2009 # of Tourneys per Member

[Ruder]

The first year that we used tournament qualifiers we calculated who won the tournament qualifiers after the points were figured for the event. In other words, the top third was re-figured after the event to then determine which players were eligible to receive the tournament qualifier. While this might be a more fair approach, it is more difficult to figure up (espescially right before awards/banquet), and more confusing to the players as they don't know exactly who they are going up against. There is a reverse scenario that could potentially be unfair as well. Say a player who isn't in the top third beats all the non-top-third players in his division, but a different player gets knocked out of the top-third and he doesn't beat this player. If the top third was refigured prior to awarding tourney qualifiers, this person bumped out would get the spot and the player who thought he had won it would not. Same situation, different perspective.

The way the qualification reads now is pretty clear. If you are currently in the top third, you can lose your spot. It isn't protected until the end. But if at a tournament qualifier you beat the other players in your division that were not in the top third before the event: you are qualified and cannot lose it.

Also, should a qualifier for the finals be an invitational event, even in the slightest? It doesn't seem like it would be an issue, but if the Elks club event grows in the future it sure could be.

[smitty]

This is the first year for the Elks to be a qualifier. I also don't think that it is going to fill, so it will not be an issue this year. Down the road when the Elks is bigger and is once again a qualifier something will have to give.


Mace and I talked about this exact thing several weeks ago.

[Schoen-hopper]

Final numbers for 2009.
Jason Adkins hit the most events with 25!

Open
1124 Chris Smith 21
1119 Crispin Carrasco 22
868 Leo Deprato 22
830 Tracy Ruder 16
721 Nathan Martin 13
663 Austin Streit 15
648 Brandon Nelson 14
619 Ron Convers 10
614 Brendan Hickman 9
454 Kevin Babbit 9
433 Kevin Kaiser 14
362 Michael Schoenhofer 8
359 Jeff Ring 14
311 Chris Jones 8
298 Shan Mann 8
288 Ron Unruh 7
228 Ryan Orton 6

Masters
770 Randy Brown 14
554 Mark Martin 11
533 Tom Vierthaler 15
488 Darren Bottom 12
342 Don Mordecai 12
332 Iqbal Jehan 6
302 Bryan Guthrie 7
287 Randy Mattingly 7
97 Tracy Walker 2
58 Kyle Klinger 4
53 Richard Holmgren 2
42 Jeff Owsley 2

Grandmasters
428 Harvey Barger 13
367 Buddy Kassner 14
366 Dave Richardson 14
271 Terry Burley 10
251 Dennis Vahsholtz 5
145 Kevin Rorabaugh 5
116 Bill Paulson 2
54 Bart Patton 3

Advanced
896 Ben Wiggins 22
790 Bo Carrasco 20
633 Zach Young 15
551 Andy Lynn 13
482 Phil Schmidt 16
466 Brady Younger 15
436 Adam Mosher 7
431 Tyler Patzner 12
417 Jeremy Rusco 8
394 Scott Haynes 10
361 Brandon Mace 18
355 Shane Crisler 6
277 Bob Hardister 18
273 Kyle Roadcap 9
245 Nils Nordgren 6
215 Trent Martin 2
192 Kelly Williams 6
132 Ryan Beisner 8
123 Chris Affholder 6
112 Peter Mohr 6
109 Dustin Widener 4
56 Ross Schweitzer 1
47 Josh Hull 4
44 Bren Nordgren 3
42 Billie Cabral 4
34 Nick Newell 3
24 Kevin Lambdin 2
15 Zach Schweitzer 3

Amateur
607 Phil Jackson 20
544 Jason Adkins 25
294 Chris Tyler 14
261 Mike Junod 9
250 Jeremy Kindy 15
226 Don Zimmerman 15
183 James Fawcett 8
173 Lars Nordgren 5
162 Lloyd Majors 6
158 Josh Luinstra 9
143 Jerry Powell 13
140 Scott Miller 5
135 Neil Killian 8
122 Dan Decker 4
115 Casey Fluty 11
113 Brian Nomura 5
97 Shawn Jiminez 6
97 Scott Carpenter 12
67 Jarod Weins 3
59 Jacob Trimbath 5
57 Kurt Meier 3
48 Tyler Smith 1
43 Tyson Jones 8
34 John Moloney 4
31 Phillip Gugler 2
30 Dave Caldwell 3
30 Thomas Sowersby 1
20 Tony Blair 4
19 Ryan Langton 4
11 Charles Marin 1
10 Bryan Tracy 1
4 Bill Baugh 1
3 John Danley 2
1 Daniel Worley 1
0 Todd Allison 0
0 Scott Faga 0
0 Zack Owens 0
0 Jose Artiaga 0
0 James Boyd 0
0 Gary Chrissman 0

Am. Masters
274 Ron Klein 9
246 Tom Thompson 17
214 Tom Osborn 13
143 Dave Wismer 5
107 Robert Decker 7
70 Charles Dickinson 6
52 Thad Pultz 2
45 Harvey Wall 4
39 Brian Shields 6
35 Doc Norby 2
11 Terry Ison 2
2 Steve Brown 1

Women
241 Robin Reimer 17
101 Miranda Fulton 11
59 Kile Byington 8
37 Deb Imel 4
32 Tracy Johnson 4
6 Stacy Smith 1
1 Jamelle Zablan 1

Junior
111 Charles Dickinson Jr. 7
70 Plamen Iantchev 3
60 John Mosher 6
20 Robert Danley 2