2014 Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational - Snapper's Wrap Up

This year was the 33rd year we’ve held the Team Tourney here in San Diego. Always run the first weekend of December to let the end of season traveling pros and other visiting players from colder climates enjoy a little respite from the ravages of winter. This is both a highly competitive match play team event yet also a big party weekend for the visiting teams. Many of the participants have been here 20 or more times over the years. For the first time in 33 years Anni Kreml, the queen of disc golf on the west coast, was unable to attend leaving possibly only Peter Sontag as the last remaining player to have played in all 33 tourneys. This year San Diego and Arizona faced off in the finals. San Diego’s home course advantage was put to good use as the locals handed the team from the desert a 7.5-4.5 defeat. For their efforts the locals won $250 each while the Arizonians took home $120 each. Final team results: San Diego 7-1 Arizona 5-3 Redwood Empire 5-2 Sylmar 4-3 SoCal 4-3 Santa Cruz 2-5 Huntington Beach 2-5 Oak Grove 0-7   The pre tourney started off Friday afternoon with an “Around 9” putting contest at our practice basket. There was $300 in prize monies divided between the top 5 finishers. To add a little spice to the event, obstacles were placed in front of stations 3 and 4. There was a chair on top of 2 tables between the basket and where you putted at position 4. If a contestant putted through the chair legs successfully, they skipped right to station 7. Station 7 is the money station. If you sink the 50 foot putt at station 7 you’re assured of making the finals. All 5 people in the finals make money. Ranging from $100 for first to $35 for 5th. No surprise to anyone, traveling pro Greg Barsby of Santa Cruz completed all 9 stations in the prelims and won the $100 1st prize. Ohn Scroggins from Team Sylmar completed 8 stations in the prelims firing laser beam putts from 60 ft. She finished 3rd in the finals.

Saturday morning dawned clear and bright, thankfully. Knowing we must play 60 competitive holes before sunset it is always a testament to organization and punctuality that we start and finish on time. Much of the staff for this event have been in place for years. Jim McDowell after having played in the first few team tourneys has now staffed with me for the last 25 years. Father and son Eric and EJ Simmons have been on staff since 2008. Human dynamo Greg Olsen has been with us about 5 of those years. Jesse Meyers again manned the website and Jeff Nichols provided his custom team tourney software again this year. Daniel Vega and Dougie Fresh also gave up their weekend to help out on staff this year.

My son’s restaurant, Amplified (formerly known as California Kebab and beer gardens) catered again this year. They provided the famished masses with fresh salads, chicken and lamb kebab meats, pita bread, humus, dressings and sauces. Falafels and rice filled out the plates.

Each team is comprised of 12 players; 6 open, 3 masters, 1 grandmaster, 1 sr. grandmaster and 1 woman. They play the corresponding player from each other team in a one on one 12 hole match play format. A win is a point and a tie is a half point. It is not uncommon for two teams to tie at 6-6. The scorekeeper then goes to the individual points scored in each of the 12 players matches and tallies them to break the tie. Often the margin of error for a match loss or win is just one missed putt.

Each year, players beat opponents they’ve never beaten and lose to opponents they’ve never lost to. I’m told last year Ricky Wysoki went 7-1 and Avery Jenkins went 1-7. Guess who beat who head to head. That’s the thrill and the agony of match play. Each match is only 12 holes and you never know…

This year was San Diego’s 23rd victory in the 33 year history of this event. There were a record 4 rookies on the team this year as well. Individual player stats and full team stats will soon be posted by Jeff Nichols on the Morleyfield.com website.

Innova Disc Golf, Discraft, Legacy, MVP and Dynamic Distribution all donated discs and goodies for the free drawing and first and second place teams. Santa Cruz again won the “Spirit of the Event” award and took home 4 discs for each team member. The best thing about the Team Tourney is not just one but 12 people have bigger than usual smiles on their faces this week. Till next year… Z ya  

2014 Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational - San Diego wins!

