Maverick DG: Free State Fling 2020 presented by INNOVA

Rob Martin    Sticky October 9, 2020 at 2:09am

Email sent to all registrants Thursday night:

Welcome to the Free State Fling presented by Innova. We're glad to be back at Bloomington East at Clinton Lake as last year was cancelled due to the historic flooding.

Here is a link for google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/1xcfxko8pZBZ3zED6

Check In and Player Pack pick up: 8:00 - 8:45 Saturday near Hole 1 / 10.

Tee Time: 9am. There will be no in-person player meeting, so be on your tee ready to go at 9am.

Virtual player meeting ca ... more

Email sent to all registrants Thursday night:

Welcome to the Free State Fling presented by Innova. We're glad to be back at Bloomington East at Clinton Lake as last year was cancelled due to the historic flooding.

Here is a link for google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/1xcfxko8pZBZ3zED6

Check In and Player Pack pick up: 8:00 - 8:45 Saturday near Hole 1 / 10.

Tee Time: 9am. There will be no in-person player meeting, so be on your tee ready to go at 9am.

Virtual player meeting can be found here:
https://youtu.be/lClPcpNRvSM

Amateur Player Pack discs available (to help you search what you want ahead of time):

KC Pro Glow Gator
Champion Mako
Champion Banshee
Blizzard Champion Teedevil
GStar Corvette
Star Sidewinder
KC Pro Colored Glow Roc
KC Pro Glow Pig
Luster Champion Whippet-X

Available for purchase:
Champion Colored Glow Firebird, Leopard3 and Wraith.
Champion Metal Flake Destroyer

Description of the discs can be found here:

https://www.innovadiscs.com/disc-golf-discs/

All players, Pro and Am will also get an Innova Drawstring bag and Bottle Opener Mini Disc.

Attached are the Pin Placements, Distances, Pars and OB Rules. I will not be providing a hard copy. They are also listed in the PDGA online scoring app.
Also attached is a map (labeled as bathroom markers). The restroom with a Red X will be closed. The two restrooms with a circle will be open.

Scoring will be done digitally. Go to pdga.com/score ( https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/score/login ). Access code is railroad.

Your starting hole will be at the pdga event page, https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/44557, no later than 6pm Friday.

After round one, there will be a 1 hour lunch break. YOU WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DRIVE TO LAWRENCE FOR LUNCH. The Clinton Store (you drive past it just before the park) will be selling pulled pork sack lunches or Cobb salads.

Round 2 Start time and Hole Assignments will be found at the same pdga event page where you found Round 1 assignments.

There will be payouts and awards after the second round. All divisions have a First Place trophy, Intermediate has First and Second and Recreational has First, Second and Third.

Amateur payouts (except Recreational which is Player Pack and Trophy only) will be done onsite. Pro payouts will either be done by check (in person or mailed) or Paypal Goods and Services.

The weather looks to be good, but come prepared. Bring EXTRA water, more than you think you need. I would recommend bringing extra clothes. The grass will likely be wet from morning dew and you'll want dry shoes and socks for later. There is natural prairie which includes those annoying stick-tight seed thingies. Try to wear clothing that does attract them. Bring bug spray. We are at the tail end of tick season, but without a hard freeze, there are still ticks. Not a lot, but this isn't an urban park. Besides the prairie grass, several holes are in the woods.

If you have any questions before Saturday, please email me. If I'm awake, I'm usually fairly quick (i.e. less than one hour) with a reply. Come Saturday, it's better to text me if you can wait 5-15 minutes for a reply, or call if you need an answer right away.

Rob Martin    Sticky October 4, 2020 at 9:17pm

Pin Placements, Pars, OB rules (map is under the Pictures tab)

RESTROOMS - The campground restroom directly adjacent to Hole 6, and the one on the main road for Hole 13 will be open.

Unless indicated below, and 'road' means the pavement/asphalt, not the gravel along the side. Exception is Hole 5.

