2nd Annual Whispering Falls Harvest

Brad Lescalleet    June 30, 2009 at 4:04am

The obvious question was asked, "Why no Advanced on the pre-reg options?" I can only assume that the question will get asked again, so it was suggested to me to post my answer. And I am:

No Age-protected divisions and no Advanced division this year.
This is an effort to promote larger divisions, deeper payouts and a truer competitive field. I, personally, think that having 3-4 person divisions is ridiculous, and trying to cater to everyone wanting to win is impossible. Advanced see ... more

The obvious question was asked, "Why no Advanced on the pre-reg options?" I can only assume that the question will get asked again, so it was suggested to me to post my answer. And I am:

No Age-protected divisions and no Advanced division this year.
This is an effort to promote larger divisions, deeper payouts and a truer competitive field. I, personally, think that having 3-4 person divisions is ridiculous, and trying to cater to everyone wanting to win is impossible. Advanced seems to me, to be a division in flux. Many Advanced players are guys that can be competitive in the Open division with a little more focused practice, and many others are players that need to hone their game in the lowers divisions a little more before stepping up.

This is an experiment for us, and may or may not work. Being an Advanced player myself it was a bit of a hard decision, but I think it's for the best interest of the sport to promote true competition and not the t-ball, everyone is a winner mentality that I feel is the stance of the PDGA. Again, we are experimenting, and if it flops we may very well return to the status quo of before. However, I suspect it will work. I'm willing to try anything once.
Thanks for leaving the pitchforks and torches at home. ;)
-Brad