The Abominable Snowmen (and Women) League

Mike Harrington   March 15, 2014 at 12:01am

Current Adjusted Point Totals

Trophy contenders:

Tim Nelson 66.5 points (dropping (0, 1, 1.5, and 2 point weeks).
Mike Harrington has 64.0 points (dropping 3- 0's and a 1 point week)
Dustin Bocek has 55.0 points (dropping 3-0's and a 1 point week)
Nick Williams has 51.5 points (dropping 2-0's, a 1, and a 2 point week)
Greg Weber has 45.0 points (dropping 4-0's)
Jessie Dixon has 42.0 points (dropping 4-0's)


Greg, Jessie, and Nick are on the outside looking in and will need high attendance numbers and a great round to move into trophy contention.

Mike Harrington   March 13, 2014 at 6:54am

Final Handicaps of the year!

Dustin Bocek (-1)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+5)
Mike Harrington (+6)
Brad Weber (+5)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (0)
Greg Weber (0)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (-1)
TJ Webber (+7)

Mike Harrington   March 11, 2014 at 2:25am

Change in schedule.

Hey Abominable Snowmen . . . I just saw Terry post that he plans to begin his league on Wednesday March 26th, so out of respect for his long standing Wednesday night league our final week will be Wednesday March 19th.

Mike Harrington   March 6, 2014 at 11:22am

Updated Handicaps for 3/12/2014

Here are the updated handicaps for 3/12/14

Dustin Bocek (-4)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+3)
Mike Harrington (+7)
Brad Weber (+5)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (0)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (0)
TJ Webber (+7)

Mike Harrington   March 5, 2014 at 11:35pm

Current Handicaps 3/5/2014

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+3)
Mike Harrington (+5)
Brad Weber (+5)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (0)

Mike Harrington   February 27, 2014 at 11:27pm

Disc Golf Scene Standings

I just wanted to update everyone and remind them that the standings on disc golf scene are basically the total points earned to date up until right now, but each weeks scores get added and it figures out your next lowest point total to not include. I was very generous in this league to allow people a chance to compete even while missing up to 5 weeks of the 17. I figured we might miss out on some weeks because of weather but you all proved that you wanted to play in just about everything. As dis ... more

I just wanted to update everyone and remind them that the standings on disc golf scene are basically the total points earned to date up until right now, but each weeks scores get added and it figures out your next lowest point total to not include. I was very generous in this league to allow people a chance to compete even while missing up to 5 weeks of the 17. I figured we might miss out on some weeks because of weather but you all proved that you wanted to play in just about everything. As disc golf scene gets updated over the final 4 weeks you may see the points race tighten up because of people dropping their worst weeks. I have a spreadsheet that can help figure out exactly where you are at each week but it takes a lot of math to figure it all out and post it. If you are curious what your lowest point totals are you can get that from the past weeks scores, or ask me where you stand.

Mike Harrington   February 27, 2014 at 11:09pm

Nasty Wind and Weather = Nasty Scores

Everybody shot worse than their handicap by no less than 4 throws. It was a rough night considering the best scratch score on the night was 54 and the best net score was 58 (+4). That is a beatdown. I don't think I have ever felt so much wind in the woods, and I thought it would get better once we hit #4. I was wrong.

Here are the updated handicaps for next week, where the current forecast says 22 degrees. It will be like Florida!

Tim takes a 1/2 point lead over me in total points.

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Everybody shot worse than their handicap by no less than 4 throws. It was a rough night considering the best scratch score on the night was 54 and the best net score was 58 (+4). That is a beatdown. I don't think I have ever felt so much wind in the woods, and I thought it would get better once we hit #4. I was wrong.

Here are the updated handicaps for next week, where the current forecast says 22 degrees. It will be like Florida!

Tim takes a 1/2 point lead over me in total points.

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+3)
Mike Harrington (+5)
Brad Weber (+5)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (0)

Mike Harrington   February 21, 2014 at 8:34am

Updated Handicaps for Week #13 February 26th

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+3)
Mike Harrington (+6)
Brad Weber (+5)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (+2)

I will be there this coming week unless some really bad weather prevents me from making it home.

Mike Harrington   February 14, 2014 at 7:07pm

Another Record was set.

Well it looks like Tim Nelson is on a hot streak. He not only had his second career ace in league in 3 weeks after a few years of no aces but he also set the new record low score after handicap of 46 (-8).

It looks like I am quickly losing my lead and depending on attendance next week I might be back a few spots.

Updated Handicaps for Week #12

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (0)
Mike Harrington (+6)
Brad Weber (+6)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davie ... more

Well it looks like Tim Nelson is on a hot streak. He not only had his second career ace in league in 3 weeks after a few years of no aces but he also set the new record low score after handicap of 46 (-8).

It looks like I am quickly losing my lead and depending on attendance next week I might be back a few spots.

