Kan-U-WyCo

[Kevin Montgomery]

Saturday April 9th. Non-sanctioned KCFDC/KDGA Oz Tour event. We'll be trying out the gold layout the KC Wide Open will be using for the Pros. It should be fun and interesting.

$30 for Pro divisions
$20 for Am Divisions

Minimum of three to open a division.

$2 for Non KDGA members and $2 for non-KCFDC members.

9:30am players meeting at Shelter J with tee off to follow.

This will be a FUN     event. Picnic, party to follow. Either at Shelter J or at Ted's Dread. Ted's Dread will be hosting the Tin Man's Forest Oz Tour event on Sunday the 10th. Make it a weekend of golf in Western Wyandotte County in April!!    

[Schoen-hopper]

Roger that!

I'll be making the drive next weekend.  Camping at Ted's Dred ok on saturday night?

Super long tees at Wyco?  Who can hang with this?  Are they gonna set up Ted's Dred on long tees/ long pins for the second round?  That's a par 70 course!

Gonna be a blast.  I'll try to round up some fellow Kansans for these events.  See you there!

[Kevin Montgomery]

Here's all the final details:

KDGA Oz Tour Event
Presented by the Kansas City Flying Disc Club
Saturday April 9, 2005
WyCo Disc Golf Course
10:00am Tee Off

Registration Opens at 8:15am - Closes at 9:15am*
*Advanced registration available before Friday WyCo League – 5:00pm April 8th
9:45am Player’s Meeting
Shelter J - Wyandotte County – Bonner Park

Entry Fees:
Open - $30
Pro Masters - $20
Pro Women - $20
Advanced Divisions - $20
Intermediate Divisions - $15
Am Women - $10
Novice Divisions - $10
$2 Ace Fund (CTP if no ace hit)
$2 discount for KCFDC members (with membership card only)
Minimum of 3 to open a division
The field is limited to 72.
Call Kevin Montgomery at 816-830-0974 to register in advance or for more information.

Come play two rounds at WyCo – One mild, one wild.
The second round will be a preview of the proposed “Gold” layout for this year’s
National Tour Kansas City Wide Open.

Camping available Saturday night at Ted’s Dread – 10 minutes from WyCo. Play WyCo then camp at Ted’s and play the Tin Man’s Forest Oz Tour event on Sunday on the private Ted’s Dread course. For more information about this event contact Jeff “Wood-Z” Woods at 816-333-3105 or 816-561-5800. To make camping arrangements contact Ted at 913-530-3312.

[Kevin Montgomery]

What a great day for disc golf at WyCo! A gentle breeze that some thought of as windy and 39 golfers ready to throw. Thanks to Rick Rothstein for the challenging rope on the second round and LaRon Harris for helping Rick come up with some of the design. I heard nothing but good things about WyCo and the 4th Annual Kan-U-WyCo. Thanks go out as well to the KDGA for making this an Oz Tour event. This helped make it the biggest Kan-U-Wyco ever with an attendance of 39. Thanks to all you "outstaters" for coming to WyCo!!

Here's a complete breakdown of scores:

Kan-U-WyCo - 4/9/2005
Open ( 8 )
Eric McCabe 54 58 112 $102 $234
Iqbal Jehan 56 56 112 $102
Dwayne 'CD' Steiner 56 58 114 $30
Mike Schoenhofer 57 58 115
Kevin Babbit 56 61 117
Quentin Street 57 61 118
Jon Osgood 57 64 121
Leo DePrato 60 71 131

Pro Masters ( 8 )
LaRon Harris 55 64 119 $70 $130
Jack Robinson 59 63 122 $40Won playoff
Mark Stiles 58 64 122 $20
Bryan Guthrie 56 67 123
Tracy Walker 64 63 127
Rudy Gamino 60 68 128
Roger Brickell 63 67 130
Henry Po 62 71 133

Advanced Masters (6)
Brant Pfister 65 65 130 $40 $88
Kelly Warren 63 69 132 $30
Dan Coffman 64 69 133 $18
Theo Langner 67 73 140
Tom Butler 66 78 144
Dan Zink 71 80 151

Advanced Ams (10)
Brad Merys 60 62 122 $70 $154
Fred Smith 61 64 125 $40
Ben Taylor 61 70 131 $25
Jim Ramsey 63 70 133 $19Won playoff
Tom Palmer 63 70 133
Vlad Wuschl 65 70 135
Brandon Mace 64 71 135
Ken Hostetler 62 73 135
Danny Polk 68 68 136
Will Babbit 76 75 151

Intermediate (4)
Angela Plitsch 82 83 165 $25 $56
Jon Stebbins 90 92 182 $15
Becky Stebbins 100 96 196 $8
Kathy French 94 106 200 $8

Novice (3)
John Kroh 77 DNF
Jeremy Crossland 80 DNF
Kable Butterfield 85 DNF

[Schoen-hopper]

Wyco was great!  Rick and Laron's rope was a big success.  I like how it wasn't used on every hole.  I liked how it followed existing tree lines.  I liked how it was used on the open holes to add a challenge to the players' accuracy.  Me and Iqbal both 3'd the 800' OB Monster #13.  Imagine that hole with a headwind, hehe.  I'll be curious to see how the touring players do on this course.

[Schoen-hopper]

I had some thoughts for Rothstein or KCWO course designer on hole #8.  I don't know if he reads here, but I forgot to give him feedback at the tournament.

If you took the ropes back just another 8-10 feet on each side of the hole, it might make a better hole.  My reason is variety of score.  Part of course design is making holes that pose a good deal of chance for birdie or bogie.  While Water Works may be my favorite course in the area due to it's beauty, course ammenities, and fun shots, one could argue that a course like Ted's Dread offers much more scoring variety.

Right now a player can play safe and get a 3 or go for it and make a pretty easy OB 3.  With the ropes out a little further, longer 2's and circle 4's will be more common, but the hole may look a little less intimidating.  Just a little thought.  I think the ropes on most other holes were in ideal locations.  The bunkers on 15 and 6 opened my eyes to what can be done in course design to make courses more challenging.  With enough time and money, a more natural looking OB could be permanently installed in a lot of currently "easy" open courses to make more challenge.  I really like what was done at Swope.