Cedar Creek Open
Sat-Sun, August 12-13, 2023 at Cedar Creek in Fairmont, MinnesotaA-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament
About this tournament
WELCOME TO THE 2023 CEDAR CREEK OPEN!!!
CCO week is finally here!!! I’m sending out this list of information a little earlier than normal to give people more time to plan, coordinate, ask questions, and maximize their likelihood of having an awesome weekend at Cedar Creek.
My years as a teacher have developed a tendency for me to get a little long winded with instructions. I’m going to fight that urge and keep each category as short as I can. But there are a lot of categories to address. I hope that you will take the time to look over everything so that you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
If you have Facebook, I urge you to join the Cedar Creek Open 2023 event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/4226554917570507) and post your questions there so everyone can see my responses. Disc Golf Scene is another good option! If not, feel free to email me at [email redacted].
The categories that follow will also be a “living document” that is shared publicly at the link below. If any questions arise that warrant a change or addition, I will do so there. Feel free to look this over again in the days leading up to the tournament to review and look for any updates.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aqqyKI878bDWST1HlIMLjeoRsT2KCUQtJgYONmx0K1w/edit?usp=sharing
Access Code for PDGA Digital Scoreboard: cedarcreek
Check-In:
Player check-in starts at 12:00pm noon in the garage (Tournament Central) and will last until roughly sundown. Check-in will also be available Saturday morning from 7:00-9:00am. All players MUST check in to let us know that you are at the event. This is VERY important for filling spots of no-shows from the waitlist. For AMs, player pack choices (disc molds, garment styles and colors, etc.) are on a first come, first serve basis. I cannot hold items until you arrive. If there is a line, please be patient!
Withdrawal:
If you need to withdraw from the tournament, please do so through Disc Golf Scene. If you cannot find how to do that, please email [email redacted]. All PDGA rules for refunds will be followed. At this stage, refunds are only possible if someone is found to take your place from the waitlist.
Tournament Central and Shelter House:
Tournament Central is found in the large three-stall garage building. All check-in, tournament questions and information, and merchandise can be found at Tournament Central. The Shelter House is the other building at the opposite end of the parking lot. This is where food is served throughout the weekend. There is also another room with indoor seating.
Because we are using PDGA Digital Scorecard, there will be no overall tournament scoreboard to review at Tournament Central. I’m sure most people are used to this by now, as it has become the standard. Please use the PDGA Live app or go to www.pdga.com/live to look at scores and https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/64748 to check next round times AND starting holes. This information is also available on the PDGA Live app, but sometimes gets missed. Tee times are listed in the header of each division rather than next to each player. I will also post starting time information on the whiteboard at Tournament Central and the Facebook event page as soon as I know it, but you’ll need to check your starting hole online anyway.
Bathrooms:
There are two single-stall bathrooms on the outside of Tournament Central. There are also bathrooms available in the Shelter House. Please work very hard to keep these clean for all participants. Let me know right away if there is anything wrong with any bathroom. Finally, there are portable toilets available at two points on each courses (Holes 1 and 8 on West, Holes 1 and 10 on East, and Holes 4 and 15 on Central). Please thank Jason Kloskin for this contribution to the event. It was his idea to add this amenity years ago, and he has organized and paid for it ever since! Amazing.
Parking:
With such a big event, parking can be a precious commodity. Please be mindful and considerate while parking. Pay close attention to how and where you are parking. When you see flags in the parking lot, please pull straight into those flags so that cars are side-by-side like a typical parking lot. Even if it means pulling onto grass, please go all the way to the flags. The parking lot can interfere with hole 1 on Cedar Creek East. Please be aware of the sign that signals the end of the line for parking. If there are no more spaces in the lots on East, you will need to park in the median along Cedar Park Road. The median is wide, so please make sure your vehicle is not on the pavement. And be extra kind and considerate of the neighbors of the park. They are largely welcoming and supportive of CCO, and I’d like to keep it that way!
When parking on Cedar Creek West, please park side-by-side all the way along the tree/fence line all the way to the field.
Lastly, there will be a few No Parking signs in the main parking lot. Please honor these, as they are for CCO Staff that may need to come and go during the event to make sure things are running smoothly.