Bloomington – Free State Fling 2020 layout

1 Blue, 354, Par 3, Road on and over OB
2 Blue, 411, Par 3, Road and parking lot long on and over OB
3 White, 324, Par 3, Top ... more

Pin Placements, Pars, OB rules (map is under the Pictures tab)

RESTROOMS - The campground restroom directly adjacent to Hole 6, and the one on the main road for Hole 13 will be open.

Unless indicated below, and 'road' means the pavement/asphalt, not the gravel along the side. Exception is Hole 5.

Bloomington – Free State Fling 2020 layout

1 Blue, 354, Par 3, Road on and over OB
2 Blue, 411, Par 3, Road and parking lot long on and over OB
3 White, 324, Par 3, Top edge of cliff going to water OB for safety reason
4 Gold, 363, Par 4, Top edge of cliff going to water OB for safety reason, gravel long, road long ob
5 Gold, 492, Par 4, RV campground as defined by short grass to the right, gravel on and over OB, road on and over OB.
6 Blue, 480, Par 3, Road on and over, on top of restroom
7 Blue, 570, Par 4, Road on and over OB
8 White, 387, Par 3, Road on and over OB, tall prairie grass area is OB. If you haven’t made it to the mowed path between the woods and grass you are still safe.
9, Red, 207, Par 3, Road and parking lot on and over OB, tall prairie grass is OB
10, White, 435, Par 3, Road on and over, tall prairie grass is OB
11, Gold, 297, Par 3, If you are directly below the bridge, you can play it from the bridge. Must be completely below the bridge, meaning, if you are standing on the bridge and look straight down and cannot see the disc, then you are fully under the bridge and can mark your lie on the bridge itself, but are not required to.
12 Gold, 285, Par 3, Road on and over
13 White, 318, Par 3, Road on and over, all gravel that is in front of the front edge of the restroom is OB.
14, Gold, 549, Par 4, Road on and over
15, Blue, 714, Par 4, Road on and over
16 Red, 381, Par 3, Road on and over, tall prairie grass to right is OB. Evergreen tree as defined by the short/tall grass cut line is OB.
17, Red, 390, Par 3, Road and over, tall prairie grass to the right is OB. Where the prairie grass blends into the trees, the OB line for the grass stops at the tree line.
18, Blue, 315, Par 3, Road on and over OB. If you are directly below the bridge, you can play it from the bridge. Must be completely below the bridge, meaning, if you are standing on the bridge and look straight down and cannot see the disc, then you are fully under the bridge and can mark your lie on the bridge itself, but are not required to.

Total, 7,272’, Par 59

If you want to see the pin positions of Red, White, Blue, and Gold, the course tee signs can be found here:
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/media.php?id=8730&mode=media

Rob Martin    October 10, 2020 at 6:01pm

Second round tee time is 2:00 pm

Rob Martin    October 9, 2020 at 2:06pm

Good morning, 
Hole assignments have been posted:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/44557
As a reminder, refunds are no longer possible at this point.  If you notify me that you need to withdraw before tee time, you will still get the player pack (both Pro & Am).  If you no-call, no-show, you forfeit your entry and player pack.
Maverick Disc Golf is responsible for all refunds/cancellations. DGScene and PayPal fees are non-refundable. Refunds 7 days or more will receive full ... more

Good morning, 
Hole assignments have been posted:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/44557
As a reminder, refunds are no longer possible at this point.  If you notify me that you need to withdraw before tee time, you will still get the player pack (both Pro & Am).  If you no-call, no-show, you forfeit your entry and player pack.
Maverick Disc Golf is responsible for all refunds/cancellations. DGScene and PayPal fees are non-refundable. Refunds 7 days or more will receive full entry fee (not processing fees) refunded. Refund requests from 6 days before up until 7pm 10/08/20 will receive refunds less a $5 handling fee. No refunds will be issued after 7pm 10/08/20. No call, no show at event will forfeit player pack and refund. Late arrival after the player meeting has started will cause you to be scratched from the event. (https://www.pdga.com/rules/competition-manual/104) 

Rob Martin    October 8, 2020 at 2:15am

Players' Meeting video has been posted under the Videos tab

Rob Martin    October 7, 2020 at 6:28pm

The Clinton Store will have pulled pork sack lunch and a Cobb salad for a non-meat option for Saturday.
They've always treated us well in the past. I recommend eating there

Rob Martin    October 2, 2020 at 10:14pm

MOWING CONDITIONS / REFUND POLICY UPDATE

Update on the mowing, there were several factors causing the mowing at Bloomington to be behind this year. I've addressed it with the Corps of Engineers in the last four weeks. The course received a rough cut mow yesterday and on Sunday four of us will be out there doing a finish cut, brush hogging, and weed whacking. I fully expect to have the course in shape for next weekend's tournament.

