The 17th Annual Lucky 13 Players’ Meeting

Welcome to Elephant & Castles 17th Annual Lucky 13! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors.

Our tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Grip EQ, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes

I’d also like to thank Garrett Cline, Republic’s Recreation Superintendent. Garrett has helped the entire redesign of the Lucky 13 happen. If you get a chance to meet him, give him a high five showing your appreciation. The Republic Parks and Rec staff are appreciated as well.

Everyone needs to check in at the main building. Don’t forget there is a $5 Ace Pot that currently has $445 in it. This is a cash only contest. There will be an envelope where you may put your $5 in and sign your name. Best of Luck.

Round 1 tees off at 9. Official scores for this tournament will be kept at pdga.com/score. The code is L13. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/88124 The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. Everyone is required to keep score. When round one is finished, you are on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Once the second round has finished, the EDGE raffle will happen, the 1st place finishers will be announced, and the payout will follow in the big room where registration was held.

Closest to the Pins: Innova/unbranded CTP is hole 1. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 16. MVP-only CTP is hole 17. Trilogy-only CTP is hole 18.

Rules for the course are listed below.
If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All curbs, concrete, paved paths, fences, driveways, paved parking lots, and playground equipment are OB.




Lucky 13
1 240 OB – Path & beyond, sidewalk & beyond, and Pickleball courts
2 278 OB – Mando to the left of the marked tree. If missed proceed to drop zone. On the Path & beyond and drainage ditch with rocks (painted and flagged)
3 276 OB – Path & beyond and drainage ditch (marked with paint & flagged).
4 200 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
5 370 OB - Path and beyond
6 337
7 286 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
8 341 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
9 262 OB - On path, road, in garden area, concrete drainage area and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
10 455 OB – Pickleball court
11 461 OB – Path, road and beyond.
12 240 OB - Baseball field, parking lot, on any sidewalk or asphalt
13 300 OB - Road & beyond
14 243 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB proceed to the DZ with stroke penalty.
15 236 OB – Path & beyond, on road or path leading to building, all grass in same area as tee 18. Maintenance gravel parking lot is OB. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
16 250 Island hole. If island is missed, play as hazard. (Play from like with stroke penalty)
17 192 OB - New gravel path & beyond, on top of building.
18 262 Mando left of marked tree. If missed, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty. OB - On road, garden.

Recap of: The 17th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl

The Lebanon Ice Bowl brought us an exquisite sunrise and cold, windy rounds to make for a chilly day of disc golf and chili!

A big thank you to our Full Send Tour sponsors:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, Educational Disc Golf Experience, Grip EQ, Slim Chickens, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage, and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you again to Brad Hilton, Brandy Monnahan, and Parks Director John Shelton for all the help and hospitality that made this tournament a success. Thank you also to all those who made our yummy chili and pizza lunch possible!

I continue to be amazed by the generosity of disc golfers, and this tournament was no exception! Nearly $700 was raised with the raffle alone, and our total donation to the L Life Food Pantry will be $2,100! Thank you to all those who contributed support to make this donation possible!

There were 90 players who came out to compete in this tournament, and 12 divisions were represented.

First-place results in each division are listed below:

MPO: Dallas Whittle, -10
FPO: Esmerelda Dodson, +1
MP40: Justin Mount, -7
MP50: Dan Newlin, -6
MA1: Ezra Piper, -9
MA40: Chris Ryan, +7
FA40: Tina Giltrap, +27
MA50: Troy Miesner, -1
MA60: Brad Hilton, +5
MA2: Jonathon Rollhaus, -13 —-Move Up!
MA3: William Guzzo, -1
MJ18: Koby Graber, +1

Full results can be found at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/88122

The hottest round of the day had to go to Jonathon Rollhaus in Round 1, who shot a 1041 on the Winfrey course! That was an unexpected showing from the MA2 division that was definitely worth a congratulations.

In MPO:
River Flagg and Dallas Whittle had to play off to determine a winner. Congratulations to Dallas Whittle, who came from 1 stroke behind in Round 1 to claim victory at the end of the day!

In MA40:
Chris Ryan and Ben Neufeld stayed neck-and-neck through both rounds of the tournament and had to do a playoff for the win. Congratulations to Chris Ryan, who came out ahead at the end of the day!
Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

There were no ace hits today. Half of the Ace Pot was donated to the L Life Food Pantry, and half will roll over to the next Ace Pot. It's a good time to test your luck at Lucky 13 where the Ace Pot will start at $445!
You May Register for the 17th Annual Lucky 13 Here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_17th_Annual_Lucky_13_2025/register

Congratulations to all the CTP winners! Dylan Giltrap (Trilogy) & Izzy Jones (Prodigy). We have misplaced two of the CTP sheets. If you won MVP or the Unbranded Innova Sponsored CTP, share in the comments.

Congratulations to the big raffle winner, Mike Johnson, who won the Big Ticket item in the raffle. His patriotic custom colored Monkey Trap is being coated this week!

Recap of: The 11th Annual Bear Hollow Open in Ava Missouri

It was a cold mid-thirties day that brought us light rain, breezy skies, and multiple Ace Hits to make for a fun day in Ava!

A big thank you to our tournament sponsors Jeff Ford of Patriots Gold & Silver and Klinger-Cope Family Funeral Home for all your support in making this event possible.

A special thank you to Nick Helm and all of his efforts for this event. We will know more from Nick by the end of next week about how much we were able to raise and contribute to the Heart of the Hills Food Pantry! Also, a special thank you to Trevor Williams for the awesome trophies he made!

I also want to thank my team, both on site and off for making it all happen. Kyle, Dasun, Jonathan, and Ian were all present taking care of all the logistics on site. Kevin and the dynamic duo, Justin & Ashley, worked behind the scenes doing what they do. I’m overly blessed and thankful for my team who helps keep things going!

There were 51 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 12 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:
MPO - Taylor Winfield -17
FPO - Mary Abbott +2
MP40 - Dasun Keylor -16
MA1 - Ben Hamilton -12
FA1- Esmerelda Dodson -1
MA40 - Roy Crouch -4
FA40 - Julie Crouch +1
MA50 - Jeff Ford -7
MA60 - Randy Richardson +2
MA2 - Jonathon Rollhaus -14
MA3 - Nile Bear +3
FA3 - Madison Feeback +18

Full results can be found at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/87454

Hottest Round of the day went to Dasun Keylor of MP40 who shot a 997 in Round 2 of the day!

In the FPO, FA1, and FA40:
Mary Abbott, Esmerelda Dodson, and Julie Crouch showed fierce competition by ending the day within one stroke of each other! Congratulations on your wins!

In MA60:
Gary Locke and Randy Richardson had to playoff to determine the winner. After 6 holes, Randy took the win after making his birdie putt on the same hole he aced earlier! Congratulations Randy!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

There were 4 Ace Hits during the tournament! Congratulations to Michael Johnson (Hole 17) and Randy Richardson (Hole 6) for their Ace Pot wins!

Shout out to the Ace Hits of Benjamin Lemon (Hole 13) and Clinton Carson (Hole 9)! Unfortunately, they were not part of the Ace Pot, but still deserve a congratulations!

Congratulations to the big raffle winner Ben Hamilton who won the basket!

Lost and Found:
If you lost anything mention it in the comments.

Thanks to Daniel Penn for finding David’s Zuca part.

The Disc Golf Monkey’s 2024 Reflection Tour Recap

It's that time of year when we say goodbye to 2024 and reflect on the Reflection tour. The DGM Tour has been up and running for 16 years now. It was another successful and fulfilling year of growth for disc golf, generosity and giving back to the community, and countless memorable moments shared amongst competitors and friends. I know there will be things left off this recap, but don’t hesitate to share highlights and pictures you have in the comments.

There would be no tour possible without the DGM tour sponsors, and I cannot thank them enough times. Without tour sponsors we would not be able to have larger payouts, good player packs, CTP prizes, worthwhile raffles that raise charitable funds, or have the funds to put on demos and clinics to grow the sport. I speak for all players, when I say Thank You to all of DGM’s Tour Sponsors for 2024:

Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Uqnlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

In 2024 DGM was part of 27 total events. The main tour consisted of 22 pdga events. Along with the sanctioned events, there were a few non-sanctioned events as well. DGM also had the opportunity to help others host tournaments, install new baskets in the community, raise funds for charity, and install an elementary school course to continue growing the sport. Every bit of hard work over the past year has been worth it. From those just picking up their first disc to those who have been playing and loving the sport for years it is my passion to share and spread the love of this wonderful sport in any way that I can.

DGM completed the second year of doing the Points Challenge Championship which was created last year by Scott Elam. The points challenge featured 4 Divisions, as well as four regions. All players were eligible and there was no cost. Players had to compete in at least one event from 3 of the 4 regions. Points were given by how the players placed. There was no minimum or maximum events that could be played, but only the best 10 tournament scores were used. Congratulations again winners.

Silver Back- Pro Men
1 Russ Burns - 669
2 Nevada McAplin - 575
3 Jackson Bekemeier - 561
4 Micah Noble - 463

Mandrill- Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 758
2 Esmeralda Dodson - 536
3 Brandy Monnahan- 427
4 Julie Crouch - 276

Gorilla- Advanced Men
1 Jonathon Chambless - 607
2 Tyler Northrip - 563
3 Darrin Dodson - 491
4 Brad Hilton - 450

Kong- Amateur Men
1 Brian Warren - 586
2 Ian Boyer - 562
3 Justin Warren - 402
4 Jeremy Surratt - 273

To highlight the DGM journey over the past year I want to touch on some of the things that I was most excited to be a part of. We were blessed with more than one opportunity to install new baskets this year! The Lucky 13 course got all new baskets and tee pads which were finished only a week prior to the 16th Annual Lucky 13 tournament. Just in the nick of time! The historic Oak Grove course received new baskets for the first time ever since the course was installed. It was a privilege to be a part of that historic change and we hope to maintain Springfield's OG course for many years to come. A huge thank you to Rick Gilmore for funding the baskets and Craig Goldsberry for the removal and install of the baskets. A big thanks to the Springfield Greene County Parks department for assisting in the installation as well. Another EDGE assisted new course was put in at Matthew's Elementary in Nixa providing yet another opportunity to grow the sport and get youngsters involved in playing.

We continued trying to find new ways to give back to the community. It has been my pleasure and honor to work with multiple charity and non-profit organizations over the past 16 years. I have been continously blown away and truly touched by the generosity of the disc golf community. This year the tour was able to help eight different charitable organizations and raised $11,900! Thank you to all who have been a part of providing back to the community and making these charitable achievements possible!

Charity Organizations & Donations from the DGM Reflection Tour 2024
$600 - Ava Ice Bowl
$2000 - L Life Food Pantry
$1800 - Disc’n for Cheetahs
$600 - Honor Flight
$500 - Live 2 Give Hope
$2200 - Leukemia Student Austin
$3000 - Educational Disc Golf Experience (6 events)
$1200 - Children’s Day Treatment

As we fly in to 2025 I would like to invite you all to take part in everything this year’s “Full Send” Tour 2025 has to offer! The tour schedule is approved and you will start seeing the events posted on Disc Golf Scene and UDisc very soon. The new tour logo will be finished up soon as well (courtesy and thanks to Parker Assay of Fossa Disc Golf).

We hope to see you somewhere along the road in 2025 to keep discs flying, and the love of disc golf alive! May God Bless You All in 2025.

Recap of: The 11th Annual Bear Hollow Open in Ava Missouri

It was a cold mid-thirties day that brought us light rain, breezy skies, and multiple Ace Hits to make for a fun day in Ava!

A big thank you to our tournament sponsors Jeff Ford of Patriots Gold & Silver and Klinger-Cope Family Funeral Home for all your support in making this event possible.

A special thank you to Nick Helm and all of his efforts for this event. We will know more from Nick by the end of next week about how much we were able to raise and contribute to the Heart of the Hills Food Pantry! Also, a special thank you to Trevor Williams for the awesome trophies he made!

