Last Modified
December 27, 2002
2001 Year
In Review
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Most professional event: USDGC, Rock Hill,
SC
There is no other event like this one. It sets the standard by which other
events are now judged. The atmosphere around this event is electric. The course
is HARD but that's a big reason why this is such a good event. The course
is just as hard mentally as it is physically. This is the must-attend event!
Best Saturday night entertainment: Augusta
Classic, Augusta, GA
Free food, comedy and juggling by Greg Hosfeld (especially like the spy routine
using cigar boxes) then a hilarious table tennis tournament sponsored by Paul
May. There was a $500 guarantied first place prize. Little did the players
know that Derek, Paul's oldest son, won gold at the Pan Am Games and that
he himself plays at a world class level. It was a single elimination match
with the final game featuring father against son. Paul is quite a character
and brought the crowd into the event. It was fun!
Most fun during a practice round: Spacecoast,
Titusville, FL
This was the first Fly18 disc golf course that resides on a ball golf course.
Reese Sweenie came up with the idea a little over a year ago and now has plans
for course around the country (as well as an 8 leg tour in 2002). As a disc
golfer, you still pay a green fee, but then you have access to all the amenities
of the course. So you play a round of golf on a beautiful course with a cart.
The course is a true par 72. You might think a course like this would mean
you just keep throwing drive after drive, but that is not the case at all.
It really makes you use all your skills and emphasis a good upshot.
Wettest event: Indian
Summer, Miami, FL
We didn't have to play in the rain so much, but one of the two courses used
for this event was inundated with water. I believe 2 or 3 inches of rain fell
both Friday and Saturday night. Sunday the pros played the Amiela Ahert course.
In good conditions, many of the holes on this course parallel water. After
the rain, the water level rose significantly. A few of the tee pads were under
standing water. There is another area of the course were you throw over a
bowl area. Once again, in good conditions, there is usually a little standing
water. This weekend, however, the entire bowl was wet. Two holes throw over
this. Basically there entire fairways were water. Unfortunately, on the first
of the two holes, the most likely landing zone for the women is directly in
the middle of the standing water. The water was up to about 3 feet deep and
people were playing from the water as it was not ob. Perhaps the worst hole
was the final one. It is a hard hole to begin with as it is at least 500 ft.
directly to the basket which is over water nearly the whole way. If any of
your shots hyzer out they will most likely go in the water, but the usually
landing zone is no more than 20 feet wide. If you go to far and miss the zone,
you are in the woods. Most people play a safe straight drive off right at
about 350 feet then throw a long anhyzer up close enough to get up and down
in two more shots. Even with good conditions I've known pro men to take 8's.
This weekend, the water was lapping up against the trees but the landing zone
remained the same. In other words, the landing zone was in the water. The
poor TD spent the entire day in waist deep water marking discs. People were
taking their second (and third and forth...) shots from that same waist deep
water!
Hottest event: Pro Worlds, Minneapolis, MN
Most rain delays: Champions Cup,