San Diego Aces $5 Flex Start - April 2026 (Yes, we know it's May)
PDGA Flex C-tier · Fri, May 1, 2026May 2026 · Escondido, CA
San Diego Aces $5 Flex Start - April 2026 (Yes, we know it's May)
PDGA Flex C-tier
Friday, May 1, 2026
Hosted by San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club
Location
Schedule
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Fri
May 111:00am - 5:00pm
Show up at "Tournament Central", at the practice baskets near Tee #1. You must check in!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Divisions Register ›
For help choosing a division, see the PDGA guidelines
| MPO | Mixed Pro Open | $5 |
| FPO | Women's Pro Open | $3 |
| MP40 | Mixed Pro 40+ | $5 |
| FP40 | Women's Pro 40+ | $3 |
| MP50 | Mixed Pro 50+ | $5 |
| FP50 | Women's Pro 50+ | $3 |
| MP60 | Mixed Pro 60+ | $5 |
| FP60 | Women's Pro 60+ | $3 |
| MP70 | Mixed Pro 70+ | $5 |
| FP70 | Women's Pro 70+ | $3 |
| MP80 | Mixed Pro 80+ | $5 |
| FP80 | Women's Pro 80+ | $3 |
| MA1 | Mixed Am 1 | $5 |
| FA1 | Women's Am 1 | $3 |
| MA40 | Mixed Am 40+ | $5 |
| FA40 | Women's Am 40+ | $3 |
| MA50 | Mixed Am 50+ | $5 |
| FA50 | Women's Am 50+ | $3 |
| MA60 | Mixed Am 60+ | $5 |
| FA60 | Women's Am 60+ | $3 |
| MA70 | Mixed Am 70+ | $5 |
| FA70 | Women's Am 70+ | $3 |
| MA80 | Mixed Am 80+ | $5 |
| FA80 | Women's Am 80+ | $3 |
| MA2 | Mixed Am 2 | $5 |
| FA2 | Women's Am 2 | $3 |
| MA3 | Mixed Am 3 | $5 |
| FA3 | Women's Am 3 | $3 |
| MA4 | Mixed Am 4 | $5 |
| FA4 | Women's Am 4 | $3 |
| MJ18 | Mixed Junior 18 | $5 |
| FJ18 | Girls' Junior 18 | $3 |
| MJ15 | Mixed Junior 15 | $5 |
| FJ15 | Girls' Junior 15 | $3 |
About this tournament
1 round of play
Welcome to our third San Diego Aces $5 Flex Start! The goal here is for PDGA members to be able to get a rated round for a low cost, and maybe a PDGA win to go along with it. Because of the low entry fee there will be no player packs, trophies or payout. $3 of your $5 goes to the PDGA to cover administrative costs, and the other $2 will help cover the $50 sanctioning fee. Anything left over will go towards lunch for the guys hanging out at the table all day. There's a good chance that all players will receive a disc courtesy of the PDGA. I have 35 discs I received as an incentive to finish PDGA's TD Training course. I'm putting those discs in the hands of players!
We did not schedule a flex start during April, since many players want to practice for the Daniel Boe Memorial. Let's just pretend that our flex start tournament day is April 31st, OK?
The San Diego Aces worked out an agreement with Escondido Parks staff to let us run 1 weekday flex-start tournament each month, in recognition of the fact that we cover the insurance for the disc golf course, do some maintenance work on the course and provide stewardship to the disc golf community. We hope you'll have fun with these events.
Since this tournament is PDGA sanctioned, there will be a $15 fee added for players who are not current PDGA members. The San Diego Aces have a $5 discount code for PDGA membership - we'll have that code available at the check-in desk if you want to sign up for PDGA on the spot. And if you already paid the $15 fee, we'll refund it on the spot.
This $5 flex-start idea is not an original one. We stole it from some other TDs around the country who have tried out this way to deliver more rated rounds and more competitive fun to local players. These types of events are one way Sam Barfield was able to set the Guinness World Record for most sanctioned events played in one year (he played 172 events in 2024). We'll run 11 (I was in the hospital in February and was unable to run an event), someone else will have to run the other 161 if you want to break his record.
Pre-registration here on Disc Golf Scene is appreciated, but we will take walk-up registrations.
We did not schedule a flex start during April, since many players want to practice for the Daniel Boe Memorial. Let's just pretend that our flex start tournament day is April 31st, OK?
The San Diego Aces worked out an agreement with Escondido Parks staff to let us run 1 weekday flex-start tournament each month, in recognition of the fact that we cover the insurance for the disc golf course, do some maintenance work on the course and provide stewardship to the disc golf community. We hope you'll have fun with these events.
Since this tournament is PDGA sanctioned, there will be a $15 fee added for players who are not current PDGA members. The San Diego Aces have a $5 discount code for PDGA membership - we'll have that code available at the check-in desk if you want to sign up for PDGA on the spot. And if you already paid the $15 fee, we'll refund it on the spot.
This $5 flex-start idea is not an original one. We stole it from some other TDs around the country who have tried out this way to deliver more rated rounds and more competitive fun to local players. These types of events are one way Sam Barfield was able to set the Guinness World Record for most sanctioned events played in one year (he played 172 events in 2024). We'll run 11 (I was in the hospital in February and was unable to run an event), someone else will have to run the other 161 if you want to break his record.
Pre-registration here on Disc Golf Scene is appreciated, but we will take walk-up registrations.
Refund policy
San Diego Aces Disc Golf Club is responsible for all refunds and cancellations.