Round 1 Hole Assignments:
Hole assignments for round one will be posted Thursday evening at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/64748. The order of the courses you will play is already set and listed below, but the round 1 hole assignments are not posted earlier because player drops and subsequent additions from the waitlist continue to change groupings. Regardless of when you check these hole assignments, please make sure to check AGAIN on Saturday morning after the players meeting before heading to your hole. I would also advise you to refresh the page, as I’ve heard of incidents at other tournaments where old information was cached and updated information was not displayed.
Online Scoring:
All official scores will be done through PDGA Digital Scoreboard. Access code: cedarcreek
If you need an overview, please check out https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/score/help. When it’s time to go, use the PDGA Live app or simply go to www.pdga.com/score to get started. These scores will be official and authoritative. That is, if you confirm an incorrect score, that is the same as turning in an incorrect physical scorecard and you would be penalized. Tips that I’ve learned in using this for previous tournaments are to sign out and sign back in if you are having issues loading anything, especially between rounds. Most importantly don’t forget to click confirm on your round at the end - simply entering the scores of the last hole is not enough. Physical scorecards are available to be used as backups in the event of technical difficulties, but in my opinion having TWO players use PDGA Live is best because it alerts you to any issues immediately instead of waiting until the end of the round when memories of the situation may have faded. Finally, please make sure your phones are charged enough (it doesn’t take much) and that you are willing to help with scoring. Official online scoring is NOT a new requirement, and whether you enjoy it or not, it is part of every player’s responsibility.
Beer Brewed for CCO!:
So excited to team up with Lost Sanity Brewing in Madelia, MN to make a beer specifically for the Cedar Creek Open. The beer is called Cerberus, and shares the artwork that you’ll find on this year’s CCO discs. It will debut at the CCO Player Party on Saturday, in which everyone can try one for free! Cerberus is a hellishly hazy IPA using three hop varieties - Equinox, Wai-iti, and Citra - as a not-so-subtle nod to the courses and the artwork on the cans. We will also have some other Lost Sanity beers available as well. If you have time to check out Lost Sanity before that, I have a special offer for you! Stop by their taproom in Madelia and mention CCO with any purchase and you’ll get a $10 voucher that can be used on any CCO merch. Pick them up any time between now and CCO weekend.
For those traveling back north after CCO, Cerberus will be on sale at Fairmont Liquor Store. This beer, as well as other Lost Sanity beers are also on sale in Mankato at MGM, Cork and Key, Hilltop Hy-Vee, and PJ’s Liquor Emporium, MGM in St. Peter, and Hy-Vee in New Ulm, If you enjoy it at the tournament, please show your support and pick some up on your way home!
And… MORE Beer!:
We are also excited to have Junkyard Brewing Company joining us at CCO this year. Lucas and the guys from Junkyard will have some tasty Junkyard beers to share on Friday! Find them after your doubles rounds and enjoy a beer while you’re trying to qualify on the CCO Side Games!
Friday Flex Start PDGA C-tier:
Trees of Peace will be hosting a flex start PDGA C-tier on Friday from 12:00pm - 6:00pm on Cedar Creek East. Find more information and register at: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Cedar_Creek_Flex_2023
Friday Doubles:
Find your own partner and group. Flex start anytime 12:00pm - 6:00pm. Two separate events - one on Central and one on East. You CAN play in both. Sign up at Tournament Central with CCO staff. Cost is per team. $50 Pro, $40 AM, $30 Mixed. The Mixed division is only available on East to prevent splitting a small division. Payouts will be available any time Saturday or Sunday. AM payouts will be through CCO merch only.
Food On Site:
Food will be served out of the shelter house (the other building that is not Tournament Central) all weekend. Things will kick off on Friday afternoon! Cash is preferred for speed of service, but Venmo is also accepted. Chuck Schwandt and the Fairmont Disc Club are running the show again. Please be kind and respectful to all of these wonderful volunteers. They are doing it for you and for the love of Cedar Creek. As with everything else at CCO, absolutely ALL proceeds will go back into the tournament and courses.
Tournament Format:
All divisions will play one round on each course. Two rounds on Saturday and one round on Sunday. The top four players in MPO, MP40, MA1, MA2, and MA40 (all divisions with 16 or more competitors) will play a Final Nine round on a Cedar Creek East safari course. Round 1 will start promptly at 10:00am on Saturday. Round 2 will start one hour after the last card has confirmed their score from Round 1. Check the PDGA Live app or website for the start time and starting hole of your second round. Round 3 will start at 8:30am on Sunday. Final Nine round will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of Round 1. Please stay close (within earshot) to Tournament Central if you make the Final Nine!