I also want to thank my team, both on site and off for making it all happen. Kyle, Dasun, Jonathan, and Ian were all present taking care of all the logistics on site. Kevin and the dynamic duo, Justin & Ashley, worked behind the scenes doing what they do. I’m overly blessed and thankful for my team who helps keep things going!

There were 51 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 12 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:
MPO - Taylor Winfield -17
FPO - Mary Abbott +2
MP40 - Dasun Keylor -16
MA1 - Ben Hamilton -12
FA1- Esmerelda Dodson -1
MA40 - Roy Crouch -4
FA40 - Julie Crouch +1
MA50 - Jeff Ford -7
MA60 - Randy Richardson +2
MA2 - Jonathon Rollhaus -14
MA3 - Nile Bear +3
FA3 - Madison Feeback +18

Full results can be found at the following link: https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/87454

Hottest Round of the day went to Dasun Keylor of MP40 who shot a 997 in Round 2 of the day!

In the FPO, FA1, and FA40:
Mary Abbott, Esmerelda Dodson, and Julie Crouch showed fierce competition by ending the day within one stroke of each other! Congratulations on your wins!

In MA60:
Gary Locke and Randy Richardson had to playoff to determine the winner. After 6 holes, Randy took the win after making his birdie putt on the same hole he aced earlier! Congratulations Randy!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

There were 4 Ace Hits during the tournament! Congratulations to Michael Johnson (Hole 17) and Randy Richardson (Hole 6) for their Ace Pot wins!

Shout out to the Ace Hits of Benjamin Lemon (Hole 13) and Clinton Carson (Hole 9)! Unfortunately, they were not part of the Ace Pot, but still deserve a congratulations!

Congratulations to the big raffle winner Ben Hamilton who won the basket!

Lost and Found:
If you lost anything mention it in the comments.

Thanks to Daniel Penn for finding David’s Zuca part.

Patriot’s Gold & Silver presents: The 11th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl Players’ Meeting

Welcome Back to all as we begin the new year of 2025! This year’s DGM Tour kicks off the with the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl that Nick Helm continues to make happen. I want to thank him for his efforts in making this a long running event on the tour. Thank you Nick for the dedication and pre-event planning!

Welcome players to the Patriot’s Gold & Silver 11th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl! Thank you Jeff Ford for jumping on board as the title sponsor again this year. This event is where I first met Jeff, and he was eager to find out more about sponsoring. He continues to be a main contributor every year, and I can’t thank him enough!

I am currently working on my Tour Sponsors, and I am excited to have several new opportunities. By the next event I should have the full list of DGM’s Tour Sponsors! If you want information on how to sponsor an event or the tour please contact me. We cannot do what we have done for the last 16 years without amazing sponsors.

For the Ice Bowl temperatures during play are predicted to be between 30-40 degrees on Saturday. The weather app has a 30-40% chance of snow as well. I am thinking we should be good for two rounds, but as most of us know about the weather in the Ozarks, it is a guessing game and hard to predict. On all Ice Bowl flyers I do make sure to mention that weather may cause the 2nd round to be canceled. People often ask about how decisions are made when canceling due to weather. I always want players to be safe first and foremost. If we get snow/freezing precipitation in the area and it looks like the roads could get bad, I will make the decision to end the event after the first round. My team and I will be keeping a close look at the local and surrounding area forecast. Fortunately, I have not had to cancel a second round of an Ice Bowl, and I’m hoping to keep the streak going!

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion.
Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is ICE. By PDGA rule, everyone is required to keep score. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/87454. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, you're on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and Round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the course are listed below. There will be a CTP on Hole 2 and any disc can win. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All concrete and walking paths are OB. In most cases, simply refer to the posted sign for rules

You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Patriots_Gold_and_Silver_Presents_The_11th_Annual_Bear_Hollow_Ice_Bowl_2025/register

Hole Number
Distance
Notes
1
200
OB - Path, water, basketball court
2
185
OB - Path & beyond
3
364
OB - Path, road & beyond, pool fence
4
235
Mandatory right of backstop. OB - water
5
236
OB - Playgrounds, path, water
6
187
Tee is behind big rocks. OB - Water
7
215
OB - Water
8
208
OB - Street & beyond
9
145

10
127
Island hole. If island not made, 1 stroke penalty and play where it lies
11
171
OB - Water
12
363
OB - Water, flower beds, path & beyond
13
243
OB - Flower beds
14
337
OB - Path & beyond
15
221
OB - Path, baseball field fence, street & beyond
16
240
OB - On path, pavilion, roads and beyond (left or long).
17
250
OB - Baseball field, path & beyond, road & beyond
18
250
Play from forward tee pad. Regular pad will be too slick. OB - Water, path & beyond, road & beyond

Hole Number
Distance
Notes
1
248
Anything short of, left of, long of, or on the walking path is hazard. Play where it lies, or move to nearest grass AWAY from basket. Receive 1 penalty stroke.
2
260
Play as directed by sign.
3
262
Play as directed by sign.
4
218
OB - Painted line left, short of walking path. Proceed to drop zone. Any further misses, play as hazard.
5
240
Island hole. Anything outside island is hazard.
6
261
Play as directed by sign.
7
189
Double Mando. If missed, proceed to DZ. OB - Walking path on and beyond.
8
253
Island hole. If island missed, proceed to DZ. Play further misses as hazard.
9
227
Play as directed by sign.
10
274
Island hole. Tee from marked tee on path. If island missed, proceed to manhole cover DZ. Play further misses as hazard.
11
264
OB - Fence row right, on pavement, painted line long. If missed on tee, proceed to DZ. Further misses, play as hazard.
12
265
Play as directed by sign.
13
253
Double mando. If missed, proceed to DZ.
14
279
Play as directed by sign.
15
393
OB - tall grass/painted lines left, right, and long.
16
375
OB - tall grass/painted lines left and right.
17
222
Island hole. Any misses, play as hazard.
18
228
Play as directed by sign.

The 14th Winter Blast is Coming Up Soon and We Need Your Help Disc Golf Family!

For the past 13 years the Winter Blast tournament has been a chance for the tour to give back in a big way. Twelve years in a row we helped Freedom’s Rest Women’s & Children’s Shelter, but they have since closed their doors. It is very important that we share generosity and kindness to children and families, and we have been given the opportunity to help for a second year with the Burrell Children’s Day Treatment (CDT). The CDT is a treatment program that helps children ages 3-6 who are often delayed, neglected, abused, or a combination of all. Most of the kids in this program have little to no social skills, and for this reason are unable to attend pre-school. The staff teaches the children to play, work together, and display positive social skills. The staff leads by example demonstrating an amazing amount of patience, positive reinforcement, compassion, encouragement, and loving skills that have often never been shown to these children.

Burrell’s CDT has had many success stories through the year’s. As many of you may remember from last year, my wife is the director of CDT, and she has been a part of the program for 24 years. She has a very special gift of heart to do what she does, and I am amazed she has been able to continue year after year. If you have met her, or have ever seen her interact with children, you know how gifted she is with kids. I’m blessed to have her in my life, and I know she is a blessing to each and every kiddo and family she has worked with.

We will be doing the same things we have done in the past which is donating a small part of the entry fee, having a raffle, and asking for donations to help provide things needed to keep the CDT program going strong.

Here is the “Wish List” of items needed that would be a huge help to the program:
Crayola art supplies
12x18 construction paper
24 and 48 piece table puzzles
Treasure Box toys, stickers
Books (easy read)
If you are more of an Amazon type shopper here is a link to the CDT Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8SH0J64B8L5?ref_=wl_share

We hope this will make things easier for those who want to contribute and may not be able to make it to the tournament, or for those who simply like shopping from the comforts of their own home.

My hope for this event is together we can pool our generosity and kindness to provide as much support as possible to the children and the families helped by the CDT. If you are able to do any one or multiples of the following please let me know:
1. Round up your friends and have them sign up
2. Donate items from the CDT needs list above
3. Bring raffle items
4. Find potential sponsors
5. Sign up to bring Turkeys & Hams for the Turkey Trott
6. Bring a little extra money for the raffle.

I thank you all in advance for your support for this year’s Winter Blast. I appreciate the continued support of my tours, and I look forward to adding this events success to my 2024 Reflection Tour Wrap Up!

See you December 14th in Ozark, Missouri for the 14th Annual Winter Blast!

Register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/13th_Annual_Winter_Blast_2024/register

RECAP of: The 7th Annual DGM Encore - Featuring Elephant & Castle’s 16th Annual Lucky 13

I want to start by thanking several people for helping give the Lucky 13 course a much needed upgrade. First on the list to thank are: Garrett Cline, Brad Stulce, Dalton Welch, and the rest of the Republic Parks & Rec for the great communication during this project. Second, is Craig Goldsberry of 8 Up for always making things look great. It’s always a pleasure partnering up with you Boss! Last, but definitely not least, Craig and I want to thank the volunteers who came out to help with the project: Mark Anderson, Scott Kisling, Dan Routh, Rick Gilmore, Christopher Clay, Joe Likinns, and Peter Michalak. You guys are Rock Stars. We appreciate you very much! The team effort was made just in time to have an awesome tour Reflection Tour Encore.

I want to give a huge shout out to Doug Bowen (who was probably up in a tree stand during the event) for being our title sponsor. We appreciate you and Elephant & Castle’s commitment to the tour. We also want to give a big thank you to all our tour sponsors as well: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

The Lucky 13 started off windy, overcast, and cold making the first round tough to score well for most. The sun came shining through for the 2nd round, but the wind did not let up. The new design, baskets, tee pads, and temp signs were well received.
Every player who came out received a Custom Embroidered Lucky 13 Hat, and a custom stamped Halo or Champion Glo disc in the players pack along with a ticket into the raffle for an original Lucky 13 basket! The new course layout and first concrete pads were well received by competitors!

There were 81 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 9 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:
MPO - Andrew Presnell -21
FPO - Esmerelda Dodson +8
MP40 - Derek DG Green -9
MA1 - Zeke Rissler -17
MA40 - Michael Cory -1
MA50 - Andre Anderson +5
MA60 - Brad Hilton +7
MA2 - Kevin Shrauger -2
MA3 - Skylar Yakich +2

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78363

In MP40 there was a playoff to determine the winner after a tie between Justin Mount and Derek Green. Derek Green won after a second sudden death hole and claimed victory!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to the basket winners of the day:
Eian Darwin won the Lucky 13 Original Basket.
John Corriston won the Innova Basket the prize for the year long CTP Challenge.
Caleb Graven won the Prodigy Basket Winner of the year long Brand Exclusive CTP.

Congratulations to Brad Hilton for his big raffle win and taking home a fire pit!

There was no Ace hit today, so $300 dollars will roll over for the Winter Blast!

We hope to see you all at the final tournament of the year that will conclude another amazing and the end of the 2024 Reflection Tour. The 14th Annual Winter Blast coming up on December 14th, will benefit the Children’s Day Treatment Program at Burrell Behavioral Health. Registration will be open soon, and will be available on my website:
http://www.discgolfmonkey.com/

Lost and Found: If anyone found a jawbreaker passion: clear, white, and green, please get a hold of Josh Odom or myself.

The 7th Annual DGM Encore - Featuring Elephant & Castle’s 16th Annual Lucky 13
Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 16th Annual Lucky 13! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors.

Our tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver,, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the main building. Round 1 tees off at 9. Official scores for this tournament will be kept at pdga.com/score. The code is L13. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78363. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. Everyone is required to keep score. When round one is finished, you are on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Once the second round has finished, the EDGE raffle and payout will be held in the big room in the main building.

Rules for the course are listed below. Innova/unbranded CTP is hole 1. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 16. Everyone has two chances to win. Both winners from first and second round will win and be added into the drawing for the Brand Specific CTP challenge for the basket. Good Luck.

If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All curbs, concrete, paved paths, fences, driveways, paved parking lots, and playground equipment are OB.


