ELKHART COUNTY'S BIGGEST DISC GOLF WEEKEND Celebrating 35 years of the Ox Bow Flying Disc Sanctuary August 16-18, 2024 | Goshen, Indiana This is the culmination of an 18-month fundraising and renovation project for the disc golf course with three distinct tournaments over three days. Friday is the big celebration with food and drinks, a fly mart and free concert open to the public. All three PDGA sanctioned tournaments will feature the new course layouts. Friday: Summer Sizzler - One round PDGA C-Tier flex-start singles event Saturday: The Classic at Ox Bow - Two round PDGA Pro C/Am B-Tier singles event Sunday: Dog Days Doubles - One round PDGA C-Tier doubles event SUMMER SIZZLER PDGA Pro/Am Flex C-Tier singles event Friday, August 16th One rounds of 24 holes at Ox Bow County Park Goshen, Indiana ABOUT The Summer Sizzler is the opening event of Elkhart County's Biggest Disc Golf Weekend. This is a PDGA true amateur event. FRIDAY SCHEDULE 2 p.m. Ribbon cutting and presentation of the course to the public 3 p.m. Official rounds may begin. You may begin your round at any time after check-in opens and you have a group of at least three or four players. A group may not have more than five players. 5 p.m. Food trucks, GBCo beer tent, and Shakedown Street disc golf fly mart open 6 p.m. Free concert featuring The Erly performing a three-hour Grateful Dead cover set 8 p.m. All flex rounds must be complete 9 p.m. Festivities conclude REGISTRATION INFORMATION No cashless registration. All players must pre-register before 8 p.m EDT on the day before the event, August 15, 2024. PLAYER PACKAGES All amateur players will receive a commemorative custom stamped disc in their player package at check-in. PASS THROUGH FEES Two dollars per player are taken from the gross entry fee in accordance with the mandatory PDGA player fee for a sanctioned C-Tier event. DIVISIONS The tournament director reserves the right to combine divisions of less than three players. The TD will also open a requested division with a minimum of three players. RATINGS You may play "up" but you may not play "down" a division. Player rating classifications will be strictly enforced. You will be moved to the appropriate division should your November rating affect your division registration at the time. Please contact the TD with any questions. LAYOUTS Long tees - MPO, MP40, MA1, MA40, MA2 Short tees - All other divisions SIDE GAMES Optional Ace Fund and 50/50 Cash CTP. There will be no "throw-off" if there is no hole-in-one during the tournament. The fund will be donated. Winner of the 50/50 CTP will be contacted and receive their winnings via PayPal or cash, whichever is more practical. SCORING All players must keep score. Digital is preferred. We will be using PDGA live scoring for this event. Log in: https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/score/login Access code: TBA You may also download the app available for Android and iOS. Paper scorecards will be available if needed. PAYOUT Pros: 100% cash payout. Trophy for first place in each pro division. Amateurs: Trophies for the top finishers in each division in accordance with PDGA guidelines for true amateur events. QUESTIONS You may leave questions or comments about the tournament in the "Comments" section of page or call a member of the tournament staff. Jason Samuel Tournament Director 574.849.3038
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