The order of play for each pool is listed below (PLEASE NOTE THESE POOLS ARE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR):
Pool A (MPO, MP40, MP50): East, West, Central
Pool B (FPO, FA1, FA2, FA3, MP60, MA2): Central, East, West
Pool C (MA1, MA40, MA50): West, Central, East
Cedar Creek East and Cedar Creek Central only have one set of tees per hole, so all divisions will be playing the same tees on those courses. Cedar Creek West has two sets of tees on many holes. FA1, FA2, and FA3 will be playing short tees on Cedar Creek West, and all other divisions will be playing from the long tees. Long tees have signs and posts. Short tees do not. Holes with short tees are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17. This is also listed in the player guide that you will receive at check in, and will have a note added to the PDGA live scoring.
Course Info:
Overall disc golf complex map can be found on www.cedarcreekdiscgolf.com under the courses tab. Individual hole information can be found on the tee signs, using the links to Disc Golf Course Review, or on UDisc. All baskets are currently in their tournament positions and will not change positions between the two days. Course maps, hole information, and all OBs are also listed in the player guide that you will receive at check in, but are also attached in a PDF to this email.
New Basket Positions:
Since the 2018 debut of the newest course, Cedar Creek Central, we have mainly focused on clearing and cleaning fairways. Simply keeping up with basic maintenance on three 18-hole courses can be a lot for a small crew like Fairmont Disc Club and myself. There are a lot of alternate basket locations that you might notice on our signs that you have never been able to play. We hope to change that a little bit every year moving forward. This year we are starting that trend by unveiling one new location on each course - 14 East, 17 Central, and 15 West. So even if you’ve played CCO for the last few years, you’ll have a couple new tweaks to look forward to!
Water Stations:
As always, there will be bottled water available around the courses. There will be three stations per course where water can be found. We have enough bottles of water for all participants to have one per round. You are welcome to more, but try to spread the love as well. It is always a good idea to bring your own water to start the round. And please don’t litter! If a garbage can is full, let us know, don’t just pile it on top.
CTPs for AMs on EAST:
Every hole on EAST will have a CTP for AMs. Because some pools play that course on Saturday and others play it on Sunday, please make sure you leave the flags out overnight. Do NOT bring them in after the round on Saturday.
Amateur Card Winners on WEST and CENTRAL:
Each round on WEST and CENTRAL will give AMs a chance to win a prize. Just have the lowest score on your card! If you win your card, just come to Tournament Central after you’ve confirmed your round on PDGA Digital Scorecard and you will get your choice of prize from a bunch of awesome stuff!
Double Up:
There will be a hole (Hole 8 on Cedar Creek West) in which you can wager money on whether you will be able to get your tee shot within a set area. If you get your drive in that area, you will receive funny money for DOUBLE the amount you wagered. If you miss, you will still get funny money for half the amount. Double Up Funny Money is good at Airborn, Trees of Peace, Treasures of the Forest, Par Plastics, and CCO. If double up funny money is used on CCO products, all proceeds will be put back into the prize pool.
Side Games:
Each tournament participant will get one free chance at each competition (Putting, Accuracy, Mini Putting). Try as many times as you want for $2 each after that! Three divisions - Pro, Amateur, and Women. Tournament AMs can decide to play Pro instead if they want, but tournament Pros must play Pro. The top three scores (ties included) will compete in the finals on Saturday night at approximately 7:30pm. For each competition, AMs and Women will be competing for $100 CCO merch and Pros will be competing for $100 cash. If anyone makes a clean sweep off all three competitions I will add another $100.
5 for 5 for 5:
We debuted this contest last year and it was a blast, so we are running it back again. Saturday night I will set up a temporary hole near the other side games. Pay $5 for 5 shots from the tee. If you get an ace, you get $500! You can play as many times as you’d like, but the first ace ends the game! If no one aces, all of the money will be used for payouts and projects at Cedar Creek. Although last year, Neil definitely didn’t let it get that far!
Raffle:
Tickets will be sold until Saturday evening at Tournament Central. Tickets will cost $5 for 3 tickets, $10 for 10 tickets, or $20 for a wingspan (fingertip to fingertip, which is usually about 40). You can also get 3 tickets by purchasing any CCO disc, shirt, or hat. You can then place tickets at your own discretion into the bins of which items you’d like to try to win. Tickets will be drawn Saturday night, posted on Facebook, and taped onto the items themselves. Prizes can be claimed any time on Sunday.