Lucky 13
1 240 OB – Path & beyond, sidewalk & beyond, and Pickleball courts
2 278 OB – Path & beyond and drainage ditch with rocks (painted and flagged)
3 276 OB – Path & beyond and drainage ditch (marked with paint & flagged).
4 200 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
5 370 OB - Path and beyond
6 337
7 286 OB - Path & beyond and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
8 341 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
9 262 OB - On path, road, in garden area, concrete drainage area and drainage area with rocks (marked with paint & flagged)
10 455 OB – Pickleball court
11 461 OB – Path, road and beyond.
12 240 OB - Baseball field, parking lot, on any sidewalk or asphalt
13 300 OB - Road & beyond
14 243 OB - Road & beyond, path & beyond. If OB proceed to the DZ with stroke penalty.
15 236 OB – Path & beyond, on road or path leading to building, all grass in same area as tee 18. Maintenance gravel parking lot is OB. If OB, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty.
16 250 Island hole. If island is missed, play as hazard. (Play from like with stroke penalty)
17 192 OB - New gravel path & beyond, on top of building.
18 262 Mando left of marked tree. If missed, proceed to DZ with stroke penalty. OB - On road, garden.

The 16th Annual DGM Finale - Featuring The 8th Annual Lost Woods Open Sponsored by Greazy Dyes
Players’ Meeting

There will be $500 added to the purse. An extra $250 will be added to the Pro Payout making it $1,000, and $250 will be added to the Am Payout!

Welcome to the 16th DGM Finale and the 8th Lost Woods Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors:
Country Apron Bakery
CF Meats and Coffee
Hilltop Mini Golden Doodle
BF Byproducts LLC
VFW Isabella
Drips and Dips
Donnelly Feed
Dustin's Body Shop
Friends Lawn Care
Westgate Realty
H&W Automotive
Guy Reesh DDW
Fyre Fries
Farm Bureau
Bill and Debbie Agee
Theodosia Car Wash
Shilling Smith Enterprise real estate
Lake Time Resort
Bull Shoals Lake Package and Outdoor sportsman
SDS excavating
Cross county Septic
Construction
TriRivers Real Estate.
Protem pioneer store
Lake time Pizza Pub
Country Real Estate
oily apes Garage
Wallace Insurance
Nagel
Mike O construction
Theo vapes& Tobacco LLC
Theodosia hardware Store
Cody construction
Derrek Putnam Construction
Heide Bannick Duerst
J's Grill Food truck in Gainesville,Mo

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A biscuits and gravy meal with coffee or orange juice will be served Saturday morning for $4. Lunch is free to the players: Pulled Pork sandwich, beans, chips, & cookies.

Everyone needs to check in at the pro shop. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted after registration closesFriday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78362. Everyone is required to keep score. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is LWO. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be at the pro shop. Round 2 should start at 1, but will be based on end time of the first round. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.
Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 8. Trilogy-only CTP is hole 7. MVP-only CTP is hole 10. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 16. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Lost Woods Rule/OB Sheet
1 420 OB – Cart path
2 303
3 360 OB – Path and beyond.
4 300 OB - Golf green
5 954 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
6 253 OB - Pond
7 210 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
8 246 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
9 657 OB - Cart path and beyond
10 254 OB – Golf green
11 662 OB – Path and beyond.
12 300 OB - Golf green, cart path and beyond
13 409 OB - Pond
14 329 OB - Pond, golf green
15 316 OB – Golf green, pond
16 299 OB - Golf green
17 486 OB - Pond, cart path and beyond
18 358

Patriot’s Gold & Silver and Liberty Utilities present: The 5th Annual Ozarks Dam Open Players’ Meeting

You may still register here: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/Patriot_s_Gold_and_Silver_presents_The_5th_Annual_Ozarks_Dam_Open_2024

Doubles is from 2:00- 5:00 Friday on the Temp Course. Cannonball James Roberts will be running it.

Welcome to the Ozarks Dam Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsors: Liberty Utilities for the financial support, the bonus course and always keeping their course well manicured (Hats off to Randy Richardson the Plant Manager). We also appreciate the continued support from Patriot's Gold & Silver. Jeff Ford and his family continue to help make the tours a success!

This year we have 19 Hole Sponsors courtesy of Brad Philpott’s recruiting skills! A big thanks to Cannonball James Roberts for designing the signs as well. Here are our sponsors: Green Line K9, The Guy Handyman LLC, Bailey’s Property Maintenance, Shirley’s Kitchen, Apex Lawn Services, Swan Valley Brew Co. & Flea Market, Forsyth Welding, Veterans Memorial Museum, Finish Line Performance Service, Taney County Fitness, Lee Croft LLC, Mathenia Real Estate, Cutting Edge Solutions LLC, Branson Cell Phone Repair, Corcoran Family, Grid North Drone Photography LLC, Mountain William Pizza, Snack Shack, & Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church

We’d also like to thank the tour sponsors this year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Thanks to all who loaned us baskets for the temp course: Craig Goldsberry, Eddie Uhlman, Scott Kisling (Swing Right Golf), Andre Anderson, Bob Gasman , and Rick Gilmore (who also loaned me the trailer to haul them).

There is currently $515 in the current Reflection Tour roll over Ace Pot. It is worth mentioning that there are at least 9 legit Ace opportunities on the Ozark Dam course alone. The Ace Pot is a cash only contest and is completed separately from your entry. You must put your money in the Ace Pot bag and put your full name on it. Best of Luck.

Everyone needs to check in at the building closest to Hole 10’s tee off. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for this tournament will be kept online. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is ODO. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/73522.

There will be two pools and will e split between the two courses. Please be aware that there is a good chance that the pool playing the permanent dam course may finish before the other pool. This may cause this pool to start the 2nd round before the pool playing the temp course. Please watch for the start times for your pool on the pdga tournament website.

On hole 17 please be careful walking along the road as there is often traffic on this road. Remember there is a 3 minute rule when looking for a disc once the entire group is looking for it. Note that there is a drop zone for a lost disc on the long hole 23.

The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. Please remember that all players must keep score. After the first round, we will break for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start around 1:00, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the courses are listed below. All CTP’s will be on the Dam course: Unbranded CTP is hole 9, Full Turn-only CTP is hole 10, Prodigy-only CTP is hole 13. MVP-only CTP is hole 18 If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.


Empire Park
Hole OB Comments
1 Asphalt & beyond, surrounded by water
2 Culvert(metal and concrete), asphalt & beyond, guard rail and beyond
3 Road and beyond, tall grass marked by paint, surrounded by water, temporary parking area(marked by stakes and paint)
4 Path and beyond, surrounded by water. If surrounded by water, go to drop zone in front of alternate tee pad. You may also opt to throw first throw from the alternate concrete tee pad with a 1-throw penalty.
5 Path and beyond, surrounded by water
6 Tall grass marked by paint, asphalt & beyond
7 Tall grass marked by paint, asphalt & beyond. If OB on drive, proceed to DZ.
8 Path & beyond, surrounded by water. If surrounded by water, go to drop zone. You may also opt to throw first throw from the drop zone with a 2-throw penalty.
9 Surrounded by water or asphalt
10 Path, surrounded by water
11 Path & beyond, surrounded by water
12 Path & beyond, surrounded by water
13 Surrounded by water
14 Surrounded by water
15 Wall & beyond, road & beyond, fence & beyond, asphalt path
16 Road & beyond, path & beyond
17 Road & beyond, path & beyond
18 Path, surrounded by water



Temp Course
Hole OB Comments
19 Road and beyond
20 Road and beyond
21 Road and beyond
22
23 Retaining wall and beyond, on or under any building. There is a Drop Zone for a lost disc.
24 Long, marked by white paint
25
26
27
28
29
30
31 Island hole. If island is missed on drive, proceed to DZ. OB - Asphalt road and beyond.
32 On green house
33 On garage or house. Please don't fall off storm shelter.
34 Roads and beyond
35 Roads and beyond. Water in ditch is casual. Be careful on road!
36 Retaining wall and beyond, inside brown fenced area.

UPDATE - THERE ARE 93/95 SIGNED UP, SO THERE ARE TWO SPOTS LEFT. YOU MAY REGISTER HERE:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_18th_Annual_Dale_Roberts_Memorial_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

ONE HOLE WILL BE ADDED MAKING 2 ROUNDS OF 19. 11B WILL PLAY AS AN ISLAND. IF MISSED PLAY FROM WHERE IT LIES AND ADD A STROKE.

The 18th Annual Dale Roberts Memorial
Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 18th Dale Roberts Memorial, brought to you by Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. A big shout out to Matt Crause and his staff for the remodel and upkeep of the park, and letting us have another DRM event.

As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors:

First and foremost, we'd like to thank our title sponsor, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. Doug Bowen, owner of E & C, has been a long time supporter of this event. We appreciate you Doug. Also, we’d like to thank Discraft who stamped the custom discs for this year’s event. They did a great job.

Our Tour Sponsors are awesome, and we thank them for their huge efforts in making the DGM tours a success!
Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

I want to give a big thanks to Andrew Presnell for the new course design, as well as, the map and rule/OB sheet. I wanted to commemorate his efforts so I asked if I could use his logo on the hot stamp. He agreed, and also helped with ordering the custom Discraft discs. Thanks for everything PREZ!

Round 1 tees off at 9:00. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted by the time registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78347. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is DRM. All players are required to keep score. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be on your own. Round 2 should start at 1:00 but will be based on last card from the first round. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.

All disc golfers please remember that this park is alcohol-free and smoke-free. No smoking of any type is permitted during this tournament. Matt Crouse, the Nixa Parks director, is letting us know that there will be police patrolling the area the day of the event.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP (sponsored by Innova) is hole 4. Full Turn-only CTP is hole 12. Prodigy-Only CTP is hole 14. MVP/Axiom CTP is hole 17. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.


1:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.
Concrete gully and rocks are OB.

2:
On walking path is OB.
Pond is OB.
Over fence is OB.
NOTES:
Path connecting the well to main walking path is SAFE.
The well next to basket is SAFE.
Concrete gunite beside well is SAFE.

3:
Island Hole.
Any shots coming to rest outside of the island defined by walking paths goes to Drop Zone.
NOTES:
From Drop Zone, normal OB rules apply.

4:
On or beyond sidewalk or road is OB.
On concrete patio is OB.
On top of building is OB.

5:
On or beyond road is OB.
On or beyond sidewalk is OB.

6:
On road is OB.
On walking path or sidwalk is OB.
Over any fence is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

7:
On or beyond walking path is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

8:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

9:
Over any fence is OB.
Over walking path is OB.
NOTES:
Creek is CASUAL

10:
Beyond property line is OB.
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

11:
Over chain-link fence is OB.
On or beyond road is OB.
On or beyond access road is OB.

11B:
Play as an island. If island is missed, play from where the disc lies and add a stroke.

12:
On or beyond walking path on right is OB.
On sidewalk running from parking lot to walking path corner is OB.

13 Short:
On or beyond any walking path is OB.

14:
On or inside walking path peninsula is OB.
On or beyond sidewalk by road is OB.
Over fence is OB.

15:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.

16:
On or beyond walking path is OB.
On or beyond road is OB.

17:
On walking path is OB.
On or beyond any sidewalk by roads are OB.

18:
On or beyond any walking path or sidewalk is OB.
Concrete gully and rocks are OB.

Players’ Meeting For:
Elephant & Castle presents: The 4th Annual Breaking Chains sponsored by: Dynamic Discs

Welcome to the 4th Breaking Chains! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsor: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms. Doug Bowen, the owner of E&C, and continues to support many of the events on the DGM tour. Head out to see him and check out his awesome shop!

A special thanks to: Dan Bull, Stacey Bull, Travis Baker, Pastor Brad McAtee, and Jack McAtee for welcoming us, tournament preparations, and the food for lunch! On the menu from Dan:
Two faves that I know people like:
Baked spaghetti, Pulled pork Alfredo and a New dish Smoked Mac and cheese, served with: Garlic bread, Drinks, and Cookies’

We’d also like to thank Parker Asay for another sweet logo. Also, a big thanks to Dynamic Discs for being our disc manufacturer sponsor. They did another great job on the discs.

Last but certainly not least, a shout out to our Tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion. Check in begins at 8:00. Tee off is at 9:00. Don’t forget to pay your $5 and get into the Ace Pot before the first round starts.

Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78346 The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is PC18. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be provided in the church. Round 2 should start at 1, but will be determined by the last card in. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com. Per PDGA rule, if anyone should require a paper scorecard, they can be made available by DGM staff.

Please keep in mind that all players must keep score. This system is excellent allowing immediate correction for any different score.

Rules for the courses are listed below. MVP/Axiom CTP is hole 2. Full Turn CTP is hole 7. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 9. Unbranded CTP is hole 16.

**Even if not specified, tall grass and beyond on all fairways is hazard. Play from where it lies with one stroke penalty. There is no relief from this, except to rethrow from the previous lie with a stroke penalty. In general, the forested area is NOT hazard or OB, unless specified. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. Remember that the benefit should go to the player. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Mother Road Recap:

The 2nd Annual Mother Road Open brought us an absolutely beautiful day for disc golf! Mild summer temps, free lunches, and so many sponsors that divisions got payout boosts made this an awesome tournament!

First and foremost a big thank you to our tournament hole sponsors! Soundenvision, Marshfield Lumber, Retro Zone, Brooks, 417- Soft Wash, Dunn Mowing, Diehl Excavating, Stockman’sv Xbox Bank, Marshfield Electric, B&G Brush Control, Southern Bank, Reese Tree Services, Replogle Pump, Donco, Custom Creations, Roast Ready Mix, Sheila's place, & Patch.

As always, I want to thank our tour sponsors. Without all of you, we couldn’t do what we do: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to Marc Baker parks director and maintenance crew for all the support, cleaning up hole 11, and making the course look amazing! Also, to Amanda Barnett and Slim Chickens for providing lunch to all the players!

Thank you to Kevin Carder, Ian Boyer, Greg & Linsey Cass, Justin Hare, and Ashley Lucas for all your help at the tournament!

There were 89 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 9 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Corey Anderson -17
FPO- Brandy Monnahan +6
MP40- Dasun Keylor -17
MP50- Dan Newlin -10
MA1- Matt McHenry -13
MA40- Brad Philpott -5
MA50- Troy Miesner -1
MA2- Jake Deterding -11
MA3- Wayne Coblentz -5

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78345

Hottest Round of the day was Corey Anderson MPO who shot a 1027 in Round 1, and ended up holding his lead to victory!

Two players in MA40 went into a playoff after a tie between Bruce Cunningham and Brad Phillpott. Brad Philpott ended up taking the win after one playoff hole. Congratulations on your victory, and what a great day of play for someone who hadn't played the course until the day of the tournament!

In MA50 went into a playoff after a tie between Jeff Ford and Troy Miesner. Troy claimed the win after just one playoff hole as well.

In MA2 Troy Miesner, son of MA50 winner, had an amazing noteworthy 120 foot up shot that skipped right into the basket to save par! Definitely a moment to celebrate!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to the CTP winners!
Full Turn CTP- Phil McGuire
Innova CTP- Jackson Bekemeier
MVP/Axiom CTP- Jake Detering
Prodigy CTP- Jackson Bekemeier

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Jeff Ford who won the basket! As
mentioned at lunch, 1/2 of the raffle pot went to Roy and Julie Crouch to support their daughters recovery. $323 was given to Crouch family! Thank you all who helped!

Congratulations to Jackson Bekemeier who hit the only Ace of the day, Round 2 on Hole 3!

I hope to see you all at the next tournament, The 4th Annual Breaking Chains Open at PC18!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_4th_Annual_Breaking_Chains_2024/register

Soundenvision presents: The 2nd Mother Road Open Update

You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Sound_Envision_presents_The_2nd_Mother_Road_Open_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

This year’s Mother Road Open will again have money added to both Ams and Pros. With the help of sponsors we are sitting at $1000 for Pros ($250 more than the $750 needed for a B Tier) and $500 for Ams! I want to mention that this was only made possible by the Marshfield Parks & Rec, SoundEnvision, and the incredible efforts of Patrick Porter who is still rounding up sponsorships.

Another great partnership for this event is our team up with Slim Chickens who has agreed to provide lunch for all players. I met Amanda Barnett (the GM of the Lebanon location) at the Route 66 Festival in Lebanon during our putting tournament. We discussed catering for the Jared Hilton Memorial. She was able to make it happen for both the JHM and The Mother Road! If you are close by the Lebanon location and want some good food, please support Slim Chickens in Lebanon and give a “thank you” to Amanda.

We look forward to seeing all of you in Marshfield this coming Saturday at the Mother Road Disc Golf Course. There will be a raffle with a lot of items up for grabs, and of course there will be a basket given away as the big ticket item. Come prepared for a lot of fun, and we hope to SEE YOU SOON!

The 8th Annual Return of the Little Big Show was a mid-summer's tournament for sure with high heat humidity and a breezy finish for the second round!

First I would like to give a big thank you to our tournament sponsor Innova, and our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to Jared Brown and Frank Hebert for all the hard work on course prep, set up, clean up, and running the tournament!

Thank you to Team Monkey's Jonathon Chambless and Ian Boyer who helped set up and tear down at the end of the day! Thanks to Gregg Cass for his help as well.

There were 76 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 10 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Andrew Presnell -24
FPO- Mary Abbott +22
MP40- Yasha Koman -17
MP50- Andrew Newberry -7
MA1- Steven Brott -9
MA40- Michael Cory -2
MA50- Darrell Morris +10
MA60- Bradley Hilton +5
MA2- Christopher Clay -4
MA3- Ian Boyer +1

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/81368

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to the CTP winners!
Full Turn CTP- Jonathon Chambless
Innova CTP- Joshua Williams
MVP CTP- Gregg Cass
Prodigy CTP- Izzy Jones

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Steven Brott who took home a Monkey Trap basket!

Congratulations to the only Ace Hit of the day from Thomas Curtiss who aced Hole 10 in Round 2! Thomas took home over $500!

I hope to see you all at the next tournament, The 2nd Annual Mother Road Open that will be here before you know it!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Sound_Envision_presents_The_2nd_Mother_Road_Open_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

Patriot's Gold & Silver Presents: The 15th Annual Monkey Trap Open
Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 15th Monkey Trap Open! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our title sponsor: Patriot's Gold & Silver. And a big thank you to Kick'N Sound DJs for being our tournament sponsors.

We’d also like to thank all of our tour sponsors this year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in near hole one by the trailer. There will be a $5 cash Ace Pot available on the check in table. If no Ace is hit, the pot will roll over to the next DGM event.

Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78343. Round 1 starts at 9. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is MTO. Everyone is required to keep score. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, everyone is on their own for lunch.

Round 2 should start at 1, but will be determined by the last card in. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com. Per PDGA rule, if anyone should require a paper scorecard, they can be made available by DGM staff.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 2. Full Turn-only CTP is hole 18. MVP-only CTP is hole 7, Prodigy-only CTP is hole 13. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

JBeast
Hole OB Comments
1 OB - Road and beyond
2
3
4 OB - Sidewalk on and beyond
5 OB - Sidewalk on and beyond
6 OB - Sidewalk on and beyond
7 OB - Path right and beyond, flags right and beyond. Area around tee box up to flags is safe. If OB on drive, proceed to DZ.
8
9 OB - Path and beyond
10 OB - Creek in (surrounded by rocks) and beyond, path left and beyond. Road in middle is safe until white line. After white line, road left on or beyond OB.
11
12 OB - Path and beyond
13 OB - Path and beyond
14
15
16 OB - All roads on and beyond, creek bed surrounded by water
17 OB - Road on and beyond. Mando right of clump of trees. If mando is missed, go to DZ.
18 OB - Road and beyond

The 2nd Annual Olde Glory Days was hotter than blue blazes, and the swirling winds definitely put a spin on the throws of the day!

First and foremost, a big thank you to our title sponsor of the tournament The Greater Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce

Also a big thank you to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to Tim Komer from the park board for all his help taking pictures, talking with players, and making sure all was good during the tournament.

Thank you to Home town hero Micah Noble for painting the course, putting up signs, and putting out water for the tournament, and cleaning up at the end of the day!

Also thank you to Jake Gorrell of Squid Ink for taking Brandon's spot as TD after a deer ran into Brandon's car. Thankfully Brandon was okay!

Thank you to all the help from Team Monkey's Jonathan Chambless for running the computer and Ian Boyer for doing the raffle!

There were 43 players that came out to compete in this tournament, and 9 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Micah Noble -14
FPO- Mary Abbott +17
MP40- Corey Riley -6
MA1- Jonathon Chambless +4
MA40- Darrin Dodson +7
MA60- Bradley Hilton +5
MA2- Christopher Brawn -7
MA3- Calvin Hensley +1
MJ18- Cooper Goth +43

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78330

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to all the CTP winners of the day!

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winners Jeff Giffin and his son who not only won a basket, but manifested the raffle win by coming into the tournament telling me he was winning the basket today! By golly he did just what he said he would!

There was only one Ace Hit of the day from Christopher Brawn on Hole 8. Unfortunately, he was not in the Ace Pot. The Ace Pot is now at $560 and will roll over to the next tournament!

I hope to see you all at The 15th Annual Monkey Trap Open coming up on July 13th!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Patriot_s_Gold_and_Silver_presents_The_15th_Annual_Monkey_Trap_Open_2024/register


Photo credit: Tim Komer (he took some great action shots as well)

The 14th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial Recap:

First and foremost, a big thank you to all our title sponsors and tournament sponsors! Title Sponsors for this tournament were Missouri Eagle, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, and Innova Champion Discs. Tournament sponsors were Slim Chickens, Mike-Red Dragons, Chris, Ryan, Angela Adkins, Brad Hilton, Court, Probationary Services Inc., Lowes Home Improvement, All-Rite Fabrication, and Da Vinci’s.

Also a big thank you to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to the Wyota Chain Bang Club, Lebanon Parks & Rec, Team Monkey, and the amazing volunteers including Red Dragon, Ryan Shockley, Skyeler Crutchfiled, Dan Newlin, Steve Wilson, Brandy Monnahan, Will Guzzo, and Brad Hilton. A lot of people came together to help clean up, set up, and pack up both Friday and Saturday! If we missed you, you are no less important!

There were 128 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 14 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Jackson Bekemeier -20
FPO- Tiger Borth -10
MP40- Dasun Keylor -18
MP50- Russ Burns -19
MA1- Brett Dorrance -11
MA40- Chris Ryan -1
FA40- Julie Crouch +21
MA50- Tim Wilson -8
FA50- Tina Giltrap +17
MA60- Douglas Bowen -1
MA2- Daniel Penn -14
MA3- Ezra Piper -10
MJ18- Jayden Odom +27
FJ18- Addy Carder +53

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78329

There were multiple players worth mentioning who shot some crazy high rounds today!

In MPO:
Andrew Presnell and Chris Mounce came out hot in Round 1 both shooting 1027!

Moving into Round 2, Jackson Bekemeier made up some ground and caught up to Chris Mounce. Chris and Jackson had to playoff for the win. On the second playoff hole Chris missed his 50ft putt for birdie. Jackson made a 25ft putt for birdie and claimed the victory! Congratulations Jackson on the win!

In FPO:
Tiger Borth held a solid command of first place by shooting a 981 Round 1 and 925 Round 2. Congratulations Tiger on the win!

In MP50:
Keo Sabengsy shot a hot Round 1 as he matched the top MPO players with his 1027!

Russ Burns fought his way into first place with his 1026 in Round 2 and ended the day only 1 stroke below the MPO winner! Congratulations on the win Russ!

In MA1:
Brett Dorrance battled from 5th place in Round 1 to 1st place in Round 2 by shooting a 1013! Congratulations on well earned victory!

In MA60:
Doug Bowen’s performance, after coming off a foot injury, was stellar! He went up by 6 strokes in the first round and never looked back. Great Win, and thanks again for continuing to be one of the Title Sponsors!

In MA2:
There was a three way playoff for 1st place between Charles Rector, Michael Cory, and Chris Ryan. Chris Ryan came out on top with the first place finish!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Unbranded CTP Hole 17 Jared Hilton - Dylan Clinkenbeard
Full Turn CTP Hole 14 Winfrey - Michael Cory

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Doug Bowen owner of Elephant & Castle who took home a basket! $1,400 was raised in the raffle, that will go toward furthering disc golf in memory of Jared Hilton. On behalf of Brad Hilton, thank you all!

