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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 04:10:44 PM »

I stand corrected, you got the red bull girl to show up.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 04:08:28 PM »

good lord, THE b%tchING!!!!!

 Is anyone singling out the mass of mistakes in the players book? Done by Loomis and entry to the event paid for, for doing such??

 Should we start 3 freaking pages about the incorrectness of the hole descriptions and belittle you?

 SFTU already people!!!!

Great point stank. Lets address the caddy book. It was written in early May and then the course was changed (swope and blue valley) later. So you're right, it was wrong but that's less to do with my efforts and more to do with last second changes which were not communicated to me (other than two holes at blue valley). So that's the answer to your tough little mystery.

And that's what I did for the tournament. Now lets list all of your efforts and see how they stack up? I can't think of one thing you've done for anyone other than yourself since you arrived. Not one day of line painting, no tree trimming, no caddy book writing. Sitting at board meetings hardly constitutes "doing something." So before you open your mouth, make sure you have the right to even say anything. Otherwise, sit back and let others do the work you never seem to be a part of.

You're an arm chair quarterback who hasn't offered up much other than weight at the other end of a teeter totter during conversations.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 11:16:18 AM »

Noted: jack knew the threat and delayed the call. Got it.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 11:06:24 AM »

Apparently captain smith didn't inform you that he showed me the weather pattern on HIS phone and when I said it doesn't seem to be moving our direction, HE replied, "It's coming." Again... Your TD. He was aware of the data and made it clear to me and even concluded that it was a threat. Five holes later, with lightning and thunder in our sky (we were south of you and the rest of tournament) the tournament wasn't called until the last second.

So it seems you aren't even aware of the circumstances at the course and with your own TD. I will make a note of that.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 10:46:33 AM »

Decades of volunteering, right call/ wrong call, who has said what regarding the call... Its empty rhetoric, bud. The captain of the Titanic had years of experience. And those who had opinions regarding the calamity usually never said anything. You can brush the issue aside all you want. You can even cloak your responses in "thank you's" and "congratulations." It doesn't change the fact that the call was wrong and you stand by it. I disagree with you. That's it. We'll see if this moment changes the rule regarding weather for future evets when you and Captain Smith are no longer allowed to use your keen sense of weather prediction for calling a tournament. So it ends with us not agreeing on this issue. You had the right to call it when you did and nothing will change a Jack opinion about a Jack call. So I will go over your head and make sure you don't get to make that call again. Easy enough.

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Tournaments / Re: 2013 Mighty Mo - June 23, 2013

« on: Today at 10:18:48 AM »

I will play open so Perry can get his chance at me if he wants it. What say you?

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General Banter / Re: Rosedale update

« on: Today at 10:16:23 AM »

The first course of action by any political body during a crisis is usually formation of a good offense then deflection of blame by obfuscation.

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General Banter / Re: Rosedale update

« on: Today at 10:08:59 AM »

And that concerns me; What will be the fall-out from this on the park? I just don't want the Rosie faithful to have to pay - in one fashion or another - for this mishap. Lawsuits usually mean changes to avoid future calamities.

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General Banter / Re: Rosedale update

« on: Today at 09:59:28 AM »

Hmmmmm. Bear traps.... Live power line which can't be deactivated instantaneously like a bear trap.... Hmmmmm. Nope. Gonna have to say that one doesn't quite work.

I'm pretty sure the lawyers have already pow-wowed non-stop for the last few days to figure out how to get out of this one. And I'm pretty sure the bear trap connection wasn't brought up.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 09:45:23 AM »

Well done to the KCFDC and all the volunteers to make the 31st a success! Excellent TD and assistant work at every course, spotters in places I didn't expect to see but were needed and great to have them.  Also not to forget all the man hours put in to prepare for the event both on course and off.  Thank you all! 

