Comments · Third Coast Championship 2025 - Sponsored by Westside Discs - DGPT Q-Series & PDGA A-Tier

Charles Raiff Event Photos have been posted. They can be viewed at www.thirdcoastchampionship.com/2025-photos Oct 19

Stephen Becker Why were the ratings for this tournament evaluated in the most recent update? Oct 14

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Evan Rogers 3d wild he got the pdga to remove the rounds to keep them off his rating

Izabella Haberski 35h Is this official or speculation? I haven’t heard back from the pdga regarding my inquiry into why no rounds were evaluated.

Charles Raiff 17h

Right now, it's all speculation. Brief discussions were had with PDGA in mid-october, but PDGA has ... show more ›

Todd Boodt

Hey Charles, I just wanted to take a second to say thank you and your team for running a great tournament. I grew up in Michigan, but hadn’t been exposed to the sport until I moved away. Seeing th ... show more ›

Oct 9

Charles Raiff Oct 10 Thank you for the kind words and thank you for supporting the event.

Gavin King Hey Charles just wondering when I’ll get the ace pot money because you already sent over my winnings thanks have a good day! Oct 7

Charles Raiff Oct 7 Gavin, your ace pot money was sent via PayPal on 10/6/25 at 9:59 am

Frank Smith Are photos up anywhere? Oct 5

Charles Raiff Oct 6 Not yet. It will take a couple days for me to get them from the photographer. They will get posted on the event website at www.thirdcoastchampionship.com

Greg kroll I got bit by a tick Friday. And have men throwing up for 24 hours Oct 5

Evan Walker Oct 5 I hope your men get to feeling better

Brian Van scoyk Oct 5 Feel better soon

Charles Raiff

Here are the winners of the raffle for Third Coast Championship. As a reminder, if you won a prize you can pick it up at your course on Sunday. A list of raffle prizes can be found here: https://w ... show more ›

Oct 4

Nicholas Robertson What an amazing showing for the MPO today at the sand ridge disc golf course. With 14 players shooting -9 or better out there. You only had to shoot -12 on 20 holes to shoot 1000 rated Oct 4

Marc Post Oct 5 Are you mad?

Charles Raiff Did you lose a disc today? If so, fill out the form on the event website (www.thirdcoastchampionship.com) and we will do our best to find the disc and get it back to you Oct 3

Brian Van scoyk Is there anybody looking for a doubles partner for Saturday charity event before glow? Oct 3

Adam Bybee Is there anyone filming for post production for the pro divisions for this tournament? Would be a fun one to watch. Good luck everybody, looks like the weather will be lovely this weekend Oct 3

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Charles Raiff Oct 5 You'll be able to get them on the event website - www.thirdcoastchampionship.com. However, it will take a few days for me to receive them from the photographer(s) once the event is done.

Charles Raiff Ace pot for Third Coast Championship is at $300 Oct 2

Charles Raiff Shore Acres layout Quick Reference graphic is now the Pictures tab Oct 1

Drake Evans any chance we can get layout details for shore acres? I'd like to practice whatever layout we'll be playing! I didnt see any details about it in the players meeting. Oct 1

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Drake Evans Oct 1 Thank you very much!

Charles Raiff Oct 1 Look in the Pictures tab on DGScene for a quick reference graphic

Charles Raiff Oct 1 Zach Mason - thank you for letting me know about website layout for Shore Acres. This has been updated

Greg kroll I have to drive two hours south and need to let my boss know today when I need to be to my first round. I was under the impression that we would be assigned specific tee times. When and where will those be posted? Thanks for everything you do. Oct 1

Charles Raiff Oct 1 Friday tee times already posted. https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/86519

Canaan Demorest-Lee Is the plan still a 12 pm tee off for Friday? Oct 1

Charles Raiff Oct 1 12pm will be the first card on Friday. Depending on what pool you are in, tee times will take place sometime between Noon and 2pm

Nicholas Robertson Lake township park would be a great glow doubles unsanctioned course
Sep 30

Austin DeVries Hey Charles, I appreciate all the the hard work you put into all the events you do for us to be able to play tourneys in SW Michigan!! Can’t wait to play this weekend, thanks man Sep 30

Joe Rutkowski Sep 30 Yes! Thank you Charles for all the work you and your team have invested into this week events.

