May 15, 2019 at 2:45am
Happy Tuesday everybody! The 37th Annual Kansas City Wide Open presented by Discraft starts exactly one month from today.
We have had a recent surge in amateur entries, and the C Pool is filled with a waiting list. The B Pool (MA1, MA40, and FA1) has 18 open spots remaining. There are caps on MA1 and MA40, but those can be adjusted. We have 2 spots held for FA1 - If those aren't filled by June 1, we will open those spots for MA1 and MA40. Of course, if we have a surge in FA1 players, I can adjust the caps there, too.
If the B Pool has enough available spots on June 1, there is also a small chance that we would move MA50 to the B Pool. We are not doing that as of now because that would also result in an adjustment to the course layout at Bad Rock Creek.
We have considered a variety of options to make more spots available for amateur players, but we feel that we are unable to do so without hurting the integrity of the event. We do not want to sacrifice quality for quantity.
We appreciate your interest in the event! If you are unable to play, we certainly hope that you attend the event and volunteer or watch some of the best disc golfers in the world!
See you at the Kansas City Wide Open!
How about moving MA1 to A pool, and MA50 and MA 60 to the B pool? Then you could increase the caps on some of the filled up divisions. As a MA60 player I will say that I'm not afraid of the longer setups for B pool.
Hi Jim - I proposed that to Chris who thought long and hard about it. However, he decided that he wanted to stay with the pools as they are. I am hopeful that you get in to the MA60 division, largely because I prefer not mixing divisions. I'd rather have you come in and have a card of 4 in your division and have one card of 5. But, that's not my decision! :)