There was only one Ace of the day from Ezra Piper MA3 on Hole 16. Unfortunately, he was not in the Ace Pot, so the $445 will roll over to the next tournament!

I hope to see you all at The 2nd Annual Olde Glory Days Open this coming weekend!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_2nd_Olde_Glory_Days_Open_sponsored_by_Prodigy_2024/register

LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
Contact Brandy Monnahan if you lost any discs.

Missouri Eagle and Elephant & Castle Fine Arms Present:
The 14th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial - Driven by Innova

Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 14th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial! I would like to start off with a warning for all players who have not been to the courses lately. There has been construction going on for quite some time. The city is widening the road in between the two courses. There are several holes that have been affected. Hole 4 has completely been moved and is a temp hole. You will see a few holes that have dirt work and mounds on fairways and near greens. Also, there were some pretty severe storms and the wood pile on Winfrey behind 9 and part of 10 is larger than ever. Please take added caution on your footing in these areas. The Club and I feel both courses are playable with the changes made.

A big shout of thanks to the following people for their work on the courses: Red Dragon, Ryan Shockley, Skyeler Crutchfiled, Dan Newlin, Steve Wilson, Brandy Monnahan, and Brad Hilton. If I missed someone, please make any efforts known in the comments!

Moving on to sponsors. We again have two Title Sponsors and our Manufacture sponsor represented on the custom discs. Thank you to all three: Missouri Eagle, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, and Innova Champion Discs.

We'd also like to thank our other tournament sponsors:
Slim Chickens, Mike-Red Dragons, Chris, Ryan, Angela Adkins, Brad Hilton, Court, Probationary Services Inc., Lowes Home Improvement, All-Rite Fabrication, and Da Vinci’s.

Last and definitely not least we appreciate all of our tour sponsors: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Innova Champion Discs, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Round 1 tees off at 9. The course assignments will be announced Saturday at check in. The reason for the delay is to make sure we split the field the best way possible given the divisions and numbers of players in each. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is JHM. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78329. All players are required to keep score. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, Slim Chickens will provide lunch at the Winfrey house. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the course are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 17 at Jared Hilton. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 5 at Jared Hilton. Full Turn-only CTP is hole 14 at Winfrey. MVP-only CTP is hole 2 at Winfrey.

If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

DGM’s Reflection Tour Points Challenge Update:

With the North Ark Open and the Dragon Ridge Open behind us the Reflection Tour has officially made a stop at each region of the season! It's time to take a look at where everyone stands on the Points Challenge board!

Before we get into the update don’t forget this weekend is the Jared Hilton Memorial part of the East region, and the following weekend is the Olde Glory Days which is the North Major that gives double points. This is a great chance to move up in a big way. God luck!

Congratulations to all players who are currently at the top of the board after the latest tournament!

Since the last points update there have been some big movers on the board!

In the Silverback Division:
Andrew Presnell jumped up from 36th to just shy of top 10 taking the 11th place position on the board!

Phil McGuire moved up from 23rd to 14th place!

In the Gorilla Division:
Tyler Zustiak jumped from 20th all the way up to 4th place!

Tobby Rector moved into a top 10 position from 13th to 6th place!

Brad Hilton also moved into a top 10 position from 29th to 9th place after the last two tournaments!

Jacob Whittle moved from 30th to 13th place!

In the Mandrill Division:
Esmerelda Dodson has maintained her first place position, and became the first Mandrill to play in a tournament from each region on the tour!

The Mandrill Division had 6 new players added to the board after the last tournament!

In the Kong Division:
Ian Boyer made a huge leap into a top 5 position from 29th to 4th place!

Cameron Banks moved up from 30th to 16th place!

The Top 3 in each division are as follows:

Silverback
1. Russ Burns 272
2. Nevada McAplin 235
3. Jackson Bekemeier 188

Gorilla
1. Tyler Northrip 318
2. Jonathon Chambless 232
3. Mason Myers 185

Mandrill
1. Esmerelda Dodson 289
2. Mary Abbott 234
3. Julie Crouch 191

Kong
1. Brian Warren 228
2. Justin Hare 188
3. Preston Curry 170

The Points Challenge full results are updated after each tournament and can be found on my website:
http://www.discgolfmonkey.com/tour_schedule

If you need more information about how the points challenge works or what to expect please read below:

1. At the end of the season the top four players in each division will receive a large prize and a hand casted pure silver pendant made by Jeff Ford of Patriot’s Gold & Silver

2. To qualify for the points series a player must compete in at least one tournament from three of the four regions. The regions can be found on the Points Challenge flyer. There is currently one Wild Card event (The Winter Blast) that can be used as a tournament for any region.

3. For the Points Challenge, players are separated into the following categories:

Silverback- All Pros
Mandrill- All Women
Gorilla- All Advanced
Kong- All Other Men’s

Tomorrow is the day for the Route 66 Putting Challenge (part of the Route 66 Festival in Lebanon, Missouri).

If you only have a short time to play some golf this is perfect. Come putt for your chance to win before or after you play a local course in the area.

What time? Tomorrow from 10:00-3:00
Where? Boswell Park - Lebanon, Missouri
Cost? $10/ round of 18
$5 for kids (they will get a custom disc)

There is a $750 purse for both Pro & Am divisions. Come show off your putting skills!

This is a fun way to show the sport to people who may not know much about it. If you want to come hang out, join us any time between 10:00-3:00. There will be a 6 hole putting course and a couple of mini baskets set up.

Rules:
1. Each player will have 2 putters/ station.
2. At each station two putts will be attempted.
3. There will either be a line or a circle with flags marking the throwing area. If there is a line with two flags, you must throw from behind the line. You must not step over the line after release until the disc comes to rest in the chains or bucket on holes 1, 2, 3, & 4 (PDGA rule). If there is a circle, this means one of your feet must stay on that circle when putting.
4. There are 3 points possible for each putt (6 total with the players two discs/hole):
Metal (cage and above ) = 1 Point
Chain (does not stay in) = 2 Points
Made = 3 Points
5. Hole 5 has a Bonus Disc that is Marked “2X Points”. This disc is used each round and is an additional shot that is given double points (this disc is the only one that can be used for the double points). A make is worth 6, chain is worth 4, & 2 points for metal.
6. Each player will pay $10 and play through the 6 hole course three times. A player will take the scores for 18 holes as their total.
7. A player may pay & play as many times as they wish. Only the players best score will count and a player may only place once.

1 - 25’ “Nothing Fancy” - straight on putt (line at 25’)
2 - 28’ “Stretch” - Straddle putt to either side of barrel (marked at 28’ and dot is behind the middle of the barrel)
3 - “Aim High” - Elevated basket (placed on a platform 20-25’… marked line for tee off)
4 - 25’ “Turbo Lover” - A turbo putt must be used and thrown over the banner from 25’)
5 - 33’ “Let’s Jump” - Bonus 2X points with special putter. Players may jump putt if desired.
6 - 55’ “Circle 2 Madness” - A mammoth 55’ putt that will test your long range putting.

The 7th Annual Dragon Ridge Open brought us a three way MPO playoff, multiple Ace Hits, and challenging rocky terrain that made for steep competition!

First and foremost, a big thank you to the title sponsors of this tournament: Discmania and The City of Camdenton Parks & Rec! We also appreciate the efforts of Travis Brock, Parks Director, who keeps
this event flying! To our first time tournament sponsor Bergmanis Law Firm, we appreciate your support!

Also, we want to give a big shout out to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to Triston Stark for putting up the canopy, getting ice, making sure water jugs were full, and for weed eating. Thanks River Flagg as well for helping with weed eating and other course prep work. I speak for all the winners when I say great job Kenny Hunt, for the amazing wooden mini trophies!

Last, but never least, Thank you to Team Monkey: Michael Cory, Jonathon Chambless, Ian Boyer, Justin Hare, and Ashley Lucas for all your help. I appreciate all the support!

There were 90 players signed up to try and slay the Dragon Ridge course. There were 11 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Andrew Presnell -8
FPO- Alexis Kerman +15
MP50- Dylan Giltrap -2
MA1- Tyler Zustiak -1
FA1- Meredith Bushatz +19
MA40- Todd Bishatz E
MA50- Jason McEwen +9
MA60- Scott Conner +5
MA2- Michael Cory +5
FA2- Tina Giltrap +37
MA3- TJ Krueger +9

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78328

In MPO:
First place in MPO had to be decided with a three way playoff between Andrew Presnell, Derek DG Green, and Benjamin Lemon! The battle for victory ended with Andrew Presnell taking the first place win after two playoff holes!

Hot rounds of the day go to MPO players who shot 1007 rated rounds which is definitely no easy feat on this course! Shout out to Micah Noble, Benjamin Lemon, Derek DG Green, and Nevada McAplin! Great job guys!

In FPO:
Congratulations to Alexis Kerman who held the lead for both Rounds and shot an 884 and 873 for the win!

In MP50:
Dylan Giltrap had the lead at the end of Round 1, and smashed it with a great Round 2 by shooting a 987!

In MA2:
There was a tight field in MA2 the whole day. Multiple players were within one or two strokes from victory. Michael Cory was tied for 6th place at the end of Round 1, and battled his way all the way to first place from chase card!

In MA3:
There was a playoff for first place between TJ Krueger and Makai Matthews! TJ Krueger took the victory after just one hole!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Unbranded CTP Hole 16 - Justin Hare
MVP Only Hole 11 - Ashton Pullis
Full Turn CTP Hole 16 - Michael Cory
Prodigy Only Hole 17 - Triston Stark

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Brady Doss who chose to take home the Mach II basket!

Congratulations to our multiple Ace Pot winners for the tournament:
Dallas Whittle MPO got an Ace on Hole 11, Round 1
Derek DG Green MPO got an Ace on Hole 11, Round 2
Dan Newlin MP50 got an Ace on Hole 15, Round 2

Honorable mention to Colby Robbins MPO who did hit an Ace on Hole 9, but wasn't in on the Ace Pot.

I hope to see you all at The 10th Annual Jared Hilton Memorial coming up on June 15th!
You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Missouri_Eagle_and_Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_10th_Annual_Jared_Hilton_Memorial_sp_by_Innova_2024/register


LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
Lone Star Mini
Gateway Spear
Discraft Passion
Innova Pro World’s stamp 2014
MVP Reaper stamp Tesla

If you played this event: be the first person to make a comment posting a picture from the tournament and win a 1 Hour massage from Intuitive Body Works (a $95 value), courtesy of Ashley Wright, owner.

The 7th Annual Dragon Ridge Open Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 7th Dragon Ridge Open! I’d like to give a big Shout out to Gary Braman. Gary pushed to get this course in years ago. He continues to maintain signage, moves baskets, designs the hot stamps, and more. He has also worked on getting another course in the ground at Osage Beach… coming soon! We appreciate all you have done for disc golf in the area.

We want to thank our Title sponsors: Discmania & The City of Camdenton. Disc Mania has been our manufacturer sponsor for all 7 years. They continue to do a great job on the custom discs. The City of Camdenton Parks & Rec, ran by Travis Brock (parks director), have continued to support this event every year. It has truly been a pleasure working with them. The partnership between us all has generated 7 straight filled up events! On behalf of Disc Mania and Travis Brock, Thank You for your continued support!

We have one tournament sponsor and we appreciate Bergmanis Law Firm for their support!

We also give a big thanks to our Tour Sponsors. Without them we couldn’t make the tours happen: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Innova Champion Discs, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Without these sponsors, the tour would not be what it is today! Thanks for believing in what DGM does, and supporting us each year!

Everyone needs to check in near the trailer under the canopies. Every player will receive 1 premium plastic custom disc and a koozie. Ams will receive a base level custom disc as well. Round 1 tees off at 9:00. Scores for the tournament need to be kept on the PDGA website. Player course and hole assignments will be posted after registration closes Friday night athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78328. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is DRO. Everyone is required to keep score. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be on your own. Round 2 should start at 1. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.