Some of the awesome prizes for this year include: Zuca Cart, Rovic RV1D Cart, MVP Black Hole Basket, Chainstar Lite Basket, Early Entry to 2024 CCO, Disc Golf Stained Glass Art, CCO Funny Money, and Lollygagger Lounge Chair by Loll Design ($645 value!) https://lolldesigns.com/products/lollygagger-outdoor-lounge-chair?variant=32930067021964
Payouts:
Pro payouts will be immediately available in cash or available through PayPal the following week. Amateur payouts will be available on site only. Amateur payouts will be available through Airborn, Trees of Peace, Treasures of the Forest, Par Plastics, and CCO. Payouts can be split between these vendors however you want when used on site. Payouts will be done fast, but if you need to leave prior to payouts you must arrange for an online voucher from ONE of the vendors before doing so. If not, your payout will default to CCO only and you can contact me at a later date. Any shipping costs will need to be covered by you or taken from the payout amount.
Cedar Creek Open Posters:
My brother Justin, designer of this year’s CCO artwork, has produced a limited run of screen-printed posters for the event. Check them out in person and get them while supplies last. Just was also selected as this year’s artist for Surly Darkness! You’re going to be seeing his work all over the coming months, so make sure you get one of his pieces before he blows up!
Sponsors:
Thank you to our sponsors!! Katie, Rye, and Rowan Boehne. Kelly and Rinnie DiCenzo, Brady Laue and Family, Kevin and Angela Detert and Family, Vern Boehne, Justin Boehne and Family, Fairmont Disc Club, Fairmont Parks Department, Mark Detert, Jason Kloskin, Lost Sanity Brewing, Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods, Airborn, Treasures of the Forest, Trees of Peace, Par Plastic, Four Fingers Cutlery, Hy-Vee, Fareway Meat & Grocery, Green Mill, Culligan, Shell, Ambiance on Albion, Kingdom Builders, Olson Rentals, Beemer Companies, Blue Ribbon Pines, Twin Town Throwdown, Zuca, Custom Course Maps, Dynamic Discs, Prodigy Disc, Innova, Discraft, Kastaplast, MVP, Premier Discs, Goliath Discs, Chump Chalk, YetiDisc, Tjader Acres, Team Ashley, the Minnesota Frisbee Association, and everyone you see on the baskets around our wonderful courses. This event wouldn’t be possible without the sponsors! Please go out of your way to thank them if you can.
Sponsor Receipt Drawing:
Some of our sponsors are places disc golfers frequent while in town. Other places that you frequent might become sponsors in the future. At the end of the weekend we will be having a drawing for some discs, bags, and other great prizes. To enter the drawing, simply place any receipt from any Fairmont purchase into the containers in the garage with your name written on the back.
Final Thoughts:
This is the 17th year of the Cedar Creek Open, and I’m still finding new and exciting ways to improve the event. I’m overjoyed that I continue to meet new people and create new partnerships. There are so many die hard CCO participants that I look forward to seeing every year - it’s always like our own little disc golf family reunion. That said, I’m also grateful that there are enough schedule conflicts among past participants that actually allows for some newcomers too. If you know it’s someone’s first time at CCO, please welcome them, show them the ropes, and help them have a great time!
Lastly, I’ve been around for a long time, so you can safely assume that a lot of things that I do have reasons that are rooted in significant experience as a player and a tournament director. But times change. I plan on keeping things going for awhile longer, so if there is something that you think needs to be different please let me know. I can tell you why it is the way it is, if you’d like to know. But more importantly, I will consider if it needs to change moving forward. Regardless, I hope everyone has a blast this weekend!
All the best,
Trevor Boehne
CCO week is finally here!!! I’m sending out this list of information a little earlier than normal to give people more time to plan, coordinate, ask questions, and maximize their likelihood of having an awesome weekend at Cedar Creek.
My years as a teacher have developed a tendency for me to get a little long winded with instructions. I’m going to fight that urge and keep each category as short as I can. But there are a lot of categories to address. I hope that you will take the time to look over everything so that you don’t miss out on any of the fun!
