High Plains Challenge Sponsored by Discmania

Finale Pre-Event Email sent to players just now: The 2023 High Plains Challenge Sponsored by Discmania is here!!!! We are incredibly excited to host everyone this year at the Disc Revolution cours ... show more ›

Finale Pre-Event Email sent to players just now:
The 2023 High Plains Challenge Sponsored by Discmania is here!!!!

We are incredibly excited to host everyone this year at the Disc Revolution course @ Optimist and the Trash Panda Disc Golf Course @ Pessimist!

Today, Tom and I got all the lines painted and flagged(except Holes 14-16 at Optimist due to mowing on Thursday, Lines are painted but not flagged yet) and DZs and Mandos Marked!

Please remember this is a PDGA A Tier event. If you are new or newer to the tournament scene please ensure you are read up on ALL rules of disc golf here: https://www.pdga.com/rules/competition-manual-disc-golf-events

Tee times will be posted here, Fridays tee times are up and the following days will be up by 8pm every evening or as cards come in and allow us to post them. Generally speaking, the tee time block will not change from day to day, but the groups will be sorted randomly on day 1 and by score (PDGA # is the tie breaker) for Rounds 2 and 3.

Caddies and Spectators will be allowed this weekend! We are ecstatic to have anyone out to watch!

Course Maps and Rules HERE

A Couple Course Notes: Disc Revolution Course at Optimist: The OB Line between Holes 8/9 is marked with Orange and White Flags to increase visibility.
Holes 15/16 have a painted line short of the reeds on the right continuing all the way to the water on the peninsula. Beyond this painted line is OB.
Hole 17: The flag line is as close to the reeds as we could, the water is high so be aware of where the line is this year.
Trash Panda Course at Pessimist, Hole 17 Left Side and Hole 18 right side are flagged with Orange and White Flags to increase visibility.
If OB Paint becomes undefinable at any OB Line the measure is flag to flag for OB. Remember that the OB line itself is out of Bounds, you must break the line on the safe side to be considered inbounds.

Amateur Player Packs: They will be available at the Disc Revolution Course at Optimist Friday and Saturday for pick up. If you are a later tee time it is advised to swing by early to get your pack if you want to pick it up Friday because after the last tee time goes off at Optimist all staff goes out for spotting on the course.

Check In: You can check in with the TD Tent (Near starting hole at Optimist, Near Hole 1 tee area at Pessimist) No Less than 15 minutes prior to your tee time.

Warm Up Areas: Once the first tees go off the course is closed, so 7:30am you can not be on either course playing or putting unless it is your tee time. When the final card gets off the course it is open again for practice.
Optimist Warm Up: There are open fields to throw and we will have a practice basket for putting near the starting hole.
Pessimist Warm Up: There is no field to throw in so we will put up our warm up throwing net near hole 1 as well as a practice basket for putting.

Reminder of Course assignments:
-Pool A(MPO/MP40/MA1) Friday Optimist, Saturday Pessimist, Sunday Optimist
-Pool B(All Others) Friday Pessimist, Saturday Optimist, Sunday Pessimist
All pro divisions, MA1 and MA40 play Long pads at Optimist, ALL OTHER DIVISIONS play short pads.

General Course Notes: Remember, when in doubt TAKE A PROVISIONAL.

NO TWO-METER RULE

Water and beyond is OB unless a defined painted line is present (for example hole 17 at Optimist will have a painted line near the reeds as close to the water as we can get. Holes 17 and 18 at Pessimist will also have a line painted to the north of the walking path before the concrete stockpile area).

Spotting: This event is always a well attended event and getting spotters is tough. We will have TD staff spotting on hole 17 at the Optimist Course but that may be our only spotting area, please spot for your cards specifically on hole 17 at Pessimist if we are unable to get someone out there each day! If we do have spotters, they are volunteers giving up their time, please throw them a thank you!

Please Note OB Lines on the maps are approximate, it is the players responsibility to be aware of the lines as painted and not rely solely on the map images which are approximate placements.

Scorecards: We will be using the PDGA digital scoring system through PDGA.com/Scores . The password will be shared with you prior to tee off. 2 people from the group are required to keep score, one via the official method, the other via PDGA ideally, but paper, or Udisc is acceptable. The group can decide who keeps the PDGA and who keeps the other PDGA or Udisc. The Digital Scorecard is the OFFICIAL score card of the event. After you complete scoring make sure everyone’s score is confirmed prior to anyone leaving for the day and ALL PLAYERS have an opportunity to review scores. PLEASE NOTE: Being unprepared to keep score, or unwilling to keep score with other methods provided is not an acceptable excuse.

Awards: After the completion of your rounds Sunday you may be in contention for a trophy and they will be handed out as soon as each division completes their final hole Sunday. Professional Players will receive payouts via paypal by Monday evening at the latest and trophy for first place only.

Course staff:

Event TD’s: Kyle Harrigan 303-552-6049 & Tom Hamilton

Optimist Course TDs and Staff: Tom Hamilton, Kyle Harrigan, John Reed, Johnny Stevenson

Pessimist Course TDs and Staff: Josh Kreutzer, Max Maclay and Basil Molina

This event would not be possible without the planning efforts of Basil Molina, The City of Fort Morgan mowing crew and the work put in by John Bird over these past decades.


Thank you to all our hole Sponsors, you will see them on the course signs as well:
Andy Blanton
Brandonn Eto and the Southern Arizona Disc Golf Club
Brent Bell
Chevelle Wernsmann
Mas Disc Golf
Chris Melia
Colorado Disc Golf Hall of Fame
Eric Schmidt
Geoff Hungerford
Jeremy Nichols Keller Willaims 1st Realty Associates
Mile High Disc Golf Club
Mountain Plains Agency
Pikes Peak Flying Disc Golf Club
Soul Crusher Disc Golf
Theil's Insurance
WPSupportPlan.Com

Thank you all, and we cannot wait for this weekend!