Team San Diego - 2014 Team Tourney Champs
Team San Diego - 2014 Team Tourney Champs

Congrats to team San Diego for winning the 2014 Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational by beating Arizona in the final match 7.5 to 4.5. Full results will be posted soon, check back for more. Picture from team player Mason Newstead

Final Match Scores:

  1. Micah Dorius 6 - Dave Feldberg 1
  2. Max Nichols 8 - Andrew Bohme 5
  3. Jason Perdue 7 - Anthony Barella 4
  4. Oscar Garcia 5 - Mike Lassuy 6
  5. Carlos Caballeros 4 - Nate Genthner 4
  6. Mason Newstead 8 - Mike Downes 7
  7. Dave Devine 5 - Sam Russ 2
  8. Mike Westerman 4 - Rex Rogers 7
  9. Mike Slonim 10 - Jesse Au 4
  10. Jeff Nichols 2 - Dan Ginnelly 3
  11. Snapper Pierson 9 - Harvey Brandt 2
  12. Vanessa Van Dyken 4 - Nicole Bradley 7

2014 Southwestern Team Disc Golf Invitational - San Diego Roster

The team roster for San Diego has been finalized after the grinder matches played this past weekend. Go here for more details on the 2014 Team Tournament San Diego Team Roster:

1. Micha Dorius

2. Max Nichols

3. Jason Perdue

4. Oscar Garcia

5. Carlos Caballero

6. Mason Newstead

7. Dave Devine

8. Mike Westerman

9. Mike Slonim

10. Jeff Nichols

11. Vanessa Van Dyken

12. John Kirkland

2014 Morley Field Course Championship - Snapper's Wrap-up

The predicted and expected rain never happened this year. Both days dawned bright and clear for the 70 entrants for this year’s course championships. As always the course was closed to the public for this event. All players received a T- shirt designed by Chet Morse showcasing a picture of Woman’s Am World champion Vanessa Van Dyken. This years entry included salads from Amplified Ale Works and lots of pizza. The course layout was changed for each of the 3 rounds with the second round being a very difficult, never to be seen by the public at large, layout. This round proved to be the undoing of many aspirants. In the first round Chris Hanna had the hot round shooting a -13 only to fall victim to the tough layout and shoot a +7 to fall out of the lead. Micah Dorius our 14 time course champion shot a -11 in the first round followed by a -2 on the tough layout and a remarkable -16 in the final third round to cruise to an 11 stroke victory in the final 9 over second place finisher Jason Perdue at -22, Oscar Garcia -21, and Max Nichols at -19.

In the women’s division the expected shoot out between 5 time Women’s World Champion Juliana Korver and current Am World champion Vanessa Van Dyken was thrown a curve when local Allie Robles shot a fantastic even par first round to tie Juliana and take a 3 stroke lead on Vanessa. In the long layout second round Vanessa was able to gain some strokes on Allie and by tourney’s end finished 5 strokes behind Juliana in a marvelously played Women’s division.

There were 2 players in the Men’s Am division that managed to shoot under par in each of the 3 rounds. Patrick Paramore shot -2,-1,-7 to finish second to this year’s Am winner Carlos Caballero would shot an impressive -17 total for the event.

It’s apparent our course is becoming more difficult as the trees and shrubs mature. The overall mean entrant scores were the highest in history this year. This may not be the longest course but has proved it can still be technically challenging to the masses. Till next year…

Z ya

2014 Morley Field Course Championship - Results

Congrats to the first place finishers in this years Course Championships! Full results at bottom of page. Updated with some corrections. Sorry for any confusion! - JM

Women's Division Winner: Juliana Korver

Juliana Korver - 2014 Course Championship Women's Division Winner
Juliana Korver - 2014 Course Championship Women's Division Winner

Advanced Division Winner: Carlos Caballero

Carlos Caballero - 2014 Course Championship Advanced Division Winner
Carlos Caballero - 2014 Course Championship Advanced Division Winner

Open Division Winner: Micah Dorius

Micah Dorius - 2014 Course Championship Open Division Winner
Micah Dorius - 2014 Course Championship Open Division Winner

The Winner's Circle

First Place Finishers - 2014 Course Championship
First Place Finishers - 2014 Course Championship

Full Results Women's Division

First Name Last Name Round One Round Two Round Three Total
Juliana Korver 0 8 -3 5
Vanessa Van Dyken 3 12 -5 10
Allie Robles 0 19 0 19
Pam Vaughn 9 21 7 37
Laura Walsh 7 21 12 40
Robyn Aeppli 13 23 8 44

