Tournament alert! Two Disc Dilemma

Leave your bag at home!

Devens Two Disc Dilemma
sponsored by Killer B Disc Golf & Devens Disc Golf

Sunday, July 10
Devens, MA
TD: John Borelli

• Two rounds of singles, 72 golfers max
• 8:30 - Sign in
• 9:00 - Players meeting
• 9:30 - Shotgun start

Entry Fees

• $20 Pro
• $10 AM1, AM2
• $5 Rec

• Add $2 for online reg.
• Add $5 for day-of registration.
• Cash payout for all divisions. No players pack.

• BYO Lunch

2 Disc Dilemma Rules

• Only two discs are allowed each round.
• You can use different discs in round 2.
• If you lose a disc during the round, you can only use your remaining disc.
• If you lose both discs hopefully a competitor will let you borrow one to finish the round. If not your score for each remaining hole will be par plus four.

Registration

• Registration starts Wed. June 1 at 10 AM at Killer B Disc Golf.com. Save $2 and register at league or pay with cash at the store.
• You can pay with a credit card or use a PayPal account for online reg.

Waitlist
To get on the waitlist, you must still register. Emails, phone calls, and posts here will not save you a spot. If you don't make it in, we will refund your money after the event minus any PayPal fee.


Questions?
Contact John Borelli at 978-433-6133 or email me.

Ace!

Aaron Kaczowka is the latest member of the Ace Club. He drilled hole 11 today with a Star Boss flick up the middle. He was pretty happy about it and couldn't stop smiling. It is his third career ace. Nice job, Aaron!

Disc golfers who litter should be ________.

Trash like beer cans, water bottles, food wrappers, bottle caps, and cigarette butts have increased dramatically at the course and that is really pissing me off. Especially the cigarette butts.

Please help keep our FREE course clean by doing one or both of these incredibly difficult things:

• Don't litter. Pack out what you bring in. So simple.
• Be a good human and pick up butts and trash. 

I've read several online reviews of the course over the years and one of the things that makes me happy is when I see comments like "the place is spotless!"

Let's not let the inconsiderate assholes out there ruin our course with their filth. If you are one of the inconsiderate assholes leaving behind your beer cans, bottles, and butts, please go play somewhere else.

Seeing 3-4 butts on the ground may be no big deal to most of you, but when you have invested so much time, energy, and love into the land like I have, it is a big deal. If you like the course show it some love, help keep it clean, and earn some good karma along the way.

I'm not saying pick up every bit you see, but a little goes a long way. Thank you.

Please stay off the soccer fields

Devens Rec has received complaints about golfers using the soccer fields to warm up. That is not allowed. Please stay off and let others know.

From Devens Rec: "... at no time are the field(s) to be used for practice or games. These field(s) are paid for by clients."

Yes, this stinks but Devens is very protective of their fields and we must respect that. They could always pull our lease and we'd end up with no course, so please find some other field to warm up in. Thank you.

Lost and found updated!

Every disc that has been turned into me or Killer B Disc Golf has been cataloged. If your disc is listed, email me or stop by the store to be reunited.

• Go here for the most recent list. 

If you don't want your disc back, let me know that too and I will give it to a new player. Thanks.

Del Yeah!

Here's a variation on our course slogan. Mr. X stopped in at the store last week. Del Yeah!

Hill Yeah!

Check out this great going-away present Jim Bobka made for Marcy. Hill Yeah!

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Finally, an ace on 18!

Alan "Four Loko" MacLean aced hole 18 last night during league! Crazy. Here's how it happened in his words:

"Thanks. I RHBH'd my beat, beat DX Beast. Hyzer flipped the crap out of it. Over the ridge it was falling hard on it's right edge and at the rate it was falling it was looking like it would land early. When we walked over the ridge it was there. No one was around to tell how it hit. I wanted to know if it was a pure (unlikely), a bounce, or some crazy skip. Looking at the edge of the disc, there's a pretty big gash so I'm thinking I got a bounce off a rock right before the basket.

I'm so glad to finally get #2 under the belt. Some dismissed my other (#1 @ Pelham) because it was open, short, and so RHBH friendly. This one should be harder to dismiss... especially for a righty who can't flick. :) "

King of the Hill3 wrap-up

Well, that's another successful King of the Hill in the books. And if this does turn out to be the last one we run, what a way to go out. We had 3 aces yesterday! John Hart and Andy Allen hit hole 9 (Andy's first-ever ace) and Billy Dunne hit hole 2. There were also two deuces on hole 18. Wow!

• Final results

It felt more like November than April out there with the wind and chilly temps, but at least the rain stayed away, right? Our streak continues

Good and Bad
I saw one golfer suffer two of the most evil roll-aways I've ever seen at Devens. No, it wasn't on hole 18, but 4 surprisingly. The poor guy went from a 3 to a 7, but kept on smiling. :)

Counteracting that badness, I saw another golfer throw a horrible drive off hole 16 that flipped early into the woods on the left but then somehow fought its way through the woods, caught an edge and rolled all the way down to within 10 ft of the basket. Crazy.

We had two golfers simply walk off the course and not finish Rd 2. Didn't even tell us they were leaving. I don't understand that...

Thank you sponsors!
Thank you to our event sponsors and hole sponsors. You're generosity helped us keep entry fees low and provide another great players pack including a custom Z-plastic disc, hat, shirt, stickers, reusable scorecard, and King size candy bar.

