7th Annual Glass Blown Open A-Tier April 18-19

[Rusco]

[smitty]

Player List

Look at the names already on the list. This is going to be the best GBO ever. The hard work of all of those in the past and present are finally paying off. Rusco running killer events, EMac talking the event up on tour, and the City of Emporia for having 2 great course in 1 park.

This event will have the most 1000+ rated players in 1 place in Kansas ever!

Doss, Jenkins, Nicko, EMac already. That is 4 of the top 10 players in the world.

[scarpfish]

I'd like to spread the word on some out-of-state forums.

Details? Courses to be played? Added cash? Lodging/camping info? Is the GBO a qualifier for anything like Am Nats?

[Zach Y]

I am not very thrilled about missing out on this event. I could play with my "one arm" but im sure i would get last in beginner haha. Anyway its not fun missing out on both the MIO and the GBO. So my advice is dont break your wrist lol...

[ronconversjr]

I feel your pain Zach! I tore some tendons in my shoulder last week and I'm looking at turning lefty for real. The Glass Blown is on my don't ever miss list! I need to let Hemi know that I probably won't be teaming up with him at Worlds after all.

[smitty]

Dang Ron that blows!

Did you go to the Dr. and that is the official diagnosis?

[ranmatt]

Sorry to hear that Ron. We'll all keep our fingers crossed for ya.

[ronconversjr]

Seeing a specialist tomorrow. MRI shows a tear. What that means on a timeline, I don't know. I'm hoping that it is fixable, within a moderate time period. Since I'm no longer a spring chicken it might take a little longer to heal. We'll see.

[ronconversjr]

I don't know if I'll be able to play in the Glass Blown, but the Dr. is pretty sure Worlds is in!

[smitty]

Results from the first 6 GBO. 2003 is when they had a changing of the guards and the event Changed to the GBO.

2003 Results 88 players

2004 Results 96 players

2005 Results 86 players

2006 the first year it was an A-tier Event 121 players

2007 Results 123 players

2008 EMac turned the event of to DD 142 players


This will be the year that the event fills at 180 players. Next year in 2010, the event will have to spill over and incorparate a third course.

Get signed up soon.

[Bangrrr]

I thought it was gonna be open up to 270 this year......guess I'll have to get my entry in sooner than I thought!!!!!!!!!!

[tbone]

I will paying my entree fee thrusday

[tbone]

oooppppppppssss typo I will be paying my entree fee on thrusday

[smitty]

Here is a recap of last years final 9. Still maybe the best final 9 outside of worlds I have watched.

There may be a few changes the the finals course, but it will be along these lines.

Final 9 at the Glass Blown Open

This was maybe one of the most fun finals that I have watched. It was a very relaxed mood, with some intense moments.

Teams:

Lefties have rights too. (Hemi and Greenwood)
D-craft World (Ron and 2L)
CrispyMac (E-Mac and Crispin)
Do Tell me Barry (Barry and Tony D)

Hole 1 (17 long on West) $50.00

A Scary hole to start on, made even scarier with some of the top players in the world and a gallery of 80 plus people following. All the chosen players cleared the gap, leaving their partner with a chance to go up and over. I knew this was going to be a special final 9 when Tony D dropped and absolute bomb, bringing the crowd to an uproar of applause. Ron was out, just short of the short tee and went for the green, only to come up short and put 2L in the crap. Hemi was next, he cleared the creek., but put Greenwood short and in Cedar Jail on the backside. E-Mac bombs a Predator over the top leaving Crispin with a long 45 foot putt. Barry clears the top, catches a tree and leaves Tony D looking at a 25 foot putt for the first skin. With no shot at the hole and 2 teams with a “for sure 4 at least”, Liz and Ron pick up and head to the next hole. Greenwood then crawls into jail, and makes a great shot out, leaving Hemi with a 30 footer. Crispin gave his putt a great run, missing right and leaving E-Mac a 25 footer. Tony D steps up and chains out, leaving Barry a 15 footer. Hemi steps up and just kills the 30 footer dead in the heart, good thing, because E-Mac missed his putt low and left. Barry chipped in for the 4 and off to the next hole we go.