If you have Facebook, I urge you to join the Cedar Creek Open 2023 event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/4226554917570507) and post your questions there so everyone can see my responses. Disc Golf Scene is another good option! If not, feel free to email me at [email redacted].
The categories that follow will also be a “living document” that is shared publicly at the link below. If any questions arise that warrant a change or addition, I will do so there. Feel free to look this over again in the days leading up to the tournament to review and look for any updates.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aqqyKI878bDWST1HlIMLjeoRsT2KCUQtJgYONmx0K1w/edit?usp=sharing
Access Code for PDGA Digital Scoreboard: cedarcreek
Check-In:
Player check-in starts at 12:00pm noon in the garage (Tournament Central) and will last until roughly sundown. Check-in will also be available Saturday morning from 7:00-9:00am. All players MUST check in to let us know that you are at the event. This is VERY important for filling spots of no-shows from the waitlist. For AMs, player pack choices (disc molds, garment styles and colors, etc.) are on a first come, first serve basis. I cannot hold items until you arrive. If there is a line, please be patient!
Withdrawal:
If you need to withdraw from the tournament, please do so through Disc Golf Scene. If you cannot find how to do that, please email [email redacted]. All PDGA rules for refunds will be followed. At this stage, refunds are only possible if someone is found to take your place from the waitlist.
Tournament Central and Shelter House:
Tournament Central is found in the large three-stall garage building. All check-in, tournament questions and information, and merchandise can be found at Tournament Central. The Shelter House is the other building at the opposite end of the parking lot. This is where food is served throughout the weekend. There is also another room with indoor seating.
Because we are using PDGA Digital Scorecard, there will be no overall tournament scoreboard to review at Tournament Central. I’m sure most people are used to this by now, as it has become the standard. Please use the PDGA Live app or go to www.pdga.com/live to look at scores and https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/64748 to check next round times AND starting holes. This information is also available on the PDGA Live app, but sometimes gets missed. Tee times are listed in the header of each division rather than next to each player. I will also post starting time information on the whiteboard at Tournament Central and the Facebook event page as soon as I know it, but you’ll need to check your starting hole online anyway.
Bathrooms:
There are two single-stall bathrooms on the outside of Tournament Central. There are also bathrooms available in the Shelter House. Please work very hard to keep these clean for all participants. Let me know right away if there is anything wrong with any bathroom. Finally, there are portable toilets available at two points on each courses (Holes 1 and 8 on West, Holes 1 and 10 on East, and Holes 4 and 15 on Central). Please thank Jason Kloskin for this contribution to the event. It was his idea to add this amenity years ago, and he has organized and paid for it ever since! Amazing.
Parking:
With such a big event, parking can be a precious commodity. Please be mindful and considerate while parking. Pay close attention to how and where you are parking. When you see flags in the parking lot, please pull straight into those flags so that cars are side-by-side like a typical parking lot. Even if it means pulling onto grass, please go all the way to the flags. The parking lot can interfere with hole 1 on Cedar Creek East. Please be aware of the sign that signals the end of the line for parking. If there are no more spaces in the lots on East, you will need to park in the median along Cedar Park Road. The median is wide, so please make sure your vehicle is not on the pavement. And be extra kind and considerate of the neighbors of the park. They are largely welcoming and supportive of CCO, and I’d like to keep it that way!
When parking on Cedar Creek West, please park side-by-side all the way along the tree/fence line all the way to the field.
Lastly, there will be a few No Parking signs in the main parking lot. Please honor these, as they are for CCO Staff that may need to come and go during the event to make sure things are running smoothly.
Round 1 Hole Assignments:
Hole assignments for round one will be posted Thursday evening at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/64748. The order of the courses you will play is already set and listed below, but the round 1 hole assignments are not posted earlier because player drops and subsequent additions from the waitlist continue to change groupings. Regardless of when you check these hole assignments, please make sure to check AGAIN on Saturday morning after the players meeting before heading to your hole. I would also advise you to refresh the page, as I’ve heard of incidents at other tournaments where old information was cached and updated information was not displayed.
