Author: Tim Bayer

Results for Week 2; November 19, 2024

The League Sponsors
The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

Baskets setup while I was stuck in traffic
Though I was delayed, the people that arrived before me brought their own baskets, assembled and positioned the baskets. This saved time so that we were not delayed in starting and allowed us to have time at the end of the night for a Putting Challenge. If you brought a basket, let me know and I can add your name to the list of people that provided equipment.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner
Week 2: Kyle Lieberman won the chip draw and chose a blue Discraft Undertaker.
Week 1: Elijah Richards won the chip draw and chose a blue Innova Destroyer.

Putting Challenge Winner
Week 2: Pat Inclema and Jeff Hermenet won the Target Backboard putting challenge and each received a disc donated by Vince Frederico.
Week 1: John Kelly won the Long Putt, Short Putt putting challenge and received a disc of choice from Conor McKaig’s personal stash.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
I have lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but do not catch well. Some better equipment was brought by folks for the putting league.

Additional equipment was brought by:
* Elise and Kyle brought backstop net
* Tom Carpenter (a backstop net)
* Jesse Inzana (high-quality basket)
* Dave Copp, Jennifer Copp  (2, high-quality baskets)

Do you want this basket?
I purchased a new basket and am retiring this light weight, easily portable basket. Please let me know if you would like this basket. If more than one person would like it, we can do a chip draw (or something similar) to determine who will take it home.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 1; November 12, 2024

I want to thank everyone for helping with the setup, tear down, and transport of the equipment. I would not be able to run the putting league without your assistance.

The League Sponsors
The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner
Week 1: Elijah Richards won the chip draw and chose a blue Innova Destroyer.

Donations for the Putting Challenge
Vince Frederico donated 2 discs and Conor McKaig donated 1 disc (choice of any disc from his personal stash) that will be used for the Putting Challenges this season.

Putting Challenge Winner
Week 1: John Kelly won the Long Putt, Short Putt putting challenge and received a disc of choice from Conor McKaig’s personal stash.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
I have lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but do not catch well. Some better equipment was brought by folks for the putting league.

Additional equipment was brought by:
* Tom Carpenter (a backstop net)
* Jesse Inzana (high-quality basket)
* Dave Copp, Jennifer Copp  (2, high-quality baskets)

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

The League Sponsors

I want to thank the league sponsors Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

I would also like to thank everyone for helping with the equipment transport, assembly, design of holes, and tear down each night.

There were some new designs this year including the Basket Mask brought by Joe Tascione and the large net obstacle set up by Vinnie Frederico. 

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.
Week 1: John Kelly won the chip draw and chose a red Discraft Surge SS.
Week 2: Mike Roth won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Tern.
Week 3: Joe Tascione won the chip draw and chose a blue Prodigy F5 Air.
Week 4: Martin Kohlmeier received the chip draw prize and chose the Lone Star Dos X. (Stephanie Denman won the chip draw and gave it to Martin.)
Week 5: Andrew Wollschleger received the chip draw prize and chose the Chupacabra disc.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Prizes For League Top Points

1. Kyle Lieberman
2. Chad Krohn 
3. Elijah Richards

Putting Challenge Prizes
I want to thank Vinnie Frederico and John Kelly who donated discs for the Putting Challenges this season. The Week 5 Putting Challenge winners:

• Martin Kohlmeier
• Brett Chipman

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
Additional equipment was brought by:
* Heather Schlegel (a high-quality basket)
* Vinnie Frederico (large net obstacle)
* Chad T. Krohn  (a high-quality basket)
* Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net)
* Jeff Hermenet  (a high-quality basket)
* Dan Pavlina (a high-quality basket)

 

Click the following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 4; February 6, 2024

The League Sponsors

The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

New Obstacles Brought By Joe Tascione And Vinnie Frederico
Joe Tascione brought the basket mask in week #3, and in week #4, Vinnie Frederico brought the large net obstacle for his design for hole #5 (see pictures below). Thanks to both of you for the custom obstacles for your hole designs!