Updated Handicaps for Week #12

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (0)
Mike Harrington (+6)
Brad Weber (+6)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (-1)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+3)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (+2)

Mike Harrington   February 6, 2014 at 10:10am

Week #11 handicaps

Greg Weber and Dustin Bocek have a couple scorecards in case they are running behind the next two weeks while I am gone. I just ask that Greg or Dustin update Nick Williams on when they will be arriving so they can better pair up groups. You can always send me a message and I can tryt o relay it but it would be best if you just communicate together. THEN I will just need someone to collect the cards, photograph them so that they are legible and I can calculate the scores, edit them, put them on ... more

Greg Weber and Dustin Bocek have a couple scorecards in case they are running behind the next two weeks while I am gone. I just ask that Greg or Dustin update Nick Williams on when they will be arriving so they can better pair up groups. You can always send me a message and I can tryt o relay it but it would be best if you just communicate together. THEN I will just need someone to collect the cards, photograph them so that they are legible and I can calculate the scores, edit them, put them on Disc Golf Scene and then re-calculate the handicaps for the upcoming week. I will keep track of how much money each individual owes or is owed based upon performance and we will settle up when I return the week of February 26th.

See you guys in a few weeks . . . I hope I don't lose all 13 points I am currently ahead of Dustin in the standings!

Updated Handicaps:

Dustin Bocek (-3)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (-1)
Mike Harrington (+6)
Brad Weber (+6)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+2)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (0)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+3)
Ben Burdick (0)
Mark Olver (-3)
Sean Hosking (+3)

Mike Harrington   February 4, 2014 at 11:01pm

Wednesday February 5th

I will be there for one more week of league, since I will be leaving early Thursday morning for my road-trip. I will let you guys play the two weeks (February 12th and 19th) I am gone and we can settle up on who owes who what after I return to league the week of February 26th. I will give someone scorecards who intends to play all those two weeks so that you have a way to keep track of scores. If someone can email me or text me a photo of the scorecards I can update the standings, payouts, and c ... more

I will be there for one more week of league, since I will be leaving early Thursday morning for my road-trip. I will let you guys play the two weeks (February 12th and 19th) I am gone and we can settle up on who owes who what after I return to league the week of February 26th. I will give someone scorecards who intends to play all those two weeks so that you have a way to keep track of scores. If someone can email me or text me a photo of the scorecards I can update the standings, payouts, and calculate scores and handicaps for the following week.

I would nominate Nick since he has been the most regular attendee or Greg Weber . . . but Greg has had to come late a handful of times and I would hate to make people wait around to get started each night.

Mike Harrington   January 30, 2014 at 8:16am

A couple of firsts tonight . . .

I went out for a round to shovel, salt, and play a round before league. I met up with a couple guys who will be joining in some league fun again in spring. We got to the 8th hole and Dominic decided he would shovel off that tee. He finished shovelling and I stepped up, threw my flick and parked the hole. I walked off the tee and started coughing. That's not surprising as I have probably eaten a couple hundred cough drops in the last week with the cold I have had. I coughed so hard and for l ... more

I went out for a round to shovel, salt, and play a round before league. I met up with a couple guys who will be joining in some league fun again in spring. We got to the 8th hole and Dominic decided he would shovel off that tee. He finished shovelling and I stepped up, threw my flick and parked the hole. I walked off the tee and started coughing. That's not surprising as I have probably eaten a couple hundred cough drops in the last week with the cold I have had. I coughed so hard and for long enough that I actually puked. I couldn't continue on for fear I would go through another coughing fit and I am sure the shovelling and salting didn't help the situation so Dominick Salas and Nic Howard . . . thank you for continuing on with the teepads despite not even playing in the league.

I just went to my car and relaxed eating more cough drops hoping the coughing wouldn't return. . . and it didn't . . . at least not to that degree so I decided I would still play in league.

Another first happened in my group during league . . . and it happened on Hole #8 also . . . Tim Nelson stepped up and throw a slight anhyzer that turned right and then straightened out and went into the basket . . . that was Tim's first ace in 3 years of playing. We all celebrated and I told him that aces will just start to drop like flys now.

Another first on the night was an adjusted score that was below 50 . . . Tim shot a (-2) but his (-3) handicap took him to a (-5) 49. That is the first adjusted score below 50.

Here are the adjusted handicaps for week #10. I should be there this week before heading out of town, but do not want my absence to stop this league so you guys can continue to keep coming on Wednesdays and playing your round at 6:00 PM or if there are a couple people who run late, you can start later or just let them play their rounds after you. I will simply need one person to report all scores and aces to me so I can record the scores while I am on the road.