Online Scoring:
All official scores will be done through PDGA Digital Scoreboard. Access code: cedarcreek
If you need an overview, please check out https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/score/help. When it’s time to go, use the PDGA Live app or simply go to www.pdga.com/score to get started. These scores will be official and authoritative. That is, if you confirm an incorrect score, that is the same as turning in an incorrect physical scorecard and you would be penalized. Tips that I’ve learned in using this for previous tournaments are to sign out and sign back in if you are having issues loading anything, especially between rounds. Most importantly don’t forget to click confirm on your round at the end - simply entering the scores of the last hole is not enough. Physical scorecards are available to be used as backups in the event of technical difficulties, but in my opinion having TWO players use PDGA Live is best because it alerts you to any issues immediately instead of waiting until the end of the round when memories of the situation may have faded. Finally, please make sure your phones are charged enough (it doesn’t take much) and that you are willing to help with scoring. Official online scoring is NOT a new requirement, and whether you enjoy it or not, it is part of every player’s responsibility.
Beer Brewed for CCO!:
So excited to team up with Lost Sanity Brewing in Madelia, MN to make a beer specifically for the Cedar Creek Open. The beer is called Cerberus, and shares the artwork that you’ll find on this year’s CCO discs. It will debut at the CCO Player Party on Saturday, in which everyone can try one for free! Cerberus is a hellishly hazy IPA using three hop varieties - Equinox, Wai-iti, and Citra - as a not-so-subtle nod to the courses and the artwork on the cans. We will also have some other Lost Sanity beers available as well. If you have time to check out Lost Sanity before that, I have a special offer for you! Stop by their taproom in Madelia and mention CCO with any purchase and you’ll get a $10 voucher that can be used on any CCO merch. Pick them up any time between now and CCO weekend.
For those traveling back north after CCO, Cerberus will be on sale at Fairmont Liquor Store. This beer, as well as other Lost Sanity beers are also on sale in Mankato at MGM, Cork and Key, Hilltop Hy-Vee, and PJ’s Liquor Emporium, MGM in St. Peter, and Hy-Vee in New Ulm, If you enjoy it at the tournament, please show your support and pick some up on your way home!
And… MORE Beer!:
We are also excited to have Junkyard Brewing Company joining us at CCO this year. Lucas and the guys from Junkyard will have some tasty Junkyard beers to share on Friday! Find them after your doubles rounds and enjoy a beer while you’re trying to qualify on the CCO Side Games!
Friday Flex Start PDGA C-tier:
Trees of Peace will be hosting a flex start PDGA C-tier on Friday from 12:00pm - 6:00pm on Cedar Creek East. Find more information and register at: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Cedar_Creek_Flex_2023
Friday Doubles:
Find your own partner and group. Flex start anytime 12:00pm - 6:00pm. Two separate events - one on Central and one on East. You CAN play in both. Sign up at Tournament Central with CCO staff. Cost is per team. $50 Pro, $40 AM, $30 Mixed. The Mixed division is only available on East to prevent splitting a small division. Payouts will be available any time Saturday or Sunday. AM payouts will be through CCO merch only.
Food On Site:
Food will be served out of the shelter house (the other building that is not Tournament Central) all weekend. Things will kick off on Friday afternoon! Cash is preferred for speed of service, but Venmo is also accepted. Chuck Schwandt and the Fairmont Disc Club are running the show again. Please be kind and respectful to all of these wonderful volunteers. They are doing it for you and for the love of Cedar Creek. As with everything else at CCO, absolutely ALL proceeds will go back into the tournament and courses.
Tournament Format:
All divisions will play one round on each course. Two rounds on Saturday and one round on Sunday. The top four players in MPO, MP40, MA1, MA2, and MA40 (all divisions with 16 or more competitors) will play a Final Nine round on a Cedar Creek East safari course. Round 1 will start promptly at 10:00am on Saturday. Round 2 will start one hour after the last card has confirmed their score from Round 1. Check the PDGA Live app or website for the start time and starting hole of your second round. Round 3 will start at 8:30am on Sunday. Final Nine round will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of Round 1. Please stay close (within earshot) to Tournament Central if you make the Final Nine!
The order of play for each pool is listed below (PLEASE NOTE THESE POOLS ARE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR):
Pool A (MPO, MP40, MP50): East, West, Central
Pool B (FPO, FA1, FA2, FA3, MP60, MA2): Central, East, West
Pool C (MA1, MA40, MA50): West, Central, East
Cedar Creek East and Cedar Creek Central only have one set of tees per hole, so all divisions will be playing the same tees on those courses. Cedar Creek West has two sets of tees on many holes. FA1, FA2, and FA3 will be playing short tees on Cedar Creek West, and all other divisions will be playing from the long tees. Long tees have signs and posts. Short tees do not. Holes with short tees are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17. This is also listed in the player guide that you will receive at check in, and will have a note added to the PDGA live scoring.