Rules for the course are listed below. MVP-only CTP is hole 11. Unbranded CTP is hole 15. Full Turn-only CTP is hole 16. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 17. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Rules & OB’s
Hole Number Distance OB Rules
1 270 Inside softball Field. Retrieve through gate.
2 365
3 205
4 229
5 360
6 280
7 392
8 335
9 280
10 338 Road on right side, on and beyond
11 197 Inside tennis court fence
12 300 Parking lot of water park
13 325
14 274
15 190
16 228
17 250
18 258 Parking lot behind basket

The 12th Annual North Ark Open was an amazing day of beautiful sunny skies, an immaculate well maintained course, a multitude of playoffs to win, and a full field of competitors!

First and foremost, a big thank you to the sponsor of this tournament: Elephant & Castle (we missed you Doug Bowen)

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to Matt Bell, Director Explore Harrison, who has been the leading supporter in keeping this tournament a big success. He has continued to help grow our sport and many others. You are the best Matt!

Also, a big thank you to Rick Gilmore who donated a four wheeler to be used to aid in water refills and tournament set up.

Thank you to Team Monkey: Kevin Carder, Dasun Keylor, Kyle Mcclure, Ian Boyer, Justin Hair, Jonathon Chambless, and Ashley Lucas for all your help. I appreciate all the support!

There were 100 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 13 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Andrew Presnell -29
FPO- Jana Booth -1
MP40- Corey Riley -11
MP50- Dan Newlin -7
MA1- Justin Knuckles -9
FA1- Itzy Castorena +8
MA40- David Anderson -4
MA50- Tim Wilson -12
MA60- Shawn Tompkins +6
MA70- Michael McCallum
MA2- Neil Seaman -6
MA3- Ian Boyer -9
FJ18- Addy Carder +94

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78327

There were some crazy high rated rounds, and several playoffs to decide who would be named the winner at this tournament!

In MPO:
The hottest round of the day definitely goes to Andrew Presnell, who recently won the Champions Cup in Illinois, and shot a 1043 in Round 1 and a 1044 in Round 2! Andrew definitely was on fire throughout the tournament! Congratulations Andrew on your well earned victory!

In MP40:
There was a fierce three way playoff for first place between Corey Riley, Chris Goodman, and Dasun Keylor in the MP40 Division. After one playoff hole, Corey Riley took first place with a great drive and 20 foot putt for birdie. Congratulations Corey on the win!

In MA1:
Tyler Northrip and Justin Knuckles tied for first and battled through 4 holes before a winner was declared. That was no easy feat after a 40 Hole day of competition! In the end, Justin Knuckles claimed the victory! Congratulations Justin on the win! Despite having not won first place, Tyler Northrip decided to throw one more hole after the tournament was over, and ended the day with an Ace just for fun!

In MA2:
Nathan Huffman and Neil Seaman had to playoff for 1st place to decide the winner of MA2 after yet another tied finish. After one hole Neil came out on top as the winner! Congratulations Neil Seaman on your first place finish!

In MA50:
In the fourth tie of the day Toby Rector and Tim Wilson tied for 1st place in their division. It only took one hole of play for the winner to be determined! Congratulations Tim Wilson on your win!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Unbranded CTP Hole 5- Russ Burns MP40
MVP Only Hole 6b- James Hanna MA50
Full Turn CTP Hole 7b- Kevin Carder MA40
Prodigy Only Hole 17- David Anderson MA40

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner disc golf monkey basket Jeff Ford!

Ace Hits:
There were no official Ace Pot winners today, but Clinton Carson in the MA2 Division had a lucky shot Ace on Hole 18 in Round 1 (off the tree). Unfortunately, he was not in on the Ace Pot, but still congratulations on the Ace! There was $260 in the Ace pot. So 1/2 will go to EDGE and 1/2 will be rolled over making Dragon Ridge’s Ace Pot start at $130!

I hope to see you all May 25th at The 7th Annual Dragon Ridge Open in Camdenton!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_7th_Annual_Dragon_Ridge_Open_Sponsored_By_DiscMania_2024/register


LOST AND FOUND ITEMS: Discraft Passion

Elephant & Castle presents: The 12th Annual North Ark Open Players’ Meeting

We are close to filling up! You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_12th_Annual_North_Ark_Open_2024/registration/edit

Welcome to the 12th North Ark Open brought to you by Elephant & Castle (Thanks Doug Bowen and heal up soon)! I have to start by giving a huge shout out to Matt Bell, Director of Explore Harrison. For thirteen years our partnership has continued to produce one of the best events on the tour. Before we started the North Ark Open, the new course here was introduced at one of DGM’s Finale tournaments. Nearly every year the NAO fills up. This event continues to raise and contribute money to the EDGE program. We are proud that this event has been a part of the Tournament Charity Program (TCP) for many years. Above all, North Ark offers a beautiful and challenging course. The maintenance crew at North Ark College keeps it in immaculate condition. We hope to continue each year “Exploring Harrison” as this tournament continues on! Thank you Matt!!

We also give a big thanks to our Tour Sponsors. Without them we couldn’t make the tours happen: Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Patriots Gold & Silver, Kinney Amusement, Innova Champion Discs, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the concession stand or in the trailer if there is poor weather. Round 1 tees off at 9:00. Scores for the tournament should be kept on the PDGA website, but we can have paper scorecards available if necessary. Player course and hole assignments will be posted Friday evening athttps://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78327. The link to online scoring is https://pdga.com/score/. The access code is NAO. As of January 1, 2024, all players must record the card scores to pdga.com. DGM staff will receive them at tournament central. When round one is finished, everyone is on their own for lunch. Round 2 should start around 1, but the official start time will be based on receiving the last card after round 1. Player course and round assignments will once again be posted to the PDGA event page, and scores should be kept on pdga.com.

Rules for the courses are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 5. MVP-only CTP is hole 6b. Full Turn CTP is hole 7b. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 17. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

North Ark
1 305 OB – Sidewalk and parking lot on left
2 310 OB – Road, curb, and parking on the left at base of slope
3 385 OB – Road, curb, and parking on the left at base of slope, parking lot behind basket, and tall grass on far side of cross country track on right
4 310 OB – Fence in trees on left
5 244 OB - Maintenance buildings on left
6 422 OB – Tennis court behind basket, gravel parking area marked by paint
6b 210 OB – Street and parking area beyond basket
7 315 Mandos left of marked trees. OB – Construction on right and beyond
7b 250 OB – In or on top of buildings
8 770 OB – Fence on right and beyond basket
9 350
10 356 OB – Fence beyond basket
11 190 OB – Fence on right
12 223 Mando – Between 2 trees in front of tee. Retee if missed
13 191
14 350
15 312 OB – Fence on right. DO NOT cross fence to retrieve discs
16 446 OB – Fence on right
17 247
18 364 OB – Road, curb, and parking beyond basket

Hanna Hills Open Recap:

We recently had the 6th Annual Hannah Hills open! This course was recently named one of the best courses in the entire World (84th). We were treated to beautiful scenery, the sound of wild peacocks, and super challenging fairways!

First and foremost, a big thank you to the sponsors of this tournament:
Title Sponsor Patriot's Gold & Silver, our Disc Manufacturer Sponsor Innova Champion Discs, and Grow & Throw!

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage, and Sticky Dyes.

A special thank you to the Bentle family for hosting the tournament, providing lunch to all the players, and sharing such a beautiful course for us to play on!

Also, a big thank you to Kenny Hunt and Hunt Works for your enormous help during the tournament and the beautiful wooden mini trophies!

Thank you to Team Monkey: Kyle McClure, Jonathon Chambless, and Justin Hare for all your help. Also, a big shout out to Michael Bentle, for helping out the team! you guys rocked it!

There were 90 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 10 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Dallas Whittle -14
FPO- Brandy Monnahan +10
MP40-Corey Riley -5
MP50- Russ Burns -13
MA1- Andrew Ellinghouse -13
MA40- Michael Bentele +9
MA50- Terry Wood +3
MA60- Stan Balke +7
MA3- Louis Belamour +3
FA3- Erika Wood +48

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78325

We got to see truly talented competitors that are worth mentioning!

In the MPO Division, Zackriath Johnson shot a 1021 in Round 1!

Also in MPO Dallas Whittle shot the only bogie free round of the day, and ended up winning the MPO Dvision!

In FPO, Mary Abbot threw 230 foot upshot that skipped right into the basket in Round 1 on Hole 9! Great shot!

In the MP40 division, Corey Riley and Matt Christensen ended the day with a playoff hole for the win after battling it out. Corey Riley ended up victorious!

In the MP50 Division, Russ Burns took the win with a 999 2nd round to finish 13 down combined. Russ shot just 1 stroke more than the winner of MPO.

In the MA1 division, Andrew Ellinghouse shot two rounds in the 50’s for a -13 as well, taking down his field!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Full Turn CTP Hole 2 - With no participants, everyone missed an opportunity to throw some great discs from Full Turn!
Innova CTP (Any disc) Hole 3- Gary Saurez for his Ace! Can't get closer than that!
MVP only CTP Hole 8- Alec Reven
Prodigy Only Disc CTP- Hole 17- Chris Hutchinson

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Alex Herrera who chose the Hydro dipped Zuca cart to take home as the grand prize!

Congratulations to the only Ace hit of the day Gary Saurez and his $280 Ace Pot win!

I hope to see you all at the next stop on the Reflection Tour at Elephant & Castle’s 12th Annual North Ark Open on the beautiful Pioneer Disc Golf Course in Harrison, Arkansas.
You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Elephant_and_Castle_presents_The_12th_Annual_North_Ark_Open_2024/registration/edit


LOST AND FOUND ITEMS: There was a trifold chair left

Good Morning Players and Welcome to Hanna Hills

Remember to try and check in before you get to Hanna Hills. Reception is poor on certain holes and around the place of check in:
www.pdga.com/score
The code is HHO

There will be a scorepointe with hole assignments at tournament central. There were late changes made, so please make sure you are at the right hole.

Good Luck and be safe!

Players Meeting is below this post, and is available to view at the check in table.

Hanna Hills Players Meeting:

Patriot's Gold & Silver Presents: The 5th Annual Hanna Hills Open sponsored by Innova Champion Discs Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 5th Annual Hanna Hills! We’d like to start off by thanking our tournament sponsors which include our Title Sponsor Patriot's Gold & Silver, our Disc Manufacturer Sponsor Innova Champion Discs, and a new Tournament Sponsor Grow & Throw

We also want to shout out THANKS to our Tour Sponsors:

Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Innova Champion Discs, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Carpool if at all possible. We've expanded the parking lot, but there is still limited parking. If the main parking lot is full, find Vic, Diana, Michael, or Jonathan, and they will direct you where to park. Also, please try to start live scoring before you get to the course. The cell signal is very hit and miss. Mostly miss!

Directions: From I-44 take exit 153 at Buckhorn and travel south 1.1 miles on MO HWY 17, turn left (southeast) on Hwy NN. Travel 3.6 miles on NN. Enter the course next to the historic Hanna Post Office. Follow the signs marked "Hanna Hills Parking."

Everyone needs to check in at the barn. Round 1 tees off at 9. Scores for this tournament wil be kept online at www.pdga.com/score. Code is HHO. Paper cards will be available upon request. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/67758. DGM staff will receive the online scores at tournament central. When round one is finished, lunch will be provided by the Benteles on the grounds.

This is an incredibly beautiful and well kept private course, for this reason we ask that you bring a donation for food if you are able. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted online and on paper.

Rules for the course are listed below. There are 4 CTP’s: Full Turn Only is hole 2. Innova CTP (any disc can win) is hole 3. MVP-only hole is hole 8. Prodigy-only hole is hole 17.