Hole 2 (18 west to 1 short) $100

The tee shot was what all the gallery wanted to see. The 4 top players at the tourney with a tough decision gun for the green or put their partner in position. Hemi is up first and with no lefty shot to the green, throws a low hot hyzer into good position for Jay. Ron steps up and throws a tall hyzer over the pond to the normal long pin. Sprout steps up and gives the crowd what the want, a bomb at the hole. He held on a little long, and smashed the second tree landing safe and short of the pond. Barry follows Sprouts lead but with much better results. He just flat smokes a Destroyer about 10 feet of the ground, makes it walk on water up and over the dike for a sure 3 and a run at a 2. Crispin is up first and throws a pro caliber shot 4 feet over the damn and hyzering at the bucket. Little did the gallery know, but he put it with in 10 feet a sure gimmie for Eric. Jay steps up and has to throw a turnover shot that panned out a little and ended up in the cedars deep of the pin. 2L was up next and threw a beautiful controlled hyzer that just missed the basket by inches, leaving Ron an easy 12 foot putt. Tony D had the final shot for the group. Had he known that Crispin had absolutely parked the hole he may have been a little more aggressive, instead he took a very modest run that came up short. We picked up all the discs and headed to the next hole.

Hole 3 (9 east) $150

The third hole brought the “chosen players” to the box again. Once again Jay was up first. He pulled out a beat up Roc and gave it a run, hyzering out late leaving Hemi a 45 foot putt. 2L was up next, she hyzered in just past the basket leaving Ron a sure 2 from 16 feet. Crispin had a little to much hyzer on his drive and put Eric in the front of the bush with little more then a prayer for a 2. It was looking like the push may come down to Tony Ds shot. He went with a Z Xtra and a stand still shot, against the advice of his caddy. It proved to not be the wisest choice, the stable disc and lack of speed caused the disc to smash the cedar short. With luck on their side, the disc bounced out and was a few feet behind the circle. Eric took a run from the worst lie with no luck. Hemi was the next hope to push the skin, and gave it a great run. Slamming the face mask and falling to the ground. Barry now had his chance for the push. Everyone in the crowd knew how important this putt was, and knowing he was the 2 time world champ most felt like we were going to push again. Barry’s putt came up well short, leaving Ron and Liz the chip in for the money. Ron took a knee and eyed the putt, and to the disbelief of the entire gallery chained out left.


Hole 4 (10 east pad to 11 east long basket) $200

Another chance for the big guns to let one fly and you didn’t hear a complaint from the crowd. Once again the tourney champ had the box. Dave’s drive ended up shorter and tighter to the Cedar trees then he wanted. Still shouldn’t be a problem, because Greenwood is also a lefty and had what looked like a pretty simple hyzer. Ron took the pad and threw a tall Spike Hyzer, a shot that really surprised the crowd. E-Mac smashed his pea green Force well down the fairway but extremely tight to the cedars. Barry busted out “Captain America” his pro Wraith and put a great drive well down the fairway leaving Tony probably the most straight forward look at the hole. Liz was up first and had to sneak her disc between to trees. Good plan that went bad when she nailed the tree on the left, leaving Ron with a 240 foot shot. Greenwood was up next. When we got to his disc it was surrounded by casual water. After a quick rules quiz, we gave Jay a legal lie. It looked like a very doable hyzer shot for the lefty. Jay got it a little wider then he wanted and left Hemi with a 150 foot up shot. Crispin was out now and tighter on the trees then I had first thought. He pulled out what I think was a Buzzz of some sort and tried the anhyzer line. Out of his hand, I thought it was to tight. Somehow the disc snaked its way between several trees and came to rest 15 feet from the hole. Putting a little pressure on Tony D. Once again, he went with the Z Xtra and the stand still approach. Once again, he had the some results. Early hyzer into the Cedar trees, this time he wasn’t quite as lucky. He put Barry all the way in the bush up against the trunk of the tree. Ron was out, and after a quick crack at Eric for missing a putt today (which I thought was strange, since he just missed a short putt on the last hole), gave it a run with a Drone, leaving Liz 30 feet deep and well left of the hole. Hemi was up next and tried to give it a straight at the basket run with a putter, also missing but leaving his partner with an easy come backer. Once again it looked like it was coming down to Barry to push the skin. He crawled into the tree and found the best way out and tried to throw a flick shot through a small gap, smack and he only advance 5 feet. E-Mac calmly walked up to his lie and knocked down the12 foot putt for some bonus cash.


Hole 5 (normal hole 12 short) $50

This was a great hole to watch, because every chosen member could easily drive this hole. Crispin had the honors and threw what I thought was going to be an ACE. His disc cruised by the basket chain high and no more then 3 feet left, ending up in the Cedar but only about 25 feet out. Jay Greenwood went next and threw a drive out left that he flipped and finished farther left then he wanted, leaving Hemi with a 45 footer. 2L went for the Blue ESP Crush and had another perfect shot. Ron was looking at a 20 footer just beside the last little tree. Once again it looked like Tony D was going to have to save the day. Once again he went with the stand still drive and put Barry deep into the cedars with what looked like no shot. Barry was first to throw the upshot, he went with a turn over putter out of the cedar and landed 10 feet out. This was perfect, now all the other open players could run their putt and push the hole. Hemi did just that it appeared. He nailed the perfect line, maybe a little hard, because the disc hit the pole and bounced out. E-Mac was next, he crawled into the bush, wiggled for position, and gave it his best run. This time Ron went right to business and made a perfect putt to win the skin.