Course Info:
Overall disc golf complex map can be found on www.cedarcreekdiscgolf.com under the courses tab. Individual hole information can be found on the tee signs, using the links to Disc Golf Course Review, or on UDisc. All baskets are currently in their tournament positions and will not change positions between the two days. Course maps, hole information, and all OBs are also listed in the player guide that you will receive at check in, but are also attached in a PDF to this email.
New Basket Positions:
Since the 2018 debut of the newest course, Cedar Creek Central, we have mainly focused on clearing and cleaning fairways. Simply keeping up with basic maintenance on three 18-hole courses can be a lot for a small crew like Fairmont Disc Club and myself. There are a lot of alternate basket locations that you might notice on our signs that you have never been able to play. We hope to change that a little bit every year moving forward. This year we are starting that trend by unveiling one new location on each course - 14 East, 17 Central, and 15 West. So even if you’ve played CCO for the last few years, you’ll have a couple new tweaks to look forward to!
Water Stations:
As always, there will be bottled water available around the courses. There will be three stations per course where water can be found. We have enough bottles of water for all participants to have one per round. You are welcome to more, but try to spread the love as well. It is always a good idea to bring your own water to start the round. And please don’t litter! If a garbage can is full, let us know, don’t just pile it on top.
CTPs for AMs on EAST:
Every hole on EAST will have a CTP for AMs. Because some pools play that course on Saturday and others play it on Sunday, please make sure you leave the flags out overnight. Do NOT bring them in after the round on Saturday.
Amateur Card Winners on WEST and CENTRAL:
Each round on WEST and CENTRAL will give AMs a chance to win a prize. Just have the lowest score on your card! If you win your card, just come to Tournament Central after you’ve confirmed your round on PDGA Digital Scorecard and you will get your choice of prize from a bunch of awesome stuff!
Double Up:
There will be a hole (Hole 8 on Cedar Creek West) in which you can wager money on whether you will be able to get your tee shot within a set area. If you get your drive in that area, you will receive funny money for DOUBLE the amount you wagered. If you miss, you will still get funny money for half the amount. Double Up Funny Money is good at Airborn, Trees of Peace, Treasures of the Forest, Par Plastics, and CCO. If double up funny money is used on CCO products, all proceeds will be put back into the prize pool.
Side Games:
Each tournament participant will get one free chance at each competition (Putting, Accuracy, Mini Putting). Try as many times as you want for $2 each after that! Three divisions - Pro, Amateur, and Women. Tournament AMs can decide to play Pro instead if they want, but tournament Pros must play Pro. The top three scores (ties included) will compete in the finals on Saturday night at approximately 7:30pm. For each competition, AMs and Women will be competing for $100 CCO merch and Pros will be competing for $100 cash. If anyone makes a clean sweep off all three competitions I will add another $100.
5 for 5 for 5:
We debuted this contest last year and it was a blast, so we are running it back again. Saturday night I will set up a temporary hole near the other side games. Pay $5 for 5 shots from the tee. If you get an ace, you get $500! You can play as many times as you’d like, but the first ace ends the game! If no one aces, all of the money will be used for payouts and projects at Cedar Creek. Although last year, Neil definitely didn’t let it get that far!
Raffle:
Tickets will be sold until Saturday evening at Tournament Central. Tickets will cost $5 for 3 tickets, $10 for 10 tickets, or $20 for a wingspan (fingertip to fingertip, which is usually about 40). You can also get 3 tickets by purchasing any CCO disc, shirt, or hat. You can then place tickets at your own discretion into the bins of which items you’d like to try to win. Tickets will be drawn Saturday night, posted on Facebook, and taped onto the items themselves. Prizes can be claimed any time on Sunday.
Some of the awesome prizes for this year include: Zuca Cart, Rovic RV1D Cart, MVP Black Hole Basket, Chainstar Lite Basket, Early Entry to 2024 CCO, Disc Golf Stained Glass Art, CCO Funny Money, and Lollygagger Lounge Chair by Loll Design ($645 value!) https://lolldesigns.com/products/lollygagger-outdoor-lounge-chair?variant=32930067021964
Payouts:
Pro payouts will be immediately available in cash or available through PayPal the following week. Amateur payouts will be available on site only. Amateur payouts will be available through Airborn, Trees of Peace, Treasures of the Forest, Par Plastics, and CCO. Payouts can be split between these vendors however you want when used on site. Payouts will be done fast, but if you need to leave prior to payouts you must arrange for an online voucher from ONE of the vendors before doing so. If not, your payout will default to CCO only and you can contact me at a later date. Any shipping costs will need to be covered by you or taken from the payout amount.