Week 10 Handicaps

Dustin Bocek (-3)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (-1)
Mike Harrington (+5)
Brad Weber (+6)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (+1)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (-1)
Brian Williams (0)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+2)
Ben Burdick (+1)
Mark Olver (-3)

Mike Harrington   January 23, 2014 at 11:38pm

New Handicaps for Week 9

Lots of fluctuations are happening now that we have moved out of the original 5 round I used to start your handicaps. Keep in mind if youy have been playing below your handicap, you are bound to start an upswing and get more points and paid out some times too, but if you were playing above your handicap, you are likely to see a downturn in your weekly placement and payouts might be tougher to come by. I wish i could have played last night (it has been too long since I have thrown), but I would h ... more

Lots of fluctuations are happening now that we have moved out of the original 5 round I used to start your handicaps. Keep in mind if youy have been playing below your handicap, you are bound to start an upswing and get more points and paid out some times too, but if you were playing above your handicap, you are likely to see a downturn in your weekly placement and payouts might be tougher to come by. I wish i could have played last night (it has been too long since I have thrown), but I would have ended up with Pnuemonia and been accussed of sandbagging just to get my handicap down! In the end we are probabyl at the toughest time of winter to play so let's hope to see everyone's scores improving. I am feeling better today so I should be ready to play next week, let's see how I stand up to the handicap system before I head out of town for a few weeks.

Dustin Bocek (-4)

Chad Niezgoda (+3)

Tim Nelson (-3)

Mike Harrington (+5)

Brad Weber (+8)

Brian Allender (+3)

Nick Williams (+1)

Josh Davies (+1)

Greg Weber (-1)

Brian Williams (0)

Scott Slauson (+9)

Colin Huff (+3)

Shaun Kirchner (0)

Jesse Dixon (+3)

Ben Burdick (+1)

Mark Olver (-3)

Mike Harrington   January 17, 2014 at 12:00am

Current handicaps for Week 8 1/22/2014

Dustin Bocek (-2)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (-2)
Mike Harrington (+5)
Brad Weber (+8)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (0)
Josh Davies (+1)
Greg Weber (+1)
Brian Williams (0)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (+1)

Shoot a round and add or subtract the number in parenthesis for your adjusted score. Anytime your adjusted score is lower than 54 . . . you are shooting better than your trend. Anytime your adjusted score is over 54 means you are shooting worse than your trend.

Mike Harrington   December 26, 2013 at 5:42am

We will be playing on 1/1!!!!

We will be playing Abominable Snowmen league on Wednesday 1/1 . . . I had taken it out of the schedule but that makes no sense since people will likely be off work and able to play anyway.

I will have a larger announcement about 1/1/2014 most likely tomorrow.

Mike Harrington   December 22, 2013 at 2:31am

Current Handicaps . . . who will go up and down this week?

Dustin Bocek (-1)
Chad Niezgoda (+3)
Tim Nelson (+3)
Mike Harrington (+5)
Brad Weber (+8)
Brian Allender (+3)
Nick Williams (0)
Josh Davies (+3)
Greg Weber (+1)
Brian Williams (0)
Scott Slauson (+9)
Colin Huff (+3)
Shaun Kirchner (0)
Jesse Dixon (+4)
Ben Burdick (+2)

Mike Harrington   December 18, 2013 at 11:14pm

Handicap Fluctuations

There were some fluctuations in handicaps this past week of up to 2 throws. That will be interesting to see outlasts the others in a season long battle . . . will it be the volatile player who has really good and really bad rounds or will it be the consistent player who is always right around their handicap?

Either way tonight looks to be decent. I will be trying to get there by 4 so I can make a pass through the course with a shovel and some salt to ensure good tees for tonight.

See you ... more

There were some fluctuations in handicaps this past week of up to 2 throws. That will be interesting to see outlasts the others in a season long battle . . . will it be the volatile player who has really good and really bad rounds or will it be the consistent player who is always right around their handicap?

Either way tonight looks to be decent. I will be trying to get there by 4 so I can make a pass through the course with a shovel and some salt to ensure good tees for tonight.

See you all tonight before 6 PM. Greg and Dustin and I will be teeing off at 6:15ish again so if you are running late, please let me know so I know how to organize all the groups.

Mike Harrington   December 12, 2013 at 10:56am

NEW NEWS

Sorry for my slacking . . . I did not even realize I hadn't written a recap of either of the first two weeks of this league . . . with this being so ground-breaking being handicapped I better pay more attention and mention things as they happen!

The first two weeks saw only a couple of rounds under "Par" (after handicap) and the rest above "Par". This week . . . noone "beat" their handicap and quite a few people were well above their "averages". It ... more

Sorry for my slacking . . . I did not even realize I hadn't written a recap of either of the first two weeks of this league . . . with this being so ground-breaking being handicapped I better pay more attention and mention things as they happen!

The first two weeks saw only a couple of rounds under "Par" (after handicap) and the rest above "Par". This week . . . noone "beat" their handicap and quite a few people were well above their "averages". It was a rough week with the single digit temperatures, 3-4 inches of snow causing at least 2 lost discs, , the unfamiliarity with the temporary winter holes, and the slippery rubber teepads on those holes.

It will definitely be interesting to see how the handicap league turns out . . . I tried to do my best to come up with a good handicap system and I feel as though throughout an entire season things will level off between players. While someone might start the league with a "generous" handicap, others might find it difficult to stand up to their handicap for one reason or another. i will be sure to analyze the results of this league thoroughly to make sure all future handicap leagues are fair for everyone.

Thanks to the crazies for coming tonight and I look or much better weather in the rest of December and January!