Smooth Spring Series #3 : West Park (FPO, MP40, MP50, MA1, MA3, FA1, FA3, MA50)

Smooth Spring Series #3: West Park
Registration opens for FPO, FA1, FA2, FA3, FA4 on Thursday April 28th, 2022 at 7:00pm Central Time Zone

Registration opens for all other divisions on Friday April 29th, 2022 at 7:00pm Central Time Zone

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Smooth Spring Series #3: West Park will be the third of three Spring events and seven overall series events.
Saturday May 28th: FPO, MP40, MP50, MA1, MA3, FA1, FA3, MA50
Sunday May 29th: MPO, MA2, MA4, FA2, FA4, MA40

Course: West Park in Joliet, IL

Layout
All Open (MPO, MP40, MP50, FPO) and MA1 will play longs both rounds with hole 9 short tee, all other divisions will play shorts both rounds.

Hole 3 is flip flopped. All Open and MA1's white tee is the tee that is shorter in distance (tee sign), all other divisions will play the longer pad (red pad).

Red Chainstar Pro baskets for each hole.

Shotgun start for both rounds.

72 player caps each day.

Check in 7:45 am - 8:30 am
Hole Assignments 8:45 am
Round 1 tee off 9:15 am
Times subject to change

Approximately 1 hour lunch break
Sammy's Linqs and Driqs will be on site providing food both days
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Entry Fees
MPO, MP40, MP50, MA1, MA2, MA3, MA4, MA40, MA50 : $52
FPO, FA1, FA2, FA3, FA4 : $37
Optional: $5 Ace and $5 50/50 CTPs


If no aces are hit, the ace pot will carry over to the next event. Saturday and Sunday will have their own individual ace pots. If no aces are hit by Smooth Summer Series #3: Highland Park, the remaining ace pot will be donated to the Smooth Finale.

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Players Pack
All amateur players will receive a players pack each event. Due to limited supplies and availability, players' packs will vary between 1-3 items each event. Expect any combination of shirt, disc, hat, mini, grip/chalk bag, towel, snacks and a few miscellaneous goodies. Each event will have different variety so to all who are playing every event will not have 6 of the same item. (Full player pack details will be given as we approach closer to the event)

Exact player pack costs will be taken out of the entry fee, nothing more! Our goal is to keep those costs around $15 per event. In the event our costs are less than $15, that difference will be put into payouts.

All female divisions will have additional goodie bag items courtesy of Smooth Disc Golf!


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Player Pack Specific
-Discraft Disc Choice (Swirly Buzzz, Zone, Nuke, Force, Undertaker, Fierce, Passion)
-Sportsack absorbent bag or grip bag

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Money Breakdown
Professional Divisions: $52/$37
$2 = PDGA Sanctioning Fee
$2 = Green’s Fee (Varies per course, will never be more than $2)
$3 = Smooth Series Overall Payouts/Trophies
$45 =MPO, MP40, MP50 Payout
$30 = FPO Payout

Amatuer Payouts: $52/$37
$2 = PDGA Sanctioning Fee
$2 = Green’s Fee (Varies per course, will never be more than $2)
$3 = Smooth Series Overall Payouts/Trophies
~$15 = Players Pack (give or take a few depending on the items: about $10-$15)
~$30 = Payouts (excess from player pack costs determine the range: about $30-$35)
~$15 = FA1-FA4 Payouts (excess from player pack costs determine the range: about $15-$20)
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Payouts/Trophies
Amateur payouts will be on site and online through Smooth Disc Golf. Players will have the choice to use their payout day of, at future events or be given as credit to the Smooth Disc Golf website (website coming soon).

Expected discs to be on site and online:
-Innova Stock/CFR/Misprints
-Innova Tour Series 2016-2022
-Innova Collectibles/Throwers/Gems (11x, CE, PFN, Patent number goodness)
-Discmania Stock/CFR/Misprints
-Discmania Tour Series 2017-2022
-Discraft Stock/CFR/Misprints
-Discraft/McBeth line up
-Prodigy, Trilogy, Legacy, MVP, Axiom, Streamline, Infinite Discs, Above Ground Level, DGA, Divergent Discs, Elevation Disc Golf, EV-7, Hyzer Bomb, Kastaplast, Mint Discs, RPM Discs, Terminal Velocity Discs, Thought Space Athletics, Wild Discs, and more!
-Miscellaneous throwers from all brands
-Shirts, hats, minis, chalk bags, and accessories

Trophies will vary due to division numbers
9+ Players 1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophies
5-8 Players 1st, 2nd place trophies
1-4 Players 1st place trophies
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Smooth Points Series:
3/26-27 = Smooth Spring Series #1: Trinity Links
4/9-10 = Smooth Spring Series #2: Highland Park
5/28-29 = Smooth Spring Series #3: West Park

6/18-19 = Smooth Summer Series #1: Trinity Links
7/16-17 = Smooth Summer Series #2: The Oaks
9/3-4 = Smooth Summer Series #3: Highland Park

10/8-9 = Smooth Series Finale: Trinity Links and Highland Park ; B-tier 2-day event for all divisions (double points)
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Points Breakdown:
Points will be earned at each event of the series and will be tracked on Disc Golf Scene. Top earners for the Spring #1-3 and Summer #1-3 events will earn trophies for each respective half. Top earners of the whole series including the finale will earn trophies and payouts. Professional divisions will earn cash and amateur players will earn payouts through Smooth Disc Golf.

Spring Series: Only the three Spring events count towards Spring total
Summer Series: Only the three Summer events count towards Summer total

Overall: Up to 5 events out of 7 will be counted for the overall total. Meaning, your lowest two events will be dropped including any event you did not attend. The Finale will be worth double the points.

3 points for playing
1 additional point per player beat (including ties. Ties for 1st place will give 1st place points to the winner and 2nd place points to all others)

20 player division example:
1st place 22 points
2nd place 21 points
3rd place 20 points
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20th place 3 points.

20 player division example with ties
1st place 22 points
2nd and 3rd place tie 21 points
4th place 19 points
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20th place 3 points.

DNF’s will result in only 3 points.


Player’s who are forced out of a division due to a rating change can bring 50% of the points UP to their new divisions as long as they did not play that event in both divisions.If a player chooses to play both days, they will keep the points of the higher division regardless of their placement in the lower division. No points can be dropped to a lower division.

Double Dipper Example:
Player A earns 5 points in MA3 on Saturday and 20 points in MA4 on Sunday. Their MA3 point total will stay at 5 regardless if they are later moved up due to rating.
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Women's Early Registration
All female players will have their registration open 24 hours before all other divisions. I would love to provide as much space as there is demand to play. Divisions with 3 or more players will be guaranteed for the event .If no one signs up for a division, those spots may be reallocated to other divisions.
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Waitlist
If you’re interested in playing but your division is full, please join the waitlist! Waitlist will be the full cost of the event but will be fully refunded minus DGS/Paypal fees if you do not get in.
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Card Groupings
We will do our best to group you with your division in 4 somes. Last minute no shows or drop outs may create 5 somes and mixed groups.
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Refund Policy
All events will be following PDGA Guidelines for refunds.

Smooth Disc Golf is responsible for all refunds/cancellations.

All events will be following PDGA Guidelines for refunds.