Full Results Advanced Division

First Name Last Name Round One Round Two Round Three Total
Carlos Caballero -6 -2 -9 -17
Patrick Paramore -2 -1 -7 -10
Mitchell Zunich -3 2 -8 -9
Shane Jonas -8 7 -8 -9
Noel Sanchez -6 3 -3 -6
Garrett Russell -5 4 -4 -5
Chet Morse -4 6 -6 -4
Chris Goodrich -5 5 -4 -4
Jone Eide -3 5 -5 -3
Tim Nordeen -2 8 -8 -2
Josh Hesser -6 9 -4 -1
Juan Tapiz -4 7 -3 0
James Barnes -2 8 -5 1
Shaun James 0 9 -8 1
Eric Repp 2 3 -4 1
Heath Weiss 0 6 -4 2
Allen Freeman 0 11 -7 4
Javier Roman 1 7 -1 7
Norman Thompson 2 9 -3 8
Todd Murnan 0 8 0 8
David Zwolenski 1 6 2 9
Alexander -1 13 -2 10
David Rodriguez 1 10 -1 10
Eric Duchamel 5 13 -5 13
Andrew Allen 2 14 -3 13
Matthew Brady -2 17 -1 14
Bill Humby 2 16 -3 15
Derek Dreyer -1 13 3 15
Payson Vikara 2 15 2 19
Jordan Hoglund 6 14 -1 19
Jeff McCreery 2 15 3 20
Chris Johnson 3 16 1 20
Hunter Mannix 7 9 5 21
Marty Cummings 4 15 3 22
Philip Sanchez 4 23 0 27
Danny Zwolenski 9 13 6 28
Derrick Rimington 2 23 7 32
Mike Lamb 13 18 4 35
Josh Tuttle 15 15 11 41
Kidd-Cody Atkins 34 13 7 54

Full Results Open Division

First Name Last Name Round One Round Two Round Three Total Open Final 9 Open Final
Micah Dorius -11 -1 -16 -28 -5 -33
Jason Perdue -7 -2 -9 -18 -4 -22
Oscar Garcia -7 3 -12 -16 -5 -21
Max Nichols -7 3 -11 -15 -4 -19
Chris Hanna -13 7 -8 -14
Mason Newstead -5 4 -11 -12
Mike Lust -8 6 -9 -11
Trey McKelvey -7 6 -8 -9
Matt Howard -2 8 -12 -6
Jeff Nichols -5 6 -7 -6
Angel Garcia -5 3 -4 -6
Mike Slonim -5 4 -4 -5
Kenny Sommers -3 1 -3 -5
Alex Nichols -3 6 -6 -3
Shane Dehner -4 9 -4 1
Kevin Gomez 0 10 -8 2
Randy Wylot -6 7 2 3
Jesse Meyers 0 14 -8 6
David Parnell 2 10 -6 6
Chris Dodds 6 12 -3 15
Mike Reeves -1 12 DNF DNF
Daniel Lichtman -3 7 DNF DNF
George Spraklen -2 DNF DNF

July Monthly Results

July Monthly 2014 Open-7 1st Mike Slonim -18 $60 2nd- Mason -15 $38

Advanced-11 1st- Ryan R. -8 $42 shop credit 2nd-Jonathan M. -6 $34 “ “ 3rd-CVK -5 $27 “ “ 4th-Brady -4 $23.5 “ “

Intermediate-21 1st-Steve F. -10 $36 shop credit 2nd-John M. -7 $32 “ “ 3rdT-Daniel P -5 $27 “ “ 3rdT-Cody -5 $27 “ “ 5th-Marty 0 $24 “ “ 6thT Payson +1 $21 “ “ 6thT-David +1 $21 “ “

Ace Pool $89 not won

June Monthly Results

June 2014 Monthly
Open-10
1-Patrick Paramore -18 $65
2-Mike Tyberg -17 $45
3-Mike Lust -13 $25
Advanced-8
1-Garret Russell -10 $36 shop credit
2-Josh Hesser 0 $30 “ “
3-Derek D +1 $26 “ “
Intermediate-11
1-Ryan R. -10 $32 shop credit
2-Steve F. -6 $26 “ “
3-Will D -5 $22
4-David R. -3 $19
Novice-12
1-David W +6 $24 shop credit
2-Kyle H +7 $20 “ “
3-Phillip B.-+10 $18 “ “
4-Nate B. +11 $16 “ “
Aco pool $41 not won

 

May Monthly 2014 Results

Open-11 1st-Tyler T -21 $75

2nd-Greg St. -14 $50

3rd-Jason P. -13 $29

Advanced-13

1st-Mike T. -13 $ $49.5 shop credit

2nd-Andrew A. -12 $40 “ “

3rd-Derek D. -11 $32 “ “

4th- Josh H. -9 $28

Intermediate-14

1st Javier -4 $34 shop credit

2nd- Shaun L. -3 $29 “ “

3rdT-Ryan R -2 $23 “ “

3rdt- Todd -2 $23 “ “

5th- Tommy Gunz -1 $17 “ “

Ace pool $141 split – Steve F. and Andrew A.

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