Belle River Battle

Belle River Battle - Online Player Meeting Welcome to Columbus County Park. Home of the Will Bendik Memorial DGC. Thank you for playing! DAYLIGHT SAVIGNS DAY!!!! The main gate opens at 8am ... show more ›

Belle River Battle - Online Player Meeting

Welcome to Columbus County Park. Home of the Will Bendik Memorial DGC. Thank you for playing!

DAYLIGHT SAVIGNS DAY!!!!
The main gate opens at 8am

FORMAT:
Everyone is playing singles, 2 rounds of 18.
Shotgun start at for everyone is at 9:30am

LAYOUT:
We removed the long basket for 6 and put it in the short position on 18.
The long basket on 18 will not be used Sunday.
All players will play to the long baskets except for 6 and 18.

Belle River Battle 23’ Layout
Par 65 from the longs
Par 59 from the shorts.

TEE ASSIGNMENTS:
MPO, MP40 and MA1 play from the Gold tees
All other divisions play from the Blue tees.

COURSE CONDITIONS:
Obviously were dealing with snow and wet conditions so dress accordingly. Bringing a broom wouldn't be a bad idea. There is about 2" of snow on the ground as of Saturday morning.

CHECK IN:
All players need to check in online with the scoring app. PDGA.com/score - access code "will"
If your picking up a player pack please know your shirt size if you got one and let us know if you bought any extra items.
Ams who signed up AFTER Feb 13 and did not get a club shirt you will get a player pack of our swag worth $50+.
Grab your stuff, move along and be at your hole by 9:30.

STARTING HOLES:
Your starting holes are online at...
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/65753
Please double check them before going out to start. They may change before we tee off.

OUT OF BOUNDS:
Due to the snow and ice, most of the artificial OB and Hazard lines are not going to be used for this event. HOLE 5 is the only hole with flags you need to worry about...and the CTP flags.
In or over the RIVER, over a FENCE, on or over any PAVEMENT is OB.
Again HOLE 5 will have to only OB flags on the course.

HOLE 5 will be playing as an island hole. Here is the PDGA description of how to play this hole...

"Island Green: Any throw from the Tee must come to rest on the Island Green to be able to mark on the Island Green. Throws from the Tee that don’t come to rest on the Island Green must proceed to the Drop Zone with a penalty throw. All other throws use normal OB rules."

HOLE 7 Any throw from the tee that comes to rest in or over the river is OB. You must proceed to the DROP ZONE with a penalty throw. All other throws use normal OB rules.

Holes 13,15,16,17 & 18. on or over pavement or over the fence is OB.

LUNCH:
Round 2 is scheduled to start at 1pm but I feel we may be pushing that back. Typically we wait 1 hour after the last group finishes the first round. FYI its is a good 10 min drive to get into Richmond if you need to leave to get lunch.

Round 2 starting holes will be posted on the PDGA results page...
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/65753

SIDE BETS:
The 50/50 CTP hole will be on hole 5 for both rounds. Its worth over $90 right now.
The Disc Golf For A Cause CTP will be on hole 13 both rounds.
The Ace pool will be donated to DGFC if no aces are hit during regulation play. Its at $180.
You can buy into the side bets the day of the event.

SCORING:
We are using the PDGA scoring app
Log into PDGA.com/score
Access code is "will"
Please us at least 2 scorecards on your card.
There will be scorecards available at tournament central.

AWARDS:
Please stick around to recognize the winners after the round.
All division champs will get a trophy and were going to take some pictures and interviews.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Don't forget about DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!

See you in the morning.

Due to all the snow and ice that has covered my beautiful OB and Hazard lines yesterday we will be changing some things up. Hole 5 will be the ONLY hole with artificial OB lines we’ll be using o ... show more ›

Due to all the snow and ice that has covered my beautiful OB and Hazard lines yesterday we will be changing some things up.

Hole 5 will be the ONLY hole with artificial OB lines we’ll be using on the course Sunday. I marked that with flags pretty good. Use the rules in the PDGA scorecard for that hole.

In or over the river is OB on 7, 8 & 9.
Over the fence on 16, 17 and 18 is OB
On or over pavement on 13,15, 16, 17 & 18 is OB.

Ah yes! Michigan golf! I just want to provide a smooth event for you guys and having a course with a ton of OB lines covered with snow and ice is not the way I want to do it. So just grip it and rip it I guess. I’m sure some of you are extremely upset by this but I assure you we’ll have the course set up the way it’s meant to be when we good weather. Thank you for understanding.

FYI There is only about 2” of snow on the course so not too bad. The park crew is clearing the tee boxes and they plowed the main road to define the OB line for us in 16 & 18.

There will be an official player meeting posted later today.

Jeff

OB & Hazard rules for 15 & 16: Hole 15. All throws must land in the fairway, green or safe island. If you land in a Hazard area shoot from your lie and add 1 stroke. On or over service road on the ... show more ›

OB & Hazard rules for 15 & 16:

Hole 15. All throws must land in the fairway, green or safe island. If you land in a Hazard area shoot from your lie and add 1 stroke. On or over service road on the right and behind the short tee on 15 is OB. There are no drop zones.

Hole 16, All the long grass and behind the green is a hazard. On or over the pavement is OB. If you throw over the fence on the right, play from the hazard at the spot it went over.