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.
Week 1: John Kelly won the chip draw and chose a red Discraft Surge SS.
Week 2: Mike Roth won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Tern.
Week 3: Joe Tascione won the chip draw and chose a blue Prodigy F5 Air.
Week 4: Martin Kohlmeier received the chip draw prize and chose the Lone Star Dos X. (Stephanie Denman won the chip draw and gave it to Martin.)

Putting Challenge Winners

Vinnie Frederico and John Kelly donated discs for the Putting Challenge. The Target Backboard Putting Challenge prize winners were Jeff Hermenet and Andrew Wollschleger.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
Additional equipment was brought by:
* Heather Schlegel (a high-quality basket)
* Vinnie Frederico (large net obstacle)
* Chad T. Krohn  (a high-quality basket)
* Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net) 
* Jeff Hermenet  (a high-quality basket)
* Dan Pavlina (a high-quality basket)

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

Pictures

 

 

Results for Week 3; January 30, 2024

The League Sponsors

The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.
Week 1: John Kelly won the chip draw and chose a red Discraft Surge SS.
Week 2: Mike Roth won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Tern.
Week 3: MJoe Tascione won the chip draw and chose a blue Prodigy F5 Air.

 

Putting Challenge Winners.
Vinnie Frederico and John Kelly donated discs for the Putting Challenge. The Putting Challenge prize winners were Erika Apple and Tom Carpenter.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
Additional equipment was brought by:
* Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net) 
* Jeff Hermenet  (a high-quality basket)
* Dan Pavlina (a high-quality basket)
* Jeff Hermenet (a high-quality basket)

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

 

Results for Week 2; January 23, 2024

The League Sponsors

The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski and John Alloco of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

Bigger Selection For Prizes!
Royce told me to visit John Alloco to get some more discs for the Putting League. John hooked me up with a bunch more drivers and fairway drivers – which filled the disc selection box! Thank You!

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.
Week 1: John Kelly won the chip draw and chose a red Discraft Surge SS.
Week 2: Mike Roth won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Tern.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment
Additional equipment was brought by:
* Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net) 
* Jeff Hermenet  (a high-quality basket)
* Dan Pavlina (a high-quality basket)
* Jeff Hermenet (a high-quality basket)

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

Pictures From Week 2

 

Results for Week 1; January 16, 2024

I want to thank everyone for helping with the setup, tear down, and transport of the equipment. I would not be able to run the putting league without your assistance.

The League Sponsors

The league sponsors are Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop and the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club. Click on those links to learn more about them.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.

Week 1: John Kelly won the chip draw and chose a red Discraft Surge SS.

Thank You For Bringing The Equipment

I have 2 lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but do not catch well. Some better equipment was brought by folks for the putting league. Additional equipment was brought by:
* Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net) 
* Jeff Hermenet  (a high-quality basket)
* Dan Pavlina (a high-quality basket … I think it was Dan ??? Please correct me if I am in error)

Scoring Errors Found

Each putt made from the 1st tee spot is worth 1 point, each putt from the 2nd tee spot is worth 2 points and each putt from the 3rd tee spot is worth 3 points. Because we throw 2 putts from each of the 6 tee spots for each round, there are 12 putts thrown from each tee spot for each round.

On one scorecard, I saw a 17 for the points total for tee pad #1. It is an 18-hole course (3 tee spots at 6 baskets = 18 holes), but there are only 12 putts thrown at each of the tees. So, when only 1 putt is missed from all of the first tee spots, it is not 1 putt missed from 18 holes, it is 1 putt missed from 12 putts. So, when only 1 putt is missed from the first tee spots, the total is 12-1=11, not 18-1=17.

When I saw that misunderstanding error, I checked all the score sheets and found 6 or 7 math addition errors on various score sheets in various rounds. It took me about an hour to total all of the scores – which I will not be able to do in future weeks. So … please feel free to double-check scores as I am unlikely to catch scoring errors in the future (because I will not have time to add scores on every score sheet).