If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules for the course:
Hole Number Distance Notes
1 408 OB - Main pond, surrounded by water. If OB, proceed to DZ. Water left of road will be casual.
2 224 OB - Surrounded by water
3 234 OB - Surrounded by water
4 417 OB - Barbed wire fence
5 336
6 432 OB - Surrounded by water, barbed wire fence at bottom of cliff. If over the cliff, but in bounds, player may play from lie, or from previous lie with penalty.
7 264 Play from red/white pad (on the right). OB - Surrounded by water
8 238
9 438 Green rope on left OB. Yellow rope above it is for visual reference off the tee. Make a judgment call, benefit to the player. If disc goes over cliff, DO NOT retrieve. Vic will get it after your round.
10 330 Surrounded by water OB. If OB, proceed to DZ.
11 221
12 387
13 420 Surrounded by water OB
14 237
15 438
16 621
17 225
18 713 Play from blue/white (long) pad, near the bench that was donated by the Burns family. Fence beyond basket is OB

The 9th Annual Disc'n For Cheetah's tournament benefiting The Cheetah Habitat in Kenya did not disappoint. This year brought 20 mph winds along with 98 fierce competitiors. All competitiors enjoyed a beautiful course full of blooming redbuds, a few dogwoods, a beautiful walk along the creek, and other spectacular views.

First and foremost, a big thank you to this year’s tournament sponsors:
Sho-me pest
Justice Electric
Alpaca farm/humming acre
Big Johnsons power washing
Fletcher Farms
Rivard Heating and Cooling
Friends of the Zoo
Blackbird Blades
Fetch Pet Supplies
AH Trucking LLC
Pam and Ed Gwin
Republic Animal Hospital
Gordon's feed and pet
Ozarks coca cola bottling company
Ozarks aazk
Architectural Creations
Dickerson park zoo
Botox & Company
Woodland Whack DG
Missouri Embroidery & Screenprinting

Also a big shout out of thanks to our tour sponsors who continue to make the DGM Tour a success each year:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage, Sticky Dyes, and Hunt works.

Special Thanks to Matt Corrie, Friends of the Zoo Volunteers, and the Dickerson Park Zoo staff for supporting the tournament by allowing us to use the facility for the event, helping at the event, providing lunch options, and spotting/disc recovery services to all the players!

Also, a special thanks to Rick Gilmore, Charles Smith, Neil Seaman, and Justin Hare for all the hard work and man hours put towards making the course look amazing for the big day.

Thank you to Team Monkey: Greg and Linsey Cass, Ian Boyer, Dasun Keylor, Kevin Carder for all your help. Thank you for the tournament director services put in by Brent Hilliard. It takes a lot of people coming together to make tournaments possible, and I appreciate all the help and support!

Thank you to all players who participated in the raffle. Money from this tournament’s raffle will be donated to the Cheetah Habitat in Kenya. We will have an exact figure on what was raised very soon. Matt mentioned that we have raised just under $20,000 total in the previous 8 years!

The 98 players that came out to compete made up 13 divisions.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Phil McGuire -15
FPO- Mary Abbott +13
MP40- Keo Sabengsy -17
MA1- Tyler Northrip -6
FA1- Julie Crouch +5
MA40- Toby Rector -3
MA50- Mike Abbott +2
MA60- Bradley Hilton -2
MA2- Christopher Brawn -6
MA3- Ian Boyer -1
FA3- Ashley Love +34
MJ18- Jackson Fisher +21
FJ18- Ashley Carder +100

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament.

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/78323

The hottest rounds of the day came from the MP40 division by Keo Sabengsy (The Snake Tamer) and Dasun Keylor who both shot -10 in their second round! Keo came out on top taking 1st place in his division and best score overall of the day!

In MA3, Ian Boyer and Jacob Woolston needed an extra hole to decide 1st place. Ian Boyer nearly aced his tee shot just narrowly missing hole 1. Ian took the win with a solid birdie tap in for the win!

In MA50 Mike Abbott and Darrin Dodson also required an additional hole to decide 1st place. An unfortunate skip landed Darrin Dodson in OB trouble. Mike Abbott took the victory with a tap in bogie.

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Any Disc Innova Hole 13- John Corriston
Full Turn Only Hole 1- Bryan Pitman
Prodigy Only Hole 4- Carson Rees
MVP Only Hole 18- David Savage

Also, Congratulations to the big raffle winner Patrick Price who chose the Monkey Baskey to take home as the grand prize!

There was a trio of Aces. Way to snag some cash fellas!
Roy Crouch- Hole 18 round 1
Jacob Woolston- Hole 19 round 1
Ian Boyer- Hole 19 round 1

Thank you to all players for keeping the course clean and making the day fun and memorable! I hope to see you all on April 13th at The 6th Annual Hannah Hills Open in Laquey MO!

You may register at the following link:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_6th_Hanna_Hills_Open_sponsored_by_Innova_2024/register

LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
There were several discs pulled out of the pond by Keo. Feel free to mention what you lost in the pond in the comments. Jeremy Surratt lost a blue G Star Boss that has Iceberg written on it. It was left on hole 19 in the Bamboo. If you found it contact him or you may drop it off at my place.

The 16th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl definitely lived up to it's name this year. Icicles could be seen hanging from the baskets with snow flurries giving everyone a great wind read!

First and foremost thank you to the sponsors of this tournament Lebanon Parks & Rec and Patriots Gold & Silver!

A special thanks to John Shelton (Lebanon Parks Director) for all his support. Thank you to Brandy Monnahan, Rollin Clammie, and Amanda Donnelly for all your help at the event. Thank you to Team Monkey: Jonathon Chambless, Kevin Carder, Justin Hare, and Ashley Lucas for helping with the tournament. Thank you to all who brought food to provide lunch to the players and all who donated to the raffle!

I am very grateful for the generosity of the players that came out Saturday and helped by making donations, putting in for the Ace Pot, bringing canned goods, and buying raffle tickets! Collectively we were able to raise $2,000 dollars that will go to benefit L-Life Food Pantry! When I told John Shelton how much we raised he said "Wow great job. This tournament has been such a great help to the community and the support of the parks. The play that the disc golfers bring to the park is crazy. Everyone is talking about it." There is a lot of heart in the disc golf community and I'm so glad we can come together for these events to share the sport and give back to others.

There were 78 players that came out to compete in this tournament and 10 divisions were represented.

First place results in each division are listed below:

MPO- Allen Heston -16
FPO- Brandy Monnahan +12
MP40- Russ Disc Golf Monkey Burns -6
MP50- Chris Neff -4
MA1- Matthew Williams -7
MA40- Joe Linkins +1
MA50- Darrin Dodson +4
MA60- Stan Balke +6
MA2- Justin Warren -1
MA3- Chase Greazy Dyes Marcus +4

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384 (https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384)

Congratulations to the hot round shooters of the day! Allen Heston shot a 1030 in the 1st Round on Jared Hilton Memorial and won the MPO division! Micah Noble also had a hot round and fought his way into second place by shooting a 1030 in Round 2 on Winfrey!

Matthew Williams and Christian Polovich were neck in neck battling for first place in MA1 the entire tournament neither yielding to the other. In the end a playoff hole was needed to decide the winner and Matthew Williams came out on top!

Congratulations to Justin Warren on his hot start to the season by getting his second tournament win in a row for MA2!

Congratulations to all players who cashed in the tournament!

Congratulations to our CTP winners:
Womens CTP- Esmerelda Dodson
Any disc CTP- Jacob Eaves

Also, Congratulations to Chris Ryan who was the big raffle winner and took home a Prodigy Basket!

There were no aces hit today, but the Ace Pot roll over for the next tournament will be $535!

I hope to see you all on March 16th at the The 1st Tom Wolfe Memorial Open- Benefiting the Honor Flight-VFW in Monnett MO!

You may register at the link below:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_1st_Tom_Wolfe_Memorial_2024/register (https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_1st_Tom_Wolfe_Memorial_2024/register)

The 16th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl Players’ Meeting

Welcome to the 16th Annual Lebanon Ice Bowl! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors.

Tournament sponsors include: Lebanon Parks & Rec & Patriots Gold & Silver

A big shout out of thanks to this year’s Reflection Tour Sponsors:
Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the Winfrey house. Pro players will be paid via PayPal unless other arrangements are made. Please be sure that the address that is used to sign up with is the e mail you want your money sent to. If not, let me know the address you want used before you leave the event. Amateurs you will be paid out with a voucher that may be used in the trailer just like cash. Six players will be allowed in the trailer at a time to shop. If you receive a voucher, it must be redeemed the day of the event unless special arrangements are made. Simply come talk with me if there is a circumstance in which you need to leave before shopping. You may have someone shop for you.

Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is LIB. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at http://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384 (http://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77384). The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, a chili lunch will be served at the Winfrey house. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

There will be a $5 (Cash only) Ace Pot going on as well. Don’t forget to sign up buy putting your name on the Ace Pot bag and putting your $5 inside. The current roll over Ace Pot is at $390! Good Luck!!

As many of you know, there has been construction on the road between the two courses. The city has been working on widening the road. There is equipment and other things that have been in the field of play on holes 2, 3, 4, & 18. John Shelton, Parks Director, has said that most of it should be moved. Saturday morning during check in if there are rule/OB changes they will be printed out and posted.

Rules for the course are listed below. Unbranded CTP is hole 17 at Jared Hilton. MVP-only CTP is hole 14 at Winfrey. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 5 at Jared Hilton. Women only CTP is hole 4 at Winfrey.

Park bathrooms are closed, but there are porta potties on the courses. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Play well, have fun, and thank you for being a part of helping the L-Life Food
Pantry as they help the less fortunate and hungry!!

Swing Right, Q-102, and Dynamic Discs present: The Presidential Cup IX Players Meeting

Welcome to the 9th Presidential Cup! As always, we’d like to start off by thanking our sponsors. A big thank you to our Title Sponsors Q-102 and Dynamic Discs. We also want to thank Scott Kisling and Swing Right Golf for their continued support of the tour and disc golf as a whole!

Our tour sponsors this year are: Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Kinney Amusement, Dynamic Discs, Innova Champion Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes.

Everyone needs to check in at the pro shop.
All 100 players will receive a players pack consisting of a custom disc and shirt. Don’t forget to sign up for the $5 cash only Ace Pot. This year we will continue doing the Roll Over Ace Pot if no Ace is hit. The Ace pot will be
rolled over to the next event unless the tournament is benefitting a charity, in which case, 1/2 will roll over and 1/2 will go to the charity. Last year the Roll Over Ace was very exciting as it reached over 2,100! Best of luck.

After the tournament, amateur players receiving a payout will line up at the back of the trailer and six people will be allowed in the trailer at once to shop. All Amateur Players Please Note: All vouchers must be used the day of unless arrangements are made before you leave. You may have friends use your vouchers for you.

Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is PRES. There is a new rule set by the PDGA: EVERY PLAYER MUST KEEP SCORE. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/77382. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, there will be chili for lunch. If anyone would like to bring an extra pot, please do! Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

As many of you know, Dynamic Discs was bought out, and there have been changes made. I’m sad to say that one of the changes this year is they have done away with the 5K/10K Challenge. We hope after this year they will bring it back.

Rules for the course are listed in the Gallery. Prodigy-only CTP is hole 1. MVP-only CTP is hole 2, Women only CTP is hole 19, and the unbranded CTP is hole 20.

The Reflection Tour is officially underway as we completed the 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl this past weekend!

First, a big thanks to Jeff Ford, owner of Patriots Gold & Silver for being the title sponsor. Thanks to Nick Helm for spearheading this course and his continued dedication to making this a great tournament. A special thanks to Jonathan Chambless, Dasun Keylor, Jacob Whitehead, and Kevin Carder for all the help they put into making the tournament possible both behind the scenes and at the event. Thank you to all who participated in the tournament as charitable donations from players provided money and canned goods to the Heart of Hills Food Pantry and Thrift Store. Total Donations will be announced by Nick Helm on the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl page when completed.

A total of 45 players came out to brave the frigid below freezing temperatures and be the first to get points for the season!

Ice Bowl was definitely the right name for this year’s Bear Hollow tournament as the temperature off the tee for Round 1 was a bone chilling 9 degrees. By Round 2 temperatures had only rose to 19 degrees, but the sun was out and it was still a great day to play!

There were 10 divisions represented, and first place results are listed below.

