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Registration is Open!

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Registration for DDGC17 opened at around 6:45 this morning, and the flow of registrations has been steady in the last two hours.  Twenty-three registrants in addition to the five with reserved places makes 28 players signed up so far.  If this pace holds up, we may be full by lunch time.

There was a time when we opened registration on February 1 and waited until April or even May to see an actual registration.  Quite a testament to both the growth of this event and the growth of disc golf in general that this much anticipation and excitement is generated four months before the tournament.

Keep an eye on the registered player list, it will be updated regularly as registrations come in.

What a day!

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The 2016 DDGC is in the books. The weather was beautiful.  The course was sufficiently challenging.  The players were on their game.  Everything went about as well as could be hoped for.

We had four defending champions do so successfully: Bob Enman in Adv Grandmasters, Jacklyn Bogan in Adv Women, Erica Johnson in Pro Women, and our first three-peat champ, Tyler Grady in Pro Open.  Full results, with unofficial ratings, are posted at PDGA.com.

Also of note, Dave Delisle and Nick Blouin won the Double Dragons round in the morning with a 46 and Kieran Nichols shot the hot round of the Dragon’s Tail Nine with a 25.  There was also an ace on hole 10 by Jamie White, good for $100.

Some numbers…we collected a total of $1905 in gross entry fees from 71 players (+$130 in non-member fees for the PDGA).  Between cash prizes, players packs, CTPs, ace pots, and trophies, we paid out a little over $5000 in total value by the end of the day.  And doesn’t even take into account the player fees to be paid to PDGA and NEFA for sanctioning.  When it’s dribs and drabs over the course of a few months as the event approaches, it doesn’t really seem like much, but seeing it all added together is overwhelming.

And it’s all due not just to the generous sponsors we acquired as the event approached (listed on our sponsor page), but a slew of last minute sponsors who surprised us with prize donations on Saturday morning.  These folks include NEFA for sending a Two Roads Brewing prize pack, Mat Ladroga for donating a cool dyed disc, Bobby Harris for donating a disc, and Kris Gosselin and the Maine Disc Golf Tour for donating some logoed shirts and sweatshirts.  Those prizes were added to the CTP prize packs we already had, putting the value of the day’s CTPs alone over $550.

DDGC16 may be over, but the wheels are already turning and work is starting on DDGC17. We want to build on what worked well, tweak what needs tweaking, and see if we can’t make the next one bigger and better than the last.

Thanks to everyone who attended the event…players, caddies, spotters, photographers, and spectators.  Watch this space for news about DDGC17 as it is available, starting with this:  DDGC17 will happen on June 3, 2017.

Trivia time

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We are exactly one month away from DDGC16.  On this occasion, we’ve put up a trivia question on our Facebook page (feed can be found on the right side of this page –>).  The first person to answer it correctly will win their choice of a DDGC16 stamped disc when those orders arrive.

On another note, the course was switched out of its winter mode a couple weeks back so practice for the DDGC can truly begin now.  We’ve made a couple changes to the course if you’ve played in past years.

The first is a new, longer pin placement on hole 15.  What has long been a relatively simple straight shot with a left finish is now a straight shot all the way into a bottleneck green.  A set of photos were posted on Dragan Field’s Facebook the day it was moved.

The second may be familiar to those that played or watched last year’s DT9.  The long position used for DT9 hole 8 (regular hole 17) is now a permanent placement and the basket will be there for all rounds of the DDGC.

Once the leaves start to bloom, the plan is to get out and do a photo walk-through of the whole course and get it posted on the Dragan Field site (accessible through the “Course” link at the top of the page).  That way our traveling players can get an idea of what to expect when they arrive in June.

Sponsors welcome

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Another reminder about our Sponsor Referral Program and the opportunity it can create for just about anyone who plays at Dragan Field. If you run a business or know someone who does – say your own employer – a small bit of advertising couldn’t hurt, right? We can’t find every potential sponsor on our own, so we’re putting it out to everyone to help out.

We’re open to anything and everything that we can pass on to our tournament players in their registration packs, as CTP/door prizes, or as raffle items.  Of course, cold hard cash for the Pros works too.  For as little as $20 in value, any person or business can put their name on a sign (at minimum) to be seen by everyone attending the tournament.

We pay commission on every sponsor brought in, in the form of free play at Dragan Field.  Every $20 raised earns a day pass in commission.  Earn enough and we’ll convert the day passes to a full season pass.  All the details are on our Sponsor Referral Program page.

Join the list of sponsors already supporting DDGC16, including Marshall Street Disc Golf, Runway Variety, Bucks County Disc Golf Alliance, Dynamic Discs, Dragon Disc Golf, and of course our presenting sponsor Westside Golf Discs.

Help out, get free play.  What’s better than that?

Eric C Yetter Champions Cup

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Since 2006, the DDGC and the Eric C Yetter Champions Cup have been trading free entries for each respective tournament.  Each year, three champions from the Yetter are given free entry to the next DDGC and vice versa.  2016 will be no exception.

The winners of the Pro Open, Pro Women, and Advanced divisions at DDGC16 will be awarded free entry for their respective divisions to the 2016 Yetter Champions Cup on July 23-24 at Tyler State Park in Newtown PA.  There is no additional charge for this and all players in those divisions are automatically entered in the running.

Tyler State Park is public park disc golf at its best.  The “Enchanted Forest” boasts 36 holes that feature three pin locations and in many cases, two tees as well.  For this tournament, all the holes are set up in their “C” pin placements, the longest available, for the two Saturday rounds.  On Sunday, a few holes are moved to shorter but still tough “B” positions while the rest remain in the “C” placement.  The result is a grueling but satisfying test of every type of shot imaginable.

Of course, DDGC entrants are welcome to participate in the Yetter with or without the free entry.  Registration is now open at DiscGolfScene.com.  If you are a paid registrant for the Yetter and then you win one of the free entries, your original entry fee will be refunded to you.  So if you want to go, sign up now before the price goes up (early bird discount ends June 1) to make sure you get in.