Ozark Mountain Open, April 19 & 20

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:10 am

I stole this from KC's forum. It doesn't sound very realistic to attend this one with 1 round on Sat. and 2 on Sun. Just thought I'd throw it on here as this course is said to be one of the most difficult in the world. I think it used to be permanent until a couple of years ago. Length plus trees plus hills. I always wanted to check it out.

IT's BACK!!!!!!!!!!!
Gateway Disc Sports is proud to announce the dates for the 2008 Ozark Mountain open as April 19th and 20th.

Below is a flyer:.

2008 OZARK MOUNTAIN OPEN
April 19th & 20th IN VICHY, MISSOURI
54 HOLE PDGA SANCTIONED C- TIER EVENT ( pending)
2 COURSES -- OZARK MOUNTAIN PAR 72 -- AKITA’S RUN PAR 55
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PLAY AND THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PRIMITIVE CAMPING. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW MOTELS WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE COURSES.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
********** 1st RD SAT. 2nd RD SUN. 3rd RD SUN.

Open Men = $80 OZARKS 11:00 OZARKS 8:00 AKITAS 2:00

Adv Men = $50 OZARKS 11:00 OZARKS 8:00 AKITAS 2:00
Adv Women =$30 AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 8:30 OZARKS 12:00
Pro/Adv Master= $50AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 8:30 OZARKS 12:00
Recreational/Ams= $50AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 8:30 OZARKS 12:00
Open Women = $60 AKITAS 12:00 AKITAS 8:30 OZARKS 12:00

There is a $10 charge for non-PDGA members and we accept cash or check.
TO PRE REGISTER go to our website or
PLEASE CALL (314)-487-5204 - (314)-303-1488 OR
EMAIL david@gdstour.com or office@gdstour.com
All players will receive a custom stamped disc-
Players Pre-registered by April 15th will receive a shirt!
CAMPING is HIGHLY Recommended_
DIRECTIONS:
TAKE HWY 44 SOUTH FROM ST LOUIS TO HWY 68 (ST. JAMES) GO RIGHT 13 MI. TO HWY 63 (VICHY AIRPORT) STAY RIGHT ON HWY 63 FOR 6 MI. TO JUNCTION A TURN LEFT AND GO 3 MI TO MARIES COUNTY RD. 517 TURN RIGHT FOR ½ MI AND MAKE A LEFT AT 3 MAIL BOXES. STAY LEFT AT ALL 3 VEERS AND YOU WILL RUN INTO THE COURSES.
DRIVE VERY SLOW ONCE YOU’RE ON THE GRAVEL ROADS
This is private property and a private course (NO DOGS PLEASE)

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:31 am

I can vouch for it. If I hadn't already made plans to come to GBO the following weekend, I'd have been in Vichy instead. Shame on Dave for waiting so long to announce this. Upside is, I get to play courses I've never seen in Emporia the following weekend.

But, if you haven't been to Vichy, and you can take the time to go, I highly recommend it. Great camping weekend, great golf. Hopefully this isn't a one time deal. I'd love to go back. He used to run this in the spring and fall. I've played there twice. The courses, especially the Mountain course, are sick.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:45 pm

Sounds like DD will have something to do with this tournament. I have been talking with David to see what we can do to make this a very successful event. He wants players to know that it is more than a Gateway event so he wants DD to get Innova and Discraft plastic for the payout.

ronconversjr · Post by **ronconversjr** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:05 pm

I`ve been to this one and on a dry year it`s tough.The creek really plays.Rated really high on my list of finest challenges around. The scale of these hole is awesome .Laid in the Ozarks near Rolla Mo., elevation really plays a serious role. Ask Babbit ! nice course Great tourney !show up early and camp out.Feels a lot like early friz atmosphere!

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:53 pm

Mmm, (double D's) do it, do it.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:53 am

Alright, I am going to this one for sure, anybody else in?

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:53 pm

Hey Rusco, When are we gonna roll out for this one?

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:06 pm

I don't know. The Innova discs don't come in until Friday morning so sometime after that. What were you thinking?

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:26 pm

Rusco wrote:I don't know. The Innova discs don't come in until Friday morning so sometime after that. What were you thinking?

I can drive up there Friday morning, while you wait on discs. Just tell me what time you want me there.

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:28 am

So how was it? Was it flooded and buggy?

Was the Ozark Mo. Par 72 course the craziest you have ever seen? Lets hear the details. How about the other course?

Who won it?

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:31 am

http://pdga.com/tournament/tournament_r ... ngs=1#Open

Looks like SSA 73 in the first round! That's unbelievably tough.

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:46 am

Yeah, I remember the first time I went down there in '02, I shot 77, and for that point in time in my disc golf career, I thought I'd played one of the best rounds of my life! It was highly unfortunate that due to some Saturday night activities that left my ankle shredded, I was unable to play Sunday on the lead card.....

Side note, I believe that Nikko was about 13, and got 9th out of 12 in novice that weekend, my how times have changed.

I heard everybody camped up top last weekend by the old house because it was too wet down below where we used to camp at past Ozark Mtn. events.

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:28 pm

Yeah, most people were up top. Dave didn't want people driving around cause of the mud, and nobody wanted to walk up the hill!

The course was crazy hard, I played Akita's Run, the easier course the first two times. By the time I got to Ozark Mountain Course, I was so tired I just couldn't put much more effort into it.

It seemed like every hole was uphill, except for hole 5 and hole 11. I can't believe my 101 round was rated so high. I guess a stroke was 5.5 rating points! I wonder if they will get adjusted.

Leo D. · Post by **Leo D.** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:40 pm

I played that one about 5 years ago too, what did you think about that uphill hole, the one you the needed a rope to climb the fairway?

mrsenortyler · Post by **mrsenortyler** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:01 pm

It reminded me of a hole at the canyon actually. Straight up hill. Throw something understable and hope it doesn't catch edge and roll down the hill OB into the water!