Tuesday Update Email just sent: Hello Everyone! We just wanted to provide a couple updates as we are in our final preparations of course and tee times which we will have both ready to go tomorrow ... show more ›

Tuesday Update Email just sent:
Hello Everyone!

We just wanted to provide a couple updates as we are in our final preparations of course and tee times which we will have both ready to go tomorrow and I will send out our Final Player Email in the evening.

Couple updates:

Early Check-In Thursday will be cancelled. We have hit a snag and wont have all the pieces we need in time so all check in will happen on Friday.

AMATUER PLAYERS: All player pack pick up will happen at the Disc Revolution Course at Optimist Starting Friday. You can come before or after your round If you are at the Trash Panda Disc Golf Course at Pessimist, or Saturday. After Saturday all player pack pick up will be done and any left over items will be made available for sale to anyone who would like.

Thursday Doubles is cancelled. Our host unfortunately had to withdraw and I have not had anyone else available to step up in their place.

Tomorrow Tom and I will be out at both courses doing final prep work and working with Basil and his team to clean up any last minute needs.

We will have some bug spray on the check in tables this weekend. We ask that you come prepared with your own as well. The moisture, although great for us, brings out the mosquitos. It is currently not at plague level, just minor annoyance as they tend to be on wet disc golf courses.

Warm Up Areas: Once the first tees go off the course is closed, so 7:30am you can not be on either course playing or putting unless it is your tee time. When the final card gets off the course it is open again for practice.
Optimist Warm Up: There are open fields to throw and we will have a practice basket for putting near the starting hole.
Pessimist Warm Up: There is no field to throw in so we will put up our warm up throwing net near hole 1 as well as a practice basket for putting.

PESSIMIST PARKING: DO NOT PARK IN THE DIRT LOT NEAR HOLE 2, The Gate will be open at approximately 6:45am daily, you will pull through the gate and proceed to the open parking area behind the mound. Please use general logic to park, Do not just pick a random central spot in the center of the field. Also use caution as you pull in the gate, people may be coming up the fairway of hole 2.

Below you will find the details from the first 2 week email just to serve as a reminder:

Our Title Sponsor: Discmania
Our Optimist Course Sponsor: Disc Revolution
Our Pessimist Course Sponsor: Trash Panda Disc Golf

Optimists should have a basket in all HPC pin placements. MANY holes will currently have multiple baskets in the line of sight, It is also a 27 Hole Course regularly so please keep that in consideration. Wednesday before the event we will work with Fort Morgan to remove the baskets that are not in play, this is specifically the case on holes 3-7-8-9-14 on the layout. The Layout for both Pro and Am are loaded to Udisc.

Pessimist is in its natural state and is playable except the OB Lines, Both Mandatories should be up currently although the one on 18 may need to be restaked if the storms have done any damage to that area.

Course Maps and Rules HERE: Shout out to our CO-TD Tom Hamilton for this year's HPC Art!

Tee Times will be posted Wednesday(June 7th) afternoon/evening. Preliminary tee times are posted in the image section on the Disc Golf Scene event page.

As always we will work to provide Water where feasible and logical on the course. BUT it's June, in Eastern Colorado, COME PREPARED WITH WAAAAY more water than you will ever need. Better to be Safe than sorry.

Schedule:
Wednesday 7th: Courses marked and prepped
Friday 9th: Tee Times Start at 7:30am: Check in no less than 15 minutes before your tee time
Saturday 10th: Tee Times Start 7:30am
Sunday 11th: Tee Times Start 7:30am: Awards immediately following conclusion of a division.

Reminder of Course assignments:
-Pool A(MPO/MP40/MA1) Friday Optimist, Saturday Pessimist, Sunday Optimist
-Pool B(All Others) Friday Pessimist, Saturday Optimist, Sunday Pessimist
All pro divisions, MA1 and MA40 play Long pads at Optimist, ALL OTHER DIVISIONS play short pads.

We are still looking for a few spotters for the weekend, if you know anyone who would like to help us out, please have them reach out to me directly.

We will have a few more emails to send out, but most of those will be the week of the event. Thank you all and have a great weekend!

Thank you to all our hole Sponsors, you will see them on the course signs as well:
Andy Blanton
Brandonn Eto and the Southern Arizona Disc Golf Club
Brent Bell
Chevelle Wernsmann
Mas Disc Golf
Chris Melia
Colorado Disc Golf Hall of Fame
Eric Schmidt
Geoff Hungerford
Jeremy Nichols Keller Willaims 1st Realty Associates
Mile High Disc Golf Club
Mountain Plains Agency
Pikes Peak Flying Disc Golf Club
Soul Crusher Disc Golf
Theil's Insurance
WPSupportPlan.Com

Thank you to our course staff at Pessimist: Basil Molina, Josh Kreutzer, and Max Maclay.

And thank you to my CO-TD Tom Hamilton, you will find us at Optimist! We can not wait to host you all for this premier Colorado Event!

Hello Players: The Comfort Inn and the Roadway are offering a special pricing for players who book at either for the 2023 High Plains Challenge. I am waiting for the official information sheet to conf ... show more ›

Hello Players: The Comfort Inn and the Roadway are offering a special pricing for players who book at either for the 2023 High Plains Challenge. I am waiting for the official information sheet to confirm the exact pricing options but if you call in and reference the High Plains Challenge Disc Golf Tournament they should have the pricing in the system here in the next couple days.