Hole 6 (1 west to 16 short on east) $50

This hole looked much longer then it really was, the Pros struggled to give their partner a good look. Ron was up first and threw hard and deep left (then blamed me for not being clear on the hole.). E-Mac was up next, he went with a Predator that clipped the top of the Cedar and ended up short. Hemi took the box with a Sidewinder on what looked like a pretty simple hyzer for his cannon of an arm. The Sidewinder flipped and left Greenwood with a tough putt around the protecting Cedar. Barry reached for his Captain America Wraith and smashed it over the trees and probably 50 foot deep. With the other three players parked on their upshots it came time for Tony to give it a run. This time he did, chain high but left.

Hole 7 (Top of the hill to 3 Long) $100

This was the longest hole in the final, a huge downhill bomb. The pros had the tee and it was awesome to watch the disc just sail for what looked like a mile. Ron was up first and just killed his White force. E-Mac stepped up with a green force and threw the exact same shot as Ron, for some reason Eric’s disc flipped and ended up a little right of the gap. Hemi was up and once again had the toughest shot to throw, he really had to work his disc compared to the other guys just flipping it over and letting it go. Dave ended up flipping his disc more then he wanted and left Jay with a very tough very long upshot. Barry pulled out a Pink Champion Destroyer and threw a very controlled shot to the ideal spot on the fairway. Jay was up first and hit some early trees, this pretty much turned team Lefties Have Right Too into spectators for the hole. Crispin was now out and threw another great shot that left E-Mac with a putt he wasn’t going to miss. Tony D looked at me with confidence and said “I am going to make this putt”. He turned his putter over just a little early and landed at the base of the pole. 2L now had a chance to steal the skins. She jump putted from 45 and didn’t worry how far past she went. It was a great run for the skins that ended up left of the basket.



Hole 8 (normal hole 4 east) $150

This hole was perfect for the situation all the players could reach the safe far side of the water with a perfect drive. Liz was the only player that would struggle to clear the drink and she was up first. She played the smart shot to the edge of the water, giving Ron a long putt. Crispin was up next and threw the only shot he will want to forget of the entire finals, flipping his disc and splashing it into the middle of the pond. Greenwood took the tee and hit the last tree on the short side of the pond dropping safe. This once again opened the door for Tony. He delivered this time, bombing a Force over the water leaving Barry with the best look and a chance to watch the rest of the group throw first. E-Mac went first, trying to throw one in from the drop to give all the rest of the players the green light. He missed and ended up a little deep, most likely done for this hole.. Dave and Ron both floated upshots to about three feet from the pin. Barry now had now worries, he wouldn’t be relying on Tony to hit a par saver. I was for sure this putt was going in, and the crowd was going to go nuts. Barry threw a nice high putt that ended up short once again. Setting up what was going to be a killer last hole.

Hole 9 (Road next to 3 east to 18 short on east) $250

It was stated before the start of the round that anyone who pushes the last hole splits all the skins. This stops a long playoff. The hole played uphill over the tall grass which was safe for the first time all weekend. We gave the “chosen players” the honor. We kind of thought it would be cool to see the pros go for a big putt to win, yet keep their partner in range in case of a miss. Liz was up first and threw to the top of the hill about 50 feet out but in the open. Crispin was next on the pad and once again turned his drive to much putting E-Mac behind some pines 60 out with a tough putt. Jay Greenwood threw to the top of the hill into the short grass maybe 65 feet out. Tony D threw of all discs a Beast (signed by Barry), that hyzered out into the tall grass about 55 feet out. Hemi had the first go at it, and gave it a very safe run missing but laying only 6 feet from the hole. E-Mac was next and gave it the best run he had from behind the tree also less then 10 feet from another payday. Barry was up, he probably would have been a little more aggressive if a pine tree wasn’t just a few feet behind the basket, he also was less then 10 feet out when finished. This put all the pressure on Ron. He had the best look and a great putter to cover his miss. I don’t know if he talked with her before the shot or not, but he threw a classic Ron that was dead center of the basket to capture all the skins and add to his and Liz already healthy payday.

[smitty]

Looks like the KC boys are hosting a little event at Swope Park. I hope that the serious tourney players in KC make the trip down.

I would love to see: Dick Parker, Pete Cashen, Fred Smith, Tavish, Jon Chapman and a host of others make the event.