New “Putts Made” Record: 34 out of 36

Because the layouts change every week and some layouts are more difficult than others, it is not possible to do a true points-to-points comparison from week to week or from year to year. I have been running the league since 2014 and in that time, no one has made every putt to score a perfect round. This includes the years from 2014 to 2019 – before the appearance of the Little Basket Of Hate in 2020. There have been a few rounds where only 4 putts were missed, and 1 round where only 3 putts were missed. That was until last Tuesday.

Kyle Lieberman missed only 2 putts from the 3rd tee spots in the 3rd round. He had a score of 66 out of a maximum of 72 points. And yes, one of the missed putts was at the Little Basket Of Hate.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 rounds (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 round totals will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks or less, all of their round points will be used for the leaderboard.

Click the following link to View League Totals.

It Was A Success!

The goals I had for the putting league were these:

1. Have fun.
2. All the players improve at putting.

The additional goal was to give away prizes to as many people as possible; sometimes completely randomly and sometimes for playing well.

We were successful!

Week 5 – Holiday Putting

Our sponsors
* Royce Racinowski’s Flying Disc Pro Shop
* The Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club.  

And donations for the Putting Challenge by
John Kelly, Jim Palmeri, Nick Stewart, DemoGrid 

… Allowed us to give away 17 prizes including 7 on Holiday Putting, week 5. 

Royce kicked in 14 more discs!
In addition to the initial sponsorship of a box of discs, for the last day of the league, Royce Racinowski added 14 more discs on Tuesday afternoon so the prize selection was top shelf for the final night.

The prize recipients for Holiday Putting were:

• Chad Krohn (League points): DemoGrid UV light
• John Kelly (League points): Blue Wraith
• Taylor Clark (League points): Red Cicada
• Stephanie Denman (Putting Challenge): Red Cicada.
• Nick Stewart (Putting Challenge): Blue “Vets” disc
• Kirt Lapham (Putting Challenge): Hat and Chain of Events book
• Heather Schlegel (Putting Challenge): Blue Cicada

As I mentioned previously, during the 5 weeks of the league, additional equipment was brought by
* Elise and Kyle Lieberman (a backstop net) 
* Daniel Pavlina  (a high-quality basket)
* Dave and Jen Copp (a high-quality basket)
* Nick Stewart (a high-quality basket)

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner.
Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop provided discs available for the chip draw winner each week.

• Week 1: Ron Shamp won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Star Sidewinder.
• Week 2: Kevin Schlegel won the chip draw and instead of choosing a disc, he chose a DemoGrid UV flashlight.
• Week 3: Ken Crumpler won the chip draw and chose an orange Athena.
• Week 4: Dan Palvina won the chip draw and chose a red Ape.

Besides the donations, everyone helped with the equipment transport, assembly, design of holes (with wonderfully creative layouts this year!), and tear down each night.

I could not have run this league without your help. Thank you!

I hope all of you had as much fun as I did.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (Best rounds from any 4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 scores (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 scores will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks (12 rounds or less), all of their round scores will be used for the leaderboard.

The scores have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Week 4, Stuck In Traffic Delay
Thank you all for rolling with the delay!

Snowfall on week 4 caused multiple accidents and greatly lengthened commute times. Some people were stuck in traffic for nearly an hour. I did not want anyone to miss putting, so I decided to delay the chip draw for the start of round 1.

I want to thank all of you for rolling with the delayed start time so that the late arrivals did not miss putting in round 1.

For Week 5 – Holiday Putting
For week 5, I will be playing my Holiday Music playlist. Feel free to don some holiday garb if you are so inspired.

Players with the top 3 point totals get a prize (unless they already won a chip draw)
NOTE: Players can win 2 prizes during the league. They can win 1 for a chip draw (or have one of the top 3 point totals) AND win 1 for a Putting Challenge. However, a player cannot win 2 chip draw prizes or win 2 Putting Challenge prizes.

The players with the top 3 point totals, that did not win a chip draw, get a prize. To spread out the prizes, a player can win a prize for the chip draw or league total points. If one of the top 3 point-getters already won a chip draw prize, the prize will be given to the next highest point-getter who did not win a chip draw prize.