Charles Raiff Oct 1 Thank you for the kind words! Good luck this weekend.

chris king The distance away for each course is absolutely ridiculous. Makes it almost impossible for 2 people to drive together that are in different pools. Need to do better Sep 30

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Austin DeVries Sep 30

There’s no “do better” the tourney is/was described as THREE DIFFERENT COURSES!! I understand ... show more ›

chris king Sep 30

If you think im not appreciative of everything the td does your wrong. I know there job can be extre ... show more ›

Marc Post Oct 5 An hour away from eachother. Drop someone off early. And hang out. Really not a big deal.

Steve Hultquist Hi Charles. What Pool will MP60 be assigned to? Sep 29

Stephen Becker Sep 29 Based on the previous comment, you would be in A pool

Teresa Watson What time frames should we expect for Friday tee times? Sep 24

Charles Raiff Sep 24 Friday starting around noon. Saturday and Sunday starting around 9am. This may get adjusted slightly, but that's what's predicted for now

Mack Cee Sep 27 Thanks, in full support of early tee times especially Sunday!

Cal Benke What pool might a MP75 throw in?
How many to make a division? Sep 22

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Charles Raiff Sep 28 Pool C will be in Bridgman at Lake Township Park / Sand Ridge Disc Golf Course on Friday

Cal Benke Sep 29 Thanks Charles, might I bring a CTP prize from Tilley's Disc Golf and Party Store in Traverse City?

Charles Raiff Oct 1 Ctp prize donations are welcomed

Scott Adkins Hello! I’m considering playing in Pool C. What time do you think the MA60 fellers will tee off? I have after noon plans. Sep 21

Charles Raiff Sep 21 Friday noon-1pmish. Saturday and Sunday 9am to 10am-ish

Jonathan Gibson Not for nothing but I live 5 mins from ltp and just mowed at my house people can set up tents if need be. If there was a way to charge 20$ I could rent a porta potty too. Sep 20

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Greg kroll Sep 21 I live in allegan and I’m thinking towing my little teardrop an hour and 50 minutes south might be the best depending on my t time. How many people will it take for a port a Jon?

Jonathan Gibson Sep 21 I can't imagine they are more that 150 for a weekend

Jonathan Gibson Sep 22 There is also bathrooms at ltp so if not enough interest for the porttapotty the space is still open for tenting or parking an rv as long as your careful pulling into the yard

Canaan Demorest-Lee Anyone interested in bunking up in a cabin for the weekend? Sep 17

Charles Raiff

We are a little over two weeks out from the 2025 Third Coast Championship – Sponsored by Westside Discs. As we have done in years past, the official player’s meeting is actually a 12 minute video ... show more ›

Sep 17

Frank Smith Sep 29 Any chance we can get this in writing? Would make it much easier for people trying to find pieces of info instead of the whole thing.

Greg kroll What does the player pack consist of? And I think the third course should be little John lake county park. Sep 6

Randy Osborn Which pool will MP60 be in? Sep 5

Charles Raiff Sep 6

Mp60 will still be in pool A with the rest of the professionals, however we will probably have Mp60 ... show more ›

Nicholas Robertson It's disappointing that the courses haven't been changed for this event. Everyone has been respectful and their input should be implemented if you'd like a good player turnout. Sep 2

Kevin Fodrey As this is a Q-series event and not a normal A-tier, what is the added cash? I don’t see it listed anywhere.

If you have over $3,000, as I’d expect you do with the DGPT designation, you might want to share that to get more signups. Sep 2

Charles Raiff Sep 2 Added cash is currently at $3000.

Thank you for pointing out that it wasn't listed, that has been resolved.

Justin Kuczmanski It’ll be fun watching mpo all shoot -18 at ltp Aug 26

Dustin Valade Sep 17 Its a fun course, thats for sure

Grant Hinkle We’re playing a top 100 course in the world once? I don’t see why we would play a pitch and putt rather than two rounds at Arvesta. I want to see this thing do well but sadly I don’t think it will. Aug 23

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Chandler Carey Aug 26

Is the 85 foot downhill putt one of the extra holes? Or are we tossing a portable basket in a soccer ... show more ›

Charles Raiff Aug 26

Chandler - Yes DGPT is aware of the inclusion of all 3 courses. The comments do not go un-noticed, ... show more ›

Ethan Owens Aug 27

Haven't commented because I feel like ur getting enough people's opinions saying the same thing and ... show more ›

Steve Hultquist Would it be possible to open an MP60 division? Jul 31

Charles Raiff Jul 31 MP60 added

Ben VanSumeren

This event has the opportunity to be one of the premier events in Michigan for MPO. Unfortunately the course selection is already and will continue to negatively impact it. MPO should not be playing a ... show more ›

Jul 27

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Izabella Haberski Jul 28 It’s not the Arvesta Open. I don’t understand the call for multiple rounds there. The MPO players are coming off really whiny right now.

