Thank you first and foremost for supporting the first rendition of the Baker's Heavenly Huckfest!!
Events like this are one of my passions in the sport that allows for design creativity and allows everyone to break away from the monotonous layouts they may be accustomed to. I will be branching out to some other courses in the near future, so keep a lookout for those events coming in the near future.
I would like to shout out GREAT LAKES DISCS for their current and future support. While this event does not have merchandise payouts, I plan to do online payouts through GLD in the future! I like the idea of a flex start with lower buy-in personally, but the people will decide what the buy-in & payout structure looks like for events going forward. Let me know your thoughts!
I would also like to shout out the Northridge Disc Golf Club for helping to move the baskets and for their cooperativeness in my editing of the typical layout.
PLEASE BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!!! The great thing about flex starts is the casual atmosphere of playing when you want and with whom you want. Walk-ups are welcome throughout the day. Note that there is a PDGA fee of $15 for a temporary membership if players are not already current PDGA members.
Finally, I will be selling some of my personal discs and other items at the registration tent. Feel free to browse before or after the event. Cash and cashless interactions are welcome.
-----------------------------------Event Notes ------------------------------------------
Please note that the course is NOT shutdown for this event. Be courteous to casual players and throw only when they are clear of the landing zone (especially on combined holes).
If you are on a card with 2 or less players, you will need to find a 3rd player to begin play. You may elect to join another group later in the day, given that group has less than 5 people.
As mentioned above, there are no payouts for amateurs for this event and I want to be as transparent as possible about where your money is going, so here is the breakdown:
- Pros $17 buy-in goes to payouts ($3 per player PDGA fee)
- Ams $10
- $5 to Northridge Disc Golf Club
- $3 per player PDGA fee
- $2 sanctioning fee
PDGA Live Scoring Access Code: BAKER3
- I will have paper scorecards available if you cannot access live scoring
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- PINK FLAGS REPRESENT OB. If your disc lands OB, play your next shot from where the disc was last in bounds with a one stroke penalty.
- YELLOW FLAGS REPRESENT HAZARD. If your disc lands in a hazard area, play your next shot from where the disc landed with a one stroke penalty.
- TWO YELLOW FLAGS on the tee indicate the teeing area is wider than the cement tee pad.
- IGNORE all spray paint on the course
- For parking lot curbs, the ENTIRE cement curb is OB.
With reference to the typical Northridge layout, the layout is as follows (full map in the Pictures section):
Hole 1: [COURSE HOLE 1 long pin position] - OB parking lot left, Mando left near hole 3's tee pad [DZ marked by yellow flags]
Hole 2: [COURSE HOLE 19] - OB parking lot right, OB driveway marked with pink flags
Hole 3: [COURSE HOLE 2 long pin position] - No OB
Hole 4: [COURSE HOLE 3] - Hazard center area marked by yellow flags
Hole 5: [COURSE HOLE 4] - ISLAND green marked by pink flags [DZ marked by yellow flags for tee shots that land OB]
Hole 6: [COURSE HOLE 5] - Double Mando (longs only) [DZ marked by yellow flags], OB fence right
Hole 7: [COURSE HOLE 6] - OB fence left, hazard bunker near basket marked by yellow flags
Hole 8: [COURSE HOLE 7] - Island green marked by pink flags [DZ marked by yellow flags]
Hole 9: [COURSE HOLE 8] - OB fence left and around basket marked by pink flags [Proceed to DZ marked by yellow flags if drive lands OB]
Hole 10: [COURSE HOLE 9 long position] - OB reed area marked by pink flags [DZ marked by yellow flags for drives that land OB], OB parking lot long marked by pink flags, no OB left on approach to basket
Hole 11: [COURSE HOLE 10 left position] - OB long of basket marked by pink flags
Hole 12: [COURSE HOLE 11] - Mando left off tee, OB left and behind basket marked by pink flags, OB parking lot right
Hole 13: [COURSE HOLE 12 long position] - NO MANDO, OB parking lot right, OB driveway left, OB on or over N Territorial road
Hole 14: [COMBINED COURSE HOLE 13 & HOLE 14 long position] - OB pond surrounded by water, OB on or over sidewalk left, OB reed area on approach to basket marked by pink flags
Hole 15: [COURSE HOLE 15] - OB driveway right
Hole 16: [TEMP HOLE] - Double Island hole marked by pink flags, if drive does not land in either Island, proceed to DZ1 on first island with a stroke penalty, if second shot lands outside second island, proceed to DZ2 on second island
Hole 17: [COURSE HOLE 16] - Triple Mando near basket [DZ marked by stones just before the mando], OB sidewalk right (shorts layout plays from long tee as par 4)
Hole 18: [COMBINED COURSE HOLE 17 & HOLE 18] - OB pond marked by pink flags [DZ marked by yellow flags for shots that land in pond], OB parking lot right, OB reed area left after pond, OB left on approach to basket marked by pink flags
Your feedback is always SUPER important to help me improve and let me know what I'm doing right or wrong. I don't expect everything to go perfectly, so please find me during or after the event if you have any feedback about the course layout or the event structure.
Thanks again and see you tomorrow!
