29th Kansas City Wide Open-NT-Pro-*-A-Tier Am's

[jack]

Greetings from Kansas City!

As we head out of the winter months and into spring, the 29th Wide Open is fast approaching. This year, the Kansas City Flying Disc Club, in conjunction with many sponsors, is happy to host an elite National Tour Event. The event will play on the same courses that many of you may have played in the 2009 Worlds tournament. The event is going to be a combined Pro/Am event, with the Pro side of the field playing 4 rounds on courses over three days. Those opting for the Amateur side of the event will experience 3 rounds over 2 days.

The Pros will start out on Friday with rounds at Water Works park. The course features challenging elevation and picturesque views of the Missouri and Kaw Rivers and the downtown skyline, and demands attention at every curve for one round. The other course on Friday will be just across the river at Cliff Drive, with a combination of wooded technical shots and some open air distance to challenge all aspects of your talent level.

Moving on to Saturday, where tee-times will play in for the remainder of the weekend, you will be playing at the Blue Valley course that has made friends and foes in its short time. At over 11,000’ of continually changing elevation and fast greens, this demanding course has challenged players for the last decade to test their own ability and prove their mettle.

The final round will be played on Sunday at Swope Park, and you might think that Kansas City's oldest course is a safe bet for an easy finish. Well...don’t be fooled: this course will be expanded into a longer format using alternate tee pads and mind-tingling OB. The tournament layout puts this course into the modern age while preserving the enjoyment, comforts and tranquility that this course has now offered for over three decades. A great day of fun and festivities will follow. We hope to draw nearly 1,000 people to watch the final rounds, as the top touring Pros visit Kansas City yet again. The Pro Field will be limited to 144 players.

The Amateur side of the event will be playing on Saturday and Sunday, and will play on the same courses that the Pro field played on Friday. Water Works and Cliff Drive will be in the mix, along with historic Rosedale Park. With this park, placement is essential, as there bluffs and drop-offs that make errant shots on 13 of the 18 holes a strong possibility of climbing up some big hills. The Ams will be utilizing a shot gun start all weekend long, and will be teeing off earlier on Sunday to give them all a chance to make it out to Swope to catch quite a few of the rounds of the top in the game. This event will also mark the first time that the event is a Trophy-only event for the Amateur side, and the player's packs will be stocked with items that will make everyone glad that they came to the event, along with providing a challenge of competition on the highest level between multiple divisions. The Am Field is limited to 216, so please ensure that you sign up and don’t miss this opportunity.

The event is going to be yet again a fine showing of some of the best disc golf courses in the country. Although there are many disc golf courses that are great across the land, we feel very fortunate that many historic events and moments have came from events in Kansas City. With one of the most central locations to get to across the country, we are confident that this event will be yet another fine example of great players playing a great game. The courses will be prepared and the cameras will be on, as www.discgolfplanet.tv will be showing the event as well. The play will be fierce with competition, yet good times will still be possible with the hospitality that many have came to associate with Kansas City through their own history of events in our town. Be a part of the myth and lore that Kansas City has: come join us for the 29th annual Kansas City Wide Open, and create your own fond memories, or get rid of some old nightmares by extracting revenge on that course again.

To sign up please visit the following:
Snail Mail:
http://www.kcfdc.org/docs/Wide_Open_Reg ... n_2011.pdf
Online:
http://www.pdgasignup.com/Qstore/Qstore ... 1300221467

Want to help support the Event:
http://www.kcfdc.org/docs/2011_Wide_Ope ... p_Form.pdf

If you can’t do the event, we simply ask that you be kind enough to spread the word of it. You may also want to sign up and watch it online at:
http://www.discgolfplanet.tv/ We all make this sport great, each one of us needs to be our own ambassador of the sport. Please help spread the word of disc golf to all that you can!

Thanks for reading; you make the sport what it is today, you help make it better by working at letting people know about it!

Up-to-date local information may be found on our website:
www.kcfdc.org

Kansas City Flying Disc Club
-TD Jack Lowe

[jack]

Getting close to the event. Please sign up this week to avoid the late entry fee that will be associated with the event. That fee goes into effect on Monday the 6th. $20, you could get a Buzzz full color sponsor disc instead with that money!

Courses are looking great, and coming along nicely!

[jack]

so outside of the KC area, we have the following people signed up from KS:
Ryan Orton
Ramon Quesada
Deuce
Charlie Tull

so outside of that, really no interest in playing the NT event in the area?

C'mon up the water is warm folks!

[jack]

Based on some responses from people in here I have extended the online registration to go through Monday. After Monday you will need to call me to discuss possibly getting into the event.

We will not be taking day of registration, but in certain cases rules can be broken if you notify me that you are planning on attending in advance so your name is on a sheet.....get the hint?

I hope that you are planning on heading to the event and hope to see you up here next weekend!

Thanks,

Jack

[jack]

Not too late to sign up, it has been extended....Hope you can make it to KC for the event!

[Swede]

Look at those ridiculous round ratings for Nate and Avery http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/61923 . EMac made a little push yesterday. Tulpster still averaging better than 995 but is a looong way from the leaders. Coverage from Swope Park on Discgolfplanet.tv at noon.

[Schoen-hopper]

The coverage was pretty good. Half an hour or so into the broadcast, Crazy is making baby noises while Feldberg is putting. That made me laugh. Then he says they are going on break. I tried everything, but could not get the broadcast to come back up. 4 hours later, it finally connects and I see Nate holding the trophy. Anyone else have trouble connecting on Sunday?

[gapuryear]

They said at the Awards that there had been a solar flare that knocked out their broadcast ability. Crazy apologized a bunch. Too bad everyone couldn't watch the final holes. It was a nail biter!