I agree. And again, anyone who volunteered at the event can redeem a $5 gift certificate at mile north.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 09:40:17 AM »

The cavalier attitude about weather is exactly what will come back to haunt some event and then we'll see what you think. The weather was sour and it was going to be an issue and we should have been pulled when lightning and thunder were present. Period. Again, your opinion was all that mattered according to the PDGA but I suspect that's about to change. Quite a few cards at swope were put off by the lack of appropriate action on behalf of this one call and felt it was handled poorly. Of course, the moments passed now and most of them have left town - though a few locals who could comment on the errant call are not "forum dwellers" and therefore have made no mention of their opinion.

I had no issues with any other aspects of the tournament other than the errant call at swope. I applaud everyone and everything else about the event and have my times both before, during and after the tournament. I stand by my statement about the call and will make my concerns about it known to the PDGA directly.

In the ocean of decisions that had to be made this weekend, this is the only one I have disagreed with. So consider yourself - and this event - a success! Pat yourself on the back again, jack, and try not to feel victimized because a few locals can twist your ear about what they thought about the weekend. I'm sure your vanity will survive this and, certainly, all future calamities that may befall you.

So can we please dump the empty, "then you run it then" woe-is-me responses?

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: Today at 08:24:03 AM »

Trust me Mr. Slow Pitch, if you were worth the time or trouble I could spend all day on your tragic existence. Now go sit back down and do what you do best - be an example of a life spent on the sidelines. And if you feel my words are too much for you, I'm always free to make my points in person.

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General Banter / Re: Rosedale update

« on: Today at 08:17:04 AM »

The hours of most parks are usually sun up to sun down. And one of the possible conclusions to this event could be the installation of a gate by the city.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: June 17, 2013, 10:46:24 PM »

And the discretion of the call is on the TD. If a player tried to leave his card before the TD calls it they get stroked. And Kevin knew the weather was bad as we discussed it 35 minutes before the call was made. Lightning was seen. Radars were viewed and Kevin even said, "it's coming." And yet it took him 35 more minutes to make the call. THAT'S the error.

However...

According to the PDGA it's his call and their are no guidelines to follow other than one persons opinion. Players can be stroked for defiance. Just to be clear.

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Tournaments / Re: Grip Equipment presents The 31st Kansas City Wide Open-June 14-16 KCWideOpen.com

« on: June 17, 2013, 10:40:01 PM »

Dear mr slow pitch soft balls,

Did you play the tournament this weekend? I don't see your name anywhere. So where did you get this insightful outlook on this topic? I bet you just started reading today, huh? Are you sorta slow? i bet you wouldnt know if you were or not - its that bad, huh? I have a theory but we will get to that later. Keep up if you can but I can tell there isn't much hope of that.

I made my comments regarding weather and the need for some clarity on how to handle weather issues. Cause... Wait for it, this is the second time this year that a TD has had a tough weather issue to resolve. You with me so far, Mr. Slow pitch?

Then Kevin replied rather vaguely and spinelessly. He didn't say, "hey, I %$#@ed up and let jack pressure me into an unsafe call;" or "I panicked and made a bad call." Instead, he tried to dodge it. Then, like clockwork, the huffin' and puffin' crowd who always make empty comments like a bad politician seeking inclusion and acceptance, showed up with their defenses up in an effort to just move on and maintain the status quo no matter whether or not that is good or not...


Now I know I've said a lot so go grab someone and have it explained to you before I continue...

Kevin should have just said, "hey I screwed up. I won't do it again." He didn't. He scampered toward the dress and waited for others to obscure the issue.

Enter the huffin' and puffin' crowd. Yourself included.

You don't sound like you follow the threads real well to understand who is talking about what or what issues have been raised. You're an interloper in this situation and, I'm sure your parents and every girl you've ever talked to would agree with me - you're boring and in the way. So - and I'm sure you here this often - stay out of the way.

If cooper wants to comment about you I will leave it to him.

I'm sorry, I know I wrote a lot and there's no pictures.