Alright, I slept on it twice & am still pretty steamed over this tournament.
First, kudos are certainly in order for the amazing player packs, no denying they were the best outside of Am Nats. Even ...
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Alright, I slept on it twice & am still pretty steamed over this tournament.
First, kudos are certainly in order for the amazing player packs, no denying they were the best outside of Am Nats. Even though I lost my alum. water bottle running to the second round tee off. The radar gun was also a very, very cool side game to pass time while others were cashing out. Did anyone ever top 72mph?
The bad part, Lunchtime... where everything went downhill. I rode to the event with 2 Am3 player, I played Am2. After my card finishes the first round at about 1:30 we are told that the second round may be starting at about 2:00... what? yes, a half hour from when we came in. Well, that was pushed out to 2:15. Here's my complaint. The Am3 players I rode with did not finish their first round until about 1:50. So i get to my lunch which was locked in the vehicle I rode in... I scarfed down my lunch, changed socks & started running to my hole (12 Monster) the 2 minute warning was blown before I made it out of the parking lot. Despite running straight through the brush I didn't make it to my hole on time (i was tied for 3rd place overall & top of the second card.) I made it there as my group was walking off the tee pad & informed of my penalty, taking a 7 on an easy par hole that many players took a 2 on. This penalty cost me 2nd place outright & about $100 in merch. Try as I may to come back from the penalty it surely took away any momentum I had from finishing strong the first round. I managed to claw my way back to -1 for the round with 9 birdies. Basically trying to ace run everything possible in hopes I could have gotten a legitimate platform to voice my displeasure with the majority of players. I had a few good runs but missed out.
I would not have been upset or penalized/late for my 2nd round start had the TD announced this ridiculous staggered start before the first round. It would have been simple to make arrangements, either take the keys or put my lunch in vehicle from someone on my card. Springing it on us at lunch time was complete & utter B.S.
The played pack, payouts & radar gun side game were all very cool. The total screw up of not telling us about the donkey staggered 2nd round start was horrible. I stopped by No Foolin to watch awards & participate in the basket toss & heard a lot of complaining, figured I'd still give DGLO a shot, the player pack helped a ton in that respect.
NEVER again with a penny of mine or anyone I can sway in my direction go to A3. I understand you cant please everyone in a crowd of players that large, but to totally ignore this lunch thing during the player meeting was horrible. Thanks for the lesson guys.
~Jesse