Division winners:
MPO - David Savage -16
MP40 - Russ Disc Golf Burns- -12
MA1 - Patrick Hoffmann -9
FA1 - Esmerelda Dodson +7
FA40+ - Julie Crouch +13
MA40+ - Brad Philpott -3
MA50+ - Jeff Ford +6
MA60+ - Bradley Hilton +2
MA2 - Brian Warren -5
MA3 - Andrew Schrautemeier +5

Full results can be found at the link below:
https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/76794

Congratulations to all those who cashed!

We did have one exciting Ace hit today! Congratulations to Ace Pot winner Daniel Penn, MA1, who hit an Ace on Hole 18 in Round 1 of the tournament!

Congratulations to both CTP winners of the day Tyler Northtrip and Daniel Penn!

Congratulations to the big raffle winner of the day Joshua Jarvis, MPO who won an Innova Disc Golf basket.

I hope to see you all at the 9th Annual Presidential Cup next month on February 10th in Springfield Missouri!

Written by: Ashley Lucas & Justin Hare (Thank you both so much)


https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_9th_Annual_Presidential_Cup_Sponsored_by_Swing_Right_Q102_and_Dynamic_Discs_2024/register

Patriot’s Gold & Silver presents: The 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bow Players’ Meeting

Welcome Back! As 2023 left, 2024 arrived with a vengeance bringing freezing temperatures that will be remembered for a long time to come. This year’s Reflection Tour kicks off the year with the Bear Hollow Ice Bowl that Nick Helm spear headed 10 years ago. He continues to make it happen, and I want to say thanks for all the behind the scenes work you put in. Thanks and great work!

Welcome to the Patriot’s Gold & Silver 10th Annual Bear Hollow Ice Bowl! Thank you Jeff Ford for jumping on board as the title sponsor again this year. Worth mentioning, this event is where I first met Jeff. He was eager to help out sponsoring, and continues to be a main contributor every year since!

I am currently working on my Tour Sponsors and am excited that I have several new opportunities. By the next event I should have the full list of DGM’s Tour Sponsors! If you want information on how to sponsor an event or the tour, contact me. We cannot do what we have done for the last 15 years without sponsors.

The temperatures will be very low Saturday. The weather itself looks to be clear. People have asked what constitutes cancelling the second round. My answer is this: I want players to be safe first and foremost. That said, if there is a chance for Icee precipitation during/after the 1st round, I will 100% cancel the 2nd round. I want players to get home safely. Fortunately I have not had this happen, and with the clear but cold forecast Saturday, I am planning on two rounds. Dress and prepare accordingly.

Everyone needs to check in at the pavilion.
Round 1 tees off at 10. The official scorekeeping will be at pdga.com/score. The code is ICE. Round 1 player course and hole assignments will be posted shortly after registration closes Friday night at https://www.pdga.com/tour/event/76794. The staff will automatically receive the scores at tournament central. After the first round, you're on your own for lunch. Round 2 SHOULD start at 1, but may change based on last card. There will be an announcement by DGM staff, and round 2 assignments will be posted on the PDGA page.

Rules for the course are listed below. There will be two CTP’s (Hole 1 & Hole 2) and any disc can win. If there is any question about any throws or lies, try to make a group decision. If no decision can be made, play a provisional. When possible, consult with the course TD to determine the correct answer.

Course distances and OB rules: All concrete and walking paths are OB. In most cases, simply refer to the posted sign for rules

You may register here:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/Patriots_Gold_and_Silver_Presents_The_10th_Annual_Bear_Hollow_Ice_Bowl_2024/register

The Disc Golf Monkey’s Jungle Run Tour 2023 Recap

(Check the first picture for the DGM Tour 2024 - Big thanks to Jack Lowe our State Coordinator for keeping everything organized)!

2023 is in the books, and it was definitely one to remember. In this 15th consecutive year of running a tour, DGM continues to make memories while pushing the sport forward. “Growing the Sport” is what we have been doing before the saying was adopted. So many players, sponsors, clubs, schools, churches, camps, etc. have been a part of watching the disc golf movement grow in our area, as disc golf has boomed world wide. Today is definitely an exciting time to be involved in the sport we all have come to love.

There is simply no way to give the following group a big enough thanks. Without the DGM tour sponsors, we would not have such an incredibly strong tour, filled with amazing tournaments that is the foundation for all local events. I speak for all players, when I say Thank You to all of DGM’s Tour Sponsors:

Innova Champion Discs, Patriots Gold & Silver, Elephant & Castle Fine Arms, Dynamic Discs, Fossa Disc Golf, Prodigy Discs, Creator Designs, MVP/Axiom Discs, Millennium Golf Discs, Discmania, 8Up, Greazy Dyes, Todd’s Exteriors LLC, Discs Unlimited, Swing Right Golf, Intuitive Body Works & Massage and Sticky Dyes

The above sponsors allow us to do many things: larger payouts, solid players packs, exceptional CTP’s (including manufacture CTP’s from Innova, Dynamic Discs, Prodigy, and MVP), large raffles (that raise money for charities), host demos/clinics, and the list goes on. Having partnerships with quality companies has been key to the success of DGM.

In 2023 DGM was part of 27 tournaments. The main tour consisted of 20+ pdga events. Along with the sanctioned events, there were a few non sanctioned that included two school tournaments. One was at the John Thomas School of Discovery in Nixa and the other was at Grace Classical Academy in Springfield. DGM also helped others host tournaments as well. No matter how small or large the events were, the effort put in to make them happen was well worth it. It’s so awesome seeing and hearing the continued appreciation, excitement, and fun being had by players of all ages and skill levels!

One of the additions to the 2023 was the introduction of the Points Challenge developed and run by Scott Elam. The points challenge featured 4 Divisions, as well as four regions. All players were eligible and there was no cost. Players had to compete in at least one event from 3 of the 4 divisions. Points were given by how the players placed. There was no minimum or maximum events that could be played, but only the best 10 tournament scores were used. Trophies were 3”x2” metal basket pendents with the 1st place being sand casted in pure silver. These were made by Jeff Ford, owner of Patriot’s Gold & Silver. Other prizes are also being given for the top 3 as well. Below are the top 3 point winners in each division. To view full results visit www.discgolfmonkey.com , click on tournaments, and select from the division you want to view on the top. Congratulations again winners.

Pro Men
1 Micah Noble - 675
2 Nevada McAlpin - 549
3 Russ Burns - 535

Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 603
2 Brandy Monnahan - 524
3 Esmeralda Dodson - 439

Advanced Men
1 Darrin Dodson - 544
2 Johnathan Chambless - 466
3 Brad Hilton - 436

Amateur Men
1 Davis Ford - 514
2 Mike Haralson - 480
3 Justin Warren - 448

This year was exciting as we continued to make baskets, improve corses and install new courses in several cities in two states. We had projects in Arkansas and several here in Missouri. Agee Park in Alba, Transland Trucking in Strafford, Fox Run Greenwood, AR, Laurie at the Hillbilly Disc Golf Course, Dr. Korn in Columbia, Marshfield’s Mother Road, VFW in Monett, all have either upgraded, added to, or have new courses. The excitement of being a part of watching baskets go in the ground never fades

There were a lot of highlights and I definitely want to elaborate on a few. In May, we had another fun end of the year party/tournament at Nixa’s John Thomas School of Discovery headed by Joe Shawnassey and Matt Baker. The Mother Road Open, the first PDGA B Tier was held in Marshfield back in August. In October we did a doubles event with the kids at Grace Classical Academy, where David Hyde and I installed a small 9 hole course. In November the DGM Encore was held at the Tom Wolfe Memorial course at the VFW (installed by Derek Mulvaney). So much can happen in a year and my mind can’t remember them all. It goes without saying that the more courses going in means more players will be playing! We look forward to installing more baskets in the near future.

Since the beginning of the DGM Tours, we have looked for ways to give back to communities who have invested in disc golf. In the fifteen years I am proud to have worked with many charity and non profit organizations. Our local disc golf family has been remarkable at teaming up and coming together when there is a need. Along with helping out multiple organizations, the players supporting the tour, have helped out several of our own in their time in need as well. This year the tour continued to give back in a big way. Seven different charitable organizations were helped with over $10,000 raised. A huge milestone was met as well, as we broke $40,000 in contributions to the EDGE program. To all of you who have been a part of the DGM events, take a bow! On behalf of all the charities and friends that have benefitted over the years, I say thank you so much for making so many things happen in our area through the sport we love so much!

Charity Organizations & Donations from 2023
$800 Ava Ice
$2,600 L Life Food Pantry
$1,400 Disc’n for Cheetahs
$3,010 Educational Disc Golf Experience
$860 K-9’s for Vets
$600 Veterans Foreign Wars
$1300 Children’s Day Treatment (CDT)

DGM has been in business since 1999. In 2007, 16 years ago, I took a scary leap to make DGM my full time gig. I wouldn’t trade a thing, and have very few regrets. Having run 213 PDGA events and countless non sanctioned tournaments, it was quite exciting being told by the PDGA that I am in the top 10 of running the most PDGA events by a Tournament Director. I honestly didn’t even know there was such a list, but it’s definitely a great honor. Without players, sponsors, and family support, I would not have accomplished any of this. Thank you all so much for the opportunity be a part of the Disc Golf Boom over the last 24 years!

As I was reflecting on 2023, I’m humbled and amazed by how much the sport has grown in popularity. I can’t help but think even further back when I came to Missouri back in 1992. Seeing the area go from having one course (Oak Grove), to having so many options in Springfield to play is incredible. Even better, is nearly all the small cities surrounding Springfield have a course as well. It has been fun watching new players start the sport, get involved in local events, improve their skills, and move on to getting sponsored and even touring! Being a part of this is very rewarding. There is truly something special about Disc Golf… gripping, ripping, and watching a disc fly… it doesn’t get much better!

We will see you somewhere in 2024… Keep on Flying… And Aces To You All!

Jungle Run Tour Points Series Recap & Winners

The 2023 DGM Tour brought an experimental point challenge that proved to be fun and it functioned well. The Ford family and several others, asked that some kind of points system be implemented for the tour. This added push, helped me reach back out to Scott Elam, PDGA #53939, who came up with the points system. Scott resides in North Carolina, where he is very involved in the disc golf scene. We had talked about it a couple of years back, and he actually had the time and was eager to put it all into action. He worked countless hours on the spreadsheets and compiling all the data after each event. I want to give a big shout of thanks on behalf of all the players for making this a success. We appreciate all the effort Scott!

This year was an experimental test year as mentioned. After our initial review of the data and results: Scott Elam, Kevin Carder, and I believe it worked well. The points, amount of tournaments that must be played, and having to play one event from 3 of the 4 regions proved to work well. This year the first 3 players in each division will be getting a sweet metal bag tag that was promised at the beginning of the year. The 2nd & 3rd place tags were made by Kyle Potter, owner of Lazer Lab Creations (www.lazerlabcreations.com and @lazerlabcreations). These were made of stainless and bronze. The first place tag were made out of pure silver casted by Jeff Ford,
Owner of Parriot’s Gold & Silver! These are sweet and are definitely worth some bragging
rights. The first 3 places will also receive prizes along with the tags. 1st place had the option of a Lite Basket (DD, MVP, Discmania, or Innova) or a $150 gift card. The 2nd and third place will get Jungle Run Tour Discs and apparel.

In 2024 we will be doing the point challenge championship again. We plan on making it more exciting by recapping more often, raising funds for bigger & better purses, and hopefully being able to pay further into the field.

For the Official and Full Results:
1. Visit www.discgolfmonkey.com
2. Click on tournaments
3. Click on the division you would like to view.

Below are the top three in each division. Congratulations on being the first DGM Tour Point Champions!!

Pro Men
1 Micah Noble - 675
2 Nevada McAlpin - 549
3 Russ Burns - 535

Women’s
1 Mary Abbott - 603
2 Brandy Monnahan - 524
3 Esmeralda Dodson - 439

Advanced Men
1 Darrin Dodson - 544
2 Johnathan Chambless - 466
3 Brad Hilton - 436

Amateur Men
1 Davis Ford - 514
2 Mike Haralson - 480
3 Justin Warren - 448