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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.

Week 2, Difficulty Factor ++
The hole designers for week 2 bumped up the difficulty factor. The tough layout had all players scrambling for points.

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.

Putting Challenge: Lay up, Step Up
The putting challenge was “Lay up, Step Up”. The challenge was won by Joe Tascione who chose a yellow Escape Air disc that was donated by John Kelly. (John, thank you for the disc donation.)

Thank You For Bringing The Good Equipment!
Daniel Pavlina brought a high-quality basket, and so did Dave and Jen Copp. 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.  Elise and Kyle Lieberman brought a backstop net that stopped errant shots from invading the floor below the stage.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (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 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 1, A Smooth Operation!
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. It went smoothly and allowed us the extra time we needed to have the “Ace Run” challenge after round #3 and give away a second disc.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winner.

Week 1: Ron Shamp won the chip draw and chose a yellow Innova Star Sidewinder provided by Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop.

GRDGC Putting Challenge for Week 1: Ace Run
We had enough time after putting round #3 to do a challenge. The putting challenge was “Ace Run”. In the first round, no one aced. In the second round, Elise Liberman found the chains to claim a red Star Sidewinder donated by the Greater Rochester Disc Golf Club.

Thank You For Bringing The Good Equipment!

Nick Stewart brought a high-quality basket this week so that we did not have to use one of my lower-quality, lightweight baskets that are easy for me to transport but don’t catch as well.  Elise and Kyle Lieberman brought a backstop net that stopped errant shots from invading the floor below the stage.

League Total Points: Top 12 Rounds (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 or less, all of their round scores will be used for the leaderboard.

The scores for week 1 have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Week 5; Putting League Ended With Awarding Of 9 More Discs!

9 were discs given away as the 2022 fall putting league ended. With donations from Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop (4), the Greater Rochester Disc Club (4) as well as a disc donated by Elise and Kyle Lieberman (1), we were able to give away 9 discs on week 5.  

Chip Draw Disc Winners:

Too many disc winners to list here in a space that is better used for thanking all of the people involved with making the Putting League fun and successful. A list of disc winners is noted on the League Totals page.

Nick Stewart and Colin Nobles brought high quality baskets each week so that the we did not have to use my lower quality, light weight baskets that are easy for me to transport but don’t catch as well.  Elise and Kyle Lieberman brought a backstop net that stopped bunches of shots from invading the basket ball court floor below the stage.

Nick Stewart donated the Luna putter, Brett Chipman donated the Discmania MD2 putter and Elise and Kyle Lieberman donated a putter as well as bringing ginger snap cookies for all on holiday putting, Week 5.

I want to thank all of you for contributing to the fun and success of the putting league. You all came with the “lets all have some fun” attitude and your help transporting, assembling baskets, obstacles and then disassembling and transport at the end of the night is key to the league working. Thank you!

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

The scores for week 5 have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 4; December 6, 2022

Calling You Out

• I have some lower quality baskets that don’t catch well – but we have not had to use them this season because of the high quality baskets brought by Nick Stewart and Colin Nobles. 
• We also had less issues chasing errant putts from the elevated stage because of the backstop net brought by Elise and Kyle Lieberman.
• The discs for the chip draw each week are provided by the putting league sponsor Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop. The winner of the week 4 chip draw was Colin Nobles who selected, “a little red corvette”.
• Putting Challenge Donations and Winners: The 2 discs we were able to give away for the putting

  

  challenges were donated. Nick Stewart donated the Luna putter that was won by Barry Nobles. Brett Chipman donated the Discmania MD2 putter that was won by Kyle Lieberman. Both are very nice discs! 

The scores for week 4 have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Tuesday is the 5th and final week of league and it is the holiday edition of putting league. For ambiance, I will have a play list of holiday music. 

For those that can stay after round 3, I have an idea for a new challenge, one never done before in the putting league, so we can give away more challenge prizes. 🙂

I hope all of you can make it. 

Chip Draw Disc Winners List Continues To Grow:

• Week 1: Danny Bevona won the chip draw and chose the white putter provided by Elise and Kyle Lieberman. Thank you Elise and Kyle!
• Week 2: Connor O’Neil drew the winning chip and claimed the custom dyed disc.
• Week 3: The chip draw disc winner was Nick Smith who chose the Yeti Pro Aviar.
• Week 4:  Colin Nobles had the golden chip and selected “a little red corvette”.

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

The scores for week 4 have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 3; November 29, 2022

Well done!

If you made some putts on week 3 – Well done!

The hole designers have been doing an excellent job of coming up with interesting and challenging layouts, with the difficulty factor of weeks #2 and # 3 being higher than week 1.  If you have had more difficulty making putts on weeks 2 and 3, you are not alone. Here are some statistics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The chip draw disc winner was Nick Smith who chose the Yeti Pro Aviar.

For next week, Week 4, we will add a new challenge; “Under and Over”. There will be a horizontal obstacle which you will have to throw under from tee #1 and tee #2 then over from tee # 3. 

Chip Draw Disc Winners.

The discs for the chip draw are provided by Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop.

• Week 1: Danny Bevona won the chip draw and chose the white putter provided by Elise and Kyle Lieberman. Thank you Elise and Kyle!
• Week 2: Connor O’Neil drew the winning chip and claimed the custom dyed disc.
• Week 3: The chip draw disc winner was Nick Smith who chose the Yeti Pro Aviar.

Putting Challenge for Week 2:

• The putting challenge on week 2, Short Slide, Long Slide, was won by Patrick Davis who selected the Road Runner.

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 leader board. 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 use for the leader board.

The scores for week 3 have been posted. Click the following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 2; November 22, 2022

A Challenging Course.

Kudos to the hole designers this week as it was both entertaining and challenging. The putting layouts this week were more challenging than Week 1 as reflected in lower point totals across the board: No team scored more than 80 points on any round. The layouts required a number of straddle putts and the strategic placement of obstacles tested everyone.

If you made some putts this week – Well done!

As usual, the little basket of hate in the hall claimed more victims. The people in the gym may not have been aware of your pain because, … in the hall, no one can hear you scream …

Chip Draw Disc Winners.

The discs for the chip draw are provided by Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop.

Week 1: Danny Bevona won the chip draw and chose the white putter provided by Elise and Kyle Lieberman. Thank you Elise and Kyle!

Week 2: Connor O’Neil drew the winning chip and claimed the custom dyed disc.

Putting Challenge for Week 2:

The putting challenge, Short Slide, Long Slide, was won by Patrick Davis who selected the Road Runner.

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 leader board. 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 use for the leader board.

Click following link to View League Totals.

Results for Week 1; November 15, 2022

Week 1 Success!
Even though we had a shortened time slot because of the scheduling overlap, week 1 was a success. I want to thank everyone for helping with the set up, tear down and transport of the equipment. I would not be able to run the putting league without your assistance.

Redesigned Obstacles Worked.
The redesigned obstacles appeared to be an improvement as the set up and tear down seemed to be both easier and faster than last year.

Flying Disc Pro Shop Chip Draw Disc Winners.

Week 1: Danny Bevona won the chip draw and chose the white putter provided by Elise and Kyle Lieberman. Thank you Elise and Kyle!

Putting Challenge for Week 2:
Because the Lieberman’s donated a disc prize for week 1, for week two we can give away 2 discs from our sponsor,  Royce Racinowski of The Flying Disc Pro Shop. One for the chip draw. Then, after we finish round 3, we can do a putting challenge and give away a 2nd disc.

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 leader board. 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 use for the leader board.

Click following link to View League Totals.