About the refund policy - I'm bringing ... more

MOWING CONDITIONS / REFUND POLICY UPDATE

Update on the mowing, there were several factors causing the mowing at Bloomington to be behind this year. I've addressed it with the Corps of Engineers in the last four weeks. The course received a rough cut mow yesterday and on Sunday four of us will be out there doing a finish cut, brush hogging, and weed whacking. I fully expect to have the course in shape for next weekend's tournament.

About the refund policy - I'm bringing this up because last weekend for our Atchison Aviatrix I had two players withdraw after registration closed, and another four players just not show up for round one. As a TD, that is a significant obstacle to take care of so close to the event, and it affected one card in particular as two of those players were on the same card.

This refund policy was provided to you during registration:

Maverick Disc Golf is responsible for all refunds/cancellations. DGScene and PayPal fees are non-refundable. Refunds 7 days or more will receive full entry fee (not processing fees) refunded. Refund requests from 6 days before up until 7pm 10/08/20 will receive refunds less a $5 handling fee. No refunds will be issued after 7pm 10/08/20. No call, no show at event will forfeit player pack and refund. Late arrival after the player meeting has started will cause you to be scratched from the event. (https://www.pdga.com/rules/competition-manual/104)

Waitlist policy: If you are on the wait list and don't get in, you'll get a full refund less the $1.34 paid to dgscene for their fees. When an opening becomes available, it is filled from the waitlist first. If you are on the waitlist, you can request a refund at any time and get a full refund less the $1.34. Once you are on the normal registration list, the above refund policy applies as long as it is before registration ends. When registration closes, and you are still on the waitlist, you will automatically receive a refund.

Simple explanation:

Before 9am Saturday, 10/3 - Full refund less dgscene and PayPal fees which I cannot refund.

After 9am Saturday, 10/3 but before 7pm Thursday, 10/8, a $5 late withdraw fee will apply, rest is refunded.

Withdraw after registration closes at 7pm, Thursday, 10/8 but before 8am Saturday, 10/10, - no refund, but you'll still get a player pack for Ams, Pros will get a disc.

If you withdraw after 8am the day of the tournament, or you just don't show up - no refund, no player pack. Thanks for donating.

Bottom line - If you need to withdraw from the event, tell me as soon as you can.

Rob Martin    October 2, 2020 at 3:08pm

I just got off the phone with the ranger this morning. The final rough cut mowing was done yesterday. On Sunday, we will have two commercial finish mowers, a brush hog and a couple of weed whackers to work at it.
I'll be honest, the wooded holes are the worst I've ever seen them. We will get them playable though, even if we have to move baskets to the short positions to decrease the amount of work to be done.
I'll be out there Saturday morning doing some prep work for the mowing crew and then again Sunday for actual mowing.

Rob Martin    October 1, 2020 at 5:35pm

Good news! The Clinton Store will be open for lunch the day of our tournament. He's going to get back to me regarding what the menu choices are but in the past he's had pulled pork, hamburgers, etc. Not sure if that is what they will have this year, but I'm sure it will be worthwhile.

Courage Davis    September 26, 2020 at 2:53am

Is the course set up how it will be for tournament now?

Rob Martin    September 10, 2020 at 4:55pm

From my contact at the Corps:
"I spoke with my mower guy this morning. He will be mowing it as soon as he can get to it after it dries out. He will also be rough mowing it again between the 1st and the 5th of October. That gives your guys several days to do their thing."
After the second mowing in October, a few of us will be doing some finish mowing on the course to get it ready.