Purple People Pleaser

PLAYERS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT. GENERAL The course is located at 9888 East Copeland Road, Stewart OH, 4577 ... more

PLAYERS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT.

GENERAL

The course is located at 9888 East Copeland Road, Stewart OH, 45778.

There will be no on-site registration.

There will be 2 rounds of 18 holes on the Hippo Ridge Purple and Green Course using a shotgun start. All divisions will play from the purple tees for the first round and the green tees on the second round.

Only PDGA-rated players will be allowed to register in the purple or green divisions. Unrated players may register in the blue division. Exceptions can be made. Contact the TD.

Gates open at 8:30. When you arrive, drive to the top of the hill and check in. You will be directed on where to park.

There will be no on-site players meeting. Group and hole assignments will be announced via the PDGA event page for this tournament shortly after 10:00.

Score reporting will use the PDGA Digital Scorecard. Each group (card) should maintain a second scorecard using the same (recommended) or different technology such as U-Disc. Physical score cards will also be available. At the end of each round of play, the two scorecards must be reconciled. (They will be automatically reconciled if you use two instances of the PDGA Digital Scorecard.

The Hippo Ridge LAF bell will be rung twice at the 2-minute warning and several times at the start.

Lunch is on your own. Hot food is available 10 minutes from Hippo Ridge.

The start time for round two will be one hour after round one is completed by all players.

Group and hole assignments will again be announced via the PDGA event page.

EVERY PLAYER MUST CONFIRM THEIR SCORE on the PDGA Digital Scorecard before leaving Hippo Ridge.

There will be no awards ceremony. The winner of each division will have their name painted on a hippo and displayed on hole 1.

EMERGENCIES

In case of a weather emergency, the LAF bell will be rung continuously for one minute. Proceed to your vehicle and remain inside until the emergency is over. Both winds over 20 mph and lightning constitute an emergency.

SAFETY

Along with the general hazards of being in the woods in Ohio in June, please anticipate the following tripping hazards: stumps, holes, and tee markers.

FACILITIES

A water station and porta john will be located at the junction of holes 9 and 18.

RULES – MANDATORIES

A mandatory route is marked on hole 18. The line for determining whether or not the throw has passed the mandatory is the line formed by extending the plane of the mandatory sign until it intersects the ground. The lie for the next throw is anywhere along a line extending from directly below the mandatory sign to a point FIVE METERS away along a line formed by the extending the plane of the mandatory sign until it intersects the ground.

A one-stroke penalty is assigned for a throw that passes the mandatory marker on the wrong side.

RULES – OUT OF BOUNDS

East Copeland Road is out of bounds. Beyond the property-line fence at the east end of numbers 12 and 14 is out of bounds. The property-line fence is marked with a yellow rope.

If a disc is determined to be out of bounds, the new lie should be marked on a line that is perpendicular to the out-of-bounds line at the point where the disc entered the out-of-bounds area and up to FIVE METERS horizontally away from the out-of-bounds line.

If the position of the thrown disc is not out of bounds but within TWO METERS of the out-of-bounds line, the lie may be relocated to a new lie at any point on a TWO-METER line that extends perpendicularly from the nearest point on the out-of-bounds line and passes through the center of the thrown disc.

The Hippo Ridge gravel driveway is not out of bounds.

A one-stroke penalty is assigned for a throw that comes to rest entirely within an out of bounds area.

RULES – BRUSH PILE RELIEF AREA

Players MUST take relief from brush piles that are located throughout the course. If a player’s disc has come to rest on or in a brush pile and the player is unable to take a stance with all supporting points in contact with the ground, the player MUST establish a lie that is on the line of play (to the basket), farther from the target, and at the nearest point that provides relief. There is no penalty for this adjustment.

RULES – WATER RELIEF

Players may take optional relief from standing or flowing water anywhere on the course. To obtain relief, the player may mark a new lie that is on the line of play, farther from the target, and up to TWO METERS from the nearest point that provides relief. There is no penalty for this adjustment. less