Good afternoon. PLEASE READ. YES, I DO COPY AND PASTE MOST OF THE MATERIAL, BUT THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT ADDITIONS.
I wanted to get this tournament email out this afternoon. Cheryl and I are super excited about the Crossover OG Open on Sunday, 4/14 at Osage Grove in Goshen. This will be a 2 round PDGA C-tier that will shotgun start at 930a.
The following will be the most important details for the event. Please reach out to us if you have any additional questions or comments before the event. If you have any questions or issues in regards to the tournament, please text/call Cheryl at 513-348-6140. She'll be the TD for this event, as Kyle and I will be playing and be the assistant TD's.
PLEASE NOTE- We will be setting up tournament central close to hole 1 blue tee pad.
We are playing the original 19 holes with 0 temp holes for this event. The heavy rain this week has me adjusting the layout a little.
The course flow in PDGA live will go like this for 1st round. It will be primarily BLUE tees, with a few adjustments. It will go: 1-13 (all blue tees), to 15 red, to 14 blue to hanging basket long (D), to 16 red, then 17-18, and then old 1/19. If you play Osage Grove that makes sense, if not it looks harder and more confusing than it is. For the holes that have multiple baskets, we will be playing to the LONG baskets on 6, 8, 14, 16, and 18.
For the 2nd round, it will be RED tees. The flow will be as follows: 1-13, 15, 14, 16, 17-18, Old 1/19.
For that round, we will play to the SHORT baskets on holes with multiples: 6, 8, 14, 16, and 18.
This will be in PDGA live. We will have garbage bags over baskets as needed. All course particulars will be in PDGA live. The only OB will be surrounded by water on hole 6, and surrounded by water OR over the creek that separates 14/15. The rest of the holes will play any standing water or creek as casual relief. If somehow you land under a bridge, for this event, you may mark above your disc on the bridge. In the event you land next to barbwire fence, you do get 2 meter free relief from it.
PDGA live code: OG414
The schedule will look like this for the day:
830-920a player check in
930a - Shotgun Start
Lunch
2nd round
Payouts and awards
I can't stress enough, please take the short amount of time to physically check in with us. Per PDGA 1.04, players who have not checked in by 920a, will be deleted from the event, with no refund. This helps us make sure that everyone is here, and there are no holes with less than 3 players. It might not seem like a big deal to you, but it causes us issues trying to figure out if you are present or not. Please, please, please, just stop by and check in with us. Thank you in advance for this! In the case that someone doesn't show up and your card has less than 3 at tee off, you will have to grab a player from a card near by. If everyone checks in, this shouldn't be an issue.
Cards will be made up with pace of play in mind. Some cards will be mixed based on numbers in divisions.
Also, just a reminder, that any junior younger than 13 must have a parent/guardian on their card. There are many juniors now signing up in non-junior divisions, so we don't always catch this beforehand. Please advise and follow the PDGA guidelines on junior players.
We are not going to have a players meeting. It is your responsibility to know what's expected for the day and be at your hole for the start of each round. Hole assignments will be posted by 9p the evening prior to the event. You can find them here:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78638
If you decide that this event is not for you, to receive a refund, you must withdraw by noon on Saturday 4/13.
Following the round, please give us a few minutes to get everything organized so we can hand out awards and payouts. If you are curious if you are going to get a payout, it is the top 45% per division by the PDGA. That will help you determine if you need/want to stick around. AM's will receive Crossover Cash. This can be exchanged for disc golf merchandise that we will have on hand.
This is a COLT qualifier for select divisions. Please see event about for more details.
In 2024, all players are required to keep score. Cheryl and I have not been doing this accurately in previous events, so it's important we get it right. Score needs to be in PDGA Live or Paper. Those are your 2 choices. All scores must be submitted or the player not submitting will be assessed a 2 stroke penalty per PDGA. 30 minutes following the end of the round they must be turned in. So please submit and finalize on PDGA live or turn in your scorecards.
For those who are in the ACE fund, if no ACE is hit, we will do a throw off. The winner of the throw off will win the whole ace fund. We are now doing ACE payoffs electronically by PayPal.
In the event there is a tie for first place in a division, the playoff will start on hole #1 until there is a winner playing the same layout from round 1 with the same course particulars.
This is a PDGA event, so everyone should be up to date on the PDGA's stance on what is legal and what is not legal. Please don't put Cheryl or myself in position to make a call that we don't want to address, or should have to address.
It's going to be a great day. Please contact us with any questions you may have!
Thanks,
Josh and Cheryl