Cedar Creek Open Posters:
My brother Justin, designer of this year’s CCO artwork, has produced a limited run of screen-printed posters for the event. Check them out in person and get them while supplies last. Just was also selected as this year’s artist for Surly Darkness! You’re going to be seeing his work all over the coming months, so make sure you get one of his pieces before he blows up!
Sponsors:
Thank you to our sponsors!! Katie, Rye, and Rowan Boehne. Kelly and Rinnie DiCenzo, Brady Laue and Family, Kevin and Angela Detert and Family, Vern Boehne, Justin Boehne and Family, Fairmont Disc Club, Fairmont Parks Department, Mark Detert, Jason Kloskin, Lost Sanity Brewing, Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods, Airborn, Treasures of the Forest, Trees of Peace, Par Plastic, Four Fingers Cutlery, Hy-Vee, Fareway Meat & Grocery, Green Mill, Culligan, Shell, Ambiance on Albion, Kingdom Builders, Olson Rentals, Beemer Companies, Blue Ribbon Pines, Twin Town Throwdown, Zuca, Custom Course Maps, Dynamic Discs, Prodigy Disc, Innova, Discraft, Kastaplast, MVP, Premier Discs, Goliath Discs, Chump Chalk, YetiDisc, Tjader Acres, Team Ashley, the Minnesota Frisbee Association, and everyone you see on the baskets around our wonderful courses. This event wouldn’t be possible without the sponsors! Please go out of your way to thank them if you can.
Sponsor Receipt Drawing:
Some of our sponsors are places disc golfers frequent while in town. Other places that you frequent might become sponsors in the future. At the end of the weekend we will be having a drawing for some discs, bags, and other great prizes. To enter the drawing, simply place any receipt from any Fairmont purchase into the containers in the garage with your name written on the back.
Final Thoughts:
This is the 17th year of the Cedar Creek Open, and I’m still finding new and exciting ways to improve the event. I’m overjoyed that I continue to meet new people and create new partnerships. There are so many die hard CCO participants that I look forward to seeing every year - it’s always like our own little disc golf family reunion. That said, I’m also grateful that there are enough schedule conflicts among past participants that actually allows for some newcomers too. If you know it’s someone’s first time at CCO, please welcome them, show them the ropes, and help them have a great time!
Lastly, I’ve been around for a long time, so you can safely assume that a lot of things that I do have reasons that are rooted in significant experience as a player and a tournament director. But times change. I plan on keeping things going for awhile longer, so if there is something that you think needs to be different please let me know. I can tell you why it is the way it is, if you’d like to know. But more importantly, I will consider if it needs to change moving forward. Regardless, I hope everyone has a blast this weekend!
All the best,
Trevor Boehne
Refund policy
Withdrawals and Refunds will follow the policies outlined in the PDGA Competition Manual, found at https://www.pdga.com/rules/competition-manual/103
The $10 waitlist fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. If you were charged full price but ended up on the waitlist because of the speed in which the tournament filled, you will be refunded the difference until a spot becomes available.
Waitlist order may be altered in a few special circumstances. For example, if a player in a sponsor designated spot has to withdraw, the sponsor is allowed to designate a new player for that spot. If a player's rating forces them to change divisions, this takes precedence over the waitlist as well. And, as the tournament draws very near, a player on the waitlist not responding in a timely fashion (which changes depending on how far out we are) can also force deviating from the waitlist.
The $10 waitlist fee is NON-REFUNDABLE. If you were charged full price but ended up on the waitlist because of the speed in which the tournament filled, you will be refunded the difference until a spot becomes available.
Waitlist order may be altered in a few special circumstances. For example, if a player in a sponsor designated spot has to withdraw, the sponsor is allowed to designate a new player for that spot. If a player's rating forces them to change divisions, this takes precedence over the waitlist as well. And, as the tournament draws very near, a player on the waitlist not responding in a timely fashion (which changes depending on how far out we are) can also force deviating from the waitlist.
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