Ross Bosch Jul 28 because MPO wants a challenge. which Arvesta provides. along with the fact bridgeman is way to far away from the other two courses

Izabella Haberski Jul 28

30 min between Arvesta and Shore Acres vs 45 min between Arvesta and LTP. So you can find a place th ... show more ›

Ross Bosch Jul 28 the fact you have to say its not a pitch and putt should tell you why MPOs and a lot of MA1s don't want to play it

Izabella Haberski Jul 28 I don’t see that, but clearly many do. Either way, it just sucks to see so much negativity around what I see as a fun event I want to see competitors at.

Ben VanSumeren Jul 29

The reason this is a problem is 90% of the course IS a pitch and putt for the MPO field. This is an ... show more ›

Nicholas Robertson Jul 29 I agree with Ben here. Pro don't enjoy playing pitch and putts for A tiers

Frank Smith Jul 29 Izabella for a 1010 rated player to shoot his rating, he would have to shoot -15 on 18 holes according to last weeks league ratings. Also, LTP is 1:15 from Shore so Airbnb stays are hard to find.

Isaac Ghareeb Jul 30

Telling the players that we’re coming off as whiny is a terrible way of running things. Pros all a ... show more ›

Izabella Haberski Aug 2 Isaac I’m not running things. I’m just someone excited for the event and disappointed with the response.

Ezra Lockington Aug 18 I agree with Frank and Ben

Jared bean Aug 23 I feel that it actually gives you the chance to see who’s the best, it’s its own beast the same as the other courses

Jayson Wright More comments on dgs than people playing this event Jul 21

Frank Smith

Excited for this event but I guess in confused as to why we’re playing in Bridgman? That’s over an hour from Shore Acres, it’s 50 minutes from Arvesta, and the course has little to no score sepa ... show more ›

Jul 20

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Sam Smigiel Jul 21

I agree with Frank. Bridgeman is too far of a drive for a course that people don't want to compete a ... show more ›

Tom Wagner Aug 12 Either Paw Paw or Little John instead of Bridgeman. Both are MPO worthy

Joshua Driscoll Aug 20 Unfortunately I don't think the administration of Paw Paw(In Holland) is interested in formal events, I agree that course could be another gem in the area with some investment and planning.

Megan Dophal I think you'll have a hard time getting FPO and FA1 to sign up if we have to play the blue baskets at Lake Arvesta.
I play FPO and actually gave up on the blue baskets and switched to whites after a handful of holes. Just food for thought! Jul 8

Ember Simonis Sep 25 I signed up, but also I completely agree on this.

Izabella Haberski Apologies if I missed this between DGS and the event website, but will there be tee times or is it a shotgun start? Thanks! Jul 7

Charles Raiff Jul 7 This is tee time event

Izabella Haberski Jul 8 Thanks!

Jared Stoll May I ask why MPO and FPO wouldn’t just play all three rounds at Arvesta? I mean this is a q-series event I feel as if you would get a better MPO field on one of the best championship courses in the state Jul 2

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chris king Sep 30

The courses are just too far away from each other. Im driving my son and on Saturday we play the 2 ... show more ›

Austin DeVries Sep 30

Chris you knew before signing up that it was three different courses… if you didn’t know that’ ... show more ›

chris king Sep 30 I appreciate the offer. Thank you. Im not trying to start any shit with my comments just so you know.

Mike Rayman Layout info? Jun 13

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Charles Raiff Jun 16 Oh i see what you're asking. MA2 will play white at arvesta.

William Joseph Jun 17 Can you post a link with the schedule and layouts I did not see this info on the thirdcoast website

Charles Raiff Jun 17 Based on your feedback, i have created a new page on Third Coast website with pools and schedule. www.thirdcoastchampionship.com/schedule

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