Tri-Cities Open Championship

Cory B    September 19, 2012 at 6:04am

Pools, Doubles, and More!!!

Ok, here are the official pools with course layout info.
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POOL A- Round 1- Columbia Park Round 2- Hansen Park Round 3- Two Rivers Park
ALL OPEN DIVISIONS
Advanced Men
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POOL B- Round 1- Hansen Park Round 2- Two Rivers Park Round 3- Columbia Park
ADV. Grand+ ADV. SR. Grand+ A ... more

Pools, Doubles, and More!!!

Ok, here are the official pools with course layout info.
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POOL A- Round 1- Columbia Park Round 2- Hansen Park Round 3- Two Rivers Park
ALL OPEN DIVISIONS
Advanced Men
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POOL B- Round 1- Hansen Park Round 2- Two Rivers Park Round 3- Columbia Park
ADV. Grand+ ADV. SR. Grand+ ALL ADV. Women
Intermediate Men
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POOL C- Round 1- Two Rivers Park Round 2- Columbia Park Round 3- Hansen Park
Intermediate Women
All Recreational+ All JR's
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The Doubles course has been switched to Hansen Park, start time 3:00PM. Please sign up early to help us get this thing rolling in a timely manner, we expect a great turn out.
I also want to be very clear-There are tons of spots left in this tournament, we will accept registration at doubles and the day of the tourney 7:30AM at your divisions corresponding course. Players meetings will be at 8:30 AM at your specified course Saturday. Start time at 9:05 sharp.

Cory B    September 19, 2012 at 6:04am

The original 1K guarantee for the Open Women's division was originally set when the date of the Tournament was on the 29th-30th (when more pro-women would've likely been available). The only registered Woman pro was contacted before the decision was made to change the payouts. We have to admit that the total number of players in Open men , and especially for Open woman, may be much lower than expected, and so the "guarantees" made will be out of proportion. The pro men guaran ... more

The original 1K guarantee for the Open Women's division was originally set when the date of the Tournament was on the 29th-30th (when more pro-women would've likely been available). The only registered Woman pro was contacted before the decision was made to change the payouts. We have to admit that the total number of players in Open men , and especially for Open woman, may be much lower than expected, and so the "guarantees" made will be out of proportion. The pro men guarantee remains the same, although it may turn out that it should have been around $1,400 for first place (if in the end the open division doesn't fill up for a large playing field). With the extra 1K added to places 2-5, any pros contemplating playing in the tournament should know that taking 4th or 5th place will still payout similar to many 1st/2nd place prizes in other tournaments (depending on how big the playing field turns out to be).

As a reminder, $50 will be added to the total payout in the Open Women's Division for EVERY player registered.

Cory B    September 17, 2012 at 7:09am

Tons of INFO-“Please Read” Ok, I’m just gonna jump right into this. Women’s Open Division Guaranteed $1k for first place will now be changed due to the pre-registration/attendance. We will now be ADDING $50 for each Women’s Open player registered with a guaranteed 1st prize of $300+ (even if there is still 1 player). The money will now be dispersed to other divisions throughout the tourney. We will now ADD ... more

Tons of INFO-“Please Read” Ok, I’m just gonna jump right into this. Women’s Open Division Guaranteed $1k for first place will now be changed due to the pre-registration/attendance. We will now be ADDING $50 for each Women’s Open player registered with a guaranteed 1st prize of $300+ (even if there is still 1 player). The money will now be dispersed to other divisions throughout the tourney. We will now ADD $100 to every other Open Division for every 5 players registered in it. This of course does not include Men’s Open. Moving onto Doubles, this will be played at Two Rivers Park on Friday the 21st start at 3PM SHARP! The format will be 2 divisions (Pro/Am) random draw, cost is $10 and 1$ Ace Pot. You can decide whether or not you would like in the Pro division which will be playing for cash with no fee taken from our club or play in the Am division which will be paid out in Final 9 Raffle tickets/ National Raffle/ Local Raffle. Let me explain fur
ther, our Final 9 will be a skins match with the 5 highest finishing men’s Open players and 5 lucky Am raffle winners. A Pro and Am will be matched up on a team to play alternate shot for the entire Skins amount for 9 holes, Pro drive on 5 Am drive on 4, which are pre-determined(We project over $150 a hole). The reason this will be done is to boost the final 9 skins and give Ams a shot at winning those tickets. Immediately following the doubles round a clinic will be held by Will Schusterick, Nikko Locastro, and Kyle Crabtree. It is entirely FREE and we hope you can all make it. Also there are just 2 spots left for that sweet VIP Experience on northwest signups. The field is now in at 76 and growing by the hourhttp://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/97127. You must be in the first 100 (non-open) to get a full players pack! The pools for the tourney with the course rotations will be set very soon and posted. I will be having a meeting within the next few days regarding each and every tournament detail, if you would like to volunteer in any way and are not playing in the event please contact me. More volunteers are definitely needed!

-Randy Kirkpatrick (TD) (509) 737-7431 - [email redacted]

Cory B    September 11, 2012 at 11:00pm

IMPORTANT INFO-James J. Lawless Park will no longer be in the rotation to be played in this years Tri-Cities Open. Unfortunately we would not be able to make the course "Tournament Ready" in enough time. Players will now play a temporary course that will be set at Hansen Park located in Kennewick. If you are unfamiliar with the park it is fairly new which will allow for a "Grip it and rip it" course along with some sweet ace runs. The temp course will be up and running the day before the event to allow for any practice rounds. - Randy Kirkpatrick (TD) (509) 737-7431

Cory B    September 11, 2012 at 7:55am

2012 TCOC VIP Experience Goes On Sale Wednesday the 12th at 7PM on northwestsignup.com!! Here’s what this awesome package includes- Choice of 1 “Special Stamped” Gateway Putter, assorted types, sizes, colors- Choice of 1 Innova short sleeved T-Shirt, various prints, colors, and sizes- 1 Innova Mini driver, Choice of 1 Tri-Cities Open Championship Stamped DX Roc or Shark. Finally we saved the best for last!!! 1 Practice round to be played Fr ... more

2012 TCOC VIP Experience Goes On Sale Wednesday the 12th at 7PM on northwestsignup.com!! Here’s what this awesome package includes- Choice of 1 “Special Stamped” Gateway Putter, assorted types, sizes, colors- Choice of 1 Innova short sleeved T-Shirt, various prints, colors, and sizes- 1 Innova Mini driver, Choice of 1 Tri-Cities Open Championship Stamped DX Roc or Shark. Finally we saved the best for last!!! 1 Practice round to be played Friday the 21st in the morning at TBD course with 1 of 3 Pros-

Will Schusterick , 2010 US Champion, 2008 US Doubles Champion,3 top 20 finishes at USDGC, Top 4 at all PDGA Majors in 2011, 2012 SDGO Champion-

Nikko Locastro, 2011 PDGA National Tour Series Champion, 2009 US Disc Golf Champion, 3-time PDGA Player of the Year-

Kyle Crabtree, 2007 KC Wide Open (NT) Champion, 2008 USDGC Putting Champion and local fan favorite!

This will be a first come first serve package to only 12 lucky players to be purchased for $50! The determining factor for which pro you will get to play with is the order in which the package was paid for. If you’re first to pay, you’ll be first to pick. Once again, this will go on sale at exactly 7:00PM on northwestsignups.com - Randy Kirkpatrick (TD)

Cory B    September 11, 2012 at 7:54am

Attention out-of-towners:

For assistance with securing hotel accommodations in the Tri-Cities, please contact Katie Trotter, Group Housing & Services Coordinator at the Tri-Cities Visitor & Convention Bureau, at [email redacted] or 800-254-5824.

You may get information that will help find the ideal place to stay, concerning price, location, or whatever else might be relevant.

Cory B    September 11, 2012 at 7:45am

as for the extra $1000 added to places 2-5 in Men's Open It will be dispersed exactly like this. 2nd-$400/3rd-$300/4th-$200/5th-$100. This money will above and beyond the PDGA payout. Which if you were wondering for that division will be top 40%. Our club has done this to spread the wealth and relieve some of the drop off between 1st place and the rest of the top 5. With that being said there will probably be more than $4000 paid out in those top 5 with first still set at $2,000. In all oth ... more

as for the extra $1000 added to places 2-5 in Men's Open It will be dispersed exactly like this. 2nd-$400/3rd-$300/4th-$200/5th-$100. This money will above and beyond the PDGA payout. Which if you were wondering for that division will be top 40%. Our club has done this to spread the wealth and relieve some of the drop off between 1st place and the rest of the top 5. With that being said there will probably be more than $4000 paid out in those top 5 with first still set at $2,000. In all other divisions we will be taking out the absolute smallest amount possible to break even for the player packs. Meaning, when you play in some events an AM buy in might be $40, and they may "value" the players pack at $20, taking that out of the "buy in" leaving $20 technically to go to the prize pool. We will not be running it this way. We will be setting the "value" of the players pack at exactly what they cost "us" per player. An example may be $40 buy in, our "cost" for player pack is technically "$10", leaving $30 to go to our prize pool, much more than normal. The payouts in Am divisions will be some of the best you will see, I guarantee it. -Randy Kirkpatrick (TD)