The same will apply to the Putting Challenge – one player cannot receive 2 Putting Challenge prizes. If a player who won a previous Putting Challenge wins again, they get to pick another player to receive the Putting Challenge prize.

Prizes from Week 4 Putting Challenge are added to Week 5 Putting Challenge
Since there was no Week 4 Putting Challenge, my solution is that I will add the Week 4 Putting Challenge prizes to the Week 5 Putting Challenge. … Oh, yeah – and since Week 5 is the Holiday putting night, giving away more prizes is perfect!

Ho, Ho, Ho! St. Nick!
For those that already won a Putting Challenge, if you win the Putting Challenge on week 5, you get to play St. Nick and give away your Putting Challenge victory to a player you pick. Ho, Ho, Ho!

Adding Scores During Putting Challenge
I will be adding up scores to determine point totals during the Putting Challenge. After the Putting Challenge, we will do the Chip Draw and then award prizes for the top 3 point totals. After the chip draw and the top 3 point total prizes, prizes will be awarded for the Putting Challenge.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner.
Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop provided discs available for the chip draw winner each week.

• Week 1: Ron Shamp won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Star Sidewinder.
• Week 2: Kevin Schlegel won the chip draw and instead of choosing a disc, he chose a DemoGrid UV flashlight.
• Week 3: Ken Crumpler won the chip draw and chose an orange Athena.
• Week 4: Dan Palvina won the chip draw and chose a red Ape.

Thank You For Bringing The Good Equipment!
Dave and Jen Copp brought a high-quality basket, and so did Nick Stewart. With those baskets, we did not have to use two of my lower-quality, lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but don’t catch as well.  

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (Best rounds from any 4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 scores (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 scores will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks (12 rounds or less), all of their round scores will be used for the leaderboard.

The scores have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Week 3, Another Challenging Week
The hole designers for week 3 were creative.

• The “double-fan-updraft” for station #2 blew otherwise good putts into bad putts if you thew a fluttering putt or did not account for the air bounce at the 1/2 way point of the disc flight.
• Waiting as you departed #2 was hole #3. #3 included a tee with a partial tunnel shot and other tee spots that encouraged a hyzer or anhyzer putt to be successful.

Well done to the hole designers (and you know who you are) to come up with unique and interesting challenges!

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner.
Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop provided discs available for the chip draw winner each week.

• Week 1: Ron Shamp won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Star Sidewinder.
• Week 2: Kevin Schlegel won the chip draw and instead of choosing a disc, he chose a DemoGrid UV flashlight.
• Week 3: Ken Crumpler won the chip draw and chose an orange Athena.

Putting Challenge: “Twice Over The Top” had 4 prizes!
There were 4 prizes given away for the putting challenge thanks to donations by:

• Jim Palmeri: donated 2, “Chain Of Events” books.
• John Kelly donated a disc.
• Nick Stewart donated a discraft Luna disc.

The putting challenge was “Twice Over The Top”, requiring players to throw both putts over the top of the obstacles, followed by an additional round of traditional putting from a short tee and a longer tee.

There were 4 winners for the challenge thanks to donations noted above by Jim, John, and Nick. The winners were:

• John Kelly (Luna Putter)
• Jeff Hermenet (Chain of Events book)
• Heather Schlegel (Orange Sidewinder)
• Tyler Clark (Chain of Events book)

 

Thank You For Bringing The Good Equipment!
Dave and Jen Copp brought a high-quality basket, and so did Nick Stewart. With those baskets, we did not have to use two of my lower-quality, lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but don’t catch as well.  Kyle Lieberman brought a backstop net that stopped errant shots from invading the floor below the stage.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (from any 4 weeks).
The points for a player’s top 12 scores (from any 4 weeks) are used for the point totals on the leaderboard. If a player attended all 5 weeks the lowest 3 scores will be dropped. If a player attended 4 weeks (12 rounds or less), all of their round scores will be used for the leaderboard.

The scores have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.