Volunteers kicks ass!
Thank you Sue Phillips (3x volunteer), John Rodenhizer, Jarod Carr, Patrick Johnson, and Joe Collins. You guys definitely made this the smoothest running KOH yet! Thank you Sam Misuraca and Tony Bennett for prepping the course this week. The fairways and putting greens have never looked better!

Lots of prizes were given away. Roger Gagnon was the big prize winner this year, taking home several. Here's who else won stuff:

Mini Long Distance

1. Roger Gagnon - 250 ft
2. Billy Dunne - 225 ft

Vibram Trek Prototype Flip-Off

1. Ken Gary
2. Andy Duquette

Charlie Sheen CTP Throw-off

1. Travis Reed
2. Roger Gagnon
3. Frank Strauss
4. Nyles Johnson

Other prizes

• CTT - Josh Connell
• Sponsor Raffle - Pete Nevius
• Volunteer Award - Jarod Carr

CTPs

• Paul Rashaw
• Tim Seiger (2)
• John Hart
• Tim Dyer
• Pete Charron
• Brittainy Brougham (2)
• Shaun LaForce
• Dan Goderre (2)
• Matt Grayum
• Jason Johnson
• Chuck Gerbrands
• Brad Harris
• Frank Strauss
• Ken Gary
• Roger Gagnon
• Shaun LaForce
• Andy Duquette

That's about it. Hope everyone had fun and thanks for coming to the event. Let us know if we could have done anything different and better. We're always trying to improve. Thanks!

Photos
Click below for over 170 photos.

King of the Hill 3

KOH winners

Most of them, anyway!

Dunne repeats!

Billy Dunne won Pro Open for the second year in a row whiile local Luke Adolph won his first AM1 title. Congrats to all and more stories and photos later. Until then, here are the results.

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KOH update

AM1 Luke Adolph leads all golfers with a smoking 53.

Alex G, Derek B, and Jason J are in pursuit.



Luke starts rd 2 with a great deuce on 15.

Ace!

Got our first ace of the tourney! John Hart hits hole 9!

Alex Gula hit chains right before and John said, "This is how you do it" and then did it!

Rd 1 cards posted

Are you guys ready?!!

Here are the groupings for round 1. Some people may be moved around, so double-check after the players meeting.

• We will be leafblowing a few fairways on Friday starting at 9:00 if you'd like to earn some pre-tourney good karma.
• Those on the waitlist will get an email if you somehow make it in. If you are on the list, you might want to come during check-in on Saturday to see if there are any no shows.

Long live the King!

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A few changes for the better I think you'll like

I worked on the course today with my team of squirrels and hawks. It was great being out there again, bow saw in hand, cutting, cleaning, and making a few overall improvements.

I built a low-tech, low wall behind basket 18 to help with rollaways (or possibly launch them up and over). Time will tell if this is a good thing.

Will this basic wall help stop your rollaway?

I also cut probably the most controversial tree on the course off the teepad on hole 7. Will the illusion of extra space make you throw a better shot? Again, time will tell.

What's missing from this picture?

I'd also like to thank whoever cleaned up the putting green on hole 16! It looks impressive, especially from the top of the hill. I really appreciate your help, Mr. Mystery Groundskeeper.

Hole 16's new look!

Could this be the last KOH?

It's official! Devens' own Queen of the Hill (and King of the Hill tournament director), Marcy Borelli, is off to GA to be the new office manager for the PDGA at the International Disc Golf Hall of Fame.

Yahooo! What's to become of the King of the Hill? Could this be the last one ever? Aren't you glad you registered for it?  :-)

• Official PDGA announcement

One week to go - Course closed Sat. April 16

Just one week to go until the King of the Hill! If we have a day half as nice as yesterday or today, it's going to be great.

Player's packs have been finalized and man, are we setting you AMs up. How's a bag stuffed with over $45 worth of merchandise sound? Not bad for a $15 entry fee, eh? Pros will even get a little something too.

Join us for league this Wednesday at 5:00 for your last chance at a competitive round before Saturday. Until then, practice your putting and pray to the Tree Gods.

Reminder: The course will be closed all day Saturday, April 16 for the tournament.

Less than 2 weeks until King of the Hill!

Are you ready to be crowned King of the Hill? Well, you've got less than two weeks to prepare your victory speech, so get with it!

As a reminder, the course will be closed all day on Saturday, April 16 for our tournament.




 

KOH update & shirts

With one day left before reserved spots expire, there's just one left unclaimed and I'm betting it will stay that way. John Hart it looks good for you getting in.

• Your competition

Dress code
Because we are a B-tier, we are asking all competitors to follow the PDGA dress code and try to look halfway decent. That means everyone must wear a shirt! Tank tops aren't allowed for men.

AMs are allowed to wear t-shirts, but we'd love to see everyone class up the Hill with a collared or dryfit shirt. I know all Pros will be looking sharp because well, they're Pros and know better.

• Click for more rules info. 

 

The best drive ever?

Luke Adolph sent me this photo yesterday of 14 year old Phelan Lyman's drive on hole 6 during the Sunday Social. Wow! What a throw. Dead center too.

Luke said Phelan just threw it straight up the gut backhand. He and his Dad, Guy, birdied the hole. Incredible job, Phelan!

I've only seen two drives on hole 6 that have really impressed me. A few years ago, I think it was Jason Dore who torched one up the road and after a big skip his driver landed in putting range for the deuce. Then last year before our Pro Clinic, Nate Doss casually threw a Buzzz up the road and landed just past the path to hole 7. I'm happy when I can get a Valkyrie up over the hump near the short tee, but when you crush one past